Featured Interviews
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“For the first time, we are living in a culture in which young people educate their grandparents in many aspects”
June 2024
Robert Pogue Harrison examines the concept of youth from the perspective of philosophy and cultural studies. How do we define it?
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“Research can’t be simply turned on and off like a tap; it requires investment in the long term”
April 2022
Andrew W. Wyckoff, the OECD’s current director of Science, Technology and Innovation, reviews the major challenges posed by the digital transformation in the economic, social and educational sphere.
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“We’re heading quietly towards a different welfare state from the one we know”
November 2021
Antonio Cabrales, chair professor of economics, analyses the future of the welfare state in Spain: Is the pensions system sustainable? What incentives would boost birth rates?
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“The concept that a job filled by an immigrant takes a job away from a native is wrong”
December 2020
What volume of immigration can the rich countries absorb? Expert Giovanni Peri affirms that not only should low-skilled and low-wage immigrants be admitted but also highly skilled professionals.
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“To alleviate poverty, there are small investments that can have an enormous impact”
April 2020
Can poverty be eradicated? Michael Kremer, Nobel Prize for Economics 2019, talks to us about new tools for the economy, which enable us to obtain a rigorous estimate of causes and impacts.
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“Diversity makes science better”
October 2019
Elizabeth Rasekoala, President of African Gong, defends the importance of science as a tool for social transformation and talks to us about the need for acquiring basic scientific literacy in order to be able to think critically.
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“Living in a bad neighbourhood and poor-quality housing makes progress very difficult”
June 2019
Poor housing conditions have repercussions on the health and progress of citizens. Sorcha Edwards, secretary general of Housing Europe, talks to us about the relationship between housing and social inclusion.
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“More must be done to ensure that the investment that we are making in research is really delivering what we need”
February 2019
How should the social impact of research be measured? James Wilsdon, professor at the University of Sheffield, talks to us about the need for “responsible metrics”.
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"When at-risk youths come into contact with the arts, their academic achievement and their civic and social engagement improve"
January 2019
To what point does art contribute to social integration? Talking about access to culture under conditions of equality with Sunil Iyengar.
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“When grandparents contribute to childcare, the birth rate increases”
December 2018
Do we reproduce the behaviour of our parents? Aart Liefbroer talks to us about the intergenerational transmission of demographic behaviour.