Research

Understanding the role of machines in society

About technology as a mere instrument to achieve human goals

Understanding wellbeing beyond economic growth

A dive into the heart of the degrowth movement

Believing the unbelievable in times of disinformation and deepfakes

On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer

Information technology and the lack of corresponding increases in productivity

Rethinking being human in a more-than-human world

Linking new developments in Earth systems research to the Deep Transitions Framework

Vivian Elion analyses the surrealistic exhibition of Rinus van de Velde through the lens of metamodernism.

Will our society's progressive values lead us to embrace a new romantic paradigm?

Towards an enriched concept of the normal and the pathological

An unconventional reflection on Hannah Arendt’s philosophy

The external valuation of nature in city planning could withhold green areas from becoming accessible to all

Sebastiaan Crul discusses the inevitability of techno-fixes in a world haunted by crises

The impacts of climate change are increasingly being felt all across the globe.

How the classic political philosophy of liberalism can broaden our individualistic interpretation of freedom.

Criticism of consumer society is of all ages, but now it’s coming from an unexpected corner.

What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread

Exploring other ways to increase our moral judgement on climate change

On living with – not on – the planet.

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.

Brace yourself, the 2D newsfeeds gracing our screens might soon be part of internet history.

As man becomes machine and machine becomes man.

How Instagram is preparing itself for the metaverse

Texan rebellion is likely to shake up federal politics in the U.S.

Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?

Will deepfake videos, the latest and most versatile medium to eternalize the dead, impel us to regulate digital immortality?

How can we reinstate the concept of the Good without downplaying the systemic risks threatening our global society?

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