May 18, 20202 minInternational travel restrictions in response to Covid-19The lockdowns and quarantines that have been implemented in numerous countries around the world not only impact those whose working lives...
May 12, 20202 minThe indirect impact of COVID-19 on children of the SouthNow that several months have passed since Covid-19 became a global pandemic, a number of patterns have become clear as regards the direct...
May 11, 20203 minIs herd immunity a feasible strategy against COVID-19?Without a clear understanding of the multiplicative processes of a disease during a pandemic, global lawmakers resorted to mindfulness ra...
May 7, 20202 minLockdowns and martial law: constitutional or not?As governments have had to react urgently over the past weeks and months to the Covid-19 outbreak, their measures – the type of which was...
Apr 20, 20202 minMonetary financing against the COVID-19 crisis – safe or risky?The FCI has previously remarked that the rising unemployment figures caused by the Covid-19 pandemic recall the period of the German Weim...
Apr 16, 20203 minWere global Health Institutions unprepared for COVID-19?As the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has begun spreading in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, China in December 2019, internationa...
Apr 16, 20202 minHow will Covid-19 affect developing countries?The global impact of Covid-19 on unemployment is hard to measure. One of the few institutions publishing short-term data is the FRED, the...
Apr 10, 20203 minGlobal health: public vs private interests in times of pandemicsModern epidemiology is often traced back to British doctor John Snow, who is not only credited with discovering how cholera spread during...
Apr 7, 20203 minWhy are stock markets falling so deep?Until the 19th of February 2020, U.S. American and European stock markets saw unprecedented growth, with all-time-highs being a phenomeno...
Apr 6, 20203 minCoronavirus lockdown: Justifiable for some, unworthy for others?As the Covid-19 virus spreads, it has become clear that some categories of people have a substantially higher risk of experiencing severe...
Apr 2, 20203 minCovid-19 and geopolitical turmoilRecent decades have seen the strengthening of inter- or supranational organisations such as NATO and the EU. Although large segments of t...
Mar 27, 20203 minCovid-19 and the Degrowth movementWhile the Covid-19 virus first appeared in China and subsequently impacted Europe, this week the US has witnessed such an increase in the...
Mar 20, 20202 minThe Covid-19 pandemic: avoidable or unavoidable?As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread, there is not only disagreement about the best strategy to fight the Corona virus but also a...
Mar 18, 20202 minThe Corona crisis: risks and opportunities As the Covid-19 virus spreads across the world, commentators sketch a dark picture that in the short to medium term includes an economic ...
Mar 16, 20203 minBitcoin and Trust: conflicting terms? As opposed to fiat currencies, such as the US dollar or the British pound sterling, that are issued by countries’ central banks and were ...
Mar 13, 20202 minBrexit, EU citizens and settlement in the UKSince Brexit took place on 31 January 2020, the UK is no longer an EU member state and is considered by the EU as a third country. This r...
Mar 13, 20202 minEmerging technologies and energy storageAmong the top ten of last year’s most promising emerging technologies, according to Scientific American, is the development of utility-sc...
Mar 13, 20203 minThe Green deal and sustainable mobilityPlans for a more sustainable transport sector in Europe have been a long time in the making. Transport ministers from the EU member state...
Mar 9, 20202 minPersonalised medicine: starting from the individualPersonalised medicine has been defined as a form of medicine that uses information about a person’s own genes or proteins to prevent, dia...
Mar 9, 20203 minTrump administration against birth tourismIn some countries, especially in the Americas, citizenship can be acquired automatically at birth if the person is born on the territory ...