Aviation is a force for good. It broadens the mind. It connects people with new cultures, experiences, places and opportunities; and it underpins the global economy. Yet, its dependency on fossil fuel is harmful. What, then, to do? Aviation currently...
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Aviation and Global Sustainability, Pt I
International aviation has landed – abruptly. The global COVID-19 pandemic has seen closed borders, on-going travel restrictions, decreasing passenger demand, airline lay-offs and bankruptcy. It is undoubtedly the biggest challenge the aviation industry has faced, to...
The Future of University: Post-Covid
The Covid-19 induced crisis presents all walks of society with an opportunity to re-evaluate. No more important is that, than in the university sector. It is no secret that the university sector globally has been in crisis for some years. Pre-Covid, there were no...
A ‘New Global Institution’?
A new global institution would need to have the authority and the means to intervene as intrusively as necessary to stop a contagious outbreak in its tracks. Let us make environmental trusteeship the lasting legacy of this virus.
The Geopolitics of Global Justice
In March, the International Criminal Court decided to authorise a formal investigation by the chief prosecutor, of war crimes in Afghanistan alleged to have been committed by Afghan, Taliban, and US forces since May 2003. The US Secretary of State attacked the...
The Global Economy – with virus
The upheaval that Covid-19 is causing in people’s lives around the world is wreaking even greater havoc in the global economy. The impact will be far larger than the damage caused by the Global Financial Crisis. The remedies will have to be much faster and even more...
The University in the Global Age: Pt IV
In this final part, I wrap-up my thoughts on the fundamentals of university reform consistent with, and responsive to, the emergence of the global community. Having argued to date that there is no magic sauce, no equation, no single road-map to university reform for...
The University in the Global Age: Pt III
Last month, I offered the view that universities in the emerging global age need to conceptualise themselves as centres of collaboration for the collective creation and dissemination of knowledge. I believe that the future of higher education (HE) is, actually,...
Painting Australia’s Bushfires
Dr Tanya Ogilvie-White’s Extinction Series paints Australia’s bushfires; showing landscapes and wildlife being incinerated by the flames.
Understanding Nuclear Disarmament
Following the drafting of the Civil Society Youth Pledge at the Hui in September, and while contemplating what is to follow, Jayden van Leeuwen (YGSG) and I locked in on two key elements of the pledge. The first was the Treaty's Article 12 obligation to take the...
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