- August 26, 2024
Updating common knowledge | Eurozine
Have you ever wondered how the results of scientific research get written up, published, disseminated and, in some cases, eventually accepted as conventional wisdom? How
Just ourselves | Eurozine
In his 1993 book Pleasant the Scholar’s Life: Irish Intellectuals and the Construction of the Nation State, Maurice Goldring emphasised the role of intellectuals in
Taming the ship of fools
Greta Thunberg accused participants of the 2023 World Economic Forum with ‘fuelling the destruction of the planet’. She argued that the irresponsibility of the economic
‘It’s important to be open’
In the second episode of Knowledgeable Youth, the students discuss a theme close to their current experience, shared by many others’ in Vienna: migrating. The
Press freedom amid martial law
At first, everyone contrasted the outspoken freedom of Ukraine’s media with Russia’s blank censorship. Two years on, the gap doesn’t look that tremendous. It has
Pirate AI | Eurozine
ChatGPT and generative AI truly burst onto the scene in late 2022. There’s a good chance that the intersection between books, publishing and AI first
‘Science is cool’ | Eurozine
Due to differences in school systems between Ukraine and Austria, Ukrainian adolescents often enter university earlier than Austrian students. This episode of the Knowledgeable Youth
Occupied futures | Eurozine
As the object of study rather than the subject of communication, the so-called Middle East has long been a locus for advanced technologies of mapping.
Unity or else: The EU after the elections
The recent European parliamentary elections took place against the backdrop of widespread expectations by experts and the general public alike of a rightwing surge. The
Welcome to the dictator’s playground
On 2 October 2018 a team of agents dispatched by the Saudi government strangled dissident Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered the consulate