The global academic landscape is fiercely competitive, and the latest figures from the European Research Council (ERC) emphasize just how intense the pursuit of research funding has become. In September 2026, the ERC announced the awarding of 421 Starting Grants, totaling a massive €705 million investment under the Horizon Europe programme. While these numbers celebrate … Read more
Turkey’s brain drain is taking its female coders with it Rest of World – by Kaya Genç Gülçin Yildirim is a database engineer and one of the founders of Kadin Yazilimci, a group of female coders. Courtesy Gülçin Yildirim In the summer of 2013, Gülçin Yildirim, a database administrator, received an invitation for a meeting … Read more
Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 from Transliteracy Research Group by Christine Wilks The Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2, recently launched on the web, is an anthology of works by an international group of authors “that pushes through the boundaries of literary forms, creating new kinds of experiences for interacting readers.” Published by the Electronic … Read more