Author: TheConversation

By Cyril Tarquinio, Professeur de psychologie clinique, Université de Lorraine Those who have experienced the horrors of war see their lives clearly delineated between a “before” and an “after.” This singular ordeal does not, as is often believed, mean that it is impossible to live, but generally forces people to live in a very different way. The disruption of the life process that results from this situation causes upheavals that each individual faces by drawing onto their capacity to adapt. But not everyone reacts in the same way. To describe the mechanisms at work, health psychologists have coined the...

By Ritika Prasad, Associate Professor of History, University of North Carolina – Charlotte A devastating rail crash that left almost 300 people dead has refocused international attention on the importance of railways in the lives of Indians. To many Western observers, images of men and women crammed into overcrowded cars serve as a metaphor for modern India. Take, for example, a report by German newspaper Der Spiegel on India’s population surpassing China’s. Published just weeks before the accident in Odisha province on June 2, the now much-criticized cartoon depicted a shabby Indian train crammed with passengers rushing past a...

By Svetla Ben-Itzhak, Assistant Professor of Space and International Relations, Air University Headlines proclaiming the rise of a new “space race” between the United States and China have become common in news coverage following many of the exciting launches in recent years. Experts have pointed to China’s rapid advancements in space as evidence of an emerging landscape where China is directly competing with the U.S. for supremacy. This idea of a space race between China and the U.S. sounds convincing given the broader narrative of China’s rise, but how accurate is it? As a professor who studies space and...

By Sharif A Wahab, PhD Candidate, Indiana University The number of people forced from their homes, primarily because of conflict or climate change, is on the rise, topping 100 million people in 2022 – more than double the number of displaced people in 2012. About a third of those 100 million people are refugees. Refugees live in a legal limbo that can increasingly stretch for decades. And the number of people remaining refugees for five years or longer more than doubled over the past decade, topping 16 million in 2022. These are people who do not have a clear...

By Jennifer R. Grandis, Distinguished Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco If you work at a company, university or large organization, you have probably sat through a required training session meant to fight gender and racial discrimination in the workplace. Employers increasingly invest in efforts to promote diversity, equity and inclusion, commonly referred to as DEI policies. Yet research shows these efforts often fail to address the implicit biases that often lead to discrimination. I am a professor and a physician who has been working in university settings for over 30 years. I also...