More-than-Human Space Diplomacy: Assembling Internationalism in Orbit

Internationalism in psychology: we need it now more than ever.

A concern with international cooperation in psychology has been present since the beginnings of psychology as a science. In this article, the author traces the development of international cooperation from the late 19th century to the present day to document the interesting ways in which the forms of collaboration have always been related to the large social and political contexts of which they...

Space Is more than Geography

Block transitive Steiner systems with more than one point orbit

For all ‘reasonable’ finite t, k and s we construct a t-(א0, k, 1) design and a group of automorphisms which is transitive on blocks and has s orbits on points. In particular, there is a 2-(א0, 4, 1) design with a block-transitive group of automorphisms having two point orbits. This answers a question of P. J. Cameron and C. E. Praeger. The construction is presented in a purely combinatorial wa...

Human Rights Diplomacy: Case Study of Brazil

Human rights diplomacy is considered as a consequence of globalization. While many norms and issues are extensively globalized, nonetheless they can be implemented based on cost and benefit analysis (i.e. maximization of benefits and minimization of costs). States have to take their responsibility of human rights by demonstrating their responsiveness towards their people, international organiza...

Self-Assembling Intelligent Lighter-than-air Structures

Through the use of flying automata (aerobots), the [ VOILES | SAILS ] project aims to port to the physical world some of the functionalities observed in artificial life systems, with a particular focus on simulations of assemblages and behaviors derived from the observation of animal societies (coral reefs, anthills) that can collectively produce high performance structures with extremely limit...