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How does China go about winning back the hearts and minds of the world? Its obsession with control and misplaced soft power efforts are clearly not doing it any favours.
A proper understanding of community dynamics and local beliefs can inform medical interventions that are capable of establishing positive and productive relations with local communities.
Research shows that older people tend to be more trusting than young people, for reasons related to experience and the ageing process.
Apps these days allow parents to track their children. An expert explains, why these technologies should be a reason for worry if you are a parent,
In this election, it’s not just two parties and candidates that need closer scrutiny – it’s the media landscape itself.
While trust in politicians and political systems is lower than ever, new research shows the Gillard government kept most of its promises.
There are generally two kinds of federal election: one when the government is returned; the other when it is defeated. History tells us the former is far more common.
The dire level of trust in Australia’s government and politicians has serious implications for the health of our democracy. Whoever wins the next federal election must make fixing it a priority.
As Australians’ trust in politicians continues to slide, whoever wins the 2019 will need to work hard to restore it if it has any hope of bringing about genuine reform.
Research shows that the sense of belonging provided by platforms like Facebook trumps our distrust of social media.
More democratic forms of politics, journalism and fact-checking will be needed when we can no longer trust any video footage.
Blockchain technology was supposed to make trust unnecessary – but that turns out not to be true. Most people will want laws and regulations to help make blockchain-based systems trustworthy.
Rebuilding trust is possible, but as the aftermath of the banking crisis in the UK shows, very difficult.
Australians’ trust in politicians and democracy continues to plummet, posing significant problems for the effective running of the country.
Scholars and skeptics warned about Facebook long before its founder was even born. Technology companies keep asking for more and more data and proving they can’t be trusted.
A peaceful society requires us to trust our public institutions, but in order to do so, we must question them. Questions are a healthy and necessary response to a world filled with uncertainty.
Bitcoin and other digital currencies have been running wild in recent years, soaring and then plunging in value. A few stories from The Conversation’s archive offer a glimpse into their world.
Research shows that trust is ‘knowable’ – you can calculate whether you can trust an individual, based on their behaviours.
Facebook users may be flagging news as fake just because they disagree with it.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Adjunct professor, Charles Sturt University
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Senior lecturer, University of Canberra
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Director of the Center for Trust Studies, Professor of Management and Organizations, University of Arizona
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Professor of Political Communication; Director CAJ, The University of Melbourne
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Chair in Trust, Professor of Management, The University of Melbourne; Melbourne Business School
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Chair in Governance, University of Southampton
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Professor of Public Relations, Michigan State University
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
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RBC Professor in Responsible Organizations and Full Professor, Concordia University
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Associate Professor of Management, York University, Canada
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York Research Chair and Associate Professor, York University, Canada
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Professor in Psychology, Keele University