This is a short version of the talk I gave for the seminar called “Embodied Dignity: Worthy bodies: incarnated moralities” on December 9, 2025, 15h to 17h (UTC+1), at KULeuven. In the seminar, Walter Mignolo and I discussed the notion of embodied dignity in decolonial theory. *** I was given the assignment to begin with the […]
Abstract: This article focuses on the questions of academic freedom, scholar activism, public science, and social engagement. The five authors represent scholars from different disciplines and scientific paradigms as well as diverse gender, sexual orientation, nationality, ethnic, and class backgrounds, yet they share a joint passion for academic ‘activism’. The paper, therefore, reflects a multitude […]
Abstract: This essay consists of a set of digital (post-)pandemic email correspondence held between a political sociologist and an interdisciplinary philosopher working at Western European universities while the COVID-19 pandemic rapidly unfolded itself. Starting from an unsettling point in time in 2021, during which vaccination strategies and numerous eugenic pandemic containment measures were being discussed, […]
Abstract: This article explores perceptions of Iranian academics of the relationship between women’s physical appearance and academic achievements. The research is conducted using interviews with academics working in different universities in the field of social sciences. Results included individual and structural explanations of the relationship between women’s physical appearance and academic achievements. Data showed a […]
This article addresses Iranian women in higher education and their contemporary position in academia in Iran. By systematically reviewing available academic and official databases on women’s positions in academia published online or in print, the question is raised whether women’s current position and role in academia is the result of personal choice-making or an existing […]