Can we look inside our brains? Denise Camilleri of Opening Doors Malta interviews Dr Claude Bajada of Department of Physiology & Biochemistry about the science of the brain.
The video team consisted of THINK’s editor Daiva Repečkaitė, Dr Anne-Marie Callus from the Department of Disability Studies, and UM’s videographers, James Moffett and Sarah Zammit. The Department of Cognitive Science provided the props, and the Library kindly offered the venue.
In a time when academic life can feel overwhelmingly digital and impersonal, libraries are trying to step up to create something invaluable – a community. University libraries, which used to be primarily quiet spaces with towering bookshelves, are now reinventing themselves as inclusive ‘third places’. The University of Malta Library interns offer THINK an insight into how the Library is becoming a third place on Campus.
Post-truth populism has secured a powerful mandate in the United States of America. This reflects a trend that extends through the world’s liberal democracies and will invite global imitation. In this opinion piece, Jonathan Firbank describes how post-truth populism works, why it works, and why the American election might show us how to fight it.
During the run-up to the European Parliament Elections, Prof. Mario Thomas Vassallo grilled two MEP candidates on AGORA, a political talk show broadcast on Campus 103.7. Against the backdrop of numerous elections around the globe, a lack of youth representation, and the rise of the far right, the discussion got us thinking.
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