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Blue Paper #5: Water as a Cause for Celebration

Bart Schultz All over the world, people celebrate water. In our fifth Blue Paper, Bart...

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Adaptive Strategies for the development of the Port of Beirut and its neighborhood: The role of academic studios

Nadia Alaily-Mattar and John Hanna In the aftermath of the devastating explosion in Beirut...

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Maritime Cartography and Commerce in Early Modern Europe

Jason Nguyen The mapping of the seas has long been a preoccupation of navigators, scholars...

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Histories in the Mediterranean – AGORA Webinar Talks about Mediterranean Ports

John Hanna & Martin Valinger Sluga What do we learn about port cities when the...

Blue Paper #4: World Views and Water Management

Blue Paper #4: World Views and Water Management

Frans Wijsen Whereas water is central to most religions, the treatment of water is often...

Blue Paper #3: Valuing water related cultural heritage

Blue Paper #3: Valuing water related cultural heritage

Henk van Schaik & Sir Diederik Six For thousands of years, people have been managing water...

FRICTIONS episode #4: Kirkenes mega-port and other logistics dreams in the Arctic

FRICTIONS episode #4: Kirkenes mega-port and logistics in the Arctic: infrastructure's hegemonic potential

This episode of frictions focuses on the Arctic, home to the Sámi people – the only...

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Eurovision in Rotterdam: Ahoy & Eurovision as Carriers of Identity

Hilde Sennema and Paul van de Laar This year, the Eurovision song contest takes place in...

When Power Flows into the Sea: the Aftermath of the “3.11” Nuclear Disaster

When Power Flows into the Sea: the Aftermath of the “3.11” Nuclear Disaster

Andrew Littlejohn and Carola Hein Ten years ago, three nuclear reactors run by Tokyo...

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Port for the People: A Citizen-First Vision for the Reconstruction of Karantina and the...