A&S scholars sharing their expertise in the media this week

March 18, 2022 by A&S News

From groundbreaking developments in nanochemistry to the sleep habits of the animal kingdom, scholars 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.

March 11, 2022

March 12, 2022

  • Gustavo Indart, economics professor emeritus, writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) that the main source of today’s inflation appears to be producers’ exploitation of their market power.
  • Olga Chyzh, assistant professor of political science, explains the impact of sanctions on Russian oligarchs for The Washington Post (paywall).  
  • Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton tells CTV News online that when Russian internet users adopt censorship-resistant technology for everyday activities, they make it harder for the government to justify crackdowns on access.

March 14, 2022

  • Munk School fellow Mark Kersten discusses the long-term effects of destruction in Ukraine with The Washington Post (paywall).
  • For Canadian Business, history professor Dimitry Anastakis and Aurel Braun comment on the unprecedented moves of Canadian companies pulling back business in Russia.

March 15, 2022

March 16, 2022

March 17, 2022

  • Mark Kersten of the Munk School writes about the effectiveness of the International Criminal Court investigation in Ukraine for Al Jazeera.
  • Jessica Green, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment, writes in the National Observer (paywall) that the federal government’s proposed carbon capture tax credit is a short-sighted approach to managing the climate crisis.

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