Ron Emerson & Colin Mayer in conversation: 'Private financing levelling-up: an idea of its time'
The UK has the most extreme regional inequalities in the OECD and one of the most centralised governance and financial systems all controlled from London.
How can the finance and banking world help level the playing field and shift all focus and control away from London, When it comes to finance and banking - why are they so important to levelling up? What has gone wrong with local access to finance? And what is needed to resolve this problem?
How can the finance and banking world help level the playing field and shift all focus and control away from London, When it comes to finance and banking - why are they so important to levelling up? What has gone wrong with local access to finance? And what is needed to resolve this problem?
Reclaiming Populism
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"The moral rearmament of imperialism”: the Revolutionary Communist Party, Irish republicanism, and the new world order, c.1981-1998
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Mapping the impact of the Thirty Years War in Central Europe
Social Change through Presence: White Marriage in Iran
Maral Sahebjame, is a graduate student in the Interdisciplinary Near and Middle Eastern Studies PhD program and a graduate fellow in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice at the University of Washington. My research focus and interests include gender in the Middle East and Muslim-majority societies, ethnography, social movements, and state, law, and society relations in contemporary Iran. Her dissertation title is: “Marriage across the Color Spectrum: Making Commitment Palatable in Iran.”
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Abstract for Talk:
The American War in Afghanistan: Why We Failed
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Dave Smith & Prof Colin Mayer in Conversation: 'Renewing South Yorkshire: seizing new opportunities, overcoming old constraints'
South Yorkshire, crucible of the Industrial Revolution, was once a proud, prosperous and highly-skilled society. In the 1980s its two major industries collapsed and it is now the poorest region in England.
"Conflict resolution for the future of biodiversity conservation" with Dr Alexandra Zimmermann
The conservation of biodiversity and natural resources is unavoidably about managing conflicts between groups of people.
To be able to withstand the additional pressures and impacts from climate change and the pandemic, conservation efforts need to become adept at preventing and mitigating conflicts over protected areas, wildlife, and access to natural resources.
To be able to withstand the additional pressures and impacts from climate change and the pandemic, conservation efforts need to become adept at preventing and mitigating conflicts over protected areas, wildlife, and access to natural resources.
On Track or Not? Projecting the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index
This seminar is organised jointly with the Institute for International Economic Policy at George Washington University and the UNDP Human Development Report Office. This seminar will be held online.