You are hereNewsThe Conversation

The Conversation

The articles written by the experts of the Université Grenoble Alpes for the online media The Conversation, a website combining academic expertise and journalistic know-how to offer the general public free, independent and quality information.

Society

The Conversation : "Facebook’s ‘transparency’ efforts hide key reasons for showing ads"
May 15, 2019

Rather than revealing an advertiser targeted you by your phone number or email address, Facebook may tell you it showed you a particular ad because you like Facebook. That's not much help.
Science and technology

Why artificial intelligence is likely to take more lives
December 10, 2018

Beware of the blind use of artificial intelligence: used as a "magic wand", for example in an autonomous car, it presents risks.
Education

The Conversation : "Debate: Mobilizing collective intelligence for the ecological transition"
October 11, 2018

Rapid and massive degradation of our environment is a major threat for the future. Surprisingly, education is not mobilised worldwide to empower children. Fortunately, many initiatives explore how to make students actors...
Society

The Conversation : "Are joint custody and shared parenting a child’s right ?"
October 4, 2018

Reflection on the best interests of the child, adapted to the living conditions of 21st century children, is needed to replace "traditional" practices.
Society

What should be the EU policy for Mediterranean ‘third places’?
June 26, 2018

More than 320 coworking spaces were identified in the regions studied during the COWORKMed project.
Society

Productive cities: toward a new biopolitics of cities
November 22, 2017

With the rise of the knowledge-based economy, fab labs, maker spaces and more, cities are being transformed into production centres. This dynamic movement is ripe with promise, but also has risks.
Society

Designing local well-being indicators: the case of the Grenoble metropolitan area
November 16, 2017

In France, research on local indicators’ inadequacies led a group of stakeholders and researchers in Grenoble to develop an alternative that focuses on social well-being and sustainability.
Society

Time for a global agreement on minerals to fuel the clean energy transition
November 14, 2017

In the decades ahead, our mineral supply will still need to double or triple to meet the demand for electric vehicles and other renewable energy technology.
Society

‘Indicator frenzy’ : the ‘economicist’ tendency of public policy and alternative indicators
September 5, 2017

The craze for measurement has become a hallmark of local and national public policy. Exploring the limits of quantification allows us to understand the advantages of developing alternative indicators.
Society

How Madrid’s residents are using open-source urban planning to create shared spaces – and build democracy
June 27, 2017

Born seemingly spontaneously out of a desire to create and manage shared spaces, Madrid's "citizen laboratories" are using new tools to build a new vision of how cities should be planned and run.
Society

The things you remember best happened when you were between 15 and 25 – here’s why
November 16, 2016

Ask people about memorable things or events that happened during their lives and their recollections tend to be from between the ages of 15 and 25. It doesn’t matter if it’s current affairs, sporting or public events. It...
Society

Rio 2016 (3): what future for Brazil’s sports policy ?
September 2, 2016

Today we are publishing the third and final section of the series of articles on the period following the Olympics in Brazil.
Society

Rio 2016 (2): how did Brazil fare in the sports arena?
September 1, 2016

Now that the Rio Olympics have finished and the Paralympics are due to start on 7 September, let’s have a look back at this landmark event for Brazil from three angles.
Society

Rio 2016 (1): an ambitious federal sports policy as the key to success
August 31, 2016

Now that the Rio Olympics have finished and the Paralympics are due to start on 7 September, let’s have a look back at this landmark event for Brazil from three angles.
Science and technology

Can we get better at predicting earthquakes?
August 25, 2016

Given the devastation earthquakes cause, seismologists and public officials have long wanted to know when earthquakes will happen, and after the powerful 1964 Alaska earthquake, U.S. scientists proposed a worldwide resea...

The Conversation

Find out more

In the same section

News

The Conversation

Find out more

What are you looking for ?