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Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?
Society, Politics & Law

Will the next Secretary-General of the United Nations be a woman?

...Refugees and seemed a more neutral actor, given Russia’s relations with some states with the Eastern European region at the time. Following these changes, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 77/335 ‘Revitalization of the work of the General Assembly’ in September 2023. The resolution noted for the first time that ‘gender parity and geographical balance have...
Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit
Society, Politics & Law

Why the economy can't explain Trump or Brexit

...separates those who prefer cultural continuity and order from novelty-seekers open to diversity. Policymakers and pundits should face this instead of imagining that old remedies – schools, hospitals, jobs – will put the populist genie back in the bottle. This article was originally published by the LSE British Politics & Policy blog under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence...
How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?
History & The Arts

How can the arts improve health and wellbeing?

...refugees, survivors of abuse, and children who have experienced trauma or crisis (Carey, 2006; Malchiodi, 2020; King, 2022). Participation in the arts can also have a positive effect on people with anxiety or depression, as well as conditions such as schizophrenia, whether via a direct impact on the brain, via impact on emotions and mood, and via more general changes in...
Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship
History & The Arts

Beyond the babble: social broadcasting and digital citizenship

...refugees and migrants into Europe has resulted in a rising tide of nationalism and a populist backlash throughout the west. Tensions over how citizens of the west view border politics are also visible in the ways in which they project their identities or share their stories on social and digital media. Several reports have highlighted the increasingly influential role...
Non-existent countries
Society, Politics & Law

Non-existent countries

...refugee as we know now with all the people trying to enter Europe from places like Syria and Afghanistan. Lots of countries try very hard to keep hold of regions that would like more autonomy but nonetheless there is that tension. So movement is easy for some, less easy for others. Andy Morris If I could ask you about some of your selections for the book as well. I mean I...
Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum
Society, Politics & Law

Settling Uncertainty? Reflections on the Scottish Independence Referendum

...refugees and many more besides. Labour has proved inept at challenging such attacks and indeed on many issues is close to the Tories that to its key heartlands (as results in Scotland have demonstrated only too starkly). The UK is an ever more divided and unequal place; Scotland is an ever more unequal and divided place too. A key enduring lesson of the 2014 Scottish...
Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?
Society, Politics & Law

Who are otherkin - and how should we view them?

...asylum: “he walks on all fours, picks up everything he finds in his teeth, and in the same way he uses his teeth to dig up carrots, roots, etc., that he then carries to a corner and swallows, without standing up.” Another source describes a patient who “thinks she has become a dog, a bull, a man: all the parts of her body are deformed, enlarged: she doesn’t...
Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system
Education & Development

Why there's still faith in the Spanish education system

...refugees trying to reach Europe dominating the media, the return to school claimed its usual central position in the lives of many Spaniards. The latest new Law on Education, known as LOMCE, requires that students must obtain new editions of many school texts although there are few changes in the material, year on year. Publishers have jumped on the bandwagon by...