Late C19th #criminologists tried to identify the ‘born criminal’. Might #biometrics registering migrants entering the EU risk a similar transgression of human rights today, asks Dr. Laura Jung via ELASTIC BORDERS Research Project Uni Graz/University of Graz

Éva Tessza Udvarhelyi from the School of Public Life, Attila György Bodnár of Organica Water, and Vince Bakos talk #poop on this #EarthDay episode of #StandardTime . Joe Lycett

🧵1/4 Our collaboration with Eurozine mastodon.social/@eurozine continues – read the second contribution by our team member Dr. Dr. Laura Jung “Measuring the Mobile Body”.

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Clean #water and #sanitation are the 6th #SDG the #EU is addressing, but there are major differences between member states in how they handle their #shit . #Humanwaste , #water management , and the #righttopublicspace on #EarthDay #StandardTime episode.
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Jewish-Palestinian friendship grounded in truth is the epitome of radical universalism, argues Omri Boehm עמרי בהם in acceptance of the 2024 Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding.

Universalism in dark times: Omri Boehm עמרי בהם’s speech in acceptance of the 2024 Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. Co-published in English with Public Seminar

'There’s no tension between what I call 'radical universalism,' the Kantian Enlightenment, and the idea of friendship. On the contrary.'
— Omri Boehm עמרי בהם accepts the 2024 Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding. New School for Social Research

Co-published with Eurozine mastodon.social/@eurozine

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New border and #surveillancetechnologies are being lauded for their accuracy and fairness. But how ethical can forced identification be, asks
Dr. Laura Jung
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The traps of identitarianism require that we rehabilitate our relation to truth – and understand it not as the opposite of friendship, but its very condition. By Omri Boehm עמרי בהם with Public Seminar eurozine.com/universalism-i…

Projecting an end to war is fundamentally restorative, but the long-term #environmental impact of war need also be perceived, writes Svitlana Matviyenko via London Ukrainian Review & IWM on #WarUkraine

Perceiving war as a series of strategic manoeuvres on a map renders a horizontal view of conflict. But deep pollution, as #radioactive #colonialism in #Ukraine , warns of a more persistent dimension, writes Svitlana Matviyenko via London Ukrainian Review & IWM
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Aside from teaching them how to make macaroni art, institutions can help children with their personal #growth by developing #socialskills and fostering their #creativity . They also provide with a great model for the #integration of #refugees & #minorities . youtu.be/lVDomhvoah4?fe…

The authors of the recent book 'The Moscow Connection' discuss the SPD's history of misjudging Russia, in which Gerhard Schröder was the main but by no means only actor. Reinhard Bingener Markus Wehner Kaja Puto Krytyka Polityczna 💙💛 Display Europe

Even after the disgracing of Schröder and Scholz’s trumpeted Zeitenwende, German Social Democracy has been unable to dispel suspicions that it continues to sympathise with Russia. Interview with Reinhard Bingener Markus Wehner Kaja Puto Krytyka Polityczna 💙💛 Display Europe eurozine.com/the-moscow-con…

#Nurseries , #daycare , or #kindergartens … where do we go with the children, and what option is the best for them? New episode of #StandardTime helps answer these questions. Szűcs Viktória , Maria Roth , Montessori Education Réka Kinga Papp youtube.com/watch?v=lVDomh…

Four-day workweek: Dream or reality? Comparison shows that some models are more popular than others among employers and employees alike. By Raluca Besliu

'It has to go both ways: if we interpret 'from the river to the sea' as a call to genocide, we have to condemn the vision of Greater Israel as the same.'
—Amos Goldberg and Alon Confino unpack the slogan's meanings Eurozine mastodon.social/@eurozine Review of Democracy
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Pilot schemes show that the four-day week can increase productivity while significantly improving personal wellbeing. So what is holding back this long mooted reform? By Raluca Besliu eurozine.com/four-day-workw…

Vladimir Putin insists that #Russia is a unique civilisation state. But questioning this geopolitical metaphor dividing ‘Europe’ and ‘Russia’ points to a recurring battle with transformation, writes Igor Torbakov via IWM .
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