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Episode 92:“Enemies of Society”: How the Media Portray Climate Activists from 2023-11-29T06:00
From dangerous extremists to silly children, how the media portrays climate activists such as Last Generation and Just Stop Oil is the topic of today’s episode. While those taking direct action ...
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Episode 91: Green Housing Threatens Affordability. But It Doesn’t Have To from 2023-10-25T16:00
Housing is the focus in this episode - something we all need but which is increasingly expensive and in short supply, due in large part to the financialisation of the housing market. Meanwhile s...
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Episode 90: Slovak elections: Who Is to Blame for Robert Fico’s Return? from 2023-09-22T06:00
Slovak voters head to the polls on the 30th September for early parliamentary elections. One of the winners looks set to be former Prime Minister Robert Fico - forced out after the 2018 murder o...
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Episode 89: Young Activism, Old Politics: Italy’s Divided Climate Movement from 2023-08-29T06:00
10 months on from the start of Italy's new far-right government under Prime Giorgia Meloni from the Brothers of Italy, this episode looks at climate politics in Italy. Direct action environmenta...
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Episode 88: Serbia’s Lithium: Sacrifice Zones or Opportunity for Europe’s Peripheries? from 2023-07-26T07:47:15
Welcome to the podcast and to another piece from our latest edition! The green transition relies on the use of numerous rare minerals. Lithium especially is crucial and Serbia’s reserves of this...
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Episode 87: The Cities Feeling the Heat from 2023-06-25T06:00
Our latest edition is out! And if you've been sweltering in a city this summer, don't miss this episode. Celia Fernández explains how rising temperatures are making European cities increasingly...
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Episode 86: Alcarràs and As Bestas: Spain’s Renewable Energy Divides Play Out in Cinemas from 2023-05-25T06:00
In Spain, the installation of large renewable energy plants is generating divides - with local populations concerned at the transformation of their homelands on the one hand and a climate that c...
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Episode 85: Why the IPCC Can’t Escape Climate Politics from 2023-04-27T06:00
With each report from the UN’s intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC), the message is more alarming and the call more strident. Yet somehow, the findings struggle to move governments t...
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Episode 84: Tackling the UK’s Insecurity Crisis from 2023-04-10T06:00
The idea of 'economic insecurity' is vital to understanding how people actually feel about their past, present and future. Put simply, it is the experience or anticipation of economic hardship. ...
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Episode 83: The Untold Story of the Food Crisis from 2023-03-27T06:00
Russia’s war on Ukraine pushed the world into a food crisis - or that’s how it felt. But this was only the latest tipping point for a global food system already on the edge. Jennifer Kwao explai...
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Episode 82: What African Green Feminist Power Has to Offer from 2023-03-08T08:00
On this International Women's Day, we turn to Africa, where women have a long, rich, and active history of seeing their own liberation and the protection of nature as inseparable and forging gro...
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Episode 81: Is Degrowth the Future? from 2023-02-27T09:00
That infinite economic growth is simply not possible on a finite planet seems a truth that is increasingly hard to escape - in some circles. Yet governments continue to organise their countries ...
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Episode 80: Powering Up Energy Communities in Central and Eastern Europe from 2023-02-13T19:39:39
Renewable energy cooperatives and/or communities are the focus of our attention this week, and specifically their spread - albeit slow - in Central and Eastern Europe.
Tackling three urg...
Episode 79: Why the Transport Visions of Tech Billionaires are a Dead End from 2023-01-30T07:00
We’ve got a book review for you this week. Konrad Bleyer-Simon unpacks Road to Nowhere. Silicon Valley and the Future of Mobility by Paris Marx which sets out how the egoistic projects ...
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Episode 78: Why Were Italians Swayed to the Right by the Brothers of Italy? from 2023-01-16T08:00
In this episode, we zoom in on Italy again. Join us to unpack the September 2022 elections which led to Italy's most right-wing government since Mussolini. What underlies the rise in support for...
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Episode 77: A Climate of Disruption from 2023-01-02T08:00
In this episode, we tackle one of the most important questions of the decade. With global disruption and crises set to become the norm, how should Green parties navigate this new age of shocks? ...
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Episode 76: Cost of Living: No Country for Young People from 2022-12-20T08:00
Welcome back! In this episode, we focus on one of the most important issues facing many of us: the cost of living crisis. It's time to question how we got here, look into the social and politica...
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Episode 75: The Environmental Cost of the War in Ukraine from 2022-11-22T08:00
It's almost nine months since the start of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Rarely mentioned in coverage or analysis of the war is the ecological impact of it and how this is playing out today in Uk...
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Episode 74: COP27: Barred from the Climate conversation from 2022-11-08T09:00
COP27 has just kicked off!
Despite having official invitations to international climate summits, many young Global South organisers find their visa applications to European countries rej...
Episode 73: After Modernity: Citizenship Beyond the Nation State? from 2022-10-27T07:00
Welcome back! In this episode, we explore the concepts of citizenship and of nation states - two norms which are rarely questioned in Europe today - and how they are evolving in today's world. W...
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Episode 72: Swedish Elections and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right from 2022-10-13T07:00
On 11 September, Sweden went to the polls to elect a new government. In this episode, we look into what the results might mean for the country, how Swedish politics has gradually shifted to the ...
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Episode 71: The Unhealthy Geopolitics of a Sovereign Europe from 2022-10-06T13:18:10
In this episode, Luiza Bialasiewicz explains why thinking pandemic geopolitics through the lens of 'health sovereignty' ig...
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Episode 70: What the Recent IPCC Report Means for Europe and the World from 2022-09-22T07:00
Welcome back! This summer has shown - once again - that extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of the climate crisis.
Episode 69: The Road to a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty from 2022-05-18T11:34:12
In this episode, we talk all about coal, oil, and gas. When it comes to keeping fossil fuels in the ground, COPs will only get us so far. Peter Newell outlines an alternative approach: A Fossil ...
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Episode 68: Will Ecology Expand the EU’s Horizons? from 2022-04-15T13:09:55
We are back. In this episode, we explore how ecology could expand the EU's horizons through the Green Deal. For the European Union, the energy transition offers an economic, social and strategic...
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Episode 67: The Return of the Brezhnev Doctrine from 2022-03-17T09:43:37
Despite the warnings, the invasion of Ukraine took the world by surprise. As Putin continues his brutal invasion of #Ukraine, ...
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Episode 66: The Romanian Protest Wave - A Path to a New Political Era? from 2022-02-10T10:28:16
We are back!
In the first episode of the new year, we'll be going to Romania where over the past decades, there have been successive waves of protests that have had a defining impact on ...
Episode 65: Promised Lands in Manfredonia: Environmental Justice Is About Democracy from 2021-09-27T07:06:20
This week, we tell the story of how, for one Italian town, democracy is an ongoing struggle for environmental justice and self-determination. A story of democratic exclusion that began with the ...
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Episode 64: Feminist Finland: From Representation to Equality from 2021-08-27T08:08:38
In this episode, we are going to Finland. For over a century, Finland has pioneered women’s representation in politics. But discrimination still casts a long shadow over the country.
What...
Episode 63: A State of Disrepair: Democracy in the United Kingdom from 2021-07-04T12:59:49
This week, we are going to the UK! The UK government’s handling of Brexit and the health crisis has been undeniably chaotic and venal. In a bid to distract the public and shore up its own power,...
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Episode 62: Draghi’s Team of Rivals from 2021-05-17T19:19:36
This week, we are going to Italy.
In February, Mario Draghi, got sworn-in as Italy's next prime minister and formed a coalition government to end months of political stalemate.
Howeve...
Episode 61: Germany’s Year of Elections: Has the Pandemic Scuppered the Green Rise from 2021-04-12T08:05:37
2021 is Germany's "super election year"!
The end of Merkel era, the rise of the Greens, the fallout from the pandemic.
Roderick Kefferputz analyses the year ahead in German politics a...
Episode 60: Essential Voices: Migrant Workers on Living Through the Pandemic from 2021-03-05T00:31:18
This week, we talk migration and essential work.
Migration has been a dividing line in politics in recent years. But the fact remains that society would not function without the contributio...
Episode 59: Beyond the Bubble Ageing, Solidarity and Covid-19 from 2021-02-11T10:29:22
The pandemic has exposed many unresolved challenges for older members of society – social care, the digital divide, loneliness - sparking a conversation about ageing societies that is often deferre...
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Episode 58: The Foundational Economy for a Good Life from 2021-01-18T09:10:38
What kind of economy do we want?
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown that some economic sectors are more important than others for meeting our basic needs and making a “good life” possible.
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Episode 57: Three Responses to the Crisis from 2020-12-30T14:24:17
Since the pandemic began, different countries have taken different approaches to the Covid19 crisis.
In the last episode of this year, sociologist Jean De Munck maps the different government...
Episode 56: Global Green Politics in a Time of Crisis from 2020-11-20T18:29:41
In this episode, Peter Newell asks: Has the time arrived for a global green politics?
As the debate continues over ideas and visions about what the post-pandemic world could and should look ...
How the Pandemic Has Hit Plastics Recycling from 2020-10-31T20:24:37
Some said the pandemic had one upside: a chance for the environment to recover.
However, such assumptions may be severely misguided.
In this episode, Camille Nedelec debunks this myt...
Another State Is Possible: Greening the Levers of Power from 2020-10-12T07:52:29
This week, we're all about important questions!
- How can people believe that the “climate fight” will be won if, at the national level, climate action is only paid lip service?
- Wha...
The Green Surge in the French Locals Explained from 2020-09-21T07:49:42
This week, we're going to France. On June 28, the Greens of Europe Ecologie-Les Verts (EELV) confirmed their role as change makers in French politics as the #GreenWave swept through the country in ...
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Basic Income and Pandemic Preparedness from 2020-09-03T07:40:42
Let's talk about #COVID19 and the economy!
As a response to the pandemic, many governments have introduced short-term cash transfers for self-employed and precarious workers.
But do t...
On the Love and Rage of Extinction Rebellion from 2020-08-22T08:53:08
This episode is all about rebellion! Extinction Rebellion erupted in 2018 in the UK. It denounces the political inertia and obfuscation of “truth” that permeate climate change debates. Since then, ...
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Resettling Villages, Unsettling Lives from 2020-08-10T16:41:45
This week, we're going to Germany. As the energy transition debate continues, land-intensive extraction processes continue to displace villages across the German lignite belt. Based on their fieldw...
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Putting Time at the Heart of Political Ecology from 2020-06-26T15:34:25
This week, we're taking a break from everything to talk about 'time'.
As millions are now working from home due to #COVID19, consistently, for the first time, we need to reconsider our relations...
Resilience Under Shock: Time for a Paradigm Shift from 2020-06-03T17:06:58
The #Covid_19 pandemic has fundamentally questioned how society should be organised to ensure health and wellbeing for all.
It’s time for a paradigm shift: from a sleepwalking society focus...
After Industrialism: Reviving Nature in the 21st Century from 2020-04-27T07:20:58
This week, we are talking about ecologism which emerged as a critique of industrialism, the ideology that binds liberalism, conservativism, and socialism. It develops these three dominant political...
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The Three Tribes of Political Ecology from 2020-03-27T17:16:20
This week, we're taking a tour around the different worlds of Green Politics, namely: three forces leading political ecology today – green socialism, the radical critics of modernity, and elite tec...
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Climate Change and Migration: Myths and Realities from 2020-03-05T14:45:07
Awareness has grown of the intimate link between climate change and migration in past years but it remains a complex and contentious issue.
In a debate fanned by the media and populist politici...
British Foreign Policy After Brexit from 2020-02-25T09:52:28
The UK left the EU; Brexit left us with so many questions like:
- So what now?
- What will this mean for Britain's place in the world?
- How will the UK Government reckon with a new relat...
The Climate Justice Movement in the Czech Republic Has Broken the Silence. Now What? from 2020-02-17T09:29:04
The Climate Strikes arrived in the Czech Republic this year as youth started to protest against the government’s chronic inaction on climate. But now what?
Josef Patocka, editor for climate ...
The Future of the EU: Soldiers, Barbed Wire and Surveillance from 2020-01-27T14:42:54
The far right failed to make the gains many expected at the European elections, but their influence on the direction of the Union is pervasive. Activists linked to Attac Austria argue that progress...
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Where Next for the French Greens? from 2020-01-13T16:01:51
In a France dominated by leaders without movements and rocked by movements without leaders, can political ecology build on EU election success to help fix the crisis of representation?
Writt...
MeTooEP: Rooting Out Sexual Harassment in the European Parliament from 2019-12-03T13:08:27
The #MeToo movement showed that sexist treatment and abuse remains a pervasive and universal problem - and the political sphere is no exception. MeTooEP has shone a light on the sexual harrassment ...
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Pathways to Power: How Green Parties Join Governments from 2019-11-22T10:14:32
As some Green parties move closer to entering government, looking to paths already trodden by Greens in Sweden and Finland proves illuminating.
Written by Simon Otjes and read by Julia Lagou...
The Categorical Mistake of“Looking for an Answer to National Populism” from 2019-11-14T15:56:41
In the face of rising national populism, rather than seeking to combat these forces on their own terms, Green and progressive politicians can instead turn to a far more effective rhetorical tool.
The Future of Basic Income in Finland from 2019-11-07T13:35:26
Trials in recent years, an advanced national debate and a new progressive majority in Parliament make Finland a key context to follow for basic income developments.
Written by Simo Raittila and ...
Why the Extinction Rebellion Movement is Morally Justified from 2019-10-31T12:17:13
Extinction Rebellion is part of a global movement that is forcing climate and environmental issues into the mainstream. Their success is based on widespread recognition of the legitimacy of their d...
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Questioning the Centrality of Work with AndréGorz from 2019-10-25T07:59:56
André Gorz, a key thinker of political ecology, owes his popularity in part to his radical critique of work. His exhortation to “exit from work”, though undoubtedly utopian, provides us with the op...
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Youth Lead the Way on the Climate Emergency from 2019-10-09T14:55:12
On Friday 20 September, thousands of children will once again take to the streets in the name of the planet – and this time they call for adults to strike with them. Philosopher Joëlle Zask conside...
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An Eco-Social Perspective on Transhumanism from 2019-10-01T14:15:13
Tracing the rise of transhumanism, a movement inspired by the possibilities of developments from artificial intelligence to biogenetics. But this techno-utopian philosophy provides no answer to our...
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Cosmic Bonanza–Mining in Outer Space from 2019-09-24T09:08:12
Is an end to scarcity in sight? American companies are preparing to tap a vast source of raw materials on celestial bodies. But space mining is also a source of conflict, as the global commons of o...
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Green Space in the History of Political Ideas from 2019-09-16T13:17:07
Liberalism, conservatism and socialism have long been seen as the dominant political paradigms of modernity. But these centuries-old frameworks are no longer unchallenged. Reinhard Olschanski explo...
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Breaking Europe’s Double Deadlock from 2019-09-09T08:43:13
French President Macron's bid to reform Europe has missed vital opportunities. Carefully built alliances and transnational politics are key to effectively changing Europe.
Written by Edouard...
Everybody's Survival - the Growing Hunger for Climate Justice from 2019-08-21T13:23:52
Is society ready to break with legal and political norms to tackle the climate crisis? Perhaps: in France the L’Affaire du siècle petition, which aims to have the French state's duty and failure to...
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Poland's Futures: A View from the Countryside from 2019-08-16T08:57:11
At a time when its voters are in and out of voting booths – municipal elections at the end of 2018, European and national elections in 2019, and presidential ones in 2020 – taking the long view of ...
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A Walk on Europe's Wild Side from 2019-08-08T13:44:06
A look at the past, present and future of rewilding that makes the case for tackling the biodiversity extinction crisis and restoring natural wonder to both country and city.
Written by Samu...
Basic Income Has Always Been a Women's Cause from 2019-07-31T15:06:38
The vibrant debate around the question of basic income has all too often neglected a crucial aspect: gender dynamics. In a deeply gendered society, how might a basic income impact men and women dif...
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A Politics Beyond Fear from 2019-07-19T13:10:23
Sociologist Karolina Wigura calls for a move from the pervasive politics of fear which has seen the rise of the far-right to a politics with a positive vision based on hope.
Written by Karol...
The Limits of Work: Poverty and Exploitation in Today’s European Union from 2019-07-05T06:27:19
The 2017 documentary The Limits of Work (Hranice práce) confronts the viewer with the terrible reality of work for many. Saša Uhlová spends six months working a series of low-paid agency jobs equip...
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To 2049 and Beyond: A Future History of the Internet from 2019-06-21T10:31:04
Just as the advent of the internet has reshaped the world over the last 30 years, its evolution over the next will also define the society of the future. Digital geek Jennifer Baker tells the story...
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Agriculture 3.0 or (Smart) Agroecology? from 2019-06-11T08:08:26
Many EU policy-makers see precision agriculture as the answer to the question of food sustainability, but agroecology offers a genuinely sustainable solution already at hand.
Written by Fra...
Europe: The Reconstruction of the Free World from 2019-05-28T08:00:17
Are borders really the normal state of affairs? A critical and historical approach suggests this is in fact a very recent development. By recognising this, we can start to open our minds to imagine...
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The Age of Security Populists from 2019-05-20T07:58:40
In a context where acts of terrorism and violence provide justification for increasingly intrusive interference with the rights of citizens, what international frameworks exist to limit government ...
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Three Futures for Trade Unions in 2049 from 2019-05-06T15:32:56
Climate change and digitalisation will shape the 21st century, but society’s ability to determine the future should not be downplayed. Christophe Degryse, head of the Foresight Unit at the European...
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Delivering Green Mobility in 2049 from 2019-04-29T07:23:49
The European transport sector needs a transformation if it is to support a green Europe in 2049. Solutions to transport’s most pressing environmental problems are emerging, but will bring their own...
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The Nature of Green Populism? from 2019-04-24T10:05:28
The rise of populism across Europe and beyond has been widely acknowledged, achieving significant electoral success in recent years, in Germany, France and the UK to name but a few. Amanda Machin a...
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Plastic Promises: Industry Seeking to Avoid Binding Regulations from 2019-04-04T12:11:19
We are drowning in plastic. It is hard to exaggerate the scale and urgency of the challenge facing the world, to substantially reduce our plastics use, and to ensure we reuse and recycle as much an...
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EU Ban on Neonics: Too Little, Too Late from 2019-03-27T08:57:58
Neonicotinoids are the most popular – and the most poisonous – insecticides in the world. The large-scale collateral damage caused by neonicotinoids, or ‘neonics’ in short, on our ecosystem has bee...
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The IPCC Report and its Political Implications from 2019-03-21T16:53:46
The recent IPCC report made international headlines for underlining that countries have as little as 12 years to take steps to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Bert Metz, fellow at the Eu...
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A Food Policy for Europe from 2019-03-14T09:26:57
Instead of policy which pulls in different directions, Europe needs an integrated food policy that supports more local attempts at a sustainable and productive food system. Co-chair of the Internat...
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The Environmental Dividend: Greening in Times of Populism from 2019-03-04T14:43:37
Environmental taxes advocated by Green parties such as road pricing give rise to social resistance and populist criticism. There is, however, a response to the mistrust of green taxation. Richard W...
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‘Ugly Bruxy' or Bruxelles 'Re-Belle'? from 2019-02-22T09:59:50
A searing diatribe by a journalist bemoaning the flaws of the ‘Capital of Europe’ sparked much debate on the state of Brussels today, around both its aesthetic attributes as well as the processes g...
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Guardians of the Property: Pop-Up Housing for Pop-Up People from 2019-02-14T11:42:23
Across London and other European cities, a new way of living is taking root: property guardianship. Whilst ostensibly a win-win situation for everyone, this industry is a symptom of the desperat...
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Media Capture Central European Style from 2019-02-06T11:00:18
With foreign owners leaving the media market, Central and Eastern European oligarchs are buying whatever they can get their hands on. The region is a prime example of how vested interests can creat...
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The 'Guggenheim Effect': Pride and Prejudices from 2019-01-29T10:45:33
In 1997, a declining industrial city in northern Spain, submerged in a deep economic, environmental, and social crisis, opened an innovative branch of the Guggenheim museum. Today, Bilbao boasts an...
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Dirty Rare Metals: Digging Deeper into the Energy Transition from 2019-01-17T16:20:57
Guillaume Pitron reveals the dark side of the energy transition and digitisation. Rare metals are the next 'black gold': their central role in green and digital technology has important consequence...
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The Road to Repeal: How Ireland Said 'Yes' from 2018-12-19T14:03:51
On May 25th 2018, the people of Ireland voted overwhelmingly in favour of repealing the 8th amendment of the Irish Constitution – the article that had hitherto made it effectively impossible to leg...
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After Europe–Thinking About Europe with the Help of Ivan Krastev from 2018-12-05T16:10:24
Edouard Gaudot explores political scientist Ivan Krastev's book "After Europe" to delve into how the refugee crisis and the rise in populism is fast becoming a crisis in democracy for the European ...
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Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot from 2018-11-21T11:53:03
The Western healthcare system is facing an imminent upheaval caused by an ageing population, increase in the chronically ill, technological advances and a shortage of caregivers. Automation of medi...
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The UK Plastic Crisis Unwrapped from 2018-11-15T10:24:32
Natalie Bennett discusses the hard-won gains and shortcomings of the British legislation banning micro-plastics in cosmetics, the deep-rooted place plastic holds in British lifestyle, and the path ...
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Work in a World Without Growth from 2018-11-15T10:02:42
A fixation with growth in economics has seen GDP increase in proportion to environmental damage. As planetary limits draw ever closer and are even being surpassed, such a model cannot be sustained....
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Bridging the 82 km Happiness Gap: Can Estonia Stem the Labour Exodus to Finland? from 2018-11-15T09:48:17
With tens of thousands of Estonian workers commuting between Tallinn and Helsinki, we look at a snapshot of Estonia’s ongoing struggle with brain drain.
Written by Silja Kudel and read by Ju...