London School of Economics: Online and in-person public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building)
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Join us for this conversation between Mark Malloch-Brown, President of the Open Society Foundations and Minouche Shafik, Director of LSE. For decades, democracy and human-rights advocates have assumed that a growing number of governments were embracing democracy, freedom and the international law. Yet today, 38 percent of the world’s population live in countries which are not free – the highest proportion in a quarter of a century. As the enemies of open society further accelerate their attacks, and Ukraine becomes the frontline in a systems-breaking clash between democracy and authoritarianism, where do we turn next in today’s fight for open society? Meet our speaker and chair Mark Malloch‐Brown (@malloch_brown) is President of the Open Society Foundations, the world’s largest private funder of independent groups working for justice, democratic governance, and human rights. He has worked to advance human rights, justice, and development for more than four decades, serving in a variety of roles including as the head of the United Nations Development Programme, as UN Deputy Secretary General under Kofi Annan, and as a British government minister, as well as at a range of other international institutions, civil society groups and businesses. Minouche Shafik is Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Prior to this, she was Deputy Governor of the Bank of England. She is an alumna of LSE. Her new book, What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract, is out now. She is co-chair of the Economy 2030 Inquiry commission. More about this event The LSE School of Public Policy (@LSEPublicPolicy) is an international community where ideas and practice meet. Our approach creates professionals with the ability to analyse, understand and resolve the challenges of contemporary governance. This event forms part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative, a series imagining what the world could look like after the crisis, and how we get there. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEOpenSociety
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Data have always been the lifeblood of the sciences, giving rise to new theories, invalidating old. Data are costly to acquire and in most fields have long been a constraint on progress. Over the last few decades this situation has structurally changed in several fields, with information technology leading to rapidly declining costs of data acquisition.Since more data are better than fewer, ceteris paribus on quality, growing data has been welcomed. But in the last few years, in multiple fields, there have appeared so many data that no extant theories are able to explain more than a tiny fraction of such data. In this talk Professor Axtell will illustrate this phenomenon based on quasi-comprehensive micro-data with respect to American business firms. There are a large number of theories of firms, none of which appear capable of rationalising these data. Professor Axtell will discuss the use of machine learning approaches for modeling data of this type, the value of explicable models, and how machine learning techniques can be used to create new data structures in order to better understand the data. Finally, he will mention complications that arise in the social sciences when individuals use machine learning to make sense of their environment.This is a joint event with INET Oxford and the Oxford Martin Programme on the Post-Carbon TransitionREGISTRATIONThis talk is live in-person and onlineTo register to attend this talk in-person at the Oxford Martin School, please use the registration form here.To watch this talk live online register on crowdcast here.
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Carbohydrates are the dominant biopolymer on our planet and serve a range of functions from foods to structural materials such as wood. Long chains of carbohydrate monomer surround virtually all cells and are important signaling molecules ranging from fertilization to bacterial infections, cancer and autoimmune diseases. In this lecture I will describe how automated synthesis of complex carbohydrates provides access to defined molecules that in turn helped us to elucidate the structure and the role of complex sugars in biology. I will highlight the use of synthetic glycans as the basis for the development of vaccines against hospital-acquired infections, for cholesterol-lowering drugs and in understanding aspects of multiple sclerosis.
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On behalf of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, University of Michigan, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, and Georgetown University Law Center, we are excited to announce the OMG Transatlantic Tax Talks. (Why OMG? Oxford-Michigan-MIT-Munich-Georgetown.)This speaker series will be taking place on Zoom over the 2021-2022 academic year. It will be an interdisciplinary series, with experts in taxation from law, economics, and accounting presenting their work.Alex Raskolnikov, of Columbia University, will be presenting "Should Only the Richest Pay More?" on Thursday 19 May 2022.All talks will be on Zoom at 12:00 Eastern time/17:00 GMT/18:00 CET. Presenters will speak for about 20 minutes, and the remaining 40 minutes will be used for Q&A.
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The launch of the long awaited James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on Christmas Day 2021 heralds a new era in observational astronomy. JWST should not just be thought of as a successor to Hubble, though as a larger space-based telescope it has all the potential to be as revolutionary. Its operating range in the infra-red allows it to push back our observations to the ‘Dark Ages’ of Astronomy.Following the Big Bang the Universe was opaque for some 400,000 years, given the temperatures did not allow recombination of particles to form atoms and thus light could not escape. The cosmic background explorer satellites have enabled us to gain a detailed insight into the first light that was eventually emitted (first scattering surface) but there then exists some 300 million years before the first stars and galaxies are seen to form. JWST will be able to image objects at high-redshift in this early Universe and for the first time help us test existing theories of galactic formation.In this highly illustrated talk I will cover the excitement behind the mission and its potential. I will hope to show how the results could bring cosmological and evolutionary models of the early Universe into the realm of observational astrophysics.
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London School of Economics: Online public event
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Equality is an idea that has broad appeal – most people endorse the principle that we should be equal before the law, and even defenders of the market put their case in terms of equal property rights. But the socialist idea that people should be equal in their material circumstances is more controversial, and recent trends in egalitarian political philosophy, rather than stepping up to defend it, have tended to back away. Christine Sypnowich argues we should eschew the reticence of much left-liberal theories and embrace a radical political philosophy which focuses on what’s really at stake: equal human flourishing. Meet our speaker and chair Christine Sypnowich is Professor, Queen’s National Scholar and Head of the Department of Philosophy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada, and Visiting Fellow, All Souls College, Oxford (Spring 2022). Robin Archer is Director of the Postgraduate Programme in Political Sociology and Convenor of the Ralph Miliband Programme. More about this event The Ralph Miliband Programme (@rmilibandlse) is one of LSE's most prestigious lecture series and seeks to advance Ralph Miliband's spirit of free social inquiry. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEMiliband
London School of Economics: Online and in-person public event (MAR.1.10, Marshall Building), United Kingdom
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An introduction to the pathbreaking work that earned Joshua Angrist the Nobel Prize in economics. In the social sciences, it is surprisingly hard to tell if something caused something else: did a particular policy have its intended consequences? Or are the consequences the result of a fortuitous occurrence of some other causing event? Professor Angrist explains, with engaging examples, the modern ways in which economists can tell. Meet our speaker and chair Joshua Angrist (@metrics52) is the Ford Professor of Economics at MIT, a co-founder and director of MIT's Blueprint Labs, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He has developed innovative ways to harness the power of natural experiments to answer important economic questions, transforming empirical research. These new econometric tools help social scientists and policy-makers discover the causal effects of choices and policy changes. Angrist received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 2021 (with Co-Laureates Guido Imbens and David Card). *Photo courtesy of MIT Blueprint Labs Francesco Caselli is Norman Sosnow Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics at LSE. More about this event The Department of Economics (@LSEEcon) is one of the largest economics departments in the world. Its size ensures that all areas of economics are strongly represented in both research and teaching. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEAngrist
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A Research Workshop in collaboration with the Stockholm (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) project, 'Autonomy, Culture, Action'. Discussion in the afternoon sessions will focus on two pairs of texts, which may be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qir-sMFV8OdWy24k6zrn63Dsjy3CuXkI?usp=sharing Programme 10.45 Arrival and coffee 11.00 Welcome & PIs Presentation of the general research project 11.20–12.20 Individual presentations, departing from the Report by the Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis, Så fri är konsten (2020) / This Is How Free Art Is: 11.20 Gustav Strandberg (Philosophy, Södertörn University) The Heteronomy of the Creative Industries 11.40 Kim West (Critic, Stockholm; author of The Exhibitionary Complex) Administration and the Project of Autonomy 12.00 Josefine Wikström (Dance, Stockholm University of the Arts) From Autonomy to Social Form 12.20 Discussion 13.15–14.15 Lunch 14.15–17.00 Seminar on Philosophy and the Criticism of Cultural Policy 14.15 Main texts Theodor W. Adorno, ‘Culture and Administration' (1960) Swedish Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis, Så fri är konsten (2020)/ This Is How Free Art Is – English summary, pp. 18–28 15.45 Break 16.00 Supplementary Texts Tony Bennett, Differing Diversities: Transversal Study on the Theme of Cultural Policy and Cultural Diversity (2001), Part 1, pp. 7–69 Peter Osborne, 'Whoever Speaks of Culture Speaks of Administration as Well': Disputing Pragmatism in Cultural Studies', Cultural Studies, Vol. 20, no. 1 (2006) 17.00 Close
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Anne McLaren’s work helped lead to human in vitro fertilisation (IVF). She received many honours for her contributions to science, and became the first-ever woman Officer of the Royal Society, when she was made Foreign Secretary, then Vice-President. She was a Trustee of the Oxford International Biomedical Centre, which commissioned this annual lecture.This year’s lecture, at Kellogg and online, will examine Anne McLaren’s work from the perspective of collaborator and friend, Professor Liz Simpson FRS, FMedSci, OBE. Of her work, and friendship with Anne McLaren, Professor Simpson writes:'Anne and I were introduced by Peter Medawar at the Christmas party at his Hampstead house in 1975. We shared an interest in genes on the mammalian Y chromosome from two points of view; Anne’s related to sex determination during embryonic development, mine to expression of the male specific transplantation antigen, HY. Combining our skills in genetics and immunology was a challenging and very enjoyable venture that enabled us to prise apart the genes controlling those two traits and created a strong friendship and led us to explore other questions.'This event is in-person and will also be streamed live, and recorded. There will also be a photographer taking photos at the event. If you are booking to attend online, you will receive a link with your event reminder email.Refreshments will be served from 5pm in the Kellogg Hub, followed by the lecture at 5.30pm.This event is free and open to all. Registration is required.
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This is the second in a series of seminars on dialogue.Contact Us - Regent's Park College
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Errollyn Wallen (Composer) in conversation with Wesley Stace (librettist) and Tom Sapsford (Boston College) about the opera Dido's Ghost (2021).
SOAS: Venue: Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room: Senate House Alumni Lecture Theatre (SALT)
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London School of Economics: Online public event
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Artificial intelligence (AI) creates opportunities to strengthen democracy and public debates but it also challenges existing democratic norms. Public administrations increasingly use AI to automatize the allocation of public services. Judges use risk-assessment algorithms to determine a person’s eligibility for bail or parole. Social media platforms use AI to optimize content moderation, while political actors can use these platforms to engage in microtargeting and misinformation. And law enforcement agencies can use facial recognition systems and predictive analytics to strengthen surveillance. This new reality requires careful examination: Who should be responsible for selecting principles of AI governance? How can we align the decisions of AI systems with democratic values? Are “black box” algorithms undermining transparency and our capacity to exercise scrutiny over public decisions? Our panellists will reflect on these and related questions and engage with the audience. Meet our speakers and chair Etienne Brown (@Etienne_Brown) is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at San José State University (USA). His research interests are in political philosophy, ethics, and the philosophy of technology, with a focus on the regulation of speech on social media and the ethics of online interaction. His recent publications include Free Speech and the Legal Prohibition of Fake News forthcoming in Social Theory & Practice. Jocelyn Maclure is Professor of Philosophy and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Human Nature and Technology, at McGill University (Canada). His research interests are in political philosophy, ethics, and artificial intelligence. His recent publications include AI, Explainability and Public Reason: The Argument from the Limitations of the Human Mind in Minds and Machines. In addition to his academic roles, he has been President of the Québec Government’s Ethics Commission on Science and Technology. Zeynep Pamuk is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of California San Diego (USA). Her research interests lie at the intersection of political theory, the philosophy of science, and social epistemology. Her recent book, Politics and Expertise: How to Use Science in a Democratic Society, examines the relationship between science and democracy. Annette Zimmermann is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York (UK) working on the ethics of artificial intelligence and machine learning. They are also a Technology & Human Rights Fellow at Harvard University. Their recent publications include Proceed with Caution, forthcoming in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy, investigating the use of algorithmic systems by public and private institutions in decision-making, and resulting challenges for procedural justice. Thomas Ferretti is Guest Lecturer in Philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science working on topics that intersect with theories of justice and fairness, economic inequality, and the use of artificial intelligence in business organisations. His publications include An Institutionalist Approach to AI Ethics: Justifying the Priority of Government Regulation over Self-Regulation in Moral Philosophy and Politics. More about this event The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method (@LSEPhilosophy) at LSE was founded by Professor Sir Karl Popper in 1946, and remains internationally renowned for a type of philosophy that is both continuous with the sciences and socially relevant. This event forms part of LSE’s Shaping the Post-COVID World initiative, a series imagining what the world could look like after the crisis, and how we get there. You can find details about the LSE Ethics of AI Online Masterclass here. Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSEPostCOVID
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To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent's first catwalk presentation, and the publication of their new book, two authorities on YSL, Martina Mondadori and Stephan Janson, will be in conversation about the designer's life, inspirations, iconic fashions and creative legacy. In association with Rizzoli. This talk will be held on Zoom, and all ticketholders will receive a link to view the morning of the event. Read more
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The onsite talk is now fully booked; click the link on the right to book the livestream. To celebrate the 60th anniversary of Yves Saint Laurent's first catwalk presentation, and the publication of their new book, two authorities on YSL, Martina Mondadori and Stephan Janson, will be in conversation about the designer's life, inspirations, iconic fashions and creative legacy. In association with Rizzoli. Read more