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Are you a design creative?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are you a design creative?

...increased recognition that design is a creative, social and ecological practice that can be applied to address societal challenges by creating ecosystems of commodities but also other assets such as natural resources, social connections, socio-technical infrastructures or ventures. Creating these ecosystems, infrastructures or ventures requires new disciplinary knowledge....
Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda
Society, Politics & Law

Goal-setting for a better world: Millennium Development Goals and Post-2015 Development Agenda

...humanity’s relationship with the earth. Some of the milestones in the concept’s development towards global platform are given in this table: 1972 Club of Rome publishes controversial Limits to Growth. Predicts dire consequences if growth is not slowed. Northern countries criticize the report for not including technological solutions while Southern countries are...
Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: As borders flex, how does citizenship change?

...human rights, development studies, public policy and education. Yet, the interdisciplinarity of the field, and the variety of ways of looking at citizenship, have also meant that there is no distinct methodological approach to citizenship, and that no single methodological approach can say all that there is to be said about citizenship. What is more, as the day school...
Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop
Society, Politics & Law

Shopping for citizenship: A conversation at the Citizenshop

...humans in the world). * I am (citizenship) American Living in (Nation) USA What makes a good citizen is: Action with a moral conscience; We cannot avoid different opinions (and my country is arguably founded upon the tension between different opinions) but one ought to at least believe in something that goes beyond cowardice or exploitation of other...And then take steps...
Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict

...Human Rights. Testing the verdict My team wanted to test the claims that the not proven verdict may increase the chances of a defendant being acquitted. For this experiment we recruited 128 participants, and each participant acted as a juror in two separate mock murder trials. In one trial, the jurors could give one of three verdicts: guilty, not guilty or not proven. In...
Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Can the NHS solve its bullying problem?

...humanity by taking some small steps you will then be in a better position to make the bigger decisions about how to tackle bullying at work. Acknowledging that bullying is an ordinary part of working life is not the end of the world nor does it inevitably mean you have to walk away from your job. Ironically the strength needed to face up to bullying involves accepting...
Kant on trust
History & The Arts

Kant on trust

...human dignity. The most important features of Kant’s ethical theory are his conceptions of human worth, and of the ideal moral community. Kant believes that all people have absolute value, or dignity, because they can be autonomous and rational, and that they should be treated in ways that recognize these capacities. Kant gives two accounts of how to treat other people....
Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26
Nature & Environment

Let your money do the talking: fossil fuel divestment and COP26

...humans have caused widespread and rapid climate warming, principally through CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. The fossil fuel industry has resisted accepting responsibility for its contribution to climate breakdown, using its wealth and political influence to preserve the status quo. The good news is that we now have viable alternatives, as renewable energy has rapidly...