Online surveillance thrives when fear takes over
European law-enforcement agencies have been pushing to end encryption and survey everyone’s online communications.
Regulate, but build too: for a European digital sphere
The EU should not just clip the wings of the Californian corporations but help construct a European digital public sphere.
Value-based engineering v the Silicon Valley Zeitgeist
A European digital public sphere has to be engineered—but that doesn’t mean pursuing an AI dystopia or creating a European Facebook.
Regularising migrants: Portugal’s missed chance
The pandemic has encouraged a re-evaluation of key migrant workers. A botched reform in Portugal has however revealed the pitfalls.
Women in union leadership—not seeing the wood for the trees?
The feminisation of trade unions is percolating to the upper echelons. But organisational cultures still work against women taking leading roles.
How it feels to be a rank outsider
Young working-class people may have an aversion to being categorised on the social ladder. But that doesn’t make the ladder go away.
On the way to a European digital public sphere
A European digital public sphere need not be constructed de novo. Many elements already exist to be cohered.
Can the crisis of social reproduction bring the demise of central-European illiberals?
Weronika Grzebalska argues that illiberal policy innovations in central Europe are fuelling the crisis of social reproduction they promised to tackle.
A European digital public sphere—legal and policy implications
The EU has hitherto applied conventional market-regulating tools to the online arena. It’s time to adopt a human-centred approach.
Why do we need a European digital public sphere?
Introducing a new series on a European digital public sphere, some contributors sketch what it is—and explain why we need it.
Against ‘weaponised migration’
Using stigmatising language to describe the crisis at the Poland-Belarus border is wrong and plays into Lukashenka’s hands.
Facebook Files and ePrivacy lobbying expose the power of Big Tech
As MEPs host the Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen this afternoon, they need to step up their challenge to the surveillance capitalists.
Growing old—and what it means for the future of Europe
Ageing can and should be a positive process, which the Conference on the Future of Europe should embrace.
A ray of hope for arts and cultural workers
A European Parliament report offers hope to arts and cultural workers struggling amid the pandemic. The European Commission must not disappoint them.
Care workers are key to quality care
On the Global Day of Action for Care Workers, unions mobilise for investment and decent work.
Digitalisation and recovery—it’s not just about the technology
Digitalisation must be matched by social innovation if the national recovery and resilience plans are to be effective.
Why social mobility is key to explaining attitudes toward multiculturalism
Social mobility is a key factor in why some people are more optimistic than others about living in cities which have become more diverse.
European social dialogue—can it be revived?
The European Court of Justice has affirmed that agreements arising from European social dialogue need not be implemented by the EU institutions.
To end poverty, invest in children
The author presents a report today to the UN General Assembly on the persistence of poverty, following dialogues with people in poverty around the world.
‘Social media’, market power and the health of democracy
With the whistle blown on Facebook, Congress must allocate ownership of personal data to the person—not the platform—to allow competitive providers to emerge.
Making lifelong learning a reality in the EU
There was a time when education and training were for life. But amid today’s social transformations only lifelong learning will do.