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21 November 2017
Why gamers' scores can reveal more than just thier dedication to thier hobby. Gamers won’t be surprised. We and our colleagues have discovered a link between people…
17 November 2017
Stephenie Foster reports form a recent meeting at Durham university on increasing the number of women high-level mediators. Last week, I was at Durham University in a setting made…
16 November 2017
In this article, Mark Langan of Newcastle University re-engages the concept of ‘neo-colonialism’ to make sense of the ongoing cycle of poverty in Africa and the…
16 November 2017
Ilan Manor explores the rise and constraints to digital diplomacy. Recent years have seen the mass migration of foreign ministries, embassies and diplomats to social media…
14 November 2017
Cities, states, provinces, and other subnational governments are taking a leadership role in fighting climate change. But how will they pay for it?  New mechanisms are…
13 November 2017
Simon Wilde explores recent moves by large global banks to tackle climate change.  Banking giant HSBC has pledged US$100 billion (£76 billion) to “fight…
13 November 2017
Any successful attempt to prevent the real social media pathologies – such as extremist, abusive and hateful behavior online – must be multi-faceted, thoughtful,…
10 November 2017
Populist shocks in the UK and US threaten the multilateral order on which the EU depends. What lies behind these earthquakes, and what does it mean for Europe? Withdrawing from…
09 November 2017
Branko Milanovic comments on how dining alone can be a retreat from our hyper competitive world. After living mostly by myself in New York for four years and having had dinner…
09 November 2017
The crisis of contemporary democracy has become a major subject of political science in recent years. Despite this, the symptoms of this crisis – the vote for…