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  • 23 Mar 2026
    Cover of Shared Morals
    Jae-Hee Jung

    Morality and Political Communication

    Political arguments often appeal to fundamental moral intuitions about right and wrong. Politicians highlight the moral basis of their views and positions. For example, in the context of the recent U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, Senator Steve Daines explicitly appealed to morals in his post on X saying that he “support[s] President Trump’s actions […]

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  • 20 Mar 2026
    Sarah Awad

    A just image

    We use images to immortalize precious moments, to document how we see the world and how others should see it, and to construct imaginations of how the world ought to be. In the book Seeing Matters, I examine the psychological influence of public images in shaping our thoughts, emotions, memories, and actions, and why it […]

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  • 19 Mar 2026
    Marco Giacalone

    Not a Robot Judge: What AI Is Really Doing to Civil Justice

    When people hear about artificial intelligence in justice, they often imagine a dystopian future in which a “robot judge” decides cases, replaces lawyers, and turns justice into a cold, automated process. That image is dramatic, but it is also misleading. What is actually happening is both more interesting and more important. AI is already beginning […]

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  • 19 Mar 2026
    Samantha Ege, Alexandra Kori Hill

    The Era of Florence Price

    Samantha Ege: The Cambridge Companion to Florence B. Price is the book I needed when I was a student. Cambridge Companions were always my go-to during my studies because they do such a brilliant job at guiding you through the life and music of a composer. But when I learned about Florence Price, there was […]

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  • 17 Mar 2026
    Kate Haworth, Tatiana Grieshofer

    Language, Justice and Conference Dinners

    This week we are celebrating the release of our brand new edited collection, ‘Language and Justice’. You may already have heard of the academic areas of ‘language and law’ and ‘forensic linguistics’, but we are capturing something a little different, reflecting new and exciting directions in the research. So let’s start by explaining what we […]

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  • 17 Mar 2026
    Karin Zotzmann, Jérémie Bouchard

    Critical Realism in Applied Linguistics

    In the 1950s, research on language learning was dominated by behaviourism, which viewed language as a system of linguistic rules and patterns. Learners were encouraged to imitate and memorise words and sentences heard or read, and received reinforcement from their environment—rewards for correct responses and punishment for errors. Language acquisition was thus explained as a […]

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  • 16 Mar 2026
    Paula Rautionaho, Mikko Laitinen

    English Linguistics and the Age of Data: How Digitalization Is Rewriting the Rules

    English linguistics is in the middle of a transformation. That’s nothing new. This field has always been quick to adapt, but the current shift may be different in scale. It mirrors the broader digitalization that is shaping science, education, and everyday life. It’s driven not only by new AI‑based tools that have changed how we […]

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  • 16 Mar 2026
    Nathan Derejko

    Armed Violence and International Law: Identifying Non-International Armed Conflict

    A Non-International Armed Conflict (NIAC) is a limited manifestation of the broader concept of armed violence. The factual and legal criteria for determining when a situation of armed violence reaches the of NIAC threshold remain complex and contested. The absence of a definition of NIAC in international law, coupled with the lack of any formal […]

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