The violence we call exceptional: Sexual Violence, Morality and the Global North
by Why does sexual violence become evidence of societal backwardness when it happens in the Global South, but institutional failure when it happens in the Global …
Category: Social Sciences
Applied Sciences / Industry, innovation and infrastructure / Opinions / Peace, justice and strong institutions / Social Sciences / Sustainable cities and communities
The Unsure Train to the Future
by In the text below we will refer to a specific incident that happened in Greece (the Tempi train crush) and how it invokes a very …
Revisiting the Law of War under Climate Stress: The Case of Yemen
by The Law of War, formally known as International Humanitarian Law (IHL), was developed to regulate violence during armed conflict by limiting unnecessary suffering and protecting …
Education as a Driver of Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
“In a poor rural area of Pakistan, girls are three times as likely as poor boys to have never attended school. In India, the median …
Applied Sciences / Climate action / Opinions / Peace, justice and strong institutions / Resources / Social Sciences
Youth at the Table: How Young Advocates Engage with Climate Diplomacy
Climate change is often discussed through science, emissions targets, and environmental disasters. Yet behind global climate action lies another, less visible process: climate diplomacy. Broadly, …
Power and Participation in Climate Negotiations : How Vulnerable States Engage with Climate Diplomacy
Climate diplomacy refers to the system of multilateral negotiations through which states coordinate responses to climate change. The principal institutional forum for this process is …
The Greek Mirror: Democracy, Accountability and the Global Governance Gap
by When democracy is invoked as a global ideal, its symbolic origins are often traced to Ancient Greece, a historical reference point for political equality and …
Applied Sciences / Climate action / Natural Sciences / Peace, justice and strong institutions / Resources / Social Sciences / Sustainable cities and communities
Climate Change and the Risk of State Extinction: A Challenge for International Law
Climate change is usually discussed as an environmental or economic problem. For some countries, however, it represents a far more fundamental challenge: a threat to …
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Wasted at Both Ends: How the Global Food System Discards from Farm to Shelf
At a plantation in coastal Ecuador, a crate of bananas is set aside, not because it is spoiled, but because it is slightly curved in …
Namokora: Revisiting a Forgotten Massacre in Northern Uganda
In Uganda, it is now forty years since President Yoweri Museveni captured power, and he has ruled ever since. When his National Resistance Army (NRA) …