Martti Koskenniemi on his lecture 'International Law and the Far Right: Reflections on Law and Cynicism':

‘Since the emergence of the profession in the 1870s, international lawyers have lent themselves to supporting various political projects, from ruling of empire to decolonisation, from supporting national self-determination to arguing in favour of global governance of the transnational economy. They have celebrated sovereignty and supported human rights.

The recent backlash against glob...

Anne Orford on her lecture 'International Law and the Social Question':

‘While international law has played a central role in creating the conditions for market liberalization on a global scale, many international lawyers have paid less attention to the social question - that is, the question of who is able to participate in political decision-making about economic relations and property rights.

The current moment of perceived backlash to international law and institutions offers an opport...

De wereld bevindt zich op een keerpunt. Voor het eerst in onze recente geschiedenis is er een overheersend gevoel dat mens, maatschappij en economie op een andere manier verder moeten. Het oude model, het oude normaal, lijkt stilaan op zijn einde te lopen.

We zijn natuurlijk al langer bekend met grote uitdagingen zoals klimaatverandering, digitale transformatie, en maatschappelijke evoluties op het vlak van wonen, werken, mobiliteit, gezondheidszorg en migratie. Sinds kort hebben we echter te...

In TRENDSURFING, trendwatcher Bert Van Thilborgh guides you through the processes of change in our rapidly evolving, highly volatile and deceptively ambiguous world. In this methodological book, the author clarifies the techniques of trend analysis and positions them in a structural model. In addition, the book offers numerous tips and tricks that will help readers surf the waves of innovation, identify emerging trends and respond to them effectively.

Bert observes, quantifies, explains and i...

Our world is changing fast. Global events are occurring more often and have a bigger impact on societies and economies than ever before. The current (business) environment shows that things have in order to guarantee meaningful lives for future generations. In the past, securing social and environmental stability was regarded as the sole responsibility of the government and non-profit organisations. Businesses, on the other hand, had only one objective: maximising shareholder value. However, ...

This volume contains the proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Automatic Translation for Sign and Spoken Languages (AT4SSL 2023), hosted by the 24th Annual Con- ference of The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT 2023). This workshop is a venue for presenting and discussing (complete, ongoing or future) research on automatic translation between sign and spoken languages.

The eighth edition of The Dynamics of Persuasion again guides readers in understanding the power and limits of persuasion in contemporary society. This edition continues its accessible and detailed illustration of the theoretical underpinnings of persuasive communication through contemporary and relevant examples of persuasion in action. It features coverage of new scholarship on misinformation, health communication, and persuasion effects, including careful attention to persuasion’s r...

This bestseller text offers clear, simple-to-understand and comprehensive coverage of management and cost accounting. Management and Cost Accounting, 8th edition brings together techniques, concepts and practices in a way that is readable and with language that is easy to follow. Keeping its international focus, the text includes a wealth of case studies featuring companies from around the world, and offers up-to-date coverage of the most contemporary aspects affecting management accounting t...

An accessible guide to the theories of 19 major educational thinkers, the strengths and limitations of their ideas, their relevance today and how they can be used in the classroom and other educational settings.