Among other things, learning to write entails learning how to use complex sentences effectively in discourse. Some research has therefore focused on relating measures of syntactic complexity to text quality. Apart from the fact that the existing research on this topic appears inconclusive, most of it …

The essays collected here are based on two decades of engagement with the residents of the slums of Govindpuri in India’s capital, Delhi. The book presents stories of many kinds, from speculative treatises, via the recollection of a thousand everyday conversations, to an account of the making of a radio …

In order to study education and development, researchers can choose among a plethora of methods. The Merriam-Webster dictionary tells us that “method” means: a procedure or process for attaining an object …such as …a systematic procedure, technique, or mode of inquiry employed by or proper to a particular …

README.first is a bilingual collection of mini-essays, published in the run up to the Plokta filmfestival. We’ve asked writers, researchers, theorists, artists, programmers, and others to pick an online video that functions as a stepping stone for their thought and practice and to comment shortly on …

Wat hebben aardgasvrije wijken en leren nu met elkaar te maken? De omslag naar aardgasvrije wijken lijkt in eerste instantie vooral te gaan over organisatorische, technische en financiële vraagstukken en oplossingen. In deze reeks essays blijkt vervolgens dat er toch wat meer achter schuil gaat en wordt …

De essaybundel bestaat uit 10 essays, waarin studenten vanuit verschillende invalshoeken (ze komen uit verschillende opleidingen en jaren) hebben onderzocht wat toegang tot het recht is en hoe het zich verhoudt tot verschillende maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. Zo kwamen de volgende onderwerpen aan bod: …

Ulus Baker (1960 – 2007) was a Turkish-Cypriot sociologist, philosopher, and public intellectual. He was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1960. He studied Sociology at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, where he taught as a lecturer until 2004. Baker wrote prolifically in influential Turkish journals …

Deze reflectie is een onderzoek naar de rol van het genre essay in de (hedendaagse) journalistiek. Achtereenvolgens wordt gekeken naar: 1. wat zijn de kenmerken van het genre; 2. welke plek neemt het essay als genre in in de journalistieke handboeken; 3. welke veranderingen ondergaat de hedendaagse journalistiek …

Life on the Brink is an unusual volume in that it allows non-­‐academic, activist voices as well as  politicians,  environmental  studies  scholars,  and  social  scientists  to  participate  in  the  argument that concerns us all, the argument about the future of our planet and of humanity. The common …

Our Commons: Political Ideas for a New Europe is a collection of essays, case studies and interviews that showcase the wealth of transformative ideas that the commons have to offer. Featuring reflections on the enclosure of knowledge and the monopolisation of the digital sphere, stories about renewable …