Does voting help the climate?

2024 is shaping up to be a record year for heat – and national elections.

Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition • conversation
June 5, 2024 • ~7 min

What we know so far about Labour’s plan for Great British Energy

Criticisms that this is ‘just a logo’ aren’t entirely unreasonable, but Labour is setting out a green transition on a tight budget.

Renaud Foucart, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University • conversation
May 31, 2024 • ~7 min

TikTok’s duet, green screen and stitch turn political point-scoring into an art form

TikTok’s features for combining different users’ videos have sparked a wave of creativity. They’ve also formed an arena for political arguments and insults.

Jessica Maddox, Assistant Professor of Journalism and Creative Media, University of Alabama • conversation
March 22, 2024 • ~7 min

India’s General Election to Stretch over 44 Days
VOA Learning English • voa
March 21, 2024 • ~3 min

US election: turning off TikTok is a big risk for the Democrats

Many Democrats fear that banning TikTok would lose them votes from young people.

Thomas Gift, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL • conversation
March 21, 2024 • ~7 min

Deepfakes are still new, but 2024 could be the year they have an impact on elections

As technology has advanced, AI-generated deepfakes have become more convincing.

Eileen Culloty, Assistant Professor, School of Communications, Dublin City University • conversation
March 19, 2024 • ~7 min

AI vs. elections: 4 essential reads about the threat of high-tech deception in politics

Using disinformation to sway elections is nothing new. Powerful new AI tools, however, threaten to give the deceptions unprecedented reach.

Eric Smalley, Science + Technology Editor • conversation
March 18, 2024 • ~8 min

Why Biden is investing in influencers to help with this year’s election

Polling suggests young Republicans may be more enthusiastic about Trump, than young Democrats are about Biden.

Thomas Gift, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL • conversation
March 13, 2024 • ~7 min

Demand for computer chips fuelled by AI could reshape global politics and security

The effects of AI’s growth on global security could be difficult to predict.

Alina Vaduva, Director of the Business Advice Centre for Post Graduate Students at UEL, Ambassador of the Centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise, University of East London • conversation
March 4, 2024 • ~8 min

In 2024, we’ll truly find out how robust our democracies are to online disinformation campaigns

Low tech or hi-tech, the next year will determine how much action nations take on election interference.

William Dance, Senior Research Associate, Lancaster University • conversation
March 1, 2024 • ~7 min

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