Back in 2004, there was a broadly cooperative pattern of economic relations between China and the US. It was also a time when Indonesia’s so-called ‘big bang decentralisation’ – which gave away ...

As a professor and cognitive scientist at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Complex Human Data Hub, much of my research focuses on the study of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer just a futuristic fantasy – it’s here, and it’s thinking for us. From generating essays and diagnosing diseases to analysing legal documents and coding ...

Mis- and disinformation have once again been named the top global risk of the immediate term in the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report 2025. This comes just days after Meta ...

Advocating for climate change action can sometimes feel like pushing a huge boulder up a hill. News headlines are filled with breaking climate records, while governments, including Australia’s, are ...

The combination of artificial intelligence (AI) and location intelligence has given rise to a revolutionary technology known as geospatial artificial intelligence or GeoAI. The technology brings ...

From movies to TV and parental anecdotes, teenagers are often characterised as risk-taking and impulsive with poor decision-making skills. In most of popular depictions, these qualities of teen ...

The headlines scream: Victoria’s ‘big build’ is facing huge budget blowouts. The road system known as North East Link is running AU$10 billion over original estimates; the West Gate Tunnel, first ...

It’s an early morning in January and we’re walking through a patch of native heathy woodland in southwest Victoria, a few kilometres west of the town of Casterton, known as the birthplace of the ...

Australia’s young adults are putting their traditional steps towards adulthood on hold – spending more time living in the parental home. In fact, just over half of young men (54 per cent) and 47 per ...

Have you heard of ‘Flat-Earth education’? It’s a phrase I am using as a provocation to highlight a problem – the unquestioning acceptance of the everyday structures and practices of education, ...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) and genocide are once again in the media, with a case brought by South Africa against Israel in December 2023. The International Criminal Court issued an ...