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September

Fredric Jameson, the world’s greatest Marxist critic, is dead – long live Utopia! - Professor Julian Muprhet

How to get the housing we need: healthy, affordable and resilient to climate change - Professor Emma Baker (School of Social Sciences)

With pope’s visit, Timor-Leste must shine a light on its democratic ideals – not intolerance for dissent - Michael Rose (School of Social Sciences)

The Alien films have always been contradictory in their feminism – but Alien: Romulus avoids the issue entirely - Dr Joy McEntee, School of Humanities

‘Not my boy.’ When teachers are harassed by students, some schools and parents fail to help - Dr Samantha Schulz, School of Education

Alain Delon was an enigmatic anti-hero, and France’s most beautiful male movie star - Associate Professor Ben McCann, School of Humanities

 

Farewell Gena Rowlands, the formidable actress whose characters always seemed to be tipping into madness - Associate Professor Ben McCann, School of Humanities

Crypto was once touted as a ‘safe haven’ asset – why did it crash too this week? - Marta Khomyn, Adelaide Business School

July

Friday essay: ‘like being hungry’ – loneliness afflicts nearly 1 in 3 Australians. It can be devastating, but can spark creativity or change - Dr Carol Lefevre, School of Humanities

AIDS, trauma – and joy: how artist Brent Harris captures the intensity of emotion beneath humour - Emerita Professor Catherine Speck, School of Humanities

June

Sue me, if you can. How laws that prevent directors being sued make firms less likely to recall potentially dangerous products - Professor Arvid Hoffman, Associate Professor Chee Cheong, and Professor Ralf Zurbrugg, Adelaide Business School

Trying to save money? Our research suggests paying in cash – while you still can - Lachlan Schomburgk and Professor Arvid Hoffman, Adelaide Business School

‘Only disconnect’ – in Caledonian Road, Andrew O'Hagan depicts Britain’s great unravelling - Professor Andrew van der Vlies, School of Humanities

One issue proved key to the opposition’s stunning success in India’s election: caste politics - Associate Professor Priya Chacko and Anand Sreekumar, School of Social Sciences

Victoria is raising minimum rental standards – it’s good news for tenants and the environment - Professor Emma Baker, School of Social Sciences

It’s now possible to invest in bitcoin on Australia’s largest stock exchange. Is the currency going mainstream? - Marta Khomyn, Adelaide Business School

May

Psychological drama, wilderness reality and everyone’s favourite dog: the best of streaming this May - Dr Joy McEntee, School of Humanities
 

‘Make me a sandwich’: our survey’s disturbing picture of how some boys treat their teachers - Dr Samantha Schulz, School of Education
 

Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China? - Priestly Habru and Claudina Habru, School of Social Sciences

Changing native vegetation laws to allow burning on private land is good fire management - Gabriel Crowley, School of Social Sciences

April

I hope publishers will be brave': older women are often erased in fiction – but in 2 new Australian novels they take centre stage - Dr Carol Lefevre, School of Humanities

Searing glory holes, a shapeshifting cat and outback UFO tours: what we're streaming this April - Dr Jessica Ford, School of Humanities

Myrtle rust is lethal to Australian plants. Could citizen scientists help track its spread? - Rebecca Paxton, School of Humanities

Critics can’t decide if Andrew Scott’s Ripley is mesmerising or charmless – just as Patricia Highsmith wrote him - Dr Joy McEntee, School of Humanities

With democracy under threat in Narendra Modi’s India, how free and fair will this year’s election be? - Associate Professor Priya Chacko, School of Social Sciences

Water theft laws and penalties in the Murray-Darling Basin are a dog’s breakfast. Here’s how we can fix them - Associate Professor Adam Loch (School of Economics and Public Policy), Dr Mark Giancaspro (Adelaide Law School), and Michael Croft (Adelaide Law School)

Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility - Dr Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, School of Humanities

March

Art of the moment: experiencing Marina Abramović and Laurie Anderson at the Adelaide Festival - Emerita Professor Catherine Speck, School of Humanities

Vanity, money and ‘angry masculine impastos’: Liam Pieper’s Appreciation is a mordant tale of a tragically flawed artist - Dr Georgia Philipps, School of Humanities

‘I wanted to stop … but I also wanted to pull’. 1 in 50 people have trichotillomania – a new memoir unpacks compulsive hair-pulling - Jane Turner Goldsmith, School of Humanities

Announcing Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis should have been simple. But the palace let it get out of hand - Dr Victoria Fielding and Dr Saira Ali, School of Humanities

February

Black comedy, political drama and a documentary about a cult: what we’re streaming this February - Dr Jessica Ford, School of Humanities

Consulting firms provided low-quality research on crucial water policies. It shows we have a deeper problem - Professor Sarah Wheeler, School of Economics and Public Policy

Sovereignty is sacred: in Timor-Leste’s remote Oecusse Enclave, a border dispute threatens to open old wounds - Dr Michael Rose, School of Social Sciences

‘I was who I wasn’t’: McKenzie Wark’s memoir of late transition envisions a less gender-restrictive world - Dr Anna Szorenyi and Cambrey Payne, School of Social Sciences

Voluntary assisted dying is different to suicide. But federal laws conflate them and restrict access to telehealth - Dr Michaela Okninski, Adelaide Law School

January
 

Climate change and nature loss are our biggest environmental problems - so why isn’t the market tackling them together? - Associate Professor Patrick O'Connor and Dr Anthelia Bond, School of Economics and Public Policy
 

Tenderness and technical mastery: Anne Michaels’ poetic novel Held expands the possibilities of historical fiction - Dr Georgia Phillips, School of Humanities
 

J.M. Coetzee’s provocative first book turns 50 this year – and his most controversial turns 25 - Professor Andrew van der Vlies, School of Humanities

Australia’s ranking in global anti-corruption index remains steady – but shows we cannot be complacent – Emeritus Professor Adam Graycar, School of Social Sciences