Between Helping and Watching, A Human Dilemma in Times of Disaster
Throughout history, responses to disasters have followed remarkably similar patterns. When extreme events occur, two distinct roles tend to emerge:…
The flattening of migration discourse: A crisis of complexity
International Migrants Day Contemporary migration debates in the United States and Europe have entered a troubling phase characterised by what…
Immigration to Europe: Panic, Reality, Solidarity
International Migrants Day The National Security Strategy of the USA signed by President Trump in November 2025 pulls no punches…
Dialogic Scientific Gatherings for Overcoming Child Sexual Abuse
Last Wednesday, December 10, the first Dialogic Scientific Gathering for the prevention of child sexual abuse began, organized by the…
Why Loneliness Matters in Young or “Emerging” Adulthood
International Day of Unwanted Loneliness Loneliness is a distressing feeling accompanying the perception that the quality and/or quantity of one’s…
Remembering the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Nearly two decades ago on December 13, 2006, in New York, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights…
Australia Bans Social Media for Under-16s — But What Does Science Really Say About Children and Screens?
Australia has just taken a historic step: becoming the first country in the world to ban social-media accounts for anyone…
Human rights sustain our everyday lives
Human Rights Day Every December 10, the world commemorates the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proclaimed…
Hanging handkerchiefs, opening doors, enjoying volunteering
International Volunteer Day When I was little, in the small town of my roots, the first thing I did on…
Mudslinging journalism and the rise of Nazism
In the 1928 elections in Germany, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) won 29.8% of the vote, the Communist Party (KPD)…