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Teens, sexting and image-based sexual abuse: a child rights approach May 20, 2025

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With the ubiquity of technological devices, young people are more visible and accessible than ever before, and they are encountering, using and producing an unprecedented amount of sexualised imagery.

Conscience incorporated: pursuing profits while protecting human rights May 19, 2025

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In today’s world, where corporations wield immense power and influence, how can business leaders balance the pursuit of profits with ethical responsibility?

Apprenticeship and economic growth in early modern England May 14, 2025

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In his latest book, The Market for Skill: apprenticeship and economic growth in early-modern England, which forms the basis of this event, Patrick Wallis shows how apprenticeship helped reshape the English economy between 1500-1800.

Neoliberalism and social justice? Reconciling Adam Smith and John Rawls May 13, 2025

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This event will explore the relationship between Rawlsian liberal egalitarianism and neoliberalism, based on Nick Cowen's book Neoliberal Social Justice.

The corporation in the 21st century May 12, 2025

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Join us as John Kay, one of Britain’s leading economists, discusses his new book The Corporation in the 21st Century: Why (almost) everything we are told about business is wrong.

The power of data: ethics, politics, and public interest May 08, 2025

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This event will discuss important questions around the role of data science in understanding and shaping the public interest, from access to information to civic participation and business development to democratic processes.

The death and life of the center-left May 07, 2025

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Since the 1990s, progressive parties have tended to combine globalist neoliberal policies with avant-garde social views.

Is AI destroying the planet? May 06, 2025

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This episode explores the AI sustainability paradox: can AI be both a climate solution and a climate problem?

Greenland, Iceland and the meltdown of the old order in the North Atlantic May 06, 2025

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President Trump’s determination to increase American influence and presence in Greenland has generated great interest in the future of the world’s largest island and its surrounding regions in the Arctic and the North Atlantic.

How do we avoid falling for online scams? Apr 08, 2025

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What type of person falls for an online scam? Who are the fraudsters and how does colonialism motivate them? And what’s the connection between criminality and pop music?

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