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SUMMARY:Can Blockchain Solve the Dilemma in the Ethics of Genomic Biobanks?
DESCRIPTION:Valerie Racine\, Western New England University \nValerie Racine completed her Ph.D. in History and Philosophy of Science at ASU’s Center for Biology and Society in 2016. Her dissertation project studied the development of particular research programs in molecular genetics and genomics during the 20th century. After a short stay as a Visiting Fellow at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg\, Austria\, she joined Western New England University as Assistant Professor of Philosophy in 2017. She was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2022 but decided to leave academia soon after. She continues to research topics in bioethics\, data ethics\, and AI ethics as she pursues a new career trajectory in software development.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/can-blockchain-solve-the-dilemma-in-the-ethics-of-genomic-biobanks/
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SUMMARY:Everyday Choices: The Role of Competing Authorities and Institutions in Politics and Development
DESCRIPTION:The Governance and Local Development Institute (GLD) is a research program based at the University of Gothenburg\, originally founded in 2013 at Yale University by Professor Ellen Lust. GLD focuses on the local factors driving governance and development. The institute is dedicated to international collaboration and scientifically rigorous\, policy-relevant research in an effort to promote human welfare globally. Findings are made available to the international and domestic communities through academic publications\, policy briefs\, public presentations\, social media\, and on-the-ground workshops in cooperation with local partners. \nMission \n“We aim to promote human welfare by conducting scientifically rigorous research across the globe. Our research focuses on answering a fundamental question: why are some communities able to provide secure environments\, good education\, adequate healthcare\, and other factors that encourage human development\, while others fail to do so? We engage with communities across the world\, develop methodological tools\, gather data\, undertake analyses on major issues affecting societies today\, and disseminate findings to academics\, relevant policy-makers\, and the communities in which we work.” \nAbout Ellen Lust\nEllen Lust is the Founding Director of the Program on Governance and Local Development at Yale University (est. 2013)\, at the University of Gothenburg (est. 2015)\, and Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. She received her M.A. in Modern Middle East and North African Studies (1993) and PhD in Political Science from the University of Michigan (1997). She was previously a faculty member at Rice University (1997-2000) and Yale University (2000-2015)\, director of the Center for Middle East Studies at Yale University\, and a visiting scholar at the Institute of Graduate Studies (Geneva\, Switzerland) and the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at NYU. \nEllen has conducted fieldwork and implemented surveys in Algeria\, Egypt\, Jordan\, Kenya\, Libya\, Malawi\, Morocco\, Palestine\, Syria\, Tunisia and Zambia. She has authored numerous books\, textbooks\, and articles including\, most recently\, Safer Research in the Social Sciences: A Systematic Handbook for Human and Digital Security\, (SAGE Publishing\, 2020) in collaboration with Jannis Grimm\, Kevin Koehler\, Ilyas Saliba\, and Isabell Schierenbeck. Ellen’s current research examines the role of social institutions in governance. She is also leading GLD’s work on the development of a tool to systematically gauge sub-national variations in governance. \nShe is a co-founder of the Transitional Governance Project\, a founding associate editor of Middle East Law and Governance\, and has served as an advisor and consultant to organizations including the Carter Center\, Freedom House\, NDI\, UNDEF\, UNDP\, USAID\, and the World Bank. The Carnegie Corporation of New York\, the National Science Foundation\, Social Science Research Council\, the Swedish Research Council\, and the Moulay Hicham/Hicham Alaoui Foundation have supported her work.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/everyday-choices-the-role-of-competing-authorities-and-institutions-in-politics-and-development/
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SUMMARY:Navigating Differences in an Age of Toxic Polarization
DESCRIPTION:As an early architect of the bridge-building and strengthening democracy ecosystem in the U.S.\, Sharif Azami will share insights on what lies ahead as we work to build a just\, multicultural\, multi-racial democracy. His talk will highlight how toxic polarization and extremism are not just undermining key democratic institutions and norms here at home but also threaten global governance and shared flourishing. \nAbout Sharif Azami \nSharif Azami works within the philanthropic sector to mend America’s deepest divides and strengthen democracy. His work seeks to develop new pathways for a just\, multi-racial\, multi-cultural democracy in the U.S. Sharif has worked on governance\, social transformation\, and peacebuilding since early 2000 with CIDA\, Oxfam GB\, and United Nations World Food Programme\, among others. He has also earned a master’s in International Development Policy from Duke University and a graduate certificate in Peace and Conflict Resolution from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/navigating-differences-in-an-age-of-toxic-polarization/
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SUMMARY:Afghanistan One Year Later: The Economics of a Collapsed State
DESCRIPTION:This panel discusses the economics of Afghanistan one year after the fall of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Taliban in August 2021. The panel reflects on the political economy and institutional aspects of the Taliban regime\, its fiscal management and service delivery\, and the current socio-economic condition in the country with respect to poverty\, education\, and health.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/afghanistan-one-year-later-the-economics-of-a-collapsed-state/
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SUMMARY:The Balkh School of Islamic Thought: An Approach Towards Pluralist Coexistence for the Muslim World
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture\, Mirwais Balkhi discusses why\, despite numerous collective and individual efforts\, Afghanistan has failed to eradicate terrorism produced by Islamic extremism. The talk proposes the Balkh School of Thought as a viable alternative narrative in Afghanistan to diminish extremist and takfiri discourses of the Taliban and other Jihadist groups in the Middle East. In this talk Balkhi suggests the best way to counter radicalism is to update and expand successful and effective narratives of the past that have shown significant achievements that support moderation and reciprocity.
URL:https://cgm.pitt.edu/event/balkh-school-of-thought/
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