With LAP Coffee, a fast-growing Berlin chain backed by venture capital, facing vandalism in multiple branches, a wider debate is emerging on the impact of rapid expansion on local businesses. While some see it as… [Read more]
Beyond the hype: Data Science, democracy and the limits of measurement – Friday’s Five with Professor Simon Munzert
Simon Munzert is professor of Data Science and Public Policy at the Hertie School in Berlin and director of the Data Science Lab. His research focuses on political communication, attitude formation in the digital age… [Read more]
FRIDAY’S FIVE with Dr. Paroma Bhattacharya
Dr. Paroma Bhattacharya is the Head of Social Innovation at LSE Generate, the entrepreneurship centre of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Her research explores, among other topics, the acceleration of early-stage… [Read more]
When the Watchdogs are Muzzled: The Hidden Costs of Shutting Foreign Journalists out of Israel
For Israel, accusations of war crimes like genocide–and the legal consequences that could result–pose a major threat to what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls ‘The War of Redemption’. The best strategy to circumvent international law during wartime? Prevent evidence of such crimes from being documented in the first place. In the wake of dead journalists, military censorship and newsroom rubble lies room for interpretation. With only a small stream of reporting leaving the Gaza Strip, Israel has drafted its own wartime accounts, while the rest of the world must decide whether or not to believe them.
How to Survive a Plutocracy: A Conversation with Anmol Somachi
What does it mean to do development in India today — and who gets to define it? In this episode, Aaswash Mahanta sits down with Anmol Somanchi — PhD researcher at the Paris School of… [Read more]
Letter from the Editor
When I decided to join The Governance Post, I did so knowing that there is so much more to a school than what happens in the classroom, and having a place to discuss the intersection… [Read more]
India’s Rainforest Killer Genocidal Port – Served with a side of mining fraud
The story of how a progressive environmental rights judgement from the 90s is aiding a genocide. Imagine this: a plan so grand in its ambition yet so brutal in its execution, that it promises to… [Read more]
Who Gets to Call It a Family? Queer kinship at the border
Immigration law continues to exclude queer chosen families by relying on narrow, heteronormative definitions of kinship. At the border, they’re often forced to prove relationships that defy traditional norms, leaving many unprotected. A South African… [Read more]
Criminalized Identities: Digital Safety for African Queer Communities
How do we hold on to meaningful connections when they come with risks we cannot ignore? For the LGBT+ community, this tension is deeply familiar; the power of digital visibility but also its vulnerability. Digital… [Read more]
Israel’s Expanding Kill List
In the wake of over 52,000 Palestinian deaths, the killing of more than 200 journalists, and now the targeting of Iran’s state television service, Israel is no longer claiming civilians die as collateral damage—it openly… [Read more]