The GIG economic times for the EU: on our way to a more socially proactive Union
Thirty years have gone by since the city where we find ourselves, Maastricht, witnessed the birth of the European Union (EU), bringing...
Anahita Lotfollahzadeh
- May 7
Facebook: The only crucial book of the digital age
Facebook and co. might be the big tech equivalent to the infamous toxic ex-partner most of us have at least encountered in the movies....
Simon Wirtz
- May 7
Space as an extension of earth?!
Some thoughts about the next decades in space More than 50 years ago, NASA and humanity reached a milestone in space exploration when...
Anthi Likitsakos
- May 7
The Cryptocurrency debate: Is cryptocurrency harming or helping sustainable development?
Cryptocurrencies have caused a lot of buzz in the past few years with some subscribing to the idea of a decentralized currency system,...
Mercure Libbrecht Gourdet
- May 6
A license to hack: Russia in Ukraine
In cybersecurity it is no longer asked if your system gets breached, it is asked when. No system is safe in the 21st century. Since...
Ethan Bergman
- Apr 9
Anonymous’ Revolution; The Wild West of Cyber Warfare against Russia
‘’One two three four, they declare Cyber War. Five, six, seven, eight hackers do proliferate. Nine, ten, eleven, twelve servers can’t...
Céline Zahno
- May 5, 2021
Learning from the EU’s mistakes
Pan-Africanism and sustainable strategies to provide electricity for all In 2013, the African Union introduced Agenda 2063, its...
Suzon Mazataud
- Mar 7, 2021
Is it time to leave WhatsApp?
As university students, connecting with our friends and classmates through WhatsApp is something most of us do without second thoughts....
Céline Zahno
- Feb 16, 2021
Do Humans Need Work to Have a Purpose?
It started with self-checkout counters at your local supermarkets and could soon transform virtually every aspect of your life; the rise...
Teresa Costa
- Nov 26, 2020
More Social Dilemmas
‘Where do we come from? Who are we? Where do we go?’ The French artist, Gauguin, asked these questions when he painted one of his...
Stella Theocharidou
- Nov 6, 2020
Do sex robots dream of electric dicks?
“She said nothing with her voice and everything with her caring touch”. That’s what’s written in Dave Cenker’s book ‘Second Chance’ and...
Peter Pelzer
- Nov 5, 2020
A quantum leap for mankind
Quantum computing is among the more peculiar objects of occasional media coverage. It pops up once in a while in a news report or...
Rhiannon Read
- Oct 20, 2020
Turn your camera on Sweetie
Technology is a form of power that evolves in service of humanity, in service of the masses. Modern technology saw the creation of the...