The growing interest in slums and squatter settlements owes much to the economist Hernando De Soto’s The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else (2000), in...
Thomas Nagel is best known for his influential 1974 paper “What is it like to be a bat?”, in which he argued that phenomenological facts about consciousness are not reducible to physical facts. In...
IE University in Segovia occupies the site of the first Dominican convent on Spanish soil, Santa Cruz la Real.
Academy’s use of financial instruments worries politicians. Martin Mevius reports
University of LuxembourgLudwig NeysesA University of Manchester academic has been appointed vice-president for research at the University of Luxembourg. Ludwig Neyses, currently chair in medicine and...
Universities hope California’s referendum on state funding may set a precedent. Jon Marcus writes
Austerity has brought tragedy to Greece and the UK. Martin McQuillan reflects on the narrative and ideology of ‘fiscal discipline’ and what it means for both nations and their academies
Ronald Barnett offers an imaginative approach to the idea of the university: ‘feasible utopias’ that open up possibilities for renewal beyond the dominant ideas of the market and the pessimistic...
The US Constitution is flawed but many Americans don’t see it, says Alan Ryan
Joined-up thinking across theory and practice could revolutionise our public services, says Jonathan Shepherd
The big squeeze - Austerity plays out on the Greek stage – and closer to home, too
To many in the West, Central Asia is a bewildering array of indistinguishable nations. But if you take the time to get to know them, argues David Mould, the ‘stans’ are fascinating individuals
Podcast Powered By PodbeanEditor John Gill and reporters Elizabeth Gibney and Matthew Reisz join Chris Parr for this week’s THE podcast to discuss some of the highlights from the latest issue of...
The ‘most authoritative polymath of our age’ offers a reverse recipe very much to Chris Knight’s taste
University professors have the least stressful career in the US - narrowly beating tailors and seamstresses into second place, a job listing website has found