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Contemplating Multilingual Education: A Global Journey into Language Learning and Teaching
In today’s rapidly globalizing world, multilingual education is no longer a niche interest—it is an essential approach to preparing learners for the linguistic realities they will face locally and globally. But what exactly is multilingual edu…
What can we learn about Globalization from Latin America? The view from Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs).
The international economic order is in a state of flux. Major political and economic developments are reconfiguring globalization as we know it: The World Trade Organization (WTO) is on life-support, a new era of economic statecraft has sparked confrontat…
Five Things You Should Know About Fair Trade
Fair trade has become a household name for many shoppers who encounter certified products on supermarket shelves. But behind those labels lies a complex global movement with a rich history. Based on my book “Fair Trade: Humanitarianism in the Era of…
International Organisations as Vessels for Visions of World Ordering
What do international institutional lawyers see when they peek out from a window? If, as David Kennedy argues, public international lawyers see a “world of nation-states and war” while trade lawyers see “a world of buyers and sellers,&rd…
Women’s Rise against Authoritarianism
In recent decades, authoritarianism has been on the rise around the globe. Some countries experienced democratic backsliding, while others failed to build robust democratic institutions during a period of transition from a nondemocratic regime. Nonetheles…
Rethinking Competition: A Fresh Perspective on Its Role in Society
We frequently engage in competition—whether as participants or facilitators—across various contexts, often without conscious awareness or even while denying its presence. While competition is traditionally associated with familiar arenas such …
From ‘Common Sense’ to Essential Practice: My Journey in Lifestyle Medicine and the Launch of Our New Textbook
For the past six years, I’ve been digging into the world of Lifestyle Medicine at Imperial College London – a field that I now believe is of huge importance for the future of healthcare – and population health. It’s been a journey …
Democracy for a Sustainable World: The Path from the Pnyx
In a world afflicted by an absence of trust in authority and institutions of virtually all kinds, democracy is almost everywhere in retreat and the unfreedom of authoritarianism is on the rise. At the same time, humanity is falling farther behind in its e…
Rudeness Without Reckoning?
I’ve got a confession: I sometimes act rather rudely to my AI. Maybe you do too? Ever fired off a curt command to ChatGPT? Directed LLaMA with less than grace? Demanded Bard to do something over? Groaned when Grok garbled your guidance for a third t…
What School-University Partnerships Teach Us About the Future of Teacher Preparation—Three Lessons We Can’t Afford to Ignore
What if the future of teacher education isn’t found in isolated innovations but in SUP relationships? Around the world, teacher education is at a critical crossroads grappling with challenges like teacher recruitment and retention, declining enrollm…
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Cover Artwork: Sally Osborn
Sally Osborn is a ceramic artist who lives and works in Berlin and Glasgow. Her art is compelling in its abstract structure and which requires great skill to create. The roughness of the unglazed ceramic adds beauty to its sensuous shape.
Cambridge University Press to partner with the Linguistic Society of America
Cambridge University Press and the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) are excited to announce that Cambridge University Press will publish the Society’s journals Language and Phonological Data and Analysis fr…
Are you fooling yourself? Uncovering self-deception in betting and finance
The blog is written by authors Glenn Shafer and Valentin Dimitrov, both at Rutgers Business School, Newark, NJ, USA and is published in the journal, Judgment and Decision Making.…
Uncovering Hidden Diversity: A New Look at Parasitic Copepods in a Brazilian River
This study not only adds valuable information about Brazil’s overlooked parasite diversity but also challenges how we classify one of the most important groups of fish parasites. It’s a reminder that even in familiar waters, there's still a lo…
Performance, Prefiguration, and Politics at Attica
How do we define success in radical politics? This is a question I have asked myself throughout my research and writing on what many historians, politicians, and colleagues deem a sensational, unequivocal failure. The Attica Prison Uprising began with a f…
Artificial Intelligence on Campus
How instructors are responding to the rise in AI Artificial intelligence (AI), while not a new topic, has risen in popularity since the development of software like ChatGPT and image generators that create visuals from phrases such as ‘purple dog…
What Do Amino Acids Have to Do with Pig Immunity? More Than You Think
While it's well known that pigs need amino acids to grow, what’s less understood—but just as important—is how these nutrients influence the fate of immune cells: whether they become fighters, peacekeepers, or memory cells for future prot…
Sweet Expectations: Can Artificial Sweetener Consumption during Pregnancy Impact Weight in the Next Generation?
Childhood overweight and obesity rates continue to rise globally, increasing the risk of chronic health problems such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and mental health issues. There is therefore a continuing quest to generate realistic strategies to m…
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Reducing nitrogen oxides emissions from aviation has been an endeavor for the aeronautics industry for several decades along with increasing efficiencies of turbofan engines.
TOPSE for Babies: Measuring parenting self-efficacy
Transitioning into parenthood is a joyful yet often overwhelming life event. Helping parents feel more confident during this time is important for their well–being and for healthy child development.
