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Politics - 15.04.2019
Politics - 15.04.2019
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Politics - 12.04.2019
Politics - 11.04.2019
Politics - Administration - 26.03.2019
Environment - Politics - 19.03.2019 
Center to protect the Red Sea ecosystem
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), announced on Tuesday Switzerland's support for EPFL's project to create a "Transnational Red Sea Research Center".
Politics - 19.03.2019
Politics - 14.03.2019
Event - Politics - 13.03.2019
Politics - 13.03.2019
Politics - 09.03.2019 
1989: The year Margaret Thatcher’s apparent mastery slipped away
Forty thousand pages of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's personal and political papers from 1989 are being opened to the public at the Churchill Archives Centre and online at the website of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation.
Politics - Law / Forensics - 08.03.2019
Politics - 07.03.2019
Business / Economics - Politics - 07.03.2019
Politics - 20.02.2019
Politics - 18.02.2019
Environment - Politics - 15.02.2019 
Water Diplomacy at the Service of States in West Africa
The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal initiate a discussion for the joint management of a shared aquifer system essential to the economic and socialdevelopment of this region of 24 million people.
Politics - 11.02.2019
Politics - Life Sciences - 31.01.2019 
Elevate research above Brexit impasse, urge Imperial and TUM Presidents
UK-European research cooperation should continue, say the heads of Europe's top two technical universities.
Politics - 31.01.2019
Social Sciences - Politics - 30.01.2019
Politics - Event - 23.01.2019 
California will put the super in 2020’s Super Tuesday primary
Super Tuesday has never been as super as it will be in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Politics - 22.01.2019
Politics - 15.01.2019 
The story behind the lost play of Irish rebel leader James Connolly
Academics at the University of Glasgow have discovered a short story which they believe could solve the mystery of a lost play by revolutionary socialist James Connolly. The story called The Agitator's Wife was discovered last year during the 150th anniversary year of the birth of the Irish rebel leader who was born in Scotland in 1868.
Politics - 28.12.2018
Politics - Business / Economics - 26.12.2018
Philosophy - Politics - 10.12.2018
Politics - 10.12.2018
Politics - 07.12.2018
Politics - Sport Sciences - 06.12.2018 
Senior explores opportunities in China
Yvonne Lee, '19, spent 10 weeks interning at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing, China.
Sport Sciences - Politics - 06.12.2018
Politics - 06.12.2018 
Looking at justice through the lens of political theory
In Bernardo Zacka's class 17.01, students explore human values and the many ways of imagining a just society.
Physics - Politics - 04.12.2018 
Gene Rochlin, who warned of overreliance on technology, dies at 80
Gene I. Rochlin, a physicist-turned-political scientist who studied complex organizations like the military and warned of an overreliance on technology, including computers, died of complications from a stroke on Nov.
Politics - Social Sciences - 04.12.2018 
What game theory tells us about politics and society
Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics. Alexander Wolitzky leans back in his office chair, pauses, and starts to describe "Cycles of Conflict: An Economic Model," a journal article he co-authored.
Politics - 30.11.2018
Politics - 30.11.2018
Politics - 29.11.2018 
University of Bristol supports building a sustainable peace in Colombia
A team at the University of Bristol is investigating the gendered nature of armed conflict in Colombia in support of the Colombian Truth Commission, which formally launches today, 29 November and aims to address injustices from the war. In 2016 a peace agreement brought an end to the world's longest running armed conflict, the 51-year dispute between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC-EP).
Politics - 27.11.2018
Politics - Career - 26.11.2018
Politics - 25.11.2018
Politics - 23.11.2018 
We are all ’others’: teaching children to celebrate differences
As the world around us increasingly divides into 'us and others', the University of Cambridge Primary School is taking part in a new research project to help children discover for themselves that far more unites us than divides us.
Politics - Social Sciences - 20.11.2018
Politics - 19.11.2018
Politics - 19.11.2018
Event - Politics - 17.11.2018
Politics - 16.11.2018
Politics - Administration - 15.11.2018 
Frenemies David French and Erwin Chemerinsky battle over politics and culture without getting nasty
To watch cable news, or really any news, these days, is to bathe in anger, conflict and misdirection.
Politics - Event - 15.11.2018
Politics - Business / Economics - 13.11.2018
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Politicians’ fishy behaviour
More than a decade's worth of research has revealed how politicians manipulate highly emotional incidents like shark bites to influence public sentiment and protect their own interests.
More than a decade's worth of research has revealed how politicians manipulate highly emotional incidents like shark bites to influence public sentiment and protect their own interests.
Why public distrust could prove ’corrosive’ to U.S. democracy
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories spotlighting how faculty, students and alumni at the Harris School of Public Policy are driving impact for the next generation.
Editor's note: This is the first in a series of stories spotlighting how faculty, students and alumni at the Harris School of Public Policy are driving impact for the next generation.
Federal Councillor Ignazio Cassis, Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), announced on Tuesday Switzerland's support for EPFL's project to create a "Transnational Red Sea Research Center".
Uncovering ’Icons of Dissent’
From Bob Marley and Tupac to Che Guevara and Osama bin Laden, history professor Jeremy Prestholdt explains the importance—and changing faces—of global figures I n the 1960s, Ernesto “Che” Guevara became an international symbol of radicalism, solidarity and revolution.
From Bob Marley and Tupac to Che Guevara and Osama bin Laden, history professor Jeremy Prestholdt explains the importance—and changing faces—of global figures I n the 1960s, Ernesto “Che” Guevara became an international symbol of radicalism, solidarity and revolution.
Forty thousand pages of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's personal and political papers from 1989 are being opened to the public at the Churchill Archives Centre and online at the website of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation.
The Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal initiate a discussion for the joint management of a shared aquifer system essential to the economic and socialdevelopment of this region of 24 million people.
UK-European research cooperation should continue, say the heads of Europe's top two technical universities.
Finding fault lines in the next generation
For more than two years, the innovative GenForward survey has polled thousands of young people across the United States-particularly those of color-about their views on everything from education to immigration to racism.
For more than two years, the innovative GenForward survey has polled thousands of young people across the United States-particularly those of color-about their views on everything from education to immigration to racism.
Super Tuesday has never been as super as it will be in the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Academics at the University of Glasgow have discovered a short story which they believe could solve the mystery of a lost play by revolutionary socialist James Connolly. The story called The Agitator's Wife was discovered last year during the 150th anniversary year of the birth of the Irish rebel leader who was born in Scotland in 1868.
Explaining the surge in populist, politics movements today
Stanford political scientists Francis Fukuyama, Anna Grzymala-Busse and Neil Malhotra discuss why populist messages have emerged in contemporary politics and how they have evolved into larger, political movements.
Stanford political scientists Francis Fukuyama, Anna Grzymala-Busse and Neil Malhotra discuss why populist messages have emerged in contemporary politics and how they have evolved into larger, political movements.
Lab explores universal basic income
Stanford philosopher Juliana Bidadanure is leading an initiative focused on fostering discussions about universal basic income and analyzing previous and ongoing unconditional cash experiments across the world.
Stanford philosopher Juliana Bidadanure is leading an initiative focused on fostering discussions about universal basic income and analyzing previous and ongoing unconditional cash experiments across the world.
Nottingham expert puts museum collection under the spotlight
The stories behind objects in People's History Museum's vast collection have been given a fresh perspective and relevance for contemporary audiences.
The stories behind objects in People's History Museum's vast collection have been given a fresh perspective and relevance for contemporary audiences.
Yvonne Lee, '19, spent 10 weeks interning at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing, China.
Exploring opportunities in China
Yvonne Lee, '19, spent 10 weeks interning at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing, China.
Yvonne Lee, '19, spent 10 weeks interning at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing, China.
In Bernardo Zacka's class 17.01, students explore human values and the many ways of imagining a just society.
Gene I. Rochlin, a physicist-turned-political scientist who studied complex organizations like the military and warned of an overreliance on technology, including computers, died of complications from a stroke on Nov.
Economist Alexander Wolitzky uses game theory to model institutions, networks, and social dynamics. Alexander Wolitzky leans back in his office chair, pauses, and starts to describe "Cycles of Conflict: An Economic Model," a journal article he co-authored.
The case for mandatory voting
Elections play a distinctive role for strengthening democracy and voting is a pivotal part of that process, said Stanford political science scholar Emilee Chapman, who in a new paper makes the case for universal participation through mandatory voting.
Elections play a distinctive role for strengthening democracy and voting is a pivotal part of that process, said Stanford political science scholar Emilee Chapman, who in a new paper makes the case for universal participation through mandatory voting.
A team at the University of Bristol is investigating the gendered nature of armed conflict in Colombia in support of the Colombian Truth Commission, which formally launches today, 29 November and aims to address injustices from the war. In 2016 a peace agreement brought an end to the world's longest running armed conflict, the 51-year dispute between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC-EP).
Why lobbying is not always an obscure activity
Iskander De Bruycker (UAntwerp) analyzed whether media attention helps lobby groups. Brussels houses about 15 000 lobby organisations, which employ over 30 000 lobbyists.
Iskander De Bruycker (UAntwerp) analyzed whether media attention helps lobby groups. Brussels houses about 15 000 lobby organisations, which employ over 30 000 lobbyists.
As the world around us increasingly divides into 'us and others', the University of Cambridge Primary School is taking part in a new research project to help children discover for themselves that far more unites us than divides us.
Addressing the Territorial Dimensions in Party-based Populism
Parution d'un numéro spécial de la revue Comparative European Politics consacré aux partis régionalistes populistes et édité par Reinhard Heinisch (Universität Salzburg), Emanuele Massetti (University of Surrey) et Oscar Mazzoleni (Université de Lausanne).
Parution d'un numéro spécial de la revue Comparative European Politics consacré aux partis régionalistes populistes et édité par Reinhard Heinisch (Universität Salzburg), Emanuele Massetti (University of Surrey) et Oscar Mazzoleni (Université de Lausanne).
To watch cable news, or really any news, these days, is to bathe in anger, conflict and misdirection.