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The Voice of Neil MacCormick

Writing the life of a thinker is a long and difficult process. As an author, one often needs sources to which one can return and which never fail to refresh one’s original interests and revive the spirits,...

Maksymilian Del Mar | 19 Jun 2025

What constitutional protections should be afforded to speech authored by artificial intelligence?

Exposure to the current media culture in almost any sphere – news, entertainment, business, politics, or technology – involves near constant contact with reporting on, and often barely concealed promotion...

Marin Roger Scordato | 18 Jun 2025

The Contexts of Sean O’Casey

At the time of writing, I am lucky enough to be working as a visiting fellow at the Arts and Humanities Institute of Maynooth University in Kildare.  The university houses the archives of Teresa Deevy,...

James Moran | 16 Jun 2025

LATIN ACROSS CULTURES: THE LANGUAGE OF ROME IN A CONNECTED MEDITERRANEAN

‘The boundaries of the city of Rome are the same as those of the world’ (Fast. 2.684): Ovid’s striking claim about Rome’s global reach evokes the image of Rome as Cosmopolis—a centre of power...

Maria Chiara Scappaticcio | 16 Jun 2025

Contemplating Multilingual Education: A Global Journey into Language Learning and Teaching

In today’s rapidly globalizing world, multilingual education is no longer a niche interest—it is an essential approach to preparing learners for the linguistic realities they will face locally and...

Piotr Romanowski | 13 Jun 2025

What can we learn about Globalization from Latin America? The view from Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs).

The international economic order is in a state of flux. Major political and economic developments are reconfiguring globalization as we know it: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is on life-support,...

Andrew Lugg, Rodrigo Polanco, Manfred Elsig | 13 Jun 2025

Five Things You Should Know About Fair Trade

Fair trade has become a household name for many shoppers who encounter certified products on supermarket shelves. But behind those labels lies a complex global movement with a rich history. Based on my...

Peter van Dam | 9 Jun 2025

International Organisations as Vessels for Visions of World Ordering

What do international institutional lawyers see when they peek out from a window? If, as David Kennedy argues, public international lawyers see a “world of nation-states and war” while trade lawyers...

Daniel R. Quiroga-Villamarín, Negar Mansouri | 4 Jun 2025

Women’s Rise against Authoritarianism

In recent decades, authoritarianism has been on the rise around the globe. Some countries experienced democratic backsliding, while others failed to build robust democratic institutions during a period...

Olena Nikolayenko | 3 Jun 2025

Rethinking Competition: A Fresh Perspective on Its Role in Society

We frequently engage in competition—whether as participants or facilitators—across various contexts, often without conscious awareness or even while denying its presence. While competition is traditionally...

Ahlam Lee | 31 May 2025

From ‘Common Sense’ to Essential Practice: My Journey in Lifestyle Medicine and the Launch of Our New Textbook

For the past six years, I’ve been digging into the world of Lifestyle Medicine at Imperial College London – a field that I now believe is of huge importance for the future of healthcare –...

Richard Pinder | 30 May 2025

Democracy for a Sustainable World: The Path from the Pnyx

In a world afflicted by an absence of trust in authority and institutions of virtually all kinds, democracy is almost everywhere in retreat and the unfreedom of authoritarianism is on the rise. At the...

James Bacchus , University of Central Florida | 28 May 2025