PHOTO ESSAY From Geçekondu to TOKI – The Rise of Turkey’s Skyscrapers
The district around Ankara castle in the Northern part of the city is currently undergoing massive changes. The traditional 2 storey-houses are being replaced...
Wasting Away: Bringing the Oceans’ Plastic Problem to the Climate Crisis Mainstream
From Finding Waste to Finding Ways
A beach overwhelmed with trash. A decaying albatross, guts punctured by colorful shards from old packaging. Further ahead, a...
Cyber-attacking democracy: How the spyware ‘Pegasus’ threatens the freedom of speech and the work...
In the summer of 2021, a collaborative network of journalists and NGOs published the report “The Pegasus Project,” unveiling the use and misuse of...
Visiting the Nuclear Power Plant that Never Was
It’s a strange place with an even stranger history. In 1969, the construction of a nuclear power plant in Austria was approved by the...
Unwrapping Our Plastic Future
Plastic enjoys a critical role in the global economy, rivalled by few other hard materials. Not least since the publication of the Austrian movie...
The Military-Industrial Complex pressured by Climate Change
Since the general public first became aware of the effect of human consumption on the planet, individuals have been asked to reduce, reuse, and...
A Tale of Two Cities: Response, Resilience, and Recalibration
As COVID-19 transmission occurs through droplets in the air, overcrowded cities mounted a massive problem for governments around the world. Those who could, fled...
Tesla vs. Edison: Why this Century-old Conflict has Gained Renewed Relevance
Picture this: Chicago, 1893. You are standing in the midst of the legendary World’s Fair, which this year is commemorating the 400th anniversary of...
The Revolution Will Be DM’ed to You
The phenomenon known as the “Facebook Revolution” has evolved markedly since the so-called Arab Spring lasting from 2010 to 2012, when anti-government protests across...
EU IT and Cybersecurity in the Digital Age: A Progress with Hurdles
In December 2020, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borell, presented a new EU Cybersecurity Strategy...
