Travel

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Politics & Society

Local responses to global nomads

From Bali to Barcelona, digital nomads are increasing, but they’re not always welcomed by the local communities who live there

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Arts & Culture

A nomadic sense of home

Home is often understood as a fixed point in space that’s tied to territory, but nomadic communities remind us that home can be cultivated on the move

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Politics & Society

The rise of the digital nomad

Nomads have historically been seen as a threat, but several countries around the world are now actively seeking to attract this growing digital legion through new remote work visas

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Health & Medicine

What’s the right COVID-19 risk to live with?

As Australia looks toward opening its international borders, new virus modelling provides scenarios that can help us decide what’s the right risk to tolerate

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Environment

Reimagining international airports in COVID-19

COVID-19 highlights that our capacity to manage international travel is critical when responding to a pandemic. The way we design airports could minimise the risk of imported outbreaks

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Sciences & Technology

How working away is changing home

New research shows how Australian households cope when one partner works away from home for days or weeks at a time, revealing how people’s lives change and the effects on wellbeing

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Arts & Culture

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Podcast

Movement, mobility and identity

Anthropology studies cultures and communities, but people have always moved around, so one anthropologist has taken his research on the road in cars and on buses

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Business & Economics

Ridesharing goes social

Combining commuting with social media could change the way we travel – with a move toward collaborative activity-based ridesharing

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Business & Economics

With great travel comes great responsibility

How two Indiana Jones fans with big dreams turned their love of travel into a $200 million business

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