The EU’s Just Transition Fund (JTF) – A Just Structural Change or Just Another...
In December 2019, the European Commission introduced the European Green Deal, a robust set of policy initiatives designed to make Europe climate-neutral. In January 2020,...
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...
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...
Camp Century: The Cold War’s thawing legacy
In the 1960s, locked in a power game with the East, the United States sought to assert its power against the Eastern Bloc. Thus,...
Of Paris, Pacts and Paradoxes
CO2 levels are continuously increasing, biodiversity is vanishing and extreme weather events cover news pages. Yet, the political momentum for environmental protection is losing...
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...
Hungry vibes
Contribute your share and save money doing it: Food sharing and food saving are becoming increasingly popular. Almost a chic and trendy habit today,...
Urban Innovation in Medellín: A Timeline of Renewal and Resilience
Medellín, Colombia’s second most populated city, was once home to the notorious drug cartel led by Pablo Escobar and, as such, was one of...
Defying Logic
Algorithms have shaped the contemporary public political discourse in a manner we have only witnessed with the invention of printing. Logically operating systems and...
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...