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An expert helps explain why people don’t always immediately push back when politicians attack their democracies.
Le Canada et l'UE entretiennent des liens économiques et stratégiques profonds. Ces liens se solidifieront avec un gouvernement libéral, offrant aux deux parties un partenaire fiable.
Salah satu proyek di Indonesia memperkenalkan skema ‘imbalan untuk melepaskan’ yang mendorong nelayan untuk menyelamatkan tangkapan sampingan hiu dan pari.
Desde la defensa hasta el comercio y el clima, Canadá y la Unión Europea comparten profundos lazos económicos y estratégicos. ¿Qué significa la victoria de Mark Carney para las relaciones entre Canadá y la UE?
From defence to trade and climate, Canada and the European Union share deep economic and strategic ties. What does Mark Carney’s victory mean for the Canada-EU relationship?
The language of peacemaking is critical to the success of a settlement.
Kawasaki has unveiled a concept robotic horse, but can it actually be achieved?
Kemalasan bisa jadi merupakan manajemen pengaturan kerja.
The suspension of a 1960 treaty between India and Pakistan has huge ramifications.
Global surveys consistently show strong public support for tackling climate change, even when that involves making personal sacrifices.
How one project in Indonesia introduced a pay-to-release scheme that encourages fishers to save shark and ray bycatch.
Banyak hewan besar yang punah secara mengejutkan baru-baru ini. Ketika mereka mati, peran ekologis mereka pun ikut hilang.
En su primera encíclica, Laudato Si’, el pontífice hizo un llamamiento a todas las personas para que prestaran más atención a la fragilidad tanto de nuestro planeta como de sus habitantes.
At the centre of the social and ecological polycrisis is a religious crisis of the human heart.
Para arkeolog menunjukkan beberapa orang pertama yang mendiami benua kuno Sahul tiba di pesisir Papua Barat saat ini, sekitar 50.000 tahun yang lalu.
Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.
Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.
Many Venezuelan women risk their safety each day to find work for themselves and school for their children in Colombia.
Changing the UK’s fiscal rule to allow more cash to flow could take the pressure off – but it isn’t without risk.
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Research Fellow in Population Health, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Climate Science, University of Oxford
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DPhil Candidate, Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Oxford
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Economist in AI and Work, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
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Einstein Professor for the Comparative Study of Democracy and Authoritarianism, Humboldt University Berlin, and Director, Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS); University of Oxford
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Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cognitive Archaeology and Archaeoacoustics, University of Oxford
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Gallagher Research Fellow in the Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research Fellow in Business and Human Rights, Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford
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Supernumerary Fellow, Archaeology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, University of Oxford
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DPhil Student in Anthropology, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor of Natural History, University of Oxford
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Associate professor, University of Oxford