Comment & Opinion - Columnists Archives

16 April 2019
Myra Mufti, Romany Kisbee-Batho and Suay M. Ozkula reflect on how men’s perceptions and behaviours towards women continue to create barriers for a gender balance in the ICT sector…
16 April 2019
Pallav Das and Ashish Kothari explain the need for alternative visions to the dominant model of economic development in India, and beyond. Pallav and Ashish are two of the…
16 April 2019
In what only recently would have seemed like science fiction, Colorado has positioned itself to become a leader in the space resources sector. But what are the challenges and…
15 April 2019
Successful social movements combine resistance to injustice with the affirmation of alternatives. After 50 years of struggle, 10 years of physical occupation and over 11,000…
14 April 2019
Hana Okasha, Evelyn Baskaradas and Suay M. Ozkula explore big data, AI and the role of ethics in the context of hiring practice and gender profiling. In recent years, big data…
12 April 2019
Although economists are well positioned to imagine new institutional arrangements, their habit of thinking at the margin and sticking close to the evidence at hand encourages an…
11 April 2019
Daniel Kirby, Michael Pinney and Paul Reilly explore the prospects for VeganCoin, the ‘cruelty-free’ cryptocurrency that promises to break the blockchain mould. Blockchain is…
10 April 2019
Victoria Baskett, Rebecca Heminway and Paul Reilly explore whether open access publishing might democratise the publication and dissemination of academic research.  By the end of…
10 April 2019
Rebecca Mardon argues that consumers need to become more sensitised to the restrictions on digital ownership. Microsoft has announced that it will close the books category of its…
09 April 2019
Carol Guimaraes, project manager at Sustainable Cities Institute in São Paulo, explores how local advocacy can drive cities’ progressive agendas while being contested by…