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Deliberative Climate Politics: From Citizens' Assemblies to Responsive Democratic Systems?
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Louis A. Simpson International Building
FUNG PUBLIC TALK Are citizens' assemblies a solution to solve two pressing crises: democratic dissatisfaction and climate emergency? The Citizens' Convention for Climate, and the Great National Debate in France, or the Conference on the Future of Europe, were attempts presented as new initiatives. Recently, many climate…
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Confronting the Threat and Use of Nuclear Weapons: The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - How it Was Achieved and Why it Matters
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Robertson Hall
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POSTPONED - CITP Seminar: Eszter Hargittai - The Black Box of Information Access: Measuring People’s Algorithm Skills
Tuesday, October 25, 2022 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Sherrerd Hall
While we know that algorithms are an increasingly important part of what information people encounter in everyday life, little work has focused on studying users’ awareness and understanding of how algorithms may influence what they see and do. There is also more to learn about what actions users may be taking to try to…
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C-PREE Bradford Seminar: Getting to Net-Zero: A Canadian Perspective
Monday, October 24, 2022 12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Wallace Hall
The world needs to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century for a chance at limiting warming to less than 1.5°C. Last year, the Canadian government followed the lead of other nations and legislated a goal of net-zero by 2050. Achieving this goal requires shifting from incremental to transformational approaches…
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"The Making of a Public Sector Worker: The Causal Effects of Temporary Work Assignments to Poor Areas"
Monday, October 24, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Julis Romo Rabinowitz Building
This paper analyzes how temporary work assignments to poor areas affect preferences, beliefs, and career choices. We exploit random variation in the assignment of healthcare workers within a one-year mandatory rural service program in Peru. We show that healthcare workers that were assigned to poorer areas are more altruistic…
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CITP Seminar: Can We Reconcile the Computer Science and Legal Views of Privacy?
Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Sherrerd Hall
Law and computer science interact in critical ways within sociotechnical systems, and recognition is growing among computer scientists, legal scholars, and practitioners of significant gaps between these disciplines that create potential risks for privacy and data protection. These gaps need to be bridged to ensure in the…
Photo Kobbi Nissim
Robertson Hall, Scudder Plaza fountain
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The Russian Invasion: A Roundtable Discussion with Visiting Scholars from Ukraine
Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Robertson Hall
Robertson Hall, Scudder Plaza fountain
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The Political Influence of City Employees: Civil Service Adoption in America
Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:20 PM
Wallace Hall
CSDP AMERICAN POLITICS COLLOQUIUM Sarah Anzia, Associate Professor of Public Policy & Political Science, Berkeley. The Political Influence of City Employees: Civil Service Adoption in America
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The Euro after Covid-19 and the War in Ukraine
Wednesday, October 12, 2022 12:15 PM – 1:20 PM
TBD
Federico Fabbrini is Full Professor of European Law at Dublin City University, in Ireland, where he is also the Founding Director of the Brexit Institute and the Director of the Law Research Centre. In academic year 2022/3 he is a Fellow in Law, Ethics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. Federico holds a PhD degree in…
Economics of Climate Change poster, Oct. 11
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New Approaches to the Economics of Climate Change: Urgency, Scale, Opportunity
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM
Robertson Hall
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government at the London School of Economics; and chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Economics of Climate Change poster, Oct. 11