2024

14 November 2024

Manifesting an international future

Despite a background in marketing, the pull of Australia and the opportunity to broaden her professional and cultural horizons couldn’t be ignored. What came next was the first of many steps towards a fulfilling senior role at Google.

05 November 2024

Why do organisations still struggle to protect our data?

With data breaches on the rise, protecting personal information is more important than ever. But doing so remains fraught with challenges, write Professor Jane Andrew, Associate Professor Max Baker and Dr Penelope Bowyer-Pont.

05 November 2024

Academics elected to the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia

In recognition of their outstanding contributions to their fields, Professors Rae Cooper AO and Olivier Piguet have been elected as Fellows of the Academy.

04 November 2024

Climate Change: It is real but are we misreading or over-reacting to the impact on natural evolution of human settlement as the cause of the problem?

Professor David Hensher debates whether the impact of human activity on the climate been overstated, and whether the changes we observe are correlational in nature rather than causal.

23 October 2024

Humanising AI could lead us to dehumanise ourselves

Claims of AI-powered empathy are misleading and can take advantage of people seeking companionship, write Dr Raffaele F Ciriello and Angelina Ying Chen for The Conversation.

16 October 2024

The AI sexbot industry is just getting started. It brings strange new questions - and risks

We should treat sexbot use like other potentially problematic behaviours such as gambling, writes Dr Raffaele F Ciriello for The Conversation.

04 October 2024

Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

AI is more than chatbots. It impacts many things beyond the flashy conversational tools - often in ways that quietly improve everyday processes, write Associate Professor Sandra Peter and Professor Kai Riemer for The Conversation.

04 October 2024

Qatar Airways is set to acquire 25% of Virgin Australia. Who will be the winners?

Qatar Airways' previous attempts to expand in Australia haven't always gone smoothly, but it's easy to see why Virgin and Qatar might be excited by this deal, writes Professor Rico Merkert for The Conversation.

02 October 2024

The Foodstuffs merger is dead - but that still won't fix NZ's over-concentrated supermarket sector

If competition creates better prices for consumers, then splitting up New Zealand's concentrated supermarket sector makes more sense than consolidating it, writes Lisa Asher for The Conversation.

02 October 2024

A tale of two continents – the experience of on demand bus transport

Professor Emerita Corinne Mulley and Professor John Nelson consider the effectiveness of various implementations of on demand transport (ODT) bus-based services both in Australia and overseas.