The famous Erasmus program, which stands for European Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students, is a student mobility program of the European Union that was created in 1987. Studying abroad is a central part of Erasmus+ and has been shown to have a positive effect on later career prospects. It is also…
Since the beginning of 2020, the world has been facing a pandemic caused by the Coronavirus. This pandemic has reached almost every country in the world, and its effects continue. Although the vaccination brings hope, there are still concerns about the recovery process. The spread of the virus has caused these countries’ economies to spiral…
In 1980, Bob Marley was writing and singing “Won’t you help to sing/ These songs of freedom?/ ‘Cause all I ever have/ Redemption songs/ Redemption songs?” Forty years later, in the heart of Nigeria, there is a man who has captured the deeper meaning of those words. His name is Emeke Obanor, and his weapon…
What is the Western Sahara Conflict? Western Sahara is a region located in the northeast of Africa and it is contested by Morocco and the Polisario Front, a Saharawi national liberation movement. After years of conflict and instability, its status remains an unresolved problem. Although in 1963 the area was recognised by the United Nations…
What are food loss and food waste? Goal 12.3 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs) is reducing food waste on a global scale. According to a survey by FAO, presented in 2011, although world hunger has been increasing, in fact, an estimated 1/3 of food is lost or goes to waste. Indeed, there is…
Would you ever say that jail is a place that makes people free? Some people would. They are not famous lawyers, nor scholars who firmly think that the criminal justice system is effective. Actually, they are prisoners. In fact, there are Italian prisons implementing initiatives that give a job to inmates. On the one hand,…
WHY IS REPRESENTATION ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT? Our view of the world is influenced by external stimuli and the media industry knows that very well. The social impact of what we are surrounded by is becoming more and more crucial in shaping our cultural ideology and in influencing how people see themselves and interact with others. However,…
WHAT HAPPENED? As of the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, schools in many countries around the world had to switch from the usual face-to-face classes to online teaching. Although social distancing in schools had already been tested, the authorities are still concerned about the unsatisfactory results. It has been almost a year now…
Beatrice is 21 years old today, and she attends the second year of psychology in Milan. She loves this university and is particularly interested in developmental psychology because she thinks that the environment in which kids are educated, and in which they grow up is fundamental to understand the pattern of their behaviour in the…
IS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTING OUR MENTAL HEALTH? The spread of COVID-19 has forced Governments to adopt guidelines that have radically changed everyone’s daily life. Among the many issues linked to the pandemic, one of the less visible but most significant ones is its effect on people’s mental health. SOCIAL DISTANCING AND USE OF ANTI-ANXIETY…
