The Justice John Marshall Harlan Lecture in Constitutional Adjudication presents Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson in conversation with Deborah Pearlstein, Director of Princeton Program on Law & Public Policy, Charles & Marie Robertson Visiting Professor of Law & Public Affairs…
In 2022, the United Nations General Assembly formally recognized the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. While this builds on the long-established right to health, it also broadens the scope of protection. Professor Hiroaki Matsuura will discuss his research on the distinct roles that the rights to…
Stewardship in the 21st Century: Lessons from the Gates FoundationThis fireside chat will explore what it means to be a steward of resources, mission, and reputation at the highest level. Drawing on her leadership role at the Gates Foundation, Carolyn will discuss how institutions can manage vast resources responsibly, and…
It’s a truism that AI is the worst it will ever be. But while model capabilities do tend to improve over time, users’ experience of AI as a consumer product is affected by many other factors. In a draft paper, Akash Kapur and Arvind Narayanan adapt Cory Doctorow’s enshittification thesis to AI, and argue that degradation of…
Suresh Naidu, Professor of International and Public Affairs, Jack Wang and Echo Ren Professor of Economics, Columbia University Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
Philippe Etienne, a graduate of France's prestigious École Normale Supérieure (ENS rue d'Ulm) in mathematics, became a diplomat upon completing his civil service training at ENA in 1980.
Best-selling author, prize-winning journalist and New York Times corresponding opinion writer Michael Grunwald will discuss how to feed the world without frying it and how to fill nearly 10 billion bellies by 2050 without tearing down an acre of rainforest every six seconds. Telling the stories and lessons from his rollicking…
During past decades, genomics and metagenomics have developed very fast, and are widely applied to non-model species especially wild animals to provide new insights to properly conserve the wildlife. The giant panda is not only the symbol of the world biodiversity conservation, but also a model to address questions of the…
