It’s hard not to categorize our present global moment as a crisis. And just when we think things can’t get worse — they do. Across the globe, we’re witnessing a rise in far-right movements and governments. Just a few weeks ago, the AfD party in Germany secured second place. This marks the first time a far-right […] … learn more→

Just a few years ago, we were amused by the completely fanciful photos generated by AI, but today it’s becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish the real from the fake with the naked eye. One idea could be to tag AI-generated photos. This solution could be effective, but it still has many limitations. In 2024, deepfake […] … learn more→

With the internet and its widespread accessibility, many of us have front-row seats to widespread suffering and death across the globe for the first time in history, even when we are not directly affected. We’re living in what scholars describe as a “polycrisis” — a set of interconnected crises that compound and intensify one another. Climate change intensifies displacement […] … learn more→

Every week brings fresh claims about AI transforming the workplace. A CEO declares a revolution. A think piece predicts millions of jobs vanishing overnight. The noise is relentless. But strip away the hype and there is a simpler question. In developed economies, what has AI actually changed about work so far? The answer turns out to be […] … learn more→

Good academic writing means sitting with a discomfort that never entirely goes away. It’s not a discomfort that comes from having nothing to say. Most of us have more than enough ideas crowding the page. Not that. This discomfort is something more unsettling. The discomfort I am talking about is not the discomfort of avoidance, […] … learn more→

In France, the expansion of higher education has contributed to a kind of race against time in academic pathways, intensifying the influence of the initial degree on careers. How can we reduce this irreversibility of trajectories and propose a new pact for the democratization of higher education? An examination of public policy over the past […] … learn more→

● Social norms and expectations drive low female participation in STEM fields. ● It’s not a matter of lost talent, but a series of processes that make it difficult for women to participate. ● The solution cannot be partial—it requires planning of the structure, rules of the game, mechanisms, and operational procedures. The low participation […] … learn more→

In recent years, the hemp industry has grown rapidly, but not all products on the market meet the same quality standards. Reports of contaminated vape products and mislabeled cannabinoid content have made many adults more cautious about what they inhale. Because vape cartridges are heated and inhaled directly into the lungs, concerns about purity and […] … learn more→

It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of assessing what they’ve absorbed and retained. Students have to show and discuss how they arrived at their understanding of the subject. They can’t […] … learn more→

Imagine a doctoral researcher finishing their introduction. They’ve carefully crafted the opening pages that situate their research question in the existing literature. Then they turn to write the abstract and, faced with the daunting task of condensing everything into 250 words, they simply lift sentences wholesale from what they’ve just written. The abstract becomes a […] … learn more→