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Published in: HomeLiberation pedagogy in Mexico’s social movementsEducation understood as a pillar of political activity, on the basis of criticism and resistance, becomes a...
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Published in: HomeKiron provides refugees with opportunities to studyThe Berlin-based social start-up Kiron Open Higher Education delivers higher education to refugees. Through an...
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Published in: HomeFrom audience democracy to wisdom-for-the-wholeClosing remarks to Strasbourg’s World Forum for Democracy 2016, by " an interloper from Down Under."
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Published in: Home'Democracy is a process' - an interview with Dr Sakena YacoobiDemocracy is not something you take from one country and put in another, was the message to a reporter from the...
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Published in: HomeIn the twenty-first century, do we need to rethink representation?Despite the fact that our societies, laws and political climates have changed immensely over the last century, the...
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Published in: TransformationHow the Alt Right is trying to create a safe space for racism on college campusesRight-wing movements in the US are repackaging ideas from white nationalism into a new, more middle-class culture by...
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Published in: HomeThe problem with politicians and democracy…"Opening up new forms of political participation to hear the voices of the politically marginalised is critical for...
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Published in: HomeSo, is it a refugee crisis?“Not really. It’s a crisis of everybody’s values and everybody’s solidarity, and how far they’re willing to go to...
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Published in: TransformationWhy should Bill Gates decide how our children should be educated?Billionaire philanthropists are imposing their views on the rest of society with little accountability for their actions.
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Published in: HomeTurkey’s universities are being purged: we cannot afford to look the other wayWe must keep in mind that as academics we are at our best, not when we agree to disagree, but exactly when we...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe final frontier for privatisation: schoolsAs in the NHS, the government’s structural changes to schools are just the start of a massive privatisation process.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKRhodes must fall: from dignity to honour valuesWhen shame becomes honour, victims become offenders. Rhodes Must Fall is a case in point.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy experiments in the Latin American political labIn recent years, Latin America has experimented with different political models, seeking to consolidate democratic...
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Published in: Home‘Policed multiculturalism’ and predicting disasterCounter-radicalisation in France draws on British and Dutch policies developed in the mid-2000s. It extends police...
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Published in: HomeSmear campaign against Academics for PeaceA peace manifesto circulated by many Turkish academicians against the political war being conducted by the Turkish...
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Published in: HomeA threat to whom? Some implications of the rise of “extremist rhetoric”“We need to call in question how, as a society, we allow our security and democracy to be defined.”
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIsrael FirstersFor the past few months Israelis and Palestinians have experienced a wave of terrorist attacks mainly on civilian...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAfter the Paris attacks, what role for reforming education in the Middle East?Recent terrorist attacks are an opportunity to push for crucial curriculum and educational reforms in Egypt and the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Podemos on education: the education ‘we can’ haveThis vision of education forming the basis of the educational model that Podemos proposes is openly opposed to the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Integrated education in Europe: privilege or right?This international human rights day, the deep-rooted stereotype that implies that Romani families do not value...
