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Vulnerability in the context of Covid-19 is really complex. Many households in Gauteng have different challenges.
Blockchain technologies can support users in controlling access to their data through smart contracts that both empower and protect users.
As people have grown closer and more connected, the old definition of loneliness slipped away – and a new one has emerged.
We love to be scared by creepy movies. But fear has other uses too. It can be used negatively by politicians to control us, but can also be a tool to harness internal change.
Research shows that trust is 'knowable' -- you can calculate whether you can trust an individual, based on their behaviours.
John McCain did something during the 2008 U.S. presidential election that would seem very out of place today: he made himself vulnerable by speaking up about the character of opponent Barack Obama.
Unlike squads before them, this exciting team of millennials have the capacity, courage and honesty to express their emotions.
“You can’t just come in like a fly and take-off” - patience and time on community is key to improving financial well-being in remote communities.
Preventing problems like Meltdown and Spectre from reocurring requires software developers to be given sufficient information about hardware to ensure security.
The use of Agent Orange in Vietnam had deep impacts, including a poisoned water supply, birth defects and cancer. Despite decades of attempted litigation, justice for spraying victims seems unlikely.
Extreme weather is hard enough for those with a home. But imagine losing everything you own in a storm - that's the experience of many homeless people forced to live out in the open during wild weather.
The widespread discussion as to whether the Hurricane Harvey disaster was caused by climate change or not is a dangerous distraction from the real issues.
The ability to acknowledge and display vulnerability is well-known hallmark of strong leadership. Why do we still reject it when we see it?
Our complex modern society is very vulnerable to everything from the attack in France to power failures. The good news is we can fix this.
The root cause of our vulnerability is the structure of the global economy: highly interconnected, complex and filled with turbulence.
When it comes to their targets and tactics, inmates follow a predictable pattern.
As the dust settles on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the science of climate change, the obvious question is: what do we do next? Our research, published in Nature…
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Executive Director, Sustainable & Resilient Economy, The Ohio State University
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Professor, The University of Queensland
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Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Queensland
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In transition to Tel Aviv University as senior lecturer from postdoc, Stanford University
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Associate Professor, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience, University of Florida
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Professor of Disasters and Health, UCL
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Lamar University
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Assistant Professor, University of Sussex
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Senior Research Fellow in social vulnerability and disasters, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer in Media at UCFB and PhD Researcher in Journalism History, University of Sheffield
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Research Fellow, The Australian Alliance for Social Enterprise, University of South Australia
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Professor in Education of Gender, Sexuality and Identity, Lakehead University
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Honorary Research Professor, Faculty of Education, University of New Brunswick
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Chief Research Scientist at CSIRO's Data61; Scientia Professor and John Lions Chair, UNSW
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Researcher, CSIRO’s Data61; Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
