The complexity of living systems is among the most fascinating subjects in science. From cellular responses, adaptation and rhythms, synchronized firing of neurons to the emergence of multicellular patterns...
When the idea of setting up a Modern Languages school (which was intended to include the study of English) was being debated at the University of Oxford in the late 1880s, E.A. Freeman, Regius Professor...
Zionism wasn’t just a political movement, it was a bold cultural experiment. At its heart was an ancient story: the idea that the Jewish people had a historic connection to the land of Palestine. But...
Governing the European economy does not result from decisions taken by national executives acting in isolation. It is the product of a laborious and frequently frustrating coordination effort orchestrated...
On April 10 2025 SCOTUS decided on the case 24A949 Noem vs. Abrego Garcia. Examining the reasoning of a District Court ordering the Government to “facilitate and effectuate the return of [Abrego Garcia]...
In the current moment we are experiencing a profound shift in the international order. Russia militarily attacked Ukraine, a sovereign state, and the emerging attempts at peace negotiations most loudly...
Rural areas are struggling. Rural poverty is increasing as jobs in agriculture, manufacturing, and resource extraction dry up. Small communities are shrinking: losing churches, schools, dentists, doctors,...
Can editing an encyclopedia of stage directors be anything but an impossible task? Simon Williams (UC Santa Barbara) and I were invited to consider such an undertaking just under a decade ago; Simon had...
The incessant rate at which the world is changing is causing greater levels stress, especially for youth. Shared global challenges such as climate change, threats of disease, political unrest, the rise...
How can individual freedom be historicised in the context of twentieth-century Europe? When setting out to answer this question I found myself grappling with the following problem: on the one hand, contemporaries...
Artificial intelligence and machine learning have enabled widespread automation of government decision-making in Western liberal democracies. Yet vulnerable populations have been seriously harmed because...
The right to freedom of thought was a neglected right until recently. It was so overlooked that although article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 9 of the European...