Bosbranden die Europa teisteren, zijn gevolg van klimaatverandering, zegt expert duurzaamheid Hans Bruyninckx (UAntwerpen). "Wie denkt dat we ons hier moeilijk op konden voorbereiden, zit ernaast." "Wij worden weggezet als klimaatalarmisten, maar helaas zijn de wetten van de fysica wat ze zijn."

Im Ö1-Gespräch mit Armin Wolf beleuchtet IWM Albert Hirschman Permanent Fellow Ivan Krastev die Krise der liberalen Demokratie, die Rückkehr des Krieges als Mittel der Politik und die Zukunft Europas. Das gesamte Gespräch hier zum Nachhören: oe1.orf.at/programm/202...

Important Sunday long-read ⬇️ www.digitalcultureandeducation.com/volume-162-p...

“There are also good reasons to oppose generative AI as we already know it.” www.compactmag.com/article/the-...

Americans now live longer in Democratic-held House districts. Here’s why edition.cnn.com/2026/06/28/p...

This is a wonderful article on left-wing visions of austerity in the 1970s - anyone with an interest in the subject should read it.

L'historien Carlo Ginzburg est mort à 87 ans. Pionnier de la micro-histoire, il a fait de la rencontre avec l’inattendu le moteur de sa méthode et de son écriture. Pour (re)découvrir son parcours et sa pensée, écoutez l'entretien qu’il nous avait accordé en 2025. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/cPy

Reçu ce jour, le dernier numéro de la Revue Zilsel, dans lequel figure l'entretien avec le sociologue Alain Ehrenberg (Cermes3) que Livia Velpry et moi-même avons conduit! Une belle pièce d'histoire récente de la sociologie, si vous voulez mon avis tout à fait partial!

A study in 2023 found that science was becoming less transformative, producing fewer breakthroughs and more incremental advances. A new paper suggests a reason why

If you’re looking for European alternatives to WhatsApp or Messenger with E2EE here are some ideas: • Threema (Switzerland) • Wire (Switzerland/Germany) • Element / Matrix (UK) • Olvid (France) Check other alternatives made in Europe 👉🏽

"Why do AI companies want us to be afraid of them? [..] Here's one theory. According to critics, it benefits AI companies to keep you fixated on apocalypse because it distracts from the very real damage they're already doing to the world." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

“Från skärm till pärm” (from screen to binder) is the slogan of Sweden’s “back to basics” policy, which aims to reduce the use of computers and tablets in favour of handwriting and old-school textbooks

Robert Menasse mit seinem neuen Buch „Die Lebensentscheidung“ im Gespräch mit Petra Hartlieb. Das ganze Gespräch hört ihr in der neuen Episode von „Besser lesen mit dem FALTER“ auf falter.at/buchpodcast und überall da, wo es Podcasts gibt. Video: Jakob Levi Tauchner

"Immer mehr Menschen spüren, dass die EU so nicht funktioniert. Aber sie machen nicht die Blockaden durch nationale Regierungen dafür verantwortlich, sondern suchen im Nationalismus die Rettung." Was Robert Menasse sagt. Ab 6. Mai im Handel: www.oekom.de/buch/das-bes...

www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luist... Gaea Schoeters: “Literatuur heeft eigenlijk geen verdienmodel”. Schoeters pleit voor meer overheidssteun als garantie op artistieke onafhankelijkheid: “Literatuur is geen luxeproduct, maar een noodzakelijk onderdeel van het maatschappelijk weefsel.” @radio1vrt.bsky.social

“Defending democracy is different than defending the status quo [..] we defend democracy best by trying to improve it and not simply by calling any critic an enemy.[..] In my view, unhappy are the lands that need an enemy to know who they are. Europe is not simply the anti-Russia and should not be.”

🌳🎧 Start your October right - with Quentin Skinner on @rbpodcast.bsky.social. Quentin discusses his view on liberty, how freedom relates to democracy, and which limits there are to liberty in representative government. open.spotify.com/episode/3YdN...

Now online and open access! An autobiographical essay by John Dunn (Cambridge) entitled "The History of Political Thought as Window on the World" @global-ih.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

My first podcast is on the ECJ-case against Hungary on European Values. In view of the ECJ's verdict on 21/04/26 Antoine Bailleux and I discuss the increasing use of values before the ECJ (and the risks). Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6Y23... Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/s...

On 21/04, the European Court of Justice will rule in a historic case: European Commission against Hungary, over anti‑LGBT laws. In our podcast, Wim Weymans speaks with UCLouvain European law professor Antoine Bailleux. #European_values #Hungary #ECJ #Orban #LGBTQ+ fcee.podbean.com/e/antoine_ba...

I have a thing for elegant 1960s institutional spaces. Like the panoramic restaurant at the national library in Brussels. Just one of its attractions.

As AI becomes increasingly integrated with education, educators and researchers are finding that it may be eroding students' capacity for original thought and expression. https://cnn.it/4sT96Qw

"In heel wat kleinere stations staat vandaag maar één ticketautomaat”, zegt TTB-voorzitter Peter Meukens. “Dan is het soms lang aanschuiven, zeker als er iemand voor je staat die voor de eerste keer met zo’n automaat werkt. Met het risico dat je niet tijdig een ticket kan kopen" tinyurl.com/545w5xwv

[Event] The Centre d'étude de la vie politique de l'ULB welcomes you to the seminar : 'Cultural War or Mimetic Conflict? Illiberalism as Legitimacy in Contemporary Europe. With Harald Wydra (University of Cambridge) Wednesday, the 8th of April at 12:00 Kant Room F.D. Roosevelt Av, 39, 1050 Bxl

Und wenn Ihr mal eine sehr elegant geschriebene, unterhaltsame & sehr grundsätzliche Kritik an Habermas‘ Projekt & Konzept der „Kommunikativen Handlung“ lesen wollt (die ich sehr überzeugend finde), dann lest noch diesen Essay von Raymond Geuss zu Habermas 90. thepointmag.com/politics/a-r...

Quand un historien ouvre les archives, il ne trouve pas une histoire… mais des dizaines possibles. Disparu le vendredi 13 mars, Jacques Revel rappelait que le premier geste de l’historien est d’avancer dans l’incertitude. ➡️ https://l.franceculture.fr/X6i

Jacques Revel a notamment contribué à populariser le concept de «jeux d’échelle», une théorie selon laquelle un historien doit diversifier les niveaux d’observation afin de mieux saisir les sociétés du passé.

L’historien Jacques Revel vient de s’éteindre. Ancien directeur des Annales, sa longue carrière épouse les tournants historiographiques les plus importants de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Entretien inédit sur une trajectoire intellectuelle unique.

I'm one of many professors quoted in this report from Alice Speri. I really appreciate The Guardian taking an angle which has basically eluded every other major outlet.

Im Kultur.Montag (ORF2) geht es heute u.a. um das neue Buch von Robert Menasse, die Novelle "Die Lebensentscheidung"; der Autor ist auch zu Gast im Studio. tv.orf.at/program/orf2...

Ik kijk heel erg uit naar deze lezing van @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social ! Ben je op 26 maart in Leuven of in de buurt, schrijf dan zeker in! 👇

Frederick Wiseman, the celebrated director of "Titicut Follies" and dozens of other documentaries whose in-depth, unadorned movies comprised a unique and revelatory history of American institutions, died Monday at age 96. https://to.pbs.org/3ZFuyLW

« L’histoire de la démocratie, ce n’est pas seulement l’histoire du suffrage universel » Entretien avec Pierre Rosanvallon, réalisé par Simon Cottin-Marx et Julien Talpin. shs.cairn.info/revue-mouvem...

📢 The Voting & Democracy Research Group is thrilled to invite you to a book talk by Professor Natasha Wunsch on her recent publication, “Democratic Commitment: Why Citizens Tolerate Democratic Backsliding”. 🗓️ 20 January 2026 at 2:00 p.m. in room FSW 03.155. 📝 Registration: lnkd.in/dQGFXSiJ

Le n° 23 de ThéoRèmes met à l'honneur Michel de Certeau, avec un dossier coordonné par @phlppgnzlz.bsky.social et Carlos Alvarez. En sus, ce n° inaugure une nouvelle rubrique, "Traductions", avec dix textes de W. E. B. Du Bois traduits et introduits par @jostavodebauge.bsky.social Bonne lecture !

"[U]niversities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically."

1/10 Theessay explores Raymond Geuss as an “anti-heroic” philosopher in our postmetaphysical age. Geuss rejects grand narratives, embracing skepticism & historical context over normative certainties. #Philosophy #Geuss #PoliticalTheory #Philsky das.ubernerden.com/ott-geuss.html

PIR’s Dr. Alicia Steinmetz recently published, “Ask a Political Scientist: A Conversation with Raymond Geuss on Realism, Liberalism, and Political Imagination.” Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Philosophy’s claim to universal truth is a “cultural artifact." In positing a Nietzschean genealogy to explore the violent origins of our concepts, our podcast of the week rejects any search for an abstract primordial reality. With Raymond Geuss at @standrewsiih.bsky.social buff.ly/oleBSEJ

This Thrusday, I was able to join Prof. Nicolas Standaert‘s emeritation lecture on “The Art of Turning Muddled” (難得糊塗). From challenges universities are facing over their achievements to his famous 4Vs, it felt like he really brought together insights from his whole career.

New piece! Stéphane Vibert on the French philosopher Marcel Gauchet, his rejection of teleological history, and “otherness” as a core element of modernity and human sociality. Check it out!

ICYMI: Dick Howard, 'Is Anti-totalitarian Theory Still Relevant? The Example of Claude Lefort' - asks if the concept of totalitarianism still has meaning in today’s world, then turns to Lefort’s attempts to understand totalitarianism over the past 60 years. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Why, when, and how did #europeanvalues over their rivals as a tool to legitimize the European project? Find out in this new essay "Young and Ambivalent. A New Look at the Recent Rise of European Values, Their History, Precursors and Critics" (open access) www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-...

New publication, open access: Happy to see this last and maybe most important article of my PhD research published. I argue that liberal democracies cannot require 'shared values', neither of migrants (only), as is the case for the integration requirement... (1/4) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Bart Verheijen: Het zoeken naar zondebokken zal de democratie blijvend beschadigen www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

"Quentin Skinner has [focused on] the loss of a republican vision of freedom from domination, as opposed to modern & libertarian freedom from interference that prevails today. And yet he's never shown much interest in what freedom is for" - @samuelmoyn.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/poli...

The great scholar of intellectual history, Quentin Skinner, has set the terms for a debate that is only just beginning about what liberty looks like after liberalism. Conflicting ideas of liberty | David Wootton engelsbergideas.com/essays/confl...