Society & Culture

Dipping The Paddle     Canadian cities, like most cities, are noisy with cognitive distractions like advertisements, cacaphonies of competing sound, smells that make many of us dislike breathing. But...

This list provides some suggestions for readers interested in getting into the field of International Relations (IR). Our list was drawn up with three criteria in mind: readability, non-paradigmatic texts, and...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. There is a good chance that your grandparents were born at home. I am going to go ahead and assume they turned...

A few weeks ago, Hippo ran Part 1 of a two-part post, called Can I (Should I) Be a Parent in Academia? This post covered the presentations and discussions that took place during a workshop that I chaired...

Dr. J Ann Tickner, Professor Emerita of International Relations at the University of Southern California and Distinguished Scholar in Residence at American University spoke with HippoReads on her motivations behind studying Feminism in IR, discusses the field of Feminism in IR and its importance, and summarizes the field’s achievements and challenges today.

This post originally appeared on The Conversation. Does academic freedom entitle university professors to be as provocative as they wish when expressing their views on issues of the day? This...

Is Direct Democracy Janus-faced?