Tales from the Quadrangle The traditional university is on its deathbed. Should we care? There can’t have been many worse times for taking on the task of defending the…Graeme TurnerJuly 12, 2024
The Shrinking Nation The Accumulation of Misery and Zombie Economics It is telling that complexity scientist, Peter Turchin, has to go back to the deep…Graeme TurnerJune 4, 2024
The Shrinking Nation Dutton Rising. The power of constant attack There are some things in the Shrinking Nation that are not shrinking. There…Graeme TurnerMay 3, 2024
The Shrinking Nation Not Waiting for Albo: Brisbane’s ‘Greenslide’ has ALP voters moving on In the weekend’s council elections in Brisbane, the vote in my electoral ward was split…Graeme TurnerMarch 19, 2024
Tales from the Quadrangle The Accord has landed and now everyone agrees: our university system is broken The Final Report from the Accord review of Australia’s universities has landed, with 47…Graeme TurnerFebruary 29, 2024
The Shrinking Nation Amazon just recommended I buy a book I wrote myself Amazon just recommended that I buy The Shrinking Nation, in response to ‘my recent…Graeme TurnerFebruary 21, 2024
The Shrinking Nation RIP The Drum: Now we’re stuck with Q&A. RIP The Drum: Now we’re stuck with Q&A. Two days before ABC-TV’s The Drum went…Graeme TurnerJanuary 15, 2024
The Shrinking Nation We Don’t Need No Education! Arts degrees and the repurposing of higher education We Don’t Need No Education!: Arts degrees and the repurposing of higher education. ‘Terrified’…Graeme TurnerDecember 16, 2023
The Shrinking Nation The nation’s not just shrinking, it’s splintering: social cohesion the worst since 2007 Social cohesion survey records all-time low The Scanlon Institute’s sobering 2023 report on social cohesion…Graeme TurnerDecember 2, 2023
Tales from the Quadrangle No way to run a university: ACU butchers the humanities and its own reputation This time, it's worse Humanities academics are wearily accustomed to attacks on their disciplines from…Graeme TurnerNovember 20, 2023