Remote paradises: how leaving the office inspires workers to leave their cities

Post-pandemic paradigm shift in work reshuffles travel destinations and leads people to relocate, but is this trend here to stay?  Fabio Cantile, Javad Maleki, Jakob Ranglin Grissler “I felt stuck in New York City. Once things were safer, I resolved to give it a shot myself”. After living in NYC for six years, Jordan Goldmeier … Read more

ECT puts patients in risk of lasting side effects – investigation shows mixed results

Memory loss, headache, and even heart problems are just a few examples of the side effects that patients report each year after receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Although side effects, this treatment continues to be widely used around the world to treat mental disorders such as severe depression, affective disorder, and schizophrenia. Sweden has shown to … Read more

Girls with ADHD severely under-diagnosed in Sweden – “Examinations designed for boys”

Statistics show that among children and adolescents, girls are much less likely to be diagnosed with ADHD. One expert suggests there is inbuilt “scientific bias” while another expert says that women with ADHD are at greater risk of suicide. “I would probably have been part of the suicide statistics, but I lived for mum and … Read more

Women on sick leave because of stress is increasing in Sweden – Here is why.

An article by Anna Hallgren, Mireia Jimenez and Khorambanoo Askari Sweden has been regarded as a leading example of gender equality around the world, but when it comes to work-related stress, things are far from equal. New statistics from Försäkringskassan (an insurance authority in Sweden) show that between January 2010 and January 2022 the total … Read more

Out of sight, out of mind: the Netherlands is using Turkey as their trash can

An article by Suzanna de Vries, Suzanne Vink and Karlijn Stenvers for Politico. A plastic package of Dutch cheese: Leerdammer. You would not expect to find that on an illegal dumpsite in the outskirts of Adana, one of Turkey’s biggest cities, close to the Syrian border. How did it get there? The Netherlands is exporting … Read more

Sara Isteffan

TASK 1A: Line Chart on Nuclear Reactors by Datawrapper The line chart above presents: “Number of operational nuclear reactors worldwide from 1954 to 2021”. There are diamond shapes in the start- and in the end of the line chart to make it more clear. In addition, I chose to highlight the area below the line … Read more