Blog

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 Dr Lars Cornelissen.

Latest blog post

From oil to cod – ISRF event explores what yesterday’s empires reveal about today’s wars

by Adam Smith

An ISRF-hosted series of lectures on decolonisation sheds new light on contemporary conflicts.
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Latest blog post

Can higher education be a neurodivergent-affirming space without funding?

by Helen Kara

How can academia and other sectors create enabling environments for neurodivergent people? Discussing the concept of neurodivergent-affirming spaces, Helen Kara argues that better understandings and practices can emerge through supporting the work of neurodivergent researchers themselves.
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Latest publication

Bulletin #32: Crisis and Conjuncture: Climate, Borders, Politics

Based on papers presented at the ISRF’s 2024 annual conference, contributions aim to recalibrate existing categories of analysis in the face of escalating political, humanitarian, and environmental crises.
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