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AI in public policy: opportunities and challenges Nov 05, 2024

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In a world increasingly shaped by digital transformation, AI and data science present new opportunities to change policymaking in nearly all areas of policy.

The world in crisis Nov 04, 2024

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From diverse disciplinary perspectives, the event will explore conceptual and theoretical approaches that might help us better to understand, engage with, and respond to our time as a time ‘out of joint’.

A war like no other: challenge and change in reporting Gaza Nov 04, 2024

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Now more than ever, a year on since Hamas’ surprise attack on southern Israel, and Israel’s continued assault on Gaza, the role of journalists and media organisations has been vital, but it has also been called into question.

A safer future for cycling in London Oct 31, 2024

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Cycling and other forms of active travel have significant benefits for wellbeing, local economies, air pollution and the environment. A substantial increase in active travel is needed to achieve London’s 2030 target for net zero carbon emissions.

Industrialisation and national identity in modern Africa Oct 30, 2024

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In this inaugural lecture Elliott Green will examine the effects of industrialization on national identification in contemporary Sub-Saharan Africa

The most unequal region in the world: combatting inequality in Latin America Oct 29, 2024

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The Latin America and Caribbean Review (LACIR), committed to addressing these challenges, convenes high-level scholars to provide a coherent and comprehensive overview of the inequality problem in Latin America.

Taylor Swift and philosophy Oct 28, 2024

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Combining top-tier philosophical research and a passion for Taylor's music, a team of scholars investigate the wisdom that can come from Taylor's songs, bringing new perspectives to important contemporary issues.

The case for a four-day week Oct 23, 2024

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In the UK, we work some of the longest hours in Europe while having one of the least productive economies. We invented the weekend a century ago and are long overdue an update to working hours.

Wicked problems: how to engineer a better world Oct 22, 2024

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Our world is filled with pernicious problems. How, for example, did novice pilots learn to fly without taking to the air and risking their lives? How should cities process mountains of waste without polluting the environment?

Dead men's propaganda: ideology and utopia in comparative communication studies Oct 21, 2024

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Who were the key pioneers in the formation of comparative communications between the 1920s-1950s? How do their legacies of scholarship and practice inform the contemporary global landscapes of news reporting on war and the dissemination of propaganda