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Climate politics are changing. Beyond “politics as usual,” climate politics are becoming existential: climate-forcing and climate-vulnerable interests are both fighting for…
The crisis that hit members of the Eurozone a decade ago has often been attributed to design flaws in Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union. Drawing on a new study, Andreas…
Activists are increasingly targeting businesses – from oil companies to gun manufacturers – on the stock market. But can this strategy lead to lasting change?
A surprising concern…
Book Review – From Summits to Solutions: Innovations in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals edited by Raj M. Desai, Hiroshi Kato, Homi Kharas, and John W. McArthur.…
Julie Louise Gerberding on the global lack of preparedness for epidemics.
Nipah virus, Lassa virus, Chikungunya virus, and MERS-CoV – these viruses are unfamiliar to…
In the face of resurgent right-wing populism, the left’s relative weakness partly reflects the decline of unions and organized labor groups, which have historically formed the…
The management of the EU budget and the role of the European Commission in the EU policy process have been key topics in debates over European integration in recent decades. …
Leonie Westhoff introduces a new OxPolicy white paper paper “Jobs for the Future: Protecting the Labour Market in the Face of the AI Revolution”.
Technological progress,…
Gulcin Ozkan and Richard McManus explore the relationships between parliamentary systems and economic performance.
Numerous amendments are being negotiated in the UK…
Juergen Braunstein and Oliver McPherson-Smith examine the opportunities for Saudi Arabia.
As American and Chinese trade representatives continue to discuss the two countries’…
Not many of us would see a calculator as a threat to our jobs. Yet just as the development of these now ubiquitous tools disquieted some mathematicians, rapid advances in…
It's easy to blame “Brussels bureaucrats” but national governments are often the biggest corporate lobbyists of all, a new report exposes today.
Do you know why your phone bill is…
Is austerity a ‘dream come true’ for neoliberals, or did the global financial crisis force policymakers to question neoliberalism’s core principles and change direction? Focusing…
Amy Janzwood and Caitlin Scott explain why food companies have committed to science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and argue that the unique challenges of…
This is an article from The Conversation's Head to Head, a series in which academics from different disciplines chew over current debates.
Arturo Bris: Have you ever watched…