Researchers analyze social media data to gain useful insights into modern society and culture. But it’s important to protect users’ privacy. How can both ends meet?
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African countries should be looking to initiate or host more clinical trials to improve the continent’s health systems.
South Africa needs to harness its service sector into an innovative and export orientated way to push back poverty, unemployment and inequality.
Dehumanizing insults have become more common in political discourse. Psychology research has shown that they can prime us for violence – and even change our brains.
Self-organisation initiatives taken by slum residents across Africa can help urban development.
Kenya may never close Dadaab, but it has good reasons for wishing to do so
Today many Americans see universities negatively. But, as the dean of USC Dornsife argues, academia has a unique capacity to solve society’s problems. Yes, astrophysicists can help law enforcement.
Female teachers can act as role models who enhance girls’ motivation and learning outcomes.
High municipal electricity tariffs pose a serious threat to South Africa’s machinery and equipment manufacturing industries.
As Addis Ababa develops into a modern city, beggars are increasingly being treated like public nuisances and criminals.
There are some big misconceptions about the charcoal sector and its role in environmental damage.
A tax incentive coupled with a new fund to support research translation for non-medical research would help Australia lift its game.
Family physicians have started to play a key role in the district health system in South Africa.
Facebook grapples with balancing the privacy needs of users with needs of the research community.
Canola is an example of an innovation that sprung from university research and became a major economic boon to Canada. It should be happening more often.
Rwandan girls with disabilities are challenging domination and stereotypes in a male-dominated setting.
It’s the fourth time a peaceful democratic election has taken place in Sierra Leone. But these are not the stories we hear.
What kind of information do Canadian voters get through Facebook? It’s time for the social media giant to let researchers see exactly what it sends its 23 million users in Canada.
As fusion becomes more technically viable, it’s time to assess whether it’s worth the money because breakthroughs in the lab don’t guarantee success in the marketplace.
We can disagree with co-workers in meetings. We can argue about sports with friends. A new study explores why politics seems to be an entirely different beast.
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Professor of Marketing, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology, Knox College
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Assistant Professor, Khalifa University
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Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic Quality and Professor of Molecular Biology, UNSW Sydney
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Research Affiliate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Professor of Natural Philosophy in the Department of Physics, University of York
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer, Research Education and Development, La Trobe University
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Professor of Psychology, Michigan State University
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Director, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology
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Thomas Merritt is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University
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Deputy Director, Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
