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Comparing Indigenous Refugees in the North American Borderlands: Historical Lessons for Contemporary Crises.
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Invited speaker Ben Black will present on the topic “Learning About Natural Chromosomes to Make New Ones”.
Department seminar. Kai Liu is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. He will present the paper: "Understanding Program Complementarities: Estimating the Dynamic Effects of Head Start with Multiple Alternatives" (written with Marc K. Chan Antonio and Dalla-Zuanna).
Benjamin Donald Smith is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). This seminar marks his midway evaluation.
Department seminar. Ingrid Mikkelsen Semb is a Lecturer at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo. She will present the paper: "Evaluating affirmative action when college applications are endogenous."
Department seminar. Lee Fleming is a Professor at UC Berkeley. He will present a paper: "Isolating the inter-personal mechanisms of absorptive capacity" (written with Benjamin Balsmeier and Sonja Lück).
Department seminar. Laura Derksen is a researcher at the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research in Oslo. She will present the paper: "Who Knows? The Effect of Information Access on Social Network Centrality" (written with Pedro CL Souza).
In this seminar, Professor Susan Erikson will use the World Bank's pandemic bond fiasco to offer new insights into how capitalism shapes pandemic preparedness and response.
Department seminar. Anders Humlum is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Booth School of Business, University of Chicago. He will present the paper: "Changing Tracks: Does Reskilling Help Disabled Workers Back to Work?" (written with Jakob R. Munch and Pernille Plato).
Philippe Huneman is a Professor at the IHPST (Institut d'Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques), Université Paris 1. He focuses on the philosophy of evolutionary biology and ecology. His
main interests are: the variety of evolutionary explanations; the relations between variation, selection, and drift; the issue of individuality in biology related to the “evolutionary transitions” program and the formal definitions of emergence; the philosophy of ecology and especially neutral theories in community ecology. Last books published: Why? The philosophy behind the question (Stanford University Press) and Death. Perspectives from the Philosophy of Biology (Palgrave-McMillam).
Note that exceptionally, the session will be held on a Friday, between 11:15 and 12:30.
Department seminar. Kyle Herkenhoff is a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and an Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota. He will present the paper: "Intergenerational Mobility and Credit" (written with J. Carter Braxton, Nisha Chikhale, and Gordon Phillips).
Find out how CoMorMent's research on the links between mental and physical health can be translated into clinical practice at this webinar.
Chomsky, Russian, fake news, Old French. These are all keywords for the GAME ON workshop on June 13th.
Department seminar. Fernando Stipanicic Márquez is
a Postdoctoral Researcher at Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley. He will present the paper: "The Creation and Diffusion of Knowledge: Evidence from the Jet Age" (written with Stefan Pauly).
In this talk, Linn Iren Sj?nes R?dvand presents data from the underdescribed Austronesian language Patani.
Join us for a CIMS seminar and panel discussion on Rebel Governance and Kinship Groups in the Middle East and Africa
Can planetary health escape a technocratic tunnel vision on climate and health adaptation and contribute to contextualised, participatory policy actions that improve health equity? In this seminar, Dr. Remco van de Pas will unpack the planetary health paradigm.
Rose Trappes is a postdoctoral research fellow at Egenis, the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences at Exeter University, UK. Rose works in philosophy of biology and feminist philosophy. Her research currently focuses on concepts and research practices in ecology and related disciplines, exploring topics such as individuality, ecological niches, ecological mechanisms, animal tracking technology, data synthesis, and citizen science. Together with Sabina Leonelli, Rose is also working on conceptualisations of research environments.
Unlocking New Horizons in Transgenic Mouse Model Generation: Join us for our workshop and discover the latest techniques in transgenic mouse model generation.
Martin Refseth is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture (TIK). This seminar marks his midway evaluation.
Contemporary Russian society does not visibly oppose the invasion of Ukraine. There are no barricades or protesters in the streets, and even the military mobilisation has not triggered an open clash between the public and the authorities. But does this silence mean consent and support for the war?
In the aftermath of the Chernobyl explosion, a great divergence appeared between the medical opinions of the East and West on the long-term consequences on public health. In this keynote lecture, Kate Brown, Professor in the History of Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gives us insight on what these conflicting stories can tell us about how Western and Soviet scientists understood humans and the ecologies in which they lived.