Arts and Humanities

“Buy one, get one free” usually sounds like a good deal. But in one small theatre in London, the offer comes with a twist: the free item is a burial shroud. The audience laughs, then hesitates, then laughs again.This uneasy...

Scholars often observed how less-dominant languages are being spoken less and less. As a result, the dominant varieties might take over, leading the world toward less multilingual societies and cultural losses. Are non-Mandarin Chinese varieties in Malaysia an analogous trend...

What is happening to Development Studies? Once conceived as a multidisciplinary field with its own identity, it increasingly resembles a space where researchers hold “double loyalties”: they belong to traditional disciplines but conduct research on development. In Sweden, this trend...

How the TikTok Ban Sparked an Unexpected Digital Migration from the U.S. to China In January 2025, growing political debate in the United States over a possible ban on TikTok triggered strong reactions among many American users. Given TikTok’s scale,...

We have spent decades finding technical solutions for the climate crisis. Yet, emissions have kept rising, and climate policies fall behind the cultural, political and social behaviors, unabling to provide sufficient responses. Our shared aspirations might be bold, yet our...

Have you felt that we have failed to address environmental crises? If so, you may be experiencing anxiety or guilt feelings while you hunt for alternatives to flights for your dream trips. Or perhaps, you have stopped giving such importance...

When the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it set out 17 ambitious goals to tackle some of the world’s most urgent challenges. Among them, Goal 4 stands out as both simple and transformative: quality education for...

Most Latin American countries are considered democracies with relatively high political freedom. However, this does not mean they all share the same democratic quality. As the European Parliamentary Research Service highlights, Chile ranks among the “most free and democratic countries,”...

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Challenging the Development Paradigm For decades, international development efforts have been predominantly conceptualized and led by institutions based in the Global North. While these initiatives are often framed as benevolent endeavors aimed at alleviating poverty and improving living conditions in...