The story of how human eggs became an integral part of a multi-billion dollar global fertility industry starts in a unlikely place: the sex lives of farm animals.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Globalisation
Displaying 1 - 20 of 135 articles
It’s essential to consider the food industry’s role when it comes to food environments that offer unhealthy, cheap and enticing options.
Megaproject construction has been a major response to globalization in the urban realm.
The ethnic and religious composition of our societies is increasing rapidly. How will these changes impact our quality of life?
Rather than requiring companies to ensure a living wage for their global supply chain workforce, the Modern Slavery Act ends up punishing them.
This might sound over the top and rather wasteful. But rental wedding dresses are not uncommon.
Choices the US, Australia and other nations make around how they set up 5G will determine how we use technology for collaboration, innovation and global business into the future.
The English Premier League was established in 1992 to do exactly what it is now doing.
Trump's new executive order reflects a fear of sabotage, where an enemy such as China or Russia could turn off critical infrastructure like the internet or communications capability.
A new look at Renaissance paintings demonstrates the world has always been global.
Cyclone Idai showed just how unprepared SADC is to respond to major natural disasters.
Many major luxury goods firms have long made place a key part of their identity, and a visit to a traditional silk-weaving centre in Vietnam shows that the approach could work for small firms too.
Compared to China and the United States, Europe has lagged behind in AI, big data and digitalisation in general. Status quo and how (higher) education potentially could help to reduce this gap.
SME's ability to innovate and work internationally can give them an advantage in the marketplace, and ensure a long-term return on investment.
Corruption in South Africa became increasingly organised under former President Jacob Zuma.
City decline is neither a fatality nor an urban nightmare. It can even be the background to a resilience strategy.
An obsession with GDP growth fails to account for some of society's most pressing problems.
There is a plethora of highly troubling issues facing the global economy that are caused, in part, by globalisation.
The clock is ticking before the US ramps up tariffs on Chinese imports.
Required is a new fantasy which combines a global perspective with a radical desire for change.
Top contributors
-
Senior Lecturer in Organisation Studies, Department of People and Organisation, The Open University
-
Reader in International Business, University of Bristol
-
Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
-
Senior Visiting Fellow, City, University of London
-
Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
-
Director & Research Fellow, University of Pretoria
-
Research Associate, Centre for Indian Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
-
Head of Politics, Sheffield Hallam University
-
Professor, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne
-
Adjunct Research Fellow, Institute for Land, Water and Society, Charles Sturt University
-
Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
-
Rob Brooks is a Friend of The Conversation.
Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program; Director, Evolution & Ecology Research Centre, UNSW
-
John Daley is a Friend of The Conversation.
Chief Executive Officer, Grattan Institute
-
Head of the School of Economics, History & Politics, Kingston University
-
Head of Department of History, Flinders University
