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How to borrow tools from the startup world for aid and development

  • Written by: Danielle Logue, Associate Professor in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University of Technology Sydney
imageNew funding vehicles could finance large scale agricultural programsShutterstock

Ideas borrowed from the startup world – crowdfunding, incubators, accelerators and online marketplaces – could help close the US$2.5 trillion shortfall in funding for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Our research with the Department of...

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The off-topic Conversation #129

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Australia’s new ‘Home Office’ is a worry for immigration policy

  • Written by: Adele Garnier, Lecturer, Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations, Macquarie University
imagePrime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the minister in charge of the new 'super-portfolio', Peter Dutton, announce the changes on Tuesday.AAP/Mick Tsikas

When Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the establishment of a Home Affairs portfolio this week, he described it as “similar to the Home Office of the United Kingdom”. Drawing...

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  2. When it comes to kids and social media, it's not all bad news
  3. Farming the suburbs – why can’t we grow food wherever we want?
  4. Explainer: 'solarpunk', or how to be an optimistic radical
  5. Latest research shows surgery for early stage prostate cancer doesn't save lives
  6. Buried tools and pigments tell a new history of humans in Australia for 65,000 years
  7. Politics podcast: Peter Jennings on the home affairs department
  8. Shame! The 'technical glitches' that hit Game of Thrones could limit other popular live-streamed events
  9. Tunnel exhaust stacks: don’t dare harm our kids … but expose workers
  10. To the Bone: creating eating disorder awareness or doing harm?
  11. Robot sculpture, coming to a gallery near you
  12. Greens resignations show a need to change dual citizenship requirements
  13. Two new books show there's still no goodbye to messy climate politics
  14. The new Department of Home Affairs is unnecessary and seems to be more about politics than reform
  15. Where the boundaries lie in workplace relationships
  16. How history can challenge the narrative of blame for homelessness
  17. My time as a 'scary girl' with Doctor Who
  18. How we think about our past experiences affects how we can help others
  19. In the absence of national leadership, cities are driving climate policy
  20. Curious Kids: what started the Big Bang?
  21. Peter Dutton has his prize – now to see how he handles it
  22. Two Greens Senators resign from Senate. Obamacare repeal attempt likely to fail
  23. Greens senator Larissa Waters forced out of parliament
  24. Caution needed as the government expands the military's role in counter-terrorism
  25. Just one small step for Australia's space industry when a giant leap is needed
  26. Peter Dutton becomes national security ministerial tsar in portfolio shake-up
  27. The strange links between intelligence and prejudice
  28. New Home Affairs department should prompt review of Australia's human rights performance
  29. Speaking with: Dr Mark Blaskovich on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and the threat of superbugs
  30. Response to Referendum Council report suggests a narrow path forward on Indigenous constitutional reform
  31. Mexico: The Cactus Democracy
  32. Counter-terrorism measures permanently reduce international trade: new study
  33. Gender makes a world of difference for safety on public transport
  34. Strapped, packed and taking the stage: Australia's new drag kings
  35. Mosul is taken back, but Islamic State is not finished yet
  36. How common are superbugs in Australia, and what do we do when the antibiotics don't work?
  37. Low-energy homes don't just save money, they improve lives
  38. A brief history of GnuPG: vital to online security but free and underfunded
  39. Greens should press Jordon Steele-John to stay in Senate seat he is set to get
  40. The future of artificial intelligence: two experts disagree
  41. Finally, the first female Doctor Who
  42. Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific island, 23 years apart
  43. We need more than just laws to ensure responsible alcohol service
  44. Speaking with: Julian Savulescu on the ethics of genetic modification in humans
  45. Getting rid of plastic bags: a windfall for supermarkets but it won't do much for the environment
  46. The Great Galactic Recession
  47. Taxing empty homes: a step towards affordable housing, but much more can be done
  48. Smart or dumb? The real impact of India's proposal to build 100 smart cities
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