Valentine’s Day and the Freedom to Love
Today, February 14th, is the day when many people celebrate love and affection. For feminism, reflecting on affective and sexual…
Assessing Adult Numeracy: Key Findings from the Second Cycle of PIAAC
On 10 December, the results of the second cycle of the PIAAC survey (Programme for the International Assessment of Adult…
Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Extremism
International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and when Conducive to Terrorism The International Day for the Prevention…
Hedy Lamarr, Hidden for Being Sexy and Scientific
International Day of Women and Girls in Science Only from the invisibility that women have suffered can it be justified…
Tools to Combat Hate from the Classroom
Educating in diversity Cultural, linguistic, and religious diversity in classrooms is a reflection of today’s global society. More than just…
Our Role in the Problem of “Conflict Minerals”
It is likely that your smartphone contains a tiny amount of tantalum, a crucial metal for its operation. However, few…
How will we live, how will we settle, what form of community do we want to aspire to?
The Bauhaus in Weimar, founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, was more than just an art school; it was a…
The history of the interplay between modern logic and mathematics
Traditionally, logic was regarded as a theory of correct reasoning. In this sense, logicians did not attempt to describe reasoning…
Female Genital Mutilation and Culture Relativism
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a practice involving the alteration or…
For Michael Burawoy: A Tribute to a Life of Thought and Action
This is news too cruel to believe, too sudden to accept. Michael, you are gone, and yet you are everywhere.…