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,...
Facing one of the world’s deadliest enemies: its toilet problem
Diarrhoea kills more people than war, terrorism and murders combined. In 2017, 2.5 percent of global deaths (1.3 million in total) were caused due...
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...
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...
Can China’s Economic Rise and Sustainable Development Coexist?
By: Jaewon Son (Guest writer)
China’s rapid economic development, paired with its increasing energy consumption, has posed one of the country’s largest challenges for achieving...
Weather(ed) Refugees
“no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well...
Is Human Workforce Destroyed by Machines?
Humans have come a long way since the division of labour and specialisation. However, the 4th industrial revolution and digitalisation of homes are knocking...
Defensive Architecture: Masking Reality and Enforcing Segregation?
The subjective feeling of security has recently been at the center of political debates throughout Europe, with an observed increase in terrorist activities and...
The power of zero: Rethinking the economic system
We want, we deserve, we need a zero waste society
In an ever-changing globalized world, environmental problems such as resource depletion, loss of biodiversity and...
Don’t ask what You can do for Nature… but what Nature can do...
Environmentalists have tirelessly pointed to the global environmental degradation. Many ecosystems such as wetlands, boreal areas and coral reefs have disappeared due to industrialization,...
