AI in Academic Writing and Research: The Ultimate Productivity Booster for Social Scientists
From undergrad essays on inequality to PhD theses on democratic backsliding or faculty papers on migration policy, the workload is relentless.
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Thirsty Planet, Flooded Streets: The Battle for Water Security in an Urbanizing World
As climate extremes intensify, global water security and climate-resilient cities are becoming the fault lines of our century.
Beyond “I Think, Therefore I Am”: How Rationalism Still Shapes Our Lives — and Misleads Us
Rationalism isn’t just a topic for dusty philosophy books — it still shapes the way we bank, vote, manage, and even burn out at work. This article explores the difference between rationalism and Cartesianism, showing how Descartes’ dream of pure, disembodied reason lives on in technocracy, metrics-obsessed workplaces, and “evidence-based” politics that often forget real bodies and lives. Drawing on classic philosophers, feminist and postcolonial critiques, and recent case studies from public health, economics, and management, it argues for a new, non-Cartesian rationalism: one that keeps reason at the center, but stays rooted in experience, justice, culture, and the messy reality of being human.