November 18, 2020 • 2pm-3:30pm Indigenous Nations and the Development of the US Economy Donna Feir presents Indigenous Nations and the Development of the US Economy (w Ann Carlos and Angela Redish). Learn more
January 21, 2021 • 3pm-5pm Competing Algorithms for Law: Sentencing, Admissions, and Employment  Frank Fagan, EDHEC Business School presented Competing Algorithms for Law: Sentencing, Admissions, and Employment. Learn more
February 9, 2021 • 12pm-1:30pm Community and Belonging in Fracturing Societies CGM hosted a discussion exploring whether the human rights regime approach structures peaceful societies. Learn more
March 4, 2021 • 3pm-5pm To What End? On Infrastructural Governance Brett Frischmann, Villanova University presented To What End? On Infrastructural Governance. Learn more
March 11, 2021 • 3pm-4:30pm The Socio-Historical Conditions of Sharing Sacred Sites: Reflections on Contemporary Cases Across the Mediterranean How can peaceful coexistence and cooperation be encouraged in deeply divided societies, especially when those divisions stem from religion? Learn more
March 23, 2021 • 12pm-March 27, 2021 • 1:30pm Possessive Individualism: A Crisis of Capitalism CGM hosted a book launch for Possessive Individualism: A Crisis of Capitalism (Oxford University Press) with author Daniel Bromley. Learn more
April 1, 2021 • 3pm-5pm The Big Data Constitution Margaret Hu, Pennsylvania State University presented The Big Data Constitution. Learn more
April 7, 2021 • 8am-5pm Smart City Governance Presentations by Associate Director Martin Weiss More than half of the world’s population live in cities and that number is expected to grow to nearly three quarters by 2050. Increasingly, cities are eager to position themselves as the ‘Smart Cities’ of the future, but what qualifies a city to be designated as ‘smart’? Learn more
May 11, 2021 • 12pm-1:30pm (Book Launch) Doing Global Fieldwork: A Social Scientist’s Guide to Mixed-Methods Research Far from Home CGM hosted a book launch of Doing Global Fieldwork: A Social Scientist's Guide to Mixed-Methods Research Far from Home (Columbia University Press, 2021). Learn more
September 9, 2021 • 3pm-5pm The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law Ryan Abbott, University of Surrey presented The Reasonable Robot: Artificial Intelligence and the Law. Learn more
October 7, 2021 • 3pm-5pm NFTs, Digital Scarcity, and the Computational Aura Annette Vee presented NFTs, Digital Scarcity, and the Computational Aura, as part of our fall seminar series on the Future of Law in Technology and Governance. Learn more
October 28, 2021 • 3pm-5pm Haroun Rahimi: Afghanistan’s Informal Economy Haroun Rahimi, Assistant Professor of Law, American University of Afghanistan, will present his research on the hawala, the informal finance system in Afghanistan. Learn more