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On March 7, the Swiss electorate will vote on the so-called ‘burqa ban’. This popular initiative as well as the counterproposal stand for what we call gendernativism; the idea that the ‘native’ Swiss are genuinely gender-equal and that only Swiss women can voluntarily wear the veil. The consequence is not ...
+ Read moreLes protestations contre les violences policières et les manifestations Black Lives Matter aux États-Unis touchent aussi la Suisse. Quelle est la situation dans notre pays en matière de discrimination raciste et quels enseignements peuvent être tirés du mouvement Black Lives Matter dans le contexte historique et politique de la Suisse. ...
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What will 2050 look like? Two imaginary scenarios make us contemplate the challenges of our time from a different angle, and assist us in reflecting on the future impact of current societal decisions. The way we will consider human movement in 2050 depends very much on how 2050 will look
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This is a repost of a blog that has first been published in the COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum on 15 May 2020. No-one quite imagined it would turn out this way: a world segregated between Isolationists and Openers. But they were not divided by nation state borders – one
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Some of the ways we practice and regulate human movement today may be fundamentally reassessed in the future. The Covid-19 pandemic, the ensuing travel restrictions, and the social experience of being in lockdown may trigger or accelerate a profound transformation in how we perceive human movement and its social impact,
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