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30.11.2020
Connect the City: Rights, Justice and the Digital DividePolitics

The answer to Barcelona's digital divide is a politics that puts people and rights at the centre of the digital transition.

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30.11.2020
Black Lives Matter in Brexit BritainJustice

Riding on a wave of nostalgia and amnesia, Britain set on a course to leave the EU. Disparities of the pandemic and the anti-racist movement brought home how the imperial past haunts today.

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30.11.2020
The Mask Slips: Rights Under Attack in PolandPolitics

From attacking social partners to women’s rights, Covid-19 has been a catalyst for Law and Justice’s autocratic tendencies.

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30.11.2020
Working on Overdrive: The Future of Platforms and Working TimeFinance and Economy

We spoke to Juliet Schor about the gig economy, accelerating digitalisation, and the need for a new economy.

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30.11.2020
Laying the Foundations: Disease and the Emergence of Public HealthSociety, Media and Culture

Claas Kirchhelle traces the history of disease, public health, and international cooperation from cholera to Covid-19.

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30.11.2020
Beyond the Bubble: Ageing, Solidarity and Covid-19Welfare and Social Issues

The health crisis is a chance for a new generational compromise built around connection, participation, and solidarity.

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30.11.2020
The Cost of Care: Rethinking Value in Times of CrisisWelfare and Social Issues

The burden of essential work has fallen heavily on the shoulders of women during the pandemic, even as the economy continues to undervalue them.

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30.11.2020
Roots in Nature: The Pathogen and the Politics of BiodiversityPolitics

Biodiversity has not full broken onto the political agenda even though its mismanagement drive pandemics and disease outbreaks.

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30.11.2020
Three Responses to the CrisisWelfare and Social Issues

While the pandemic has exposed different systems of governance, it offers compelling reasons to revive the welfare state.

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30.11.2020
Looking to the Future: Public Health and a Green RecoveryFuture of EU

We spoke to Petra De Sutter, Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for the civil service and public enterprises, about the future of health systems and European cooperation.

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