What does the future hold for universities? 🔊
What does the future hold for universities, and why does this matter for the rest of society? Cris Shore, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Auckland, is co-editor (with Susan Wright) of a new book entitled Death of the Public University? Uncertain Futures...
Are Google and Facebook harming the arts and democracy? 🔊
Are Google and Facebook increasing economic inequality? Harming the arts? Damaging democracy? Jonathan Taplin says yes. Maria Armoudian sits down with Taplin to discuss the impact of these internet giants. Jonathan Taplin was the founding director of the USC Annenberg...
What do universities spend on accessing the results of publicly funded research?
By Mark C. Wilson University research is generally funded from the public purse. The results, however, are published in peer-reviewed academic journals, many of which charge subscription fees, as Mark Wilson explains. I had to use freedom of information laws to...
What does it mean to have an equitable and sustainable food system? 🔊
Saru Jayaraman and Raj Patel have studied the food system and what it means to have an equitable and sustainable system. What are the problems in the system, and what are the solutions? Maria Armoudian discusses the food system with them. Saru Jayaraman is the...
How do you design peace in a post-conflict world? 🔊
How do you make peace after fatal conflicts and loss of lands? What is the role of identity in conflict and in peacemaking? Maria Armoudian discusses peacemaking with Neophytos Loizides and Madura Rasaratnam. Neophytos Loizides is a Professor and Chair in...Subscribe by Email
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