Category: Column

In this article, Justine Le Floch reflects on the consequences the election of Joe Biden might have on the future of Transatlantic relationships, and what this entails for Europe.

In this article, Fairuzah Atchulo Munaaya Mahama uses the concept of negative partisanship - namely the fear and hate people feel towards a party, to try and understand why Biden's victory in the 2020 US Elections was predictable.

In this opinion paper, Johanna Pieper shares her thoughts on what it is to be a woman in 2020 in Peru, a country still deeply impacted by rape culture.

In this article, Leyre Castro tells us about the protests happening in Poland against Poland Constitutional Court's last ruling on abortion.

In this article, Sarah Jack gives us an insight into the Scottish independence vote and what Brexit changed for Scotland.

In this article, Sophie Renhuldt reflects on the changes activism has undergone since the 1968 Kommune 1 movement, by becoming "a trendy and apolitical consumer good."

In this article, Ala Sivet explores the different approaches taken by Sweden and Belarus to tackle the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic.

By Ines Bolaños Somoano I have spent hours formulating my questions, over and over again, so that they are precise but cannot be interpreted as provocative or too critical. Despite my intensive preparation, we reach a crucial point in the interview and I am nervous. I want to confront my interviewee, ask him why he … Continue reading Gender and danger: the ‘good girl persona’ in institutional fieldwork

Thanks to the testimony of Dr. Karsten Dümmel, Hannah Rittmeyer's article plunges us into the ultra-surveilled system that was former Eastern-Germany and the trauma it left its citizens with.

In this powerful article, Anna Alhoud explains what led to today's protests, through the history of racism and black freedom struggle in the United States and the world.