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Here you can read the latest news and views from our Fellows and associates. Many articles are also reprinted in the ISRF Bulletin, the Foundation’s in-house periodical.

The Blog and Bulletin are edited by Baindu Kallon.

Latest blog post

The University: Another Victim of Accelerated Existence?

by David Yates

For some, the rapid development of new technologies signals a trajectory towards accerlerationism - an unfettered embrace of capitalism and technological progress. What does that mean for the university? David Yates explains further in this contribution to our Dispatches series.

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Pedagogical State Apparatus

by Lars Cornelissen

The theory of constructive alignment is a one size fits all template that shapes course curricula across Europe. In this contribution to our Dispatches series, Lars Cornelissen argues that this theory is not a neutral guideline. Rather it is centres a particular philosophy of learning and teaching which foreclose any alternative pedagogies.

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Bulletin #33: Counterpoints: Power and Its Discontents

Based on research presented at the ISRF’s fifth Congress in June 2025, the contributions unravel dominant discourses to offer more nuanced understanding of contemporary social, political, and cultural issues.

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