Ford Motor Company’s attempts (and failure) to monitor its employees offers some lessons in why we should question the use of wearable tech by companies today.
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There’s a huge divide in thinking between academia and international development on the role of the internet in economic growth.
After 20 years, Public Health England finally released a revised Eatwell Guide – here’s what changed.
A generation of ‘new media’ sites is challenging traditional news organisations when it comes to reporting the environment.
When it comes to public services, it’s not just a question of demand, but also one of supply.
How science is solving one of the natural world’s greatest and most tragic puzzles.
Both men are polarising figures, who espouse deeply divisive agendas – but with different views on globalisation.
Recent research suggests running allows the brain to rest and reduces the need for sleep.
Sceptics are not necessarily less intelligent or knowledgeable.
A UK court has allowed a 14-year-old girl’s body to be frozen until doctors find a cure for the cancer that killed her. Is this latest example of cryogenics hope, hype or hell?
Most healthcare information is written at a level more advanced than the reader’s ability.
The president-elect’s taste for private jets could be just what the aviation industry needs.
A new policy announced by the Ministry of Justice will help transgender prisoners to be treated with respect.
Hateful movements were able to grow in the early 20th century because the centre right let it happen.
Daily newsletters are winning media organisations new readers.
Theresa May is looking to India for trade and investment, but it’s undermined by her anti-immigrant rhetoric.
At 2°C of warming and beyond, many megacities will have to cope with increased flood-risk.
Many migrants would have stopped before they reached Europe – if only there had been the opportunities.
Donald Trump is the latest example of populism’s return to the global political landscape. Nine scholars from seven countries examine the link between populism and democracy.
In this special The Conversation project, scholars and commentators from around the world examine the rise of populism, and its implications, now and into the future.
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Director of the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford
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Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Behavioural and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Oxford
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Professor of Geography, University of Oxford
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Emeritus Professor of Anthropology and Forced Migration, University of Oxford
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Career Development Fellow in Engineering, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Microbiology, University of Oxford
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Senior Researcher in Economics, University of Oxford
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Global Head of Wildlife Research, World Animal Protection, and Visiting Researcher, Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU), University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Research assistant, Empire, Migration and Belonging, University of Oxford
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Heritage Partnerships Coordinator, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford
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Stipendiary Lecturer in Biology, University of Oxford
