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Keith Wailoo
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May 02, 2022
Wailoo Named Co-Chair of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Ad Hoc Committee on Equity and Innovation
While new health and medicine technologies from gene editing to artificial intelligence promise to be immeasurably beneficial, they also come with profound ethical and societal implications. How can societies create dynamic governance structures to ensure that innovations are developed both ethically and equitably? A new ad…
Keith Wailoo
Arvind Narayanan
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May 02, 2022
Tech Privacy Expert Arvind Narayanan to Lead Center for Information Technology Policy
Arvind Narayanan – a computer scientist whose pioneering approach to teaching and research has shaped the study of fairness in algorithms, cryptocurrencies and blockchains, and advanced privacy technologies – has been appointed director of Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy, effective July 2023. …
Arvind Narayanan
misinformation
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April 01, 2022
A Princeton-Microsoft Project is Tracing the Digital Fingerprints of Disinformation
As the 2018 U.S. mid-term elections approached, a group of Princeton alumni military veterans pitched an idea to the School of Public and International Affairs to host a conference on national security. With reports of foreign interference during the 2016 presidential election campaign still circulating in the media and in…
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Researchers win at SXSW
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March 30, 2022
Virtual Reality Project on Nuclear Threats Wins SXSW Award
A virtual reality (VR) project executive produced by researchers at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) and Games for Change won the Jury Award for Extended Reality (XR) Experiences at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival. The jury, comprised of three leading filmmakers and XR experts,…
Researchers win at SXSW
energy
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March 28, 2022
Energy and Economics: Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
It’s been four weeks since Russia first invaded Ukraine, and the world is already beginning to see economic and energy impacts. Russia is one of the top three oil producers and the second leading natural gas producer in the world. What does this mean for the Western world? In the latest installment of SPIA’s virtual webinar…
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Russia and Ukraine
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March 14, 2022
Ukraine — Russian Misinformation and Cybersecurity
Russia is no stranger to turning to the digital sphere to spread misinformation and propaganda. As the war wages in Ukraine, how is internet discourse adding fuel to the fire — and what cybersecurity threats remain? In the third segment of SPIA’s event series to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, Asha Rangappa '96, CNN legal…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine
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March 07, 2022
Ukraine — Global Ramifications
On March 4, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs held a second live, virtual discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this time focusing on the Western response, how it affects global migration, and humanitarian-related perspectives on the conflict. Russia continues to try and seize key Ukrainian…
Russia and Ukraine
Russia and Ukraine
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February 26, 2022
The Conflict in Ukraine
Russia deployed troops into neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24 — an attack coming just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “military operation” in the Donbas region of Ukraine, saying that Russia would intervene as an act of self-defense. Now, bombings and airstrikes are escalating, leading those in Ukraine to…
Russia and Ukraine
Hanjatiana Nirina Randrianarisoa and Chris Buckley
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February 03, 2022
Data Science Program Provides Analytical Tools to Newly Minted College Students From Diverse Backgrounds
In fall 2021, Princeton’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC), with support from the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Data-Driven Social Science Initiative, launched the ESOC Fellowship for Data-Driven Research, a program that prepares recent college graduates from underrepresented backgrounds…
Hanjatiana Nirina Randrianarisoa and Chris Buckley
Extreme Climate Fluctuation Drives South African Domestic Migration
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February 02, 2022
Extreme Climate Fluctuation Drives South African Domestic Migration
As the climate crisis worsens, some South Africans are relocating to places with more stable climate conditions, according to a study led by Princeton University researchers. Using a modified network modeling approach, the team looked specifically at water availability, temperature extremes, and migrants’ socioeconomic…
Extreme Climate Fluctuation Drives South African Domestic Migration