Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video Podcast
1) Europe and the Return of Geopolitics
Contributor(s): Pierre Vimont | The Ukraine crisis marked the return of geopolitics in Europe. Can the EU, which has been originally designed to prevent geopolitics inside its borders, act as decisive...Show More
2) The Life Project: the extraordinary story of 70,000 ordinary lives
Contributor(s): Dr Helen Pearson | On 5th March 1946 a survey began that is, today, the longest-running study of human development in the world, and has grown to encompass six generations of children ...Show More
3) In Conversation with Hilary Benn about Britain and Europe
Contributor(s): Hilary Benn | Hilary Benn (@hilarybennmp) is the Labour Member of Parliament for Leeds Central and the Shadow Foreign Secretary. Previously, he served as International Development Secr...Show More
4) Fraud at polls: can journalists and statisticians check? The Mozambican experience
Contributor(s): Johan Ahlback, Dr Joseph Hanlon, Dr Jouni Kuha | In every Mozambican election, the ruling party (Frelimo) won, and the opposition cried fraud. Can we tell who really won? Teams of up t...Show More
Fraud at polls: can journalists and statisticians check? The Mozambican experience
1:27:36 | Mar 16th, 2016
5) Reconstructing the Law of Voyeurism and Exhibitionism
Contributor(s): Professor Stuart Green | The work discussed in this lecture is part of a much larger, book-length project titled Criminalizing Sex: A Unified Theory. Although the incidence of voyeuris...Show More
6) What Are Prisons For?
Contributor(s): Dr Christopher Bennett, Professor Kimberley Brownlee, Andrew Neilson | In this time of austerity, many of those who want a small state are also committed to a highly expensive criminal...Show More
7) Each Age Gets the Inequality it Needs: 20,000 years of hierarchy
Contributor(s): Professor Ian Morris | Changes in how we capture energy from the environment have determined the degree of inequality in society – but what does this mean for the future? Ian Morris is...Show More
8) How to Boost Growth as the Oil Price Falls: transformation and reform of the Norwegian economy
Contributor(s): Siv Jensen | The low oil price is testing the Norwegian economy’s flexibility and ability to re-adjust. Economic policy should facilitate restructuring and stimulate productivity growt...Show More
9) Clear and Present Challenges to the Chinese Economy
Contributor(s): Dr Keyu Jin | Dr Keyu Jin will discuss the impact of China’s financial reforms. Keyu Jin (@KeyuJin) is a Lecturer in the Department of Economics and a member of the Centre for Macroeco...Show More
10) "Rhodes Must Fall": South African universities as sites of struggle
Contributor(s): Professor Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni | The university in South Africa became a key site of struggle in 2015. Faculty and university leadership were taken by surprise as students demanded a...Show More