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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWhy is the Egyptian state monopolizing the entertainment industry?Egypt has long been dubbed the “Hollywood” of the Middle East. But with heightened state-imposed restrictions and...
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Published in: HomeState of the polity in AustraliaCoal exports up, medevac repeal coming soon, Federal Police raids on the press. The Australian polity is showing...
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Published in: ourEconomyWe need to change who can analyse our data – as well as who owns itBuilding a digital commons will require new rules to govern data analytics, as well as new models of ownership.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?An autonomous Europe for a cooperative worldOnly as second best will the EU opt to act alone. By becoming better able to act, Europeans will, by definition, be...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKHow the Johnson campaign is bringing Trump's media tactics to BritainThe sound of journalists being booed at Johnson’s launch event should be enough to raise concerns of something...
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Published in: oDRA school of bitter experience: how Kazakhstan’s media regulations restrict journalist freedomThe Kazakh state is increasingly bringing the work of independent journalists under control. A new media law places...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Shakespeare obliterates Greater Rome’s far-right slogansThe surprise was great… yet no one removed the sheets. Needless to say, they’ve now gone viral.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Content moderation and censorship: can we handle a double standard?If we get it right, machine-learning could be useful in identifying hateful networks and building a complete picture...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Triple threat to transparency: a Brexit StoryAny discussion of propaganda and the 2016 European referendum starts with years of Euromythology and migrant-bashing.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?European politics: the ‘hidden hand’ and the ‘inevitable wave’As the European elections get under way, let us avoid conspiratorial geopolitics. Focusing on sinister figures is...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?It’s not so hilarious on the balconies of ItalyWhen a young woman embarrassed Matteo Salvini during another of his endless stream of selfies a week or so back: “do...
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Published in: HomeFacebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insidersOn the eve of European elections, the tech giants stand accused of sabotaging the European Union’s fight against...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe people we might become: Personality and the organisation of knowledgeThe media has sold us collective hallucinations of ourselves, from Keynesian man to Thatcherite man (and woman). Can...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?PNL and ‘European Others’How France’s most successful rappers set about countering Europe's hegemonic narratives.
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Published in: HomeA Stanford professor admits getting it totally wrong about online educationFor years, Sarah Soule thought nothing could replace face-to-face interaction. In our latest podcast she...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Italy: real weapons of mass distractionMatteo Salvini’s rhetoric is getting ever more worrying as we approach the EU elections.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaPoliticisation of sports and sportisation of politics: A global dangerous trendThe globalising way of promoting sports as a way of thinking and a way of life really just serves the dominant...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta#metoo in the East? Women's rights in south-Eastern and Eastern EuropeJust over a month ago on April 10, Marija Lukić, pioneer of the #metoo movement in Serbia, went on her second trial...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Can British democracy handle the European elections? – public debate, civility and extremismThis current political crisis is not just about how the Brexit stand-off is resolved. The challenge is to show that...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta“All as One – 1 out of 5 million”: Serbian protesters mobilise against growing authoritarian ruleSerbia heads to its sixth month of anti-government demonstrations against President Aleksandar Vučić, whom the...
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