University policy and students’ practical use of AI are running in different directions. Higher education needs a collaborative approach, focused on human capability, write Doug Specht and Gunter Saun...

As conflict, disinformation and authoritarianism spread, press freedom is no longer simply a media issue – it is a frontline defence against corruption, violence and global instability  On 3 May 2026,...

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Three years in, Sudan's civil war has killed hundreds of thousands, displaced 14 million and collapsed a nation. So why does almost nobody talk about it?

A 520km barrier in the Atacama Desert tests the limits of migration control in South America, Doug Specht examines

New report advises universities to act now on GenAI – and to put human competency at the centre. A new report from the Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI), Being indispensable: Capabilities for a...

Doug Specht looks at a US$345 million ruling that could redefine the risks of environmental protest worldwide

Doug Specht on how we are living in the era of global water bankruptcy, and what it means for water supplies in the UK and worldwide

US arrest of Nicolás Maduro is a Trump-led operation that revives a long history of gunboat diplomacy, oil politics and empire

Budgets are now climate policy. But mainstream media hasn’t caught up.

Future crises can be averted if government and universities share data and plans in a more timely and transparent fashion, says Doug Sprecht

The academic conference no-show might feel like a minor inconvenience, but for Anne Tierney and Doug Specht it represents evidence a growing concern with CV padding over contributions to the field

There are major technology lessons to be learned from the Türkiye-Syria quake, Doug Specht explains

The government hopes that by focusing on sectors that drive growth it will attract investment and boost prosperity.

Cuts to aid and politicisation of relief undermine safety, access, and accountability in conflict zones The International Development Committee’s latest report, Protection Not Permission: The UK’s Rol...

Scotland’s proposed ecocide law could make mass environmental destruction a crime – and serve as a model for international legal reform

Mexico sues Google over renaming the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’, raising concerns about digital sovereignty and cartographic power

Surprise reduction in funding for specialist provision will spark ‘brand new financial crisis brewed entirely in Whitehall’, critics warn

Mexico sues Google over renaming the Gulf of Mexico ‘Gulf of America’, raising concerns about digital sovereignty and cartographic power

The Trump administration has cut an unprecedented deal to send alleged gang members to El Salvador’s notorious prison, but it won’t provide the details about the arrangement. Here’s what to know.

El Salvador's attitudes to Bitcoin are changing. Doug Specht explores why and considers how other nations are sizing up cryptocurrency

Doug Specht examines how forms of media - and public figures - have helped to bolster support for Germany's AfD party

The low submission rate undermines the global commitment to climate action.

The low submission rate undermines the global commitment to climate action.

Doug Specht examines how forms of media - and public figures - have helped to bolster support for Germany's AfD party

El Salvador's attitudes to Bitcoin are changing. Doug Specht explores why and considers how other nations are sizing up cryptocurrency

Trump's executive order to halt much of the US's foreign aid is likely to have ripple effects across the world, as Dr Doug Specht explains

Private firefighters in affluent LA neighbourhoods are a sign of an increasingly privatised response to disasters.

By Doug Specht, University of Westminster This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. October to April is normally considered to b…

The heath-related impacts of climate change will reach US$1 trillion a year by 2050.

Maps can shape how we see conflict.