12.02.2025 / Perspectives Author: Zoe Alice Deotto, M.A. Candidate Among the luminous trails of traffic on Boulevard Lascar Catargiu and the neon lights of downtown shops, there is a Bucharest that rests. A Bucharest of the past, chained to the present and drawn into it. It rests, broken and silent....
12.02.2025 / Perspectives Author: Thomas Melchior The Earth that we fought for, to keep it intact, let us not forget that we live on it and that without it, we die. It is our duty to take care of the Earth, not just for ourselves but for generations to come....
17.02.2025 / Perspectives Author: Margherita Galluccio, M.A. Candidate Modern art emphasizes the importance of communication over mere representation. It is through communication that the artist reaches into the viewer’s consciousness, aiming to capture their attention. Throughout history, art has constantly faced a social system attempting to impose its own rules....
12.02.2025 / Perspectives Author: Ioana Alexandra Frîncu What is the most effective way of violating one’s freedom of speech? By silencing them. By making sure they cannot and will not be heard. By censoring their opinions and monitoring their every thought and even their existence, just to ensure that they...
30.01.2025 / Perspectives Author: Giuseppe Caruso, M.A. Candidate Outside that grid lies a free world, where you will choose who to be, what to say, and who to vote for! Look, observe closely, then let your gaze fall back on that small patch of dark ground, set aside, detached from...
13.02.2025 / Perspectives “Contrast” is the word that best describes the capital of a country that right now is swinging between an intricate sense of nostalgia and the perspective of an uncertain future. Author: Giovanni Gabriele Manca, M.A. Candidate “To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven...
23.01.2025 / Perspectives Author: Giorgia Zazzeroni, M.A. Candidate Of suffering, I know nothing. I do not know the depth of pain. I cannot define its edges, not even blurred, the pain that chains my mind, that stifles its power. I know of other lives, drained, abused, silenced, damned, destroyed, repressed....
28.01.2025 / Perspectives Author: Lutz Drieling M.A. As we confront the escalating challenges posed by climate change and social inequality, community foundations have a pivotal role in mobilizing local action through strategic partnerships and collaborative efforts. By leveraging the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals, these foundations can connect global...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by Freepik Sustainability is not happening by itself. It is constantly generated and maintained by how society works. The war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate two of the world’s challenges today that affect sustainability prospects. Globally, overlapping paths of...
26.06.2023 / Perspectives Author: Stefan Cibian Ph.D. Image designed by rawpixel.com This article was first published by Alliance on 30.09.2022. Alliance granted FRI the permission to share this article. 24 February 2022 is a date history will remember as the start of another European war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine...