(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephan Manning, University of Sussex and Juliane Reinecke, King's College London; ...

The term wicked problem has become a standard way for policy analysts to describe a social issue whose solution is inherently elusive. Wicked problems have many causal factors, complex ...

Faculty regularly teaching or supporting (librarians) in the teaching of interdisciplinary courses or who have an interest in doing so. Support one another in adapting disciplinary expertise for ...

So, what’s the brief? And, so begin most of our long-winded, presentation-laden solutions in the advertising business today. Not the problem, but the brief. Imagine all those start-ups that are ...

Picture this heavyweight prize-fight match up: engineering’s logical and rational approach to problem solving versus the sometimes-street brawling style of public policy development. Put the two in a ...

Living in a simulation wouldn’t get rid of the need to solve climate change – in fact, it may amplify it. If reality is a simulation, then it must have been created for some purpose. Since the most ...

The views expressed herein are mine alone as a 45-year power sector expert since 1980. In addition, I have been the pioneer Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), ...