December 10, 2019

UOW expert commentary this week (10 - 14 December)

UOW academics provide expert comment, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing and breaking news stories.

BUSHFIRES

Senior Professor Ross Bradstock is available for interviews about the current bushfires in New South Wales and Queensland. Prof Bradstock is the Director of the Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfires at UOW. In a recent article for The Conversation Prof Bradstock says, “These unprecedented fires are an indication that a much-feared future under climate change may have arrived earlier than predicted”. 
 

WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION

Associate Professor Markus Wagner can speak about the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization ceasing to function as of midnight tonight, after the US blocked all attempts at appointments to the organisation’s highest judicial organ. Assoc Prof Wagner explains why Australian’s should be worried in a piece for The Conversation.

MEDIA RESOURCES

The University of Wollongong has an in-house Globelynx camera for TV interviews. This means we can facilitate reliable, live and high-quality television interviews from our Wollongong campus.

MEDIA CONTACTS

Kate Mayhew, UOW Media & Public Relations Coordinator, M: +61 475 388 887 | E: kmayhew@uow.edu.au

UOW Media Office, T: +61 4221 4227 | E: media@uow.edu.au

For more UOW Media staff contact details, visit the UOW Newsroom contacts page.

UOW academics exercise academic freedom by providing expert commentary, opinion and analysis on a range of ongoing social issues and current affairs. This expert commentary reflects the views of those individual academics and does not necessarily reflect the views or policy positions of the University of Wollongong.