Proposed in late 2023, the “Amalthia” corridor to bring aid into Gaza has been a failure. It is criticized by both Palestinians and humanitarian organizations as a political distraction from Israel’s campaign of genocide. Yet the Cypriot government insists that the project has not been shelved. Together with its practice ...
+ Read moreToday’s far-right parties across Europe have swapped skinhead boots for suits and slogans about race for discussions on “family values.” By attacking feminism and LGBTQA+ rights, they make use of widespread biases while hiding more extreme views. This new image, wrapped in tradition and respectability, allows racism and xenophobia to ...
+ Read moreDuring the legislative period 2019-2023, 39% of Switzerland’s population had a migration background, yet only 16% of national parliamentarians came from this demographic. This gap is not merely statistical, it is a reflection of structural barriers that determine who gets to participate in shaping the country’s future. Our project on ...
+ Read moreAfter finishing my PhD dissertation, I was somewhat disappointed not to have exploited the full potential of my dataset. In other words, months of work can result in valuable datasets that remain largely unexplored once our PhD dissertations are complete. Yet this data holds great potential for further analysis and ...
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As Italy navigates a period of rising nationalism and the influence of a far-right government, a mid-20th-century concept has regained attention. Edward Banfield’s notion of “amoral familism”—a social pattern characterized by strong familial loyalty alongside limited trust in wider society—was originally used to interpret the persistent underdevelopment of a rural
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