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October 23, 2024

ā›“ļø Why Indiaā€™s academic freedom is at stake

Saloni Pradhan Saloni Pradhan examines the growing threats to academic freedom in India. From controversial curriculum changes to pressure on scholars, the government is eroding intellectual autonomy. The implications for India's democracy ā€” and the country's future as a knowledge society ā€” are significant. Read more
July 30, 2024

šŸ¦‹ A case for technical democracy

Kalervo N. Gulson Democracy is a set of processes that create spaces for dissensus and radical equality. Greg Thompson and Kalervo N. Gulson argue that nowhere is the lack of democratic spaces more evident than in the field of technology and its impact on institutions and life Read more
July 11, 2024

Being part of international relations: academics moving abroadĀ 

Ruairidh Brown The International University Campus is a site of relationality, write Ruairidh J Brown and Kerstin Tomiak. It a space of cultural and political interchange and creation of co-constituted knowledge. This challenges the traditional view in International RelationsĀ of Higher Education as a mere tool of soft power. Read more
July 1, 2024

ā›“ļø Edward Saidā€™s vision of a free universityĀ 

Markus Holdo Edward Said reminded us that the history of higher education belongs to everyone and that its future depends on the imagination of teachers and students. Markus Holdo asks whether we can seize this critical moment and explore what it means to practice the utopian ideal of a free university Read more
December 12, 2023

How intercultural education responds to migrant diversity in South Tyrol

Irene Landini South Tyrol, like other autonomous minority regions, is experiencing an increase in the number of migrant schoolchildren. Local authorities have adopted the Council of Europeā€™s intercultural education paradigm. Yet, as Irene Landini shows, its implementation varies significantly between different native groups and different Italian provinces Read more
May 22, 2023

ā›“ļø Why we must resist illiberalismā€™s attacks on higher education

Andrea Pető Andrea Pető is a gender scholar formerly based at Central European University in Budapest. Following crackdowns on gender studies by Viktor OrbĆ”n's government in Hungary, her institution has been forced into exile in Vienna. Here, Andrea breaks down illiberal leaders' specific strategies to undermine academic freedom, and offers suggestions for how academics, and citizens, can resist illiberal attacks on higher education Read more
August 30, 2022

šŸ“ Childrenā€™s rights are at risk (but thereā€™s more to the story)

Oliver Fiala Around the world, childrenā€™s rights are at risk of abuse. But are all children (or rights) equally at risk? Oliver Fiala, Elizabeth Kaletski, and K. Anne Watson argue that more extensive and disaggregated data are vital for understanding the extent to which childrenā€™s rights are realised Read more
August 22, 2022

šŸ“ El Salvador aims high but scores low on the right to education

Pablo C. Santos-Pineda Pablo Santos-Pineda uses the Human Rights Measurement Initiative scores to evaluate El Salvadorā€™s performance in fulfilling the right to education. This performance has been poor, and many children would benefit from strategic changes in its policies Read more

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