The age of stability is over, and coronavirus is just the beginning

Hope Versus Experience: Career Ambition and the Labour Market Expectations of University Educated Women

Studies that consider the position of women in the Australian labour market have consistently demonstrated evidence of unequal outcomes between men and women. A number of structural and behavioural explanations have been advanced for the continued existence of this gender inequality. This article contributes to the supply-side debate with a study of the labour market expectations of women. Questio

Gendered futures, constrained choices: undergraduate perceptions of work and family

Debates about the gendered division of labour tend to focus on negotiation and decision-making by couples in the present, and assume that individuals make rational choices based on present circumstances when deciding questions about workforce engagement, domestic labour and childcare responsibilities. As a result, they overlook the fact that choices made in the present are shaped by past choices.

Collective bargaining for paid parental leave in Australia 2005–2010: A complex context effect

In the period leading up to the federal government’s May 2009 announcement of a paid parental leave scheme, there was a surge in community and media debate about the absence of such a scheme in Australia. This article explores whether this context had some bearing on bargaining outcomes during that time. We analyse data from the Australian Workplace Agreements Database to determine the incidence a

Here’s why soil smells so good after it rain

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Coronavirus: why the Nordics are our best bet for comparing strategies

Förr var det vänskap som höll ihop samhället

Om Johanna Thorelli, De tjänstvilliga vännernas samhälleReview of Johanna Thorelli, De tjänstvilliga vännernas samhälle

The origins of a miraculous image : Notes on the annunciation Fresco in SS. Annunziata in Florence

The origins of early modern cult images are seldom easy to account for. Some of the images venerated in Italy in the Renaissance were already existing images which were suddenly activated by devotees claiming that the paintings were capable of performing miracles, while others were, according to circulating legends, ancient images painted by angels, St Luke, or even by a miracle. This article exam

Chapter 13: The Locus of Truth : St Birgitta of Sweden and the Pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Ambivalent Images of Authorship

This chapter focuses on the question of Birgitta of Sweden’s and Catherine of Siena’s status as authors with emphasis on the visual representations of the two women in the manuscripts containing their texts. Images found in the earliest extant codices portray Birgitta in the act of writing—an extremely uncommon visual rendering of a female author in the medieval period—whereas Catherine is never d

The Iconography of Liber celestis revelacionum

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Sweden under fire for ‘relaxed’ coronavirus approach – here’s the science behind it

We climate scientists won’t know exactly how the crisis will unfold until it’s too late

E-scooters – cities should embrace them

Iconography and Visions : St. Birgitta’s Revelation of the Nativity of Christ

January blues: cross-country skiers hold clues to beating it

Franciskus och visionens ikonografi

‘Apparuit ei Christus in eodem loco’ : Physical Presence and Divine Truth in St. Birgitta of Sweden’s Revelations from the Holy Land