Miscellany

The term awareness is perhaps not used as much as it should be, especially in relation to the growth path of us students. ‘Awareness‘ is synonymous with ‘consciousness‘, ‘cognition‘. It means being informed and sentient about everything that happens around us. However, these are not the only facets: to be aware means to have a […]

Summer 1966 Meriem, Gigi and Tina are three friends, respectively a Sunni Muslim, a Catholic of Sicilian origin and a Jew, who live in Goulette, the outermost neighbourhood of the Bay of Tunis; they attend the same manual arts institute and are close to graduating. They chat about everything and in particular the differences between […]

In the heart of an already lacerated Middle East, Israel is now experiencing a profound transformation: a strongly national-religious government, led by Benjamin Netanyahu, is pushing the country towards an increasingly Jewish definition of identity. But this process, observers and religious leaders warn, risks narrowing the spaces of coexistence and rights for non-Jewish minorities. A […]

In the lexicon of international economics, ‘dumping’ is not a tropical disease, but an unfair trade practice. It means selling a product abroad at a lower price than normally charged on the domestic market, or even below production costs. It is a strategy often used to penetrate a foreign market, gain market share and put […]

The debate on criminal proceedings and precautionary measures in Italy does not only concern practitioners or our national legal system. In fact, it is part of a broader reflection on the rule of law, which involves the entire European Union. Individual guarantees, the balance between security and freedom, the effectiveness and impartiality of justice are […]

Over the past couple of months, it has become increasingly common on social platforms, particularly Facebook, to view images with emotional content generated byartificial intelligence. These deepfakes are capturing millions of likes and comments from users unaware of their artificial nature. This phenomenon is just one example of the serious gap in the digital discernment […]

Elon is not a representative of the US government or a greedy (by nature inherently like the others) capitalist, but a friend, to whom I do no favours (perhaps). Thus in summary Premier Meloni’s press conference at the beginning of the year. ‘A friend’ is not reality, a friend is the one you know from […]

2025 will not be a good year for Italian mayors, especially those in charge of small or very small municipalities. With further cuts in state transfers, difficulties in the provision of public services and local investments will become more and more significant. Under fire, in particular, is the ‘municipal solidarity fund’, the mechanism that redistributes […]