VOLUME 9(1) • 2021
Ethics or Bias? Conceptual Confusion and Exclusion in Professional Ethics Classrooms
ABSTRACT. The call for a critique of systems of ethics that carry hidden institutional biases is timely, given recent demands from trans- and Indigenous communities for greater inclusion and self-reflexivity from post-secondary institutions. However, investigation of this issue is hindered by concep..
Varieties of Ethics in Academia: Rationalities of Scientific Responsibility in the (German) March for Science
ABSTRACT. In April 2017, the worldwide Marches for Science sparked public discussion about the role of science and academia in society. In the vast majority of the 22 Marches for Science in Germany, universities were actively involved and stated their specific stances on the social responsibility of..
Global Humanities: Pursuing New Discourses and New Institutions for Life on Earth
ABSTRACT. The way knowledge is produced and applied on a global scale today is damaging to the environment and to social relations and is threatening to destroy the well-being of most humans in the near future. So, what needs to be done in order to change the way knowledge is produced and applied? T..
Digital Humanities in Oman: Logistics, Challenges and Opportunities
ABSTRACT. This paper focuses on the emergence, place and role of the digital humanities (DH), particularly in the Arab world, with reference to Oman, a country whose post-oil economy relies vastly on the development of national skills and expertise. It traces the development of DH globally and consi..
Justice in the Living Market: Subjectivation Processes in Neoliberalism
ABSTRACT. What matters in this text is analysing the justice practices in the living market and how this produces subjects within neoliberalism. For this reason, the text will be divided into three sections. The first will deal with justice as a regime of truth and market; here, we will revise justi..
Student Mobility and the Internationalisation of Higher Education in the UK
ABSTRACT. Student mobility is an important part of the internationalisation of higher education. As one of the world’s leading host countries, UK has been seen a changing student mobility pattern with the decline in the number of students flowing in during recent years, which is closely related to t..