Research

On the cultural significance of summer blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer

Vivian Elion analyses the surrealistic exhibition of Rinus van de Velde through the lens of metamodernism.

What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread

The revival of rave and rage in the roaring twenties.

How the cyborg movies of the ‘90s made us fantasize about mind uploading, sentient AI and immortality.

When Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian are starting to revolt, you know Instagram is getting into trouble...

Why are Gen Zers more likely to prefer online anonymity compared to millennials?

Are we moving towards a culture in which our digitally positioned self is more important than our actual self?

Melting ice caps in the Arctic are incentivizing Russia’s exploitation and extraction of natural resources representing the last straw of the Anthropocene.

To understand Russian politics, we need to understand Russian Cosmism, a philosophy that supports the digitalization of the Arctic.

What will be the lasting impact of the cancellation of Russia?

Deconstructing my purchasing choices: why is it so hard to change behavior?

Secularism could lead to moral and spiritual nihilism that Nietzsche and Dostoevsky warn of. What are the socio-cultural consequences of this?

Horror movies allow us to safely explore extreme scenarios... what do they tell us about our current fears?