A&S scholars sharing their expertise in the media

From protecting freshwater resources to finding hydrogen sources, experts from a range of disciplines across the Faculty of Arts & Science are sharing their expertise on a variety of issues in the media.

Here’s some of what they had to say this week.

July 17

• Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD candidate Jamie Duncan writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about digital sovereignty in Canada.
• The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy partners with the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard to allow students to complete their studies from Canada, as reported by the Boston Globe (paywall).
• The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy’s Citizen Lab researchers share with the L.A. Times (paywall) their analyses of spyware surveillance of journalists.

July 18

• Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor, teaching stream Gabriel Eidelman comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on the Port Lands Flood Protection Project in Toronto.
• Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology assistant professor Chelsea Rochman talks to CBC Radio about the importance of behavioral and industrial changes to protect freshwater resources.
• Department of Sociology professor Scott Schieman and PhD student Alexander Wilson write in The Globe and Mail (paywall) a prediction that within the next five years, AI could wipe out up to 50 per cent of entry-level white-collar jobs.
• Department of Political Science PhD candidate Gamal Mansour comments for France 24 on interim president of Syria Ahmed al-Sharaa pulling troops from Syria’s Druze heartland.

July 20

• School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman discusses with Global News why Edmonton builds homes faster than Toronto.
• School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman talks to CTV News online about The Bay’s departure from Toronto.

July 21

• Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki discusses with CTV News online and Zoomer Radio traffic congestion in Toronto.
• Department of Physics professor Aephraim Steinberg shares with Quanta Magazine his study that shows AI can outperform humans in designing advanced physics experiments.
• Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources professor Rafael Gomez comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on Canada Post workers voting on the company’s latest offer.
• Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman writes in The Hill Times (paywall) about Canada’s evolving identity and its growing divergence from the U.S.
• Department of Economics and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Peter Morrow tells Business Insider that the market is largely dismissing President Trump’s aggressive trade threats.

July 22

• Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources professor Rafael Gomez comments for Zoomer Radio on Canada Post workers voting on the company’s latest offer.
• Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki talks to CityNews about infrastructure deficit as a key issue leading to the extended closure of a vital road in Rouge National Urban Park.
• Trinity College’s Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History senior fellow Eugene Lang writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently visited U of T to talk about how Canada’s military could help boost the economy.

July 23

• Department of English professor and provostial advisor on civil discourse Randy Boyagoda writes in the Financial Times (paywall) about how religion shaped pop culture in the 1980s.
• Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell advises Toronto Star (paywall) readers on navigating dinner guests’ dietary preferences.
• Department of Psychology professor Geoff MacDonald shares with the Daily Mail his research on relationships and income.
• Department of Earth Sciences University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar shares with BBC News online her research on the ingredients needed to find hydrogen-producing underground systems.
• Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Drew Fagan discusses on BNN Bloomberg and CHCH News what tariffs mean for global policies.
• Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen comments for CHCH News on the Israel-Gaza war.
• Department of Sociology professor emeritus Robert Brym shares with the National Post (paywall) a report on antisemitic incidents in Ontario schools.