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SUMMARY:Judging the Black Box: AI and Administrative Law
DESCRIPTION:Judging the Black Box: AI and Administrative Law \nWith the steady increaIFramese in the use of AI/ML mechanisms in regulatory decision-making at the federal and state level\, important questions arise about how best to use and adapt administrative law rules to agency decision making. Some reforms look at changing internal processes and structures. Rodriguez’s focus is on external oversight\, especially the role of reviewing courts in so-called “hard look” review. \n 
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/judging-the-black-box-ai-and-administrative-law/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T130000
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SUMMARY:What Makes Ukraine Resilient in an Asymmetric War?
DESCRIPTION:What Makes Ukraine Resilient in an Asymmetric War? A Survey of Local Governments’ Emergency Responses\nOleksandra Keudel \nCo-sponsored by the Center for Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies \nWednesday\, February 15\, 2023 | 1 p.m. ET \n\nRead Keudel’s full policy memo here. \nWhat explains the resilience of local authorities in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion? Using original survey data\, this talk explores how local authorities continue to provide public services and respond to crises because of Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure and massive internal displacement. The findings highlight a shifting social contract in Ukraine towards partnership between authorities and citizens as the foundation for democracy. \nOleksandra Keudel is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Public Policy and Governance at the Kyiv School of Economic and is a Petrach Ukrainian Studies Fellow at the Institute for European\, Russian and Eurasian Studies at George Washington University. Her book “How Patronal Networks Shape Opportunities for Local Citizen Participation in a Hybrid Regime: A Comparative Analysis of Five Cities in Ukraine”  was published with ibidem/Columbia University Press. Keudel’s research focuses on local democracy\, social movements and civic engagement\, and business-political arrangements at the local level in Ukraine.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/what-makes-ukraine-resilient-in-an-asymmetric-war/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230131T143000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090759
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SUMMARY:Predicting Well-Being in the Real-World and Real-Time: Possibilities and Challenges
DESCRIPTION:A key part of grasping a fuller understanding of human flourishing for creating a culture of health involves considering well-being as a continual process of healthy functioning that unfolds in context and over time\, rather than a static endpoint of wellness. Human flourishing in the real-world and in real-time is often characterized by person-specific nuances that are most often clouded by aggregate-level assessments\, overcasting the researcher’s view of the underlying contextual and cultural causalities. Using a dynamical systems approach\, I will demonstrate Ecological Momentary Assessment and other field-based designs\, ecologically valid measurement tools\, and the analysis of intensive longitudinal data to uncover the complexities of individualized social and behavioral dynamics that shape health and well-being. \nDr. Saida Heshmati is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Claremont Graduate University. Her research lies in the understanding of how optimal development unfolds over time in diverse samples through dynamical systems perspectives. Using her expertise in human development and state-of-the-art analytical methods\, she examines large datasets related to individual and group characteristics that influence psychological well-being as part of positive development. Through her work\, she aims to bring together a suite of measurement tools and research designs in the service of developing idiographic\, culturally-informed\, and context-sensitive approaches to understanding optimal development in youth\, in particular those who are marginalized. Dr. Heshmati has a multicultural background which has informed her scientific research; she is an Iranian-American scholar and an immigrant who has lived in five different countries and travelled to more than 20 countries\, and still counting. \nZoom Recording
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/predicting-well-being-in-the-real-world-and-real-time-possibilities-and-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T163000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090759
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SUMMARY:Data Privacy and Security Concerns after Roe v. Wade
DESCRIPTION:Michael Sinha\, St. Louis University School of Law\nData Privacy and Security Concerns after Roe v. Wade \nIn June 24\, 2022\, the US Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization\, overturning nearly 50 years of precedent established in its 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade. By eliminating a federal constitutional right to abortion\, Dobbs effectively reverted the decision to the states. Almost immediately\, several state statutes took effect\, some going as far as to ban abortion and criminalize those who aid or abet the process. In Texas\, ordinary citizens are now empowered to surveil pregnant persons through the provision of bounties in exchange for information that leads to prosecution. In Nebraska\, a Facebook Messenger conversation between a mother and her daughter as to the proper use of medication abortion led to criminal charges. These instances and others have raised concerns about the extent to which our data – health-related or otherwise – can be accessed and misused for malicious purposes. Major gaps in the current US data privacy infrastructure have far-reaching consequences beyond abortion policy\, and I will discuss these issues in the context of broader data privacy reform proposals.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/data-privacy-roevwade/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T170000
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SUMMARY:The Constitution and Laws of the Taliban 1994-2001
DESCRIPTION:“When the Taliban wrestled back control of Afghanistan in August 2021\, they reinstated an autocratic system of governance that is reminiscent of their first period of rule\, in the mid-1990s. In a move that put an end to troubled peace negotiations\, they initially seemed bent on bringing back the Islamic Emirate that broadly defined their rule from 1996 to 2001. This resurgence has highlighted a gap in scholarly research regarding the Taliban’s possible intended legal frameworks. Over the past two years\, numerous studies have attempted to make sense of the Taliban’s constitutional and legal imagination and to draw conclusions about what that may mean for Afghanistan. Previous studies are heavily informed by the Taliban’s 2005 Constitution—the first document made public allegedly by the group. This project\, which should be viewed as a guide to the Taliban’s favored legal order\, presents translations of a wide variety of Taliban-era laws that provide the context for and insight into the Taliban’s latest ascent to power. So far\, it appears that their recent efforts strongly resemble the methods they used in the 1990s. It seems that religious symbolism is of high importance to the group\, in that the state must not only do moral policing and guide Muslims to the “right path” but also appear obviously “Islamic” in all symbols\, including flag\, official titles\, dressing of the officials\, speeches\, calendar\, and holidays. One translated decree shows that the word ‘emirate’ replaced the word ‘state’\, as the former creates an impression of greater religiosity—a political organization headed by Amir al-Mominin\, commander of the faithful.” -Bashir Mobasher \n 
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-constitution-and-laws-of-the-taliban-1994-2001/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T150000
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SUMMARY:Computational Entities for Regular People
DESCRIPTION:Carla Reyes\, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law \nThis project explores whether and how regular people\, the group of non-crypto enthusiast business owners that make-up the majority of LLC members\, can take advantage of the rise of computational LLCs. The Article argues that the road to mass adoption of computational LLCs runs through entrepreneurs with little to no prior knowledge of coding\, computational law\, or blockchain technology and the DAOs that generate the most interest among law-makers and the media. Arguing computational LLCs offer benefits to even the smallest business owner\, this Article proceeds in three parts. Part I examines the rise of computational LLCs\, the new laws designed to enable their formation\, and common objections to both. Section II answers those objections by detailing key legal and business advantages of computational LLCs for regular people. Section II also explores current models for computational LLC code\, and reveals the obstacles those models present for most entrepreneurs and their lawyers. Section III solves those obstacles by introducing a form operating agreement for a single member computational LLC\, written in natural language code and then considers the broader implications of computational LLCs for business law and entrepreneurial lawyers.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/computational-entities-for-regular-people/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230118T143000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090759
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SUMMARY:The Problem of Democracy
DESCRIPTION:The Problem of Democracy: America\, the Middle East\, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea \nFeaturing Wisdom of Crowds podcast hosts Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid\, to discuss Hamid’s new book “The Problem of Democracy: America\, the Middle East\, and the Rise and Fall of an Idea” with CGM Director Jennifer Murtazashvili \nCo-hosted by Pitt Law\, Center for International Legal Education (“CILE”)\, and the Department of Political Science \nWednesday\, January 18\, 2023\n1 p.m. ET\nOnline – Register here\nIn person – Alcoa Room\, Barco Law Building – Register here (required due to building COVID restrictions) \nAbout the topic: \nShadi Hamid reimagines the ongoing debate on democracy’s merits and proposes an ambitious agenda for reviving the lost art of democracy promotion in the world’s most undemocratic regions. \nWhat happens when democracy produces “bad” outcomes? Is democracy good because of its outcomes or despite them? This “democratic dilemma” is one of the most persistent\, vexing problems for America abroad\, particularly in the Middle East–we want democracy in theory but not necessarily in practice. \nWhen Islamist parties rise to power through free elections\, the United States has too often been ambivalent or opposed\, preferring instead pliable dictators. With this legacy of democratic disrespect in mind\, and drawing on new interviews with top American officials\, Shadi Hamid explores universal questions of morality\, power\, and hypocrisy. Why has the United States failed so completely to live up to its own stated ideals in the Arab world? And is it possible for it to change? \nIn The Problem of Democracy\, Hamid offers an ambitious reimagining of this ongoing debate and argues for “democratic minimalism” as a path to resolving democratic dilemmas in the Middle East and beyond. In the seemingly eternal tension between democracy and liberalism\, recognized by the ancient Greeks and the American founders alike\, it may be time to prioritize one over the other\, rather than acting as if the two are intertwined when increasingly they are not. \nAt the end of the Cold War\, the democratic idea was victorious\, so much so that it took on more meaning than it could bear. Democracy became a means to other ends\, whether it was liberalism\, economic development\, or cultural progress. What if\, instead\, democracy was reconceptualized as its own end? What if the people are right even when they’re wrong? \nThe problem of democracy is no longer just a Middle Eastern problem. The polarizing effects of identity\, culture\, and religion are now haunting the world’s oldest democracies. At home\, a growing number of Americans are realizing that respecting election results when the other side wins is easier said than done. To look then at the democratic dilemma abroad is to consider a deeper set of questions around why we believe democracy is good as well as whether we think it is good for other nations and cultures.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-problem-of-democracy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221208T143000
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SUMMARY:Algorithms in Criminal Justice
DESCRIPTION:Megan Stevenson is an economist\, criminal justice scholar\, associate law professor\, and professor of Economics at the University of Virginia. She conducts empirical research in various areas of criminal justice reform\, including bail\, algorithmic risk assessment\, misdemeanors\, and juvenile justice. She publishes in both law reviews and economic journals\, including the Stanford Law Review\, the Washington University Law Review\, the Minnesota Law Review\, the Boston College Law Review\, the Boston University Law Review\, the Review of Economics and Statistics\, and the Journal of Law\, Economics\, & Organization. \nZoom Recording\n \n 
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/algorithms-in-criminal-justice/
LOCATION:William Pitt Union\, 3959 Fifth Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15260\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
CREATED:20251025T184211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251028T161829Z
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SUMMARY:Embodied Narratives: Protecting Identity Interests through Ethical Governance of Bioinformation
DESCRIPTION:Emily Postan\, University of Edinburgh Law School \nEmily Postan is a Chancellor’s Fellow in Bioethics at the University of Edinburgh Law School and a Deputy Director of the Mason Institute for Medicine\, Life Sciences and the Law\, with lead responsibility for the Institute’s policy engagement portfolio. Emily is an interdisciplinary bioethicist with a background in philosophy.  Her main research focus lies in interrogating the roles played by biomedical technologies\, personal information\, and health informatics in our identities\, and in characterizing the ethical significance of these roles. \nWatch the talk here.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/embodied-narratives-protecting-identity-interests-through-ethical-governance-of-bioinformation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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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://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/balkh-school-of-thought/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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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://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/afghanistan-one-year-later-the-economics-of-a-collapsed-state/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T163000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
CREATED:20251029T140935Z
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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://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/navigating-differences-in-an-age-of-toxic-polarization/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T170000
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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://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/everyday-choices-the-role-of-competing-authorities-and-institutions-in-politics-and-development/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221110T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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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://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/can-blockchain-solve-the-dilemma-in-the-ethics-of-genomic-biobanks/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221027T170000
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SUMMARY:Modeling the Caselaw Access Project
DESCRIPTION:Felix Chang and Erin McCabe\, University of Cincinnati \nFelix B. Chang serves as the Associate Dean for Faculty and Research at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He is a Professor of Law\, Co-Director of the Corporate Law Center\, and Director of the Corporate Law Concentration. Professor Chang’s writings span broad aspects of markets\, inheritance\, and inequality. In antitrust and financial regulation\, his prior scholarship examined the balance between competition and systemic risk in the derivatives markets. Along with an interdisciplinary team\, he is currently developing new tools for antitrust research through topic modeling.  In the areas of wealth and racial inequality\, Professor Chang has written on\, as well as the parallels between Roma inclusion and the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. Currently\, he is working on how inheritance laws affect inequality in China and the United States. \nErin McCabe is Digital Scholarship Library Fellow at the University of Cincinnati. She joined the Digital Scholarship Center as the Digital Scholarship Library Fellow (one of several Mellon grant-funded positions supporting research on machine learning and data visualization) in 2018. She now works on several research teams across disciplines and acts as liaison between academic and technology units. She previously worked on data analysis projects with academic publishers at JSTOR and in reference services at the Brooklyn branch of Long Island University. \nWatch the seminar here.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/modeling-the-caselaw-access-project/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221026T143000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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SUMMARY:Afghanistan One Year Later: Human Rights and Civil Society under Taliban Rule
DESCRIPTION:A panel with Khalid Ramizy\, Hasina Jalal\, and Omar Sadr.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/afghanistan-one-year-later-human-rights-and-civil-society-under-taliban-rule/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221018T130000
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SUMMARY:The Art and Science of Election Polling
DESCRIPTION:G. Elliott Morris is a staff data journalist and US correspondent for The Economist. He writes about American politics\, public opinion polling\, demographics\, and elections. He is responsible for many of the paper’s election forecasting models\, including the 2020 US presidential election forecast and polling models for several European countries. He writes for The Economist‘s weekly “Checks and Balance” newsletter on US politics. He is proficient in machine learning models\, Bayesian statistics\, and the various tools in the standard social science toolkit. \nMichael Colaresi is the William S. Dietrich II Chair of Political Science and the research and academic director of Pitt Cyber\, as well as the director of the Pitt Disinformation Lab. His work leverages the accelerating availability of computational tools\, including machine learning and Bayesian approaches\, along with unstructured information\, such as from digitized text\, to build and improve models of information technology in democracies\, national security secrecy and oversight\,  international and intrastate violence\, and changes in human rights over time. He also develops computational and visual tools that enable domain specialists to work alongside computer scientists to improve specific applications. In 2022-23\, he is a fellow of the Stability and Change program at the Center for Advanced Studies in Oslo\, Norway. He was the co-editor of the journal International Interactions from 2014-2019 and was co-recipient of the Best Visualization Award from the Journal of Peace Research in 2017 and the Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology from the Methodology section of the American Political Science Association in 2006. His book Democracy Declassified was shortlisted for the 2015 Conflict Research Society Book Prize. He has been PI or co-PI on four NSF grants and is a research affiliate for the ERC-funded Violence Early Warning Project at the University of Uppsala and the Peace Research Institute Oslo. At the University of Pittsburgh he co-founded the new major in Computational Social Science and in his previous position at Michigan State University\, he founded and directed the Social Science Data Analytics initiative.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-art-and-science-of-election-polling/
LOCATION:William Pitt Union\, 3959 Fifth Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15260\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T170000
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SUMMARY:Dysfunctional Centralization and Growing Fragility under Taliban Rule
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Governance and markets hosted “Dysfunctional Centralization and Growing Fragility under Taliban Rule” on October 12 as part of the center’s ongoing “Voices from Afghanistan” seminar series. The event featured Sayed Madadi\, who currently serves as a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy and a resident scholar with the Middle East Institute’s Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies program. Madadi formerly worked for the Afghanistan State Ministry for Peace as Director of Foreign Relations and participated in Afghanistan Peace Negotiations with the Taliban in Doha. \nSince the collapse of the Afghan government and takeover of the country by the Taliban in August 2021\, the country has descended further into political instability\, human rights violations\, and extreme poverty. Madadi argues that a key contributing factor to the crisis is a dysfunctional structure of governance centered around Kabul that became even more paralyzed and unresponsive under Taliban control. \n“The Taliban’s return to power was a huge factor in how we’re seeing the country struggling with all of these political and economic challenges\, but the root cause of these challenges were there before\,” Madadi said. “And one of those factors — if not the only or the biggest one\, one of the key ones — was the centralization of political power and economic planning in Kabul.” \nPolitical and economic power in Afghanistan is heavily concentrated in Kabul\, Madadi explained\, to the detriment of the rest of the country. He said that once Kabul became a center of activity in Afghanistan in the 1880s\, wealthy Afghans began to migrate to Kabul to be near political and economic opportunities. Additionally\, Afghans seeking to increase their wealth left their home provinces and moved to Kabul. \n“Over time\, basically\, Kabul grew at the expense of the rest of the country\,” said Madadi. “Human resources came to Kabul. The best and brightest of the country had to come to Kabul for education\, for job opportunities\, and most of them never went back to their provinces.” \nKabul eventually became the center of all economic and political activity in Afghanistan and the seat of the Afghan government. Other provinces paid taxes to Kabul\, where corrupt economic and political structures had little commitment or political will to invest that money back into the well-being and infrastructure of those provinces. This created a system where\, if a province generated more revenue\, they made themselves poorer. \nThis intense centralization of funds and resources\, in addition to the problems it created in the governance of Afghanistan before 2021\, contributed massively to the instantaneous collapse of the country to the Taliban when Kabul fell. \n“In some sense\, there was no economy outside of Kabul to speak about. Everything outside of Kabul was an extension of the economic sphere we had created in Kabul\,” Madadi said. “So when Kabul collapsed\, it was almost like you just untied the very top knot of a picnic tent. So everything else will fall apart.” \nMadadi also discussed the misuse of humanitarian aid in Afghanistan and how the international community must rethink the fundamental framework of how aid is provided in countries like Afghanistan. The question neglected for years regarding aid and restructuring in Afghanistan\, Madadi explained\, was whether or not funds “created capacity for sustainable value generation in the long term\, or does it only feed people for today or the next day?” The aid currently being provided\, he said\, is the latter. The political crisis is to blame for the humanitarian crisis\, according to Madadi. The Taliban regime is isolated from the world\, and without international trade\, the economy of Afghanistan cannot function. This is the cause of poverty and hunger. \nIn fact\, the means of aid provision actually empowers the regime\, Madadi said\, by allowing it to do two things: Use aid money to pay its own soldiers while leveraging aid for political reasons within the country (for example\, withholding funds from provinces it deems as unfriendly to Taliban rule or provinces populated by ethnic minorities)\, and allow the Taliban to keep all of the funds it raises to reinforce its own grip on power while providing no governance or public services using its own money. \nInternational aid and state-building as usual will not be effective in Afghanistan. In addition to funds being misused by the regime\, the economic structure is still overly centralized in Kabul\, leaving outer provinces at a distinct disadvantage. That\, in Madadi’s opinion\, is why decentralization is essential. \n“I think state building efforts in Afghanistan have usually followed at least three objectives. The first and foremost is stability\, to make sure they keep this country together and that European definition of monopolizing the use of force. The other objective has been to create a national identity where everybody sees himself or herself in that identity as a collective. And the third one\, which has been much more prominent since 2001\, is to strengthen democratic principles and democratic institutions\,” Madadi said. “My thinking is that all of those objectives would be served at best if you have a decentralized political structure. It allows people public participation across the country in a much more meaningful way. It makes the country much more stable because the root causes of the conflict is the division of political power. The conflict that you see in Afghanistan is mainly an ethnic conflict among different communities who cannot agree on how to divide power.” \nMadadi acknowledged that this sort of ethnic infighting is one reason that some are reluctant to advocate for the decentralization of Afghanistan. Common critiques are that the country is too fragmented and requires the kind of centralization seen in Kabul\, that Afghanistan does not have the money or resources to restructure\, and that now is simply not the proper time. \n“None of the countries you see that are decentralized have decentralized during their very shiny moments in history. If everything is perfectly fine\, if a centralized system is fully functional and effective\, there is no reason to decentralize. Decentralization comes as a solution at a time of crisis\,” Madadi explained. “I think that a lot of the issues that critics of decentralization suggest as obstacles or reasons that will incentivize us not decentralize are actually the reasons for decentralization. Decentralization is not a factor that will divide the country\, it’s something that will bring the country [together].”
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/dysfunctional-centralization-and-growing-fragility-under-taliban-rule/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221010T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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SUMMARY:Perspectives on Ukraine: Tymofiy Mylovanov Shares His Thoughts with GSPIA
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Governance and Markets hosted Tymofiy Mylovanov\, Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh and the President of Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)\, last Wednesday for a discussion about his first-hand experiences of the war in Ukraine and prospects for peace. Mylovanov\, who is also a CGM affiliate\, spoke about recent developments in the conflict and the humanitarian response to the war. \nMylovanov gave context to Russia’s recent setbacks in the war and advances made by Ukrainian forces into formerly Russian-held territory in eastern Ukraine. The timing of the offensive was intentional on the part of the Ukrainian government\, Mylovanov said\, and designed to capture media coverage. This is because in a democratic government\, it is essential that the public be aware and supportive of actions made by policymakers. According to Mylovanov\, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy understood the importance of showing the world that Ukrainian forces have the ability to “embarrass the Russian military.” \nThe discussion also covered Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to these events\, particularly his allusions to the potential use of nuclear weapons. Mylovanov said that while authoritarian regimes like Putin’s\, free of concerns related to elections or public perception\, have an easier time than democracies in designing and executing long-term strategies\, they also struggle to acknowledge and recover from mistakes. \nFrom his perspective\, even the mention of nuclear weapons is a Cold War strategy out of place in 21st-century policymaking\, even in the context of war. He pointed out that whenever the Russian military suffers losses\, Putin raises the specter of nuclear weapons to project a powerful image of Russian forces in international media and distract from military failures. However\, if Putin does use nuclear weapons in Ukraine\, Mylovanov said\, “it will be the end of Russia.” \nAn expert in game theory\, Mylovanov explained the different motivations and goals of key actors in the ongoing conflict. \n“Those who are strongly committed win\, usually. That’s what we know from game theory\,” he said. “We know two things: those who are more patient win\, and those who are truly committed [win]. So in that sense you can say that Putin is more patient than the U.S.\, but Ukrainians are more committed to survival than Russians.” \nWar crimes and human rights violations against Ukrainian civilians were also discussed. Mylovanov emphasized that events in Ukraine are the result of a decision-making system employing thousands of people; not only Putin is engaged in what he referred to as a “production of death” comparable to Nazi Germany during the second World War. He said that the ongoing conflict represents a failure to learn from history \n“It’s not specific to geography or culture. It’s a human disease\,” Mylovanov said. “I thought we learned from the previous century to build things in such a way to break the political-security framework so these things don’t repeat themselves. But apparently we did not…I don’t think it’s [up to] Ukraine or the U.S. to stop it. It’s not about stopping Putin or stopping Russians. It takes the entire humanity to stop this disease somehow. And we really have to rethink in this century: What is wrong with humans that we are destroying ourselves?”
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/perspectives-on-ukraine-tymofiy-mylovanov-shares-his-thoughts-with-gspia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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SUMMARY:Unrest in Iran
DESCRIPTION:Senior Research Scholar \nMohamad Machine-Chian is a senior research scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets. He is a scholar of public policy in Iran and the greater Middle East. Mr. Machine-Chian has authored several books on privatization\, constitutionalism\, immigration\, and economic reform and has translated important works of economic theory and on Islamic finance from English into Persian. He has written extensively on Islamic social institutions and public finance\, especially in the Shi’a tradition. He is the founder and editor of bourgeois.ir. \nMr. Machine-Chian is one of Iran’s most prominent thinkers on economic reform and appears regularly on BBC Persian and Iran International TV (the largest Persian-language television service). He is currently producing a documentary film on the history of market reforms in Iran. He has worked on issues of privatization and regulatory reform for several think tanks in Tehran.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/unrest-in-iran/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220928T170000
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SUMMARY:Unrest in Iran with Mohamad Machine-Chian
DESCRIPTION:Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Governance and Markets Mohamad Machine-Chian provided personal and academic insight into the ongoing unrest in Iran during a conversation on September 28. Before he was forced to flee last year\, Machine-Chian was a leading voice for reform inside Iran. He served as the economy and public policy editor of the prominent Tehran-based Sazandagi newspaper and the political economy editor at Siasatnameh journal. At CGM\, he works on issues of public policy in Iran and the greater Middle East. \nMachine-Chian spoke about the anti-regime protests that broke out in Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini. Amini was arrested traveling to Tehran by the so-called “morality police” (an official police squad tasked with enforcing rules regarding religious observance and public morality as determined by Iranian authorities) for allegedly wearing her hijab incorrectly. Three days after she was detained\, Amini died from injuries sustained during her arrest. \n“If they [morality police officers] deem that you are indecent and you are insulting public opinion\, they are going to grab you\, they are going to arrest you\,” Machine-Chian said. “I personally know a lot of people closely\, my relatives\, my friends\, who have been there\, who have been grabbed.” \nMachine-Chian explained that the typical procedure for such an arrest is for a civilian\, once deemed indecent\, to suddenly be pulled from the street into a police car. From there\, they are taken to facilities within the city where the detainee is “educated” or “cured of their indecency.” These arrests are often violent if resisted\, Machine-Chian said\, and result in injuries like those that caused Amini’s death. \nWhile living in Iran\, Machine-Chian routinely witnessed such arrests. He said that his former home in Tehran is only minutes away from where Amini was detained. \n“Where I lived\, I am ashamed to say I have seen.…hundreds of times\, hundreds of girls being grabbed and pushed into those vans\,” Machine-Chian said. “And I stood there\, as did many others\, helplessly.” \nMachine-Chian said that while Iran has experienced unrest before\, the current protests are notable due to their pervasiveness. While the regime would normally flood Tehran with police forces to put down unrest\, officials are currently unable to do so because protests are so widespread. All areas of the country require officers to control the situation in their own regions. Even celebrities and notable figures in Iran who in the past appeared supportive of the regime have responded to pressure from the public to denounce it. \nAt the time Machine-Chian spoke\, the Iranian regime had acknowledged between 50 and 100 deaths in the crackdown against protesters. According to Machine-Chian\, by the standards of Iranian regime repression\, this is a relatively mild number. Police forces so far favor non-lethal tactics such as pepper spray or rubber bullets\, which result in injuries but fewer civilian deaths than in previous uprisings. \nMachine-Chian said that while fewer protesters have been killed in these protests\, there is no indication that the regime is becoming more flexible in how it deals with criticism. He described the regime’s two core values as opposing Israel and extreme enforcement of “morality\,” particularly regarding how women choose to wear the hijab. The regime will not bend to public desire to move away from these principles\, Machine-Chian explained\, because they are too central to its platform. \n“The current regime has taken these values as core values\, and without it\, it will not be the same\,” Machine-Chan said. “So they are resistant. They are not backing out of it. And they are not willing to change. They’ve made it clear. At this point they’re hoping unrest will die off eventually.” \nAccording to Machine-Chian\, while it is too soon to say what the effects of this latest unrest in Iran will be\, it is undeniable that  “new ground has been gained” by civilians demanding reform in the country. He thinks Iranians across the political spectrum agree on three major priorities for a new regime: democracy\, secularism\, and acknowledgment of Israel. \nMachine-Chian explained that\, should the protests lead to concessions by the Iranian regime\, the positive developments will be felt across the globe. \n“A normal Iran\, a democratic Iran\, will benefit\, I assure you\, the whole world\,” Machine-Chian said. “Whatever government comes after the current regime\, I assure you about a couple of things: If people have anything to say about the next government\, the next one cannot be a tyranny. These people will not accept another tyranny.”
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/unrest-in-iran-with-mohamad-machine-chian/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220926T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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SUMMARY:Restoring Mine-Impaired Watersheds: Experiences\, Lessons\, and Next Steps
DESCRIPTION:With greater federal funding for restoration efforts\, the “Restoring Mine-Impaired Watersheds: Experiences\, Lessons\, and Next Steps” workshop brought together perspectives and experiences regarding restoration of mine-impaired watersheds in Pennsylvania. It sought to strengthen the restoration community and foster an understanding of its work and effects. \nSpeakers\nJohn Dawes – Executive Director\, The Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds\nEric Harder – Riverkeeper\, Mountain Watershed Association\nEric Chapman – Senior Director of Aquatic Science\, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy\nMike Cook – President\, Ben’s Creek Canoe Club\nThomas Clark – Mine Drainage Program Coordinator\, Susquehanna River Basin Commission\nBrian Bradley – Director\, PA DEP Department of Abandoned Mine Reclamation\nJoseph Pizarchik – Former Director\, Department of Interior Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and EnforcementThis event was held exclusively in person at William Pitt Union on the University of Pittsburgh campus. \nWorkshop Schedule\nSeptember 26\, 2022\, 9 AM – 5 PM ET \nLower Lounge at William Pitt Union\n9 AM: Arrival\, coffee and pastries\n9:30: Introduction (Jeremy Weber)\n9:45: Overview of watershed restoration efforts (John Dawes)\n10:15: Restoration example – the Indian Creek Watershed (Eric Harder)\n11:15: Break\n11:30: Restoration example from the state’s perspective (Jon Smoyer)\n12:30 PM: Lunch provided\n1 PM: Environmental effects of restoration (Eric Chapman) \nKurtzman Room at William Pitt Union\n1:45: Resident perspective (Mike Cooke)\n2:30: Break\n2:45 PM: Identifying high-impact restoration projects (Thomas Clark)\n3:30 PM: Opportunities for further work and research (Joseph Pizarchik)\n4:30 PM: Reflections and Conclusion
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/restoring-workshop/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220921T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220921T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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SUMMARY:Ukrainian Independence and the Future of the World
DESCRIPTION:Tymofiy Mylovanov\, president of the Kyiv School of Economics and Pitt associate professor of Economics\, will visit Pittsburgh to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine and the path forward in a conversation moderated by CGM Director Jennifer Murtazashvili. Complicated politics and history underpin this conflict\, which has turned into a war of independence for Ukraine. Mylovanov served as the Minister of Economy under President Volodymyr Zelensky and has also served on the Board of Governors of the Central Bank of Ukraine. He brings this rich experience back to Pittsburgh for an engaging discussion about the global political and economic implications of the war and what may be next. \nAbout Tymofiy Mylovanov\nTymofiy Mylovanov is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh and the President of Kyiv School of Economics (KSE). He received his M.A. in Economics from KSE in 1999 and earned his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin Madison in 2004. He has also taught at the University of Bonn\, Pennsylvania State University\, and the University of Pennsylvania. His research on game theory\, contract theory\, and institutional design has been published in major international academic journals such as American Economic Review\, Econometrica\, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics\, Review of Economic Studies\, and the Journal of Economic Theory. Mylovanov is a co-founder of VoxUkraine\, a group of global economists working on policy problems in Ukraine. From 2019-2020\, he served as Minister of Economic Development\, Trade\, and Agriculture in Ukraine. In July 2016\, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine elected Tymofiy Mylovanov to the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU). In October 2016\, Tymofiy Mylovanov was selected to be Deputy Chairman of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/ukrainian-independence-and-the-future-of-the-world/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220915T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
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SUMMARY:Algorithmic Cartels
DESCRIPTION:Michal Gal\, University of Haifa \nRecent studies have proven that pricing algorithms can autonomously learn to coordinate prices\, and set them at supra-competitive levels. The growing use of such algorithms mandates the creation of solutions that limit the negative welfare effects of algorithmic coordination. Unfortunately\, to date\, no good means exist to limit such conduct. While this challenge has recently prompted scholars from around the world propose different solutions\, many suggestions are inefficient or impractical\, and some might even strengthen coordination. Michal Gal (University of Haifa) suggests four (partial) solutions. The advantages and risks of each solution are discussed. As antitrust agencies around the world are just starting to experiment with different ways to limit algorithmic coordination\, there is no better time to explore how best to achieve this important task. \nWatch the seminar here.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/algorithmic-cartels/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220913T173000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090800
CREATED:20251023T213534Z
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SUMMARY:Expertise and Bad Predictions: How Can We Do Better?
DESCRIPTION:Gayle Rogers is an Andrew W. Mellon professor and chair of English at the Dietrich School Special Liaison for Outreach and Development. He is also an affiliated faculty with the Global Studies Center\, Center for Latin American Studies\, European Studies Center\, and Cultural Studies program. He works primarily on the topics of risk and prediction\, the history of ideas\, global modernisms\, translation theory\, comparative literature\, critical history\, and the intersections of literature\, economics\, and risk theory. \nZoom Recording
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/expertise-and-bad-predictions-how-can-we-do-better/
LOCATION:Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, 230 S Bouquet St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220906T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090801
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SUMMARY:Prospects of Good Governance and Inclusive Markets in Muslim-Majority Countries with Ali Salman
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Monday\, September 12 at 12 PM ET in the William Pitt Union Building Room 540 at the University of Pittsburgh for “Prospects of Good Governance and Inclusive Markets in Muslim Majority Countries” with Ali Salman. This lecture focuses on governance and market structures in Muslim-majority countries by presenting case studies from Pakistan\, Malaysia\, and Tunisia- representing three diverse regions. Ali Salman is CEO of Islam & Liberty Network\, a global network of researchers working on religious\, political and economic freedoms. \nAbout our Speaker:   \nAli Salman is a founding member and CEO of Islam and Liberty Network and works. He is an economist and public policy expert and is based in Pakistan\, where he heads an independent think tank\, PRIME. Ali has worked as a consultant and trainer for major international development organizations\, public sector organizations and non-profits; and has worked in the government\, academia and private sector. He has held a Fulbright scholarship\, a Royal Netherlands Fellowship and a Charles Wallace Fellowship. He holds a Master’s degree in Economics\, Public Policy and Business Administration\, and writes regularly for the Express Tribune\, a partner publication of the New York Times.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/prospects-of-good-governance-and-inclusive-markets-in-muslim-majority-countries-with-ali-salman/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220810T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220810T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T090801
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LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T144426Z
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SUMMARY:The State of Academia and Afghanistan under Taliban Rule: A Virtual Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Academia in Afghanistan is facing a crisis. The Taliban have targeted and prosecuted scholars. There is no freedom of expression. Join us Wednesday\, August 17 at 11 am ET for a virtual webinar: The State of Academia in Afghanistan under Taliban Rule. Event moderated by Dr. Omar Sadr. \nThe webinar will feature insights from Dr. Haroun Rahimi (American University of Afghanistan)\, Dr. Omar Sharifi (University of Minnesota)\, and Munazza Ebtikar (Oxford University) on the current state of academia in Afghanistan. \nThis webinar will answer the following questions: \nHow has the re-establishment of the Taliban impacted academia in Afghanistan?\nHow have universities adopted alternative ways and methods to cope and survive?\nWhat are the key challenges and crises of academia under Taliban rule? \nAbout our Speakers:  \nDr. Omar Sadr (moderator) joined CGM as a senior research scholar in October of 2021. Prior to this\, he served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the American University of Afghanistan (AUAF). He is the author of Negotiating Cultural Diversity in Afghanistan (2020). \nDr. Haroun Rahimi is an Assistant Professor of Law at the American University of Afghanistan. In his research\, Dr. Rahimi studies law and development\, institutional reform\, and Islam and politics. He is also an associate editor for the Manchester Journal of Transnational Islamic Law & Practice\, as well as a member of the advisory board for the Porsesh Research and Studies Organization. \nDr. Omar Sharifi is a Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs\, University of Minnesota. He is also a Senior Research Fellow and Country Director of the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies (AIAS). Dr. Sharifi is a member of the advisory board of the Civil Society Development Center (CSDC) and a member of the Board of Directors of the Afghan Alumni Association and Afghanistan 1400. \nMunazza Ebtikar is a current PhD candidate at Oxford University\, where she is completing her thesis on war and memory. Ebtikar’s interests lie in history and historiography\, memory\, gender\, the Middle East and Afghanistan. She is the recipient of the St John’s College Graduate Academic Grant and the Oriental Institute Graduate Research Grant at Oxford.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-state-of-academia-and-afghanistan-under-taliban-rule-a-virtual-webinar/
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SUMMARY:The Fight for Privacy: Protecting Dignity\, Identity\, and Love in the Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Danielle Citron\, University of Virginia \nWatch the seminar here.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-fight-for-privacy-protecting-dignity-identity-and-love-in-the-digital-age/
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SUMMARY:Unpacking the Genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan: A Virtual Seminar
DESCRIPTION:Join us Friday\, April 29 at 10 am ET for a virtual seminar: Unpacking the Genocide of Hazaras in Afghanistan. Event co-hosted by CGM and the Porsesh Research and Studies Organization. \nSeminar will feature insights from Dr. Farkhondeh Akbari (Monash University)\, Dr. Melissa Chiovenda (Zayed University)\, and Dr. Nazif Shahrani (University of Indiana\, Bloomington) on the recent attacks on the Hazara population of Afghanistan. \nAbout our Panel:  \nDr. Nazif Shahrani is an Afghan-American anthropologist specializing in political anthropology and anthropological approached to the study of religion with a focus on Islam. Specifically he is interested in institutional dynamics and political culture of Muslims\, Islamist movements\, problems of state-failure\, role of nationalism in the social fragmentation of multi-ethnic nation-states\, and the political economy of international assistance to postcolonial failing states and its consequences. \nDr. Farkhondeh Akbari is a postdoctoral fellow at the Gender\, Peace and Security Centre at Monash University.  Farkhondeh completed her PhD in diplomatic studies at the Australian National University. Dr. Akbari has work experience at the United Nations Headquarters in New York\, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission and Afghanistan’s Independent Directorate of Local Governance in Kabul. Farkhondeh is also an activist\, using her research to advocate for human rights – especially the rights of women and girls\, and vulnerable ethnic groups in Afghanistan. \nDr. Melissa Kerr Chiovenda is an assistant professor of anthropology at Zayed University\, AbuDhabi. She conducted ethnographic fieldwork with Hazara civil society activists in Bamyan\, Afghanistan from 2010-2013\, with follow-up visits in 2016 and 2019. She focuses on the transmission of collective and cultural trauma through the activists’ activities\, and how this affects political identity and subjectivity. She has currently been conducting ethnographic fieldwork with Afghan refugees in Athens\, Greece\, each summer since 2016 focusing on political and transnational placemaking. She has published extensive articles and chapters on these topics\, and has a completed book manuscript she is proposing to publishers. \n 
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/unpacking-the-genocide-of-hazaras-in-afghanistan-a-virtual-seminar/
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SUMMARY:Reclaiming Local Control: School Finance Reforms and Housing Supply Restrictions
DESCRIPTION:PPApr. 14 2022 3:00pm ET Jake Krimmel: Reclaiming Local Control: School Finance Reforms and Housing Supply Restrictions
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/reclaiming-local-control-school-finance-reforms-and-housing-supply-restrictions/
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