Society, Media and Culture

We spoke to feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem about the far-right backlash, racism & why we should be “linked, not ranked”.

Why is Hungary’s Central European University under threat? One of its professors explains what’s going on.

Does the result signal an inevitable decline of democracy or could it reinvigorate resistance across society?

The origin and meanings of citizenship – what does it mean today in an era of mass migration and security fears?

New technology developing at breakneck speed has left laws behind and increasingly puts not only our privacy but our immediate safety at risk.

France’s long and troubled relationship with Islam, and its connexion to a sense of insecurity, is unpacked by Olivier Roy and Esther Benbassa, who also explore the current role of religion in politics in general.

Despite Edward Snowden’s revelations of widespread surveillance, increasingly intrusive measures are being adopted in Europe in the name of security – but do these actually lead to a more effective prevention of attacks?

Will the recent EU laws prevent data monopolies?

MEP & digital commons expert Julia Reda addresses the pertinent question of who owns what is online.

Big data, surveillance politics, & what we learned from Snowden.