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They’re going thataway: David Cameron delivers a speech on immigration at the University of Suffolk, March 2013. Paul Rogers/The Times/PA Wire/Press Association Images

Roll up! Roll-up! It’s the all-party immigration game show

By Paul Statham, University of Sussex

Foundation essay: Welcome to the first in a series of articles marking the launch of The Conversation in the UK. Our foundation essays are longer than our usual comment and analysis articles and take a…
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Why is science so hard to communicate? Andrew Huff/Flickr

A better formula for science communication

By Peter C. Doherty, University of Melbourne

Foundation Essay — Getting certain points across can be difficult. And yet democracies don’t function properly in the absence of broad, public discussion based on well-sourced information. Especially…
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Too much focus on balance doesn’t present the true picture. AAP

When the science is so clear, why is the argument so clouded?

By Ross Garnaut, University of Melbourne

While the evidence for climate change continues to strengthen, public acceptance of the science keeps declining. Closing the gap could be a question of better communication. At the commencement of the…
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Barren: the public is being let down on climate change reporting.

The science of reporting climate change

By Brian McNair, Queensland University of Technology

Foundation Essay — In his recent statements on the poor state of the Australian debate on global warming (meaning discussion of its causes, and how to deal with it in policy terms) Professor Ross Garnaut…

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