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SUMMARY:Iran: Stoking Divides in the Middle East
DESCRIPTION:Mohamad Machine-Chian\, CGM Senior Research Scholar\, will discuss “Iran: Stoking Divides in the Middle East” as part of the Governing Deep Differences lecture series. This talk will analyze how Iran systematically exports terrorism through a network of organizations\, rooted in the country’s ruling ideology. Addressing how Iran’s revolutionary ideology drive its support for groups like Hezbollah in Lebanon\, Hamas in Gaza\, and the Houthis in Yemen\, Machine-Chian will discuss how this ideology shapes Iran’s foreign policy\, fostering regional instability and global security.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/iran-stoking-divides-in-the-middle-east/
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SUMMARY:Preserving Democracy: Political Violence and Polarization
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Tuesday\, November 28 at 4 PM ET for the Dick Thornburgh Forum for Law & Public Policy Preserving Democracy Program. This program aims to uncover the underlying causes for increasing political violence and a consideration of whether our responses to it inadvertently contribute to its continuation. Lisa Nelson\, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) faculty and Co-Director of the Collaboratory Against Hate\, will discuss Political Violence and Polarization. Prof. Nelson will be joined in conversation by Chancellor Emeritus Mark Nordenberg\, who serves as Director of the Dick Thornburgh Forum and Chair of Pitt’s Institute of Politics. \nCo-Sponsors: The Graduate School of Public and International Affairs\, The Collaboratory Against Hate\, David C. Frederick Honors College\, Pitt Cyber and University of Pittsburgh School of Law.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/preserving-democracy-political-violence-and-polarization/
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SUMMARY:The Equality Machine: Harnessing Digital Technology for a Brighter\, More Inclusive Future
DESCRIPTION:At a time when AI and digital platforms are under fire\, in “The Equality Machine” Orly Lobel defends technology as a powerful tool we can harness to achieve equality and a better future. Much has been written about the challenges tech presents to equality and democracy. But we can either criticize big data and automation or steer it to do better. She makes a compelling argument that while we cannot stop technological development\, we can direct its course according to our most fundamental values.  Lobel shows that digital technology frequently has a comparative advantage over humans in detecting discrimination\, correcting historical exclusions\, subverting long-standing stereotypes\, and addressing the world’s thorniest problems: climate\, poverty\, injustice\, literacy\, accessibility\, speech\, health\, and safety. Her examples—from labor markets to dating markets—provide powerful evidence for how we can harness technology for good.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-equality-machine-harnessing-digital-technology-for-a-brighter-more-inclusive-future/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231019
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SUMMARY:Central Eurasian Studies Society Annual Conference 2023
DESCRIPTION:CGM will host the Annual Conference for CESS 2023\, which will be held at the University of Pittsburgh October 19-22. The CESS 2023 annual conference keynote speaker is Dr. Ayse-Zarakol\, author of After Defeat: How the East Learned to Live with the West Before the West: the Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/central-eurasian-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T163000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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SUMMARY:Texting\, Texting: The Effect of Text Messages On Voting\, Volunteering\, and Giving
DESCRIPTION:Text messages have become ubiquitous in the world of politics\, but are they actually doing anything other than cluttering up your phone? Political communication scholar Katherine Haenschen shares her own experimental work and that of others showing how text messages are effective at increasing voter turnout\, volunteer participation\, and donations.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/texting-texting-the-effect-of-text-messages-on-voting-volunteering-and-giving/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230921T150000
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SUMMARY:Researcher Access to Social Media Data: Lessons from Clinical Trial Data Sharing
DESCRIPTION:As the problems of misinformation\, child welfare\, and heightened political polarization on social media platforms grow more salient\, lawmakers and advocates are pushing to grant independent researchers access to social media data to better understand these problems. Yet researcher access is controversial. Privacy advocates and companies raise the potential privacy threats of researchers using such data irresponsibly. In addition\, social media companies raise concerns over trade secrecy: the data these companies hold\, and the algorithms powered by that data are secretive sources of competitive advantage. \nThis Article shows that one way to navigate this difficult strait is by drawing on lessons from the successful governance program that has emerged to regulate the sharing of clinical trial data. Like social media data\, clinical trial data implicates both individual privacy and trade secrecy concerns. Nonetheless\, clinical trial data’s governance regime was gradually legislated\, regulated\, and brokered into existence\, managing the interests of industry\, academia\, and other stakeholders. The result is a functionally successful (if yet imperfect) clinical trial data-sharing ecosystem. \nPart I sketches the status quo of researchers’ access to social media data and provides a novel taxonomy of the problems that arise under this regime. \nPart II reviews the legal structures governing how clinical trial data is shared and traces the history of scandals\, investigations\, industry protest\, and legislative response that gave rise to the mix of mandated sharing and experimental programs we have today. \nPart III applies lessons from clinical trial data sharing to social media data and charts a strategic course forward. Two primary lessons emerge: First\, law without institutions to implement the law is insufficient\, and second\, data access regimes must be tailored to the data they make available.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/researcher-access-to-social-media-data-lessons-from-clinical-trial-data-sharing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T120000
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SUMMARY:Identity and Security in the Black Sea Region
DESCRIPTION:Marian Zulean is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Bucharest. This year\, he is a Fulbright Scholar at the Wilson Center in Washington\, DC. Previously\, he was director of the Black Sea Area program at the University of Bucharest and served as a national security advisor to the Office of the President in Romania. \nThe discussion was based his new co-edited volume\, Social Values and Identities in the Black Sea  Region (Roman & Littlefield\, 2023)\, which explores the nexus between geopolitical challenges and cultural frameworks in the Black Sea region. He also discussed how the war in Ukraine affects regional dynamics. Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili moderated the discussion. \nWatch the video\, here: Identity and Security in the Black Sea Region
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/identity-black-sea/
LOCATION:Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, 230 S Bouquet St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230727
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SUMMARY:Reading Workshop: Governing Deep Differences
DESCRIPTION:This workshop brought together scholars to discuss approaches to governing deep-seated societal differences and identified frameworks to foster tolerance\, peaceful coexistence\, and collaboration among diverse communities.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/reading-workshop-gdd-2023/
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230730
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SUMMARY:Modus Vivendi\, Polycentrism\, and Institutional Diversity: Reading Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Date and Time: Thursday\, July 27 at 4:30 pm to Saturday\, July 29 at 1:00 pm EST\nLocation:  Barco Law Building\, Alcoa Room\, 3900 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA 15260\nHosts: Jennifer Brick Murtazashvili and Paul Dragos Aligica\nOrganizers: Noah Fair\, Luna Kwak\, and Aditi Upadhyaya \nThe Center for Governance and Markets invited scholars to discuss readings that serve as the theoretical and empirical foundations of the project\, Governing Deep Differences. This project examines factors explaining how individuals and communities overcome difference\, drawing on modus vivendi approaches to pluralism and polycentric theories of governance. The workshop readings analyzed these issues from theoretical and practical perspectives. \nParticipants \nAdam Shear\, University of Pittsburgh \nAlec Crisman\, McGill University \nAlexandru Dincovici\, New Europe College \nAli Palida\, University of Pittsburgh \nAylon Manor\, University of Maryland \nBryan Cheang\, King’s College London \nCaleb Petitt\, George Mason University \nJaime Carini\, Indiana University \nKaleb Demerew\, West Texas A&M University \nKristin Kanthak\, University of Pittsburgh \nOleksandra Keudel\, Kyiv School of Economics \nRebecca Yemo\, University of Massachusetts\, Boston \nSamuel Kimbriel\, Aspen Institute \nParticipation in the workshop was by invitation only. Scholars who study topics related to pluralism\, governance theory\, and empirical studies of governance attended. For questions\, please contact cgm@pitt.edu. \nThis workshop was made possible through the support of Grant 62701 from the John Templeton Foundation.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/modus-vivendi-polycentrism/
LOCATION:Barco Law Building\, 3900 Forbes Ave\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15260\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230630
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SUMMARY:New Frameworks for Troubled Times: A Focus on the Global Fisheries Commons
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary Workshop on Global Overfishing Casts a Wide Net\nFishing fleets around the world are taking more from our oceans than can be sustained by its biomes. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations says that 90 percent of the world’s fisheries are either fully exploited (55 percent) or are overexploited past the point of sustainability (35 percent). \nIncreasing numbers of people are drawing more heavily on dwindling stocks of fish. Richer nations have the option to modernize their fishing fleets to explore new fisheries while poorer nations may not. Moreover\, fishing communities in developing countries often experience limited access to their own fisheries because of encroachment by other larger and richer countries. Those who would solve the overfishing problem confront a Gordian tangle of formal and informal agreements\, economic policies\, local traditions\, extra-legal activities\, and environmental pressures. \nThere is no single-stroke solution. In June\, a unique symposium was convened to bring an interdisciplinary approach to the issue. Organized by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in partnership with the Center for Governance and Markets (CGM) at the University of Pittsburgh\, the workshop brought together academics\, practitioners\, and experts from a wide variety of fields for two days on the Pittsburgh campus. \nPrompted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) 2022 agreement on rules to curb certain harmful fishing subsidies\, workshop creators strove to build on that achievement to help inform a scheduled WTO ministerial conference in early 2024 that will include further negotiations. \nLed by scholars Christine McDaniel and Weifeng Zhong of Mercatus and Ilia Murtazashvilli of CGM\, the workshop assembled about two dozen biologists\, economists\, environmental scientists\, political scientists\, and natural resources experts. The format enabled a lively exchange across this diverse group of people that focused on defining actionable ideas for real-world solutions to global overfishing. \n“Our oceans are a global commons resource\, and for the WTO to tackle the subsidies aspect of that is exciting\,” McDaniel said. “The gathering enabled us to bring Elinor Ostrom’s work to bear on today’s international policy challenges.” \nThe workshop focused on addressing three specific aspects of the overfishing problem: \nThe WTO and other international efforts (top-down solution to arrive on a global fisheries agreement);\nLearning from community fishing practices (bottom-up solutions); and\nTechnology\, data\, and monitoring (transparency and understanding).\nQuesting for International Rules \nThe WTO plays a significant role in setting the rules and norms for fishing in the world’s oceans through international agreements. It is also able to enlist cooperation and design legal mechanisms to enforce compliance among nations. This is what makes the current agreement so valuable in many minds. \nHaving an agreement—any agreement—that targets harmful subsidies is the primary source of this support. The status of the new agreement along with hopes for future ones were raised even higher when the People’s Republic of China formally signed on at the end of June. China is a relatively large source of the world’s subsidies deemed most damaging to fisheries\, and it operates the world’s largest fishing fleet. Beijing’s cooperation is essential to any effective international approach to curb overfishing. \nYet many of the most vocal activists working to protect fish stocks and marine biomes are patently unhappy with the limited scope of the existing WTO subsidies agreement\, which covers a narrow range of practices that account for a negligible portion of the world’s live fish catch. There is a fear that more effective international rules targeting harmful subsidies to reduce overfishing may be unattainable through the WTO. \nFor this reason\, some participants in the fisheries workshop pointed out that bilateral agreements between fishing nations and those with fisheries resources in their exclusive economic zones (EEZs) might serve as a more practical focus for protecting fish stocks. In particular\, rich fishing nations routinely make formal and informal agreements that deplete the resources of host nations that receive little benefit in return. This may be through a lack of understanding or even corruption on the part of host country officials. \nLearning from Fishing Communities\nIf international organizations cannot be counted on to provide solutions\, perhaps progress can be made in smaller increments at the local level. Small fishing communities tend to regulate themselves using rules and traditions to ensure sustainable harvests. The fishers in a certain area today will be the same fishers in that same area tomorrow\, the next day\, and the next year. It is in their interest to catch enough to make a living but not so much as to deplete next year’s catch. \nThose most affected by the health of a fishery are those best situated to receive the signals of the fishery’s status and take appropriate action (e.g.\, refrain from fishing for a while). Unfortunately\, these communities often do not have the political power to convey this information to policymakers or to resist harmful policies. The opacity around most fisheries management leads to faulty approaches to unsustainable overfishing. \nWorkshop participants underscored the need for transparency and clarity around the actual goals of specific policies. Are the policies meant to improve economics or to enable conservation or to elevate marginal fishing communities? What is the scientific basis behind the actions of the organization regulating a fishery? All are important for the effective management of fisheries. \nPiercing the Veil\nLack of information about who is fishing for what\, where\, and how bedevils efforts to curb overfishing\, both at the local level in EEZs and on the international commons of the high seas. Identifying individual ships is difficult\, even with satellites. Thus\, some system of monitoring individual fishing boats is needed\, both to collect data to support science-driven policies and to ensure compliance with existing rules. \nThe problem is how to place monitoring equipment on fishing vessels. Even then\, selective use of ship monitoring systems produces uneven and incomplete information. Also\, different ship monitoring networks from different countries make standard comparisons difficult. \nThe technology problem is not so much one of research and development of systems but of implementation and of countries’ willingness to utilize the information. Workshop participants proposed market-driven solutions to incentivize suppliers to operate with greater transparency. Consumers do not like to be lied to about what they are eating and where it comes from. Retailers could require their seafood suppliers to use transparency-enhancing technologies. \nLifting All Boats\nAs the WTO prepares to meet again on fisheries in Abu Dhabi\, United Arab Emirates\, in February 2024\, the Mercatus Center and CGM hope to build on the success of its June workshop with a series of articles\, podcasts\, and other content on the topic under its new Future Fisheries Management project. By convening experts from a wide variety of perspectives who agree on the critical significance of the overfishing problem\, the goal is to surface new thinking and find fresh approaches to addressing one of the many challenges facing global economies and governance systems in the 21st century. \n“Our multidisciplinary approach adds value to the policy discussion searching for solutions to global overfishing\,” Mercatus’ McDaniel said. \nLink to article: https://www.mercatus.org/workshop-on-overfishing-casts-a-wide-net
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/new-frameworks-for-troubled-times-a-focus-on-the-global-fisheries-commons/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230518T143000
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SUMMARY:Turkish Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan during the Justice and Development Party (JDP) Era
DESCRIPTION:Turkish Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan during the Justice and Development Party (JDP) Era \nThe aim of this presentation is first to examine the key determinants of Turkish Foreign Policy (TFP) during the Justice and Development Party Era\, and second to explore TFP towards Afghanistan. This talk particularly focuses on what NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan means for Turkey\, and how Turkey responds to Taliban takeover. \nProfessor Gorkem Atsungur\, the Head of the Social Science Division and Chair of the Department of International and Comparative Politics at the American University of Central Asia\, is visiting the Center for Governance and Markets as part of our partnership with the Open Society University Network to share his groundbreaking research on Turkish Foreign Policy.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/turkish-foreign-policy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230502T120000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Solving Social Dilemmas
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 2\, 10 a.m. | Zoom \nRoger D. Congleton\, West Virginia University \nRoger Congleton\, BB&T chair of economics at West Virginia University\, will discuss his new book: Solving Social Dilemmas. This book provides a compelling account of the role of ethical dispositions in the development of prosperous commercial societies. Congleton uses game theory to show how social dilemmas tend to impede social\, economic\, and political development. Additionally\, the book provides a short intellectual history of how ideas about commerce changed during the nineteenth century.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/social-dilemma/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230427
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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SUMMARY:Conference on Afghanistan: Negotiating Difference and Pluralism in the Way Ahead
DESCRIPTION:The Islamic Republic collapsed in August 2021\, giving way to the return on the Taliban Emirate. The resurgence of the Taliban was made possible\, in part\, by deep divisions among citizens as well as growing divides between political leaders and the people they were supposed to serve. Violent conflict and uncertainty in Afghanistan over two generations have yielded polarization of various forms that represents a challenge to peace\, security\, and governance. Since the Taliban came to power\, Afghanistan has seen a rise in violence directed at specific religious\, ethnic\, and regional communities. \nCGM\, the American Institute for Afghanistan Studies\, and the U.S. Institute of Peace will convene a 2-day conference of Afghan scholars and practitioners to consider how Afghan society can begin to overcome these differences and build on past and present forms of social cohesion (and whether this can be done author authoritarian Taliban rule). On day one\, the conference will compromise of three panels\, each on a different theme (see below). On day two\, participants will engage in facilitated discussion and networking. \nDay one of the conference will be structured into three sequential panel discussions along the following themes: \nPanel 1: Social Cohesion & Coesitence: Lessons from the Past \nWhat are examples of social cohesion and pluralism in Aghan history\, either at the national level of the local level? What can these teach us about how to heal divisions and establish peaceful coexistence and tolerance\, both among citizens and between citizens and the state? What resources are needed\, from whom\, to replate these successful examples? \nPanel 2: Engagement from the Outside In? Lessons from Past Roles of the Diaspora \nIn the 1980s and 1990s\, what roles did external Afghan actors play in enabling\, mitigating\, and transcending the divisions that took hold? What lessons can we take from the past role of diaspora communities? \nPanel 3: Managing Difference through Systems of Governance \nHow can various governance models enable coexistence and inclusion? What lessons can we take from previous institutions and governing systems in Afghanistan? Can effective models be implemented at national or subnational levels amid the authoritarian rule of the Taliban\, and if so\, how?
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/afghanistan-negotiating-difference/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230425
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230426
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SUMMARY:Negotiating Difference and Pluralism in the Way Ahead: A Conference on Afghanistan
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Governance and Markets along with the United States Institute of Peace\, the American Institute of Afghanistan Studies\, and The Hollings Center for International Dialogue invites the University of Pittsburgh community to join us for Negotiating Difference and Pluralism in the Way Ahead: A Conference on Afghanistan. \nThis conference of scholars and practitioners from Afghanistan explores how society in that country can begin to overcome differences and build on past and present forms of social cohesion—and whether this can be done under authoritarian Taliban rule.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/negotiating-difference-afghanistan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T143000
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SUMMARY:Textual Speculations: How Generative AI Predicts the Next Word
DESCRIPTION:The current discourse around generative AI is steeped in speculation: how effective can large language models get? How will they affect employment and education? And are they leading to artificial general intelligence (AGI)? But beyond the discourse\, the models themselves are built on speculation: drawing from a giant dataset of natural language in text\, they predict the next word in a sequence. Earlier approaches to natural language generation (such as Markov models) also predicted the next word\, but recent large language models (LLMs) combine more complicated algorithms\, concepts of attention\, and larger datasets to conceal their predictive nature and produce far more coherent and plausible natural language. Yet AI writing detectors operate on this idea that AI writing is more predictable than that of humans: humans tend to write with greater “burstiness” and “perplexity.” \nWith the contrast between human and AI writing as a framing device\, this talk traces the ways that prediction has operated in generative AI and other historical attempts to automate writing. Attendees of the talk will come away with an understanding of: current Large Language Models driving generative AI writing and how they differ from earlier models; how AI models do and don’t replicate human writing; and the practical effects of generative AI in writing and pedagogy. \nAnnette Vee is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Composition Program at the University of Pittsburgh\, where she teaches writing and digital composition. She is the author of Coding Literacy (MIT Press\, 2017) and has published on computer programming\, digital literacy\, blockchain technologies\, intellectual property\, and AI-based text generators. \n  \nZoom Recording
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/textual-speculations-how-generative-ai-predicts-the-next-word/
LOCATION:Wesley W. Posvar Hall\, 230 S Bouquet St\, Pittsburgh\, PA\, 15213\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230417T150000
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SUMMARY:A Year of Resilience in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:April 17 at 3 PM ET\nIn-person: Posvar Hall 3911 \nJust one year ago Tymofiy Brik became the youngest university rector (provost) in the history of independent Ukraine. As the academic leader of the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)\, he has managed the univesrsity faculty\, staff\, and students through incredible challenges. In this talk\, Brik will speak about the resilience of KSE and communities in Ukraine as they confront war. \nTymofii Brik\, the Rector (Provost) at the Kyiv School of Economics\, is currently serving as the Roberta Buffett Visiting Professor of International Studies in the Department of Sociology at Northwestern University in Spring 2023. His research interests focus on religious markets\, long-term social mobility\, and social network analysis. Since 2021\, Brik has been serving as the national coordinator of the European Social Survey (ESS) in Ukraine\, which is an international comparative study conducted in most European countries since 2002. Additionally\, he serves as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Kyiv-based CEDOS think tank\, as an advisory board member of the Texty.org “Rating Sellers” project and of Gradus Research. Furthermore\, Brik is also a co-founder of the public restaurant Urban Space 500 in Kyiv.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/a-year-of-resilience-in-ukraine/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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SUMMARY:Introduction to AI Ethics
DESCRIPTION:Ravit Dotan\, University of Pittsburgh Center for Governance and Markets \nAI tools can be helpful when used well\, but they are dangerous when used irresponsibly. AI ethics is the field that aims to understand and manage the opportunities and risks of using AI. This talk introduces the audience to prominent AI risks\, the current state of AI ethics\, the landscape of AI regulation worldwide\, and what organizations should do to develop and use AI responsibly. \nWatch the seminar here.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/introduction-to-ai-ethics/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T133000
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SUMMARY:Governing Smart Cities as Knowledge Commons
DESCRIPTION:Please join Pitt Cyber\, the School of Law\, and the Center for Governance and Markets to celebrate the launch of Governing Smart Cities as Knowledge Commons. \nThe collection\, edited by Brett M. Frischmann\, Michael J. Madison\, and Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo\, features essays by Pitt’s Michael Madison and other thought leaders exploring the governance of smart cities\, shaping our understanding of increasingly critical regulatory and policy issues through case studies and a knowledge commons framework. This is the fifth book in the Governing Knowledge Commons series. \nThe event will feature commentary from Michael Madison and Karen Lightman\, Executive Director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Metro21: Smart Cities Institute.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/governing-smart-cities-as-knowledge-commons/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230330T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251020T175258Z
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SUMMARY:Using Information Privacy Standards to Build Governance Markets
DESCRIPTION:Jane Winn\, University of Washington School of Law and University of Pittsburgh School of Law; and Pam Dixon\, World Privacy Forum \nDrawing on American pragmatism\, Jane Winn and Pam Dixon contrast the U.S.’s compliance-driven\, innovation-friendly approach with the EU’s bureaucratic model\, proposing a federal framework that balances privacy protection with economic growth. \nWatch the seminar here.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/using-information-privacy-standards-to-build-governance-markets/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T140000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251017T214613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251023T210852Z
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SUMMARY:Automating Early Warning: The Possibilities and Limits of Predicting Conflict
DESCRIPTION:The presentation will showcase the approach to conflict forecasting used for conflictforecast.org that leverages the power of machine learning and natural language processing. By analyzing patterns in newspaper text\, algorithms can identify indicators of potential conflict and develop early warning systems for policymakers and other stakeholders. The presentation will highlight the key features and trade-offs of this approach\, including its scalability and accuracy. We will also discuss some of the key challenges and limitations of conflict forecasting in general\, and our approach in particular. Finally\, we will illustrate how predictions can be used to support decision-making when considering when and where to prevent conflict or to intervene. The presentation will feature case studies and real-world examples to illustrate the potential of this approach. \nChristopher Rauh is a Professor at the University of Cambridge\, Research Professor at PRIO\, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge\, and a Research Affiliate at CEPR and HCEO. His fields are Labor Economics and Political Economy. He is a co-founder of conflictforecast.org\, a website providing monthly predictions about conflict risk. He has published in top Economics and Political Science journals\, such as American Political Science Review\, Journal of European Economic Association\, and Journal of Public Economics\, and has led to projects with the German Foreign Office and the Foreign\, Commonwealth & Development Office. His work has been featured widely across the media including the Economist\, The Guardian\, Washington Post\, the BBC\, FAZ\, and Der Spiegel\, and Bloomberg. \nHannes Mueller is a tenured researcher at the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE/CSIC) and an Associated Research Professor at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). He is affiliated to the CEPR Development Economics program since 2015 and a Research Fellow since 2022. He publishes in leading journals in science\, economics and political science such as the American Economic Review (AER)\, the American Political Science Review (APSR)\, the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the last five years Hannes has specialized in the use of supervised and unsupervised machine learning methods in applications in economic and political science. He directs the Masters in Data Science for Decision Making at the BSE and numerous projects that introduce heterogenous data like text or images into social science research. One of the projects is the development of the conflict forecast webpage conflictforecast.org. This work has become a key resource for governments and international organizations engaged in conflict prevention and has led to collaborations and research contracts with the Spanish central bank (BdE)\, the German foreign office\, the UK Foreign\, Commonwealth & Development Office\, the IMF\, several UN organizations\, the World Bank and numerous NGOs. \nZoom Recording
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/automating-early-warning-the-possibilities-and-limits-of-predicting-conflict/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230323T163000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251017T165550Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Justice
DESCRIPTION:March 23\, 3 p.m. ET: Jessica Silbey\, Boston University School of Law; Sarah Newman\, Harvard University metaLAB; and Halsey Burgund \nArtificial Justice \nThis is a presentation and discussion on Artificial Justice\, an ongoing experimental project that explores the complex intersections of Generative AI & the Law. This is a collaboration between professor Jessica Silbey (BU Law)\, artist & creative technologist Halsey Burgund (MIT Open Docs/metaLAB Harvard)\, and artist and AI researcher Sarah Newman (metaLAB Harvard/BKC)\, and is supported by a grant from the Notre Dame Tech Ethics Lab. The work interrogates the intersection of emerging technologies\, language\, and “justice.” As part of the presentation\, we ask participants to read short text passages and answer questions about them as they relate to these themes. No expertise is required. We will also share responses from participants in previous workshops. \n 
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/artificial-justice/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230320T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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SUMMARY:Taxation and State-Building in Afghanistan: A Political Economy Perspective (2001-2021)
DESCRIPTION:Sarajuddin Isar examines the relationship between state-building and taxation with a particular focus on the Karzai (2001–2014) and Ghani (2014–2019) administrations\, whilst also placing this analysis within a longer-term historical framework. His research aims to answer three key questions. First\, how have state taxation policies evolved and changed over time? Second\, what explains these changes in taxation policies? Third\, what are the theoretical and policy implications of these findings? \n 
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/taxation-afghanistan/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230227T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251029T135358Z
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SUMMARY:The Ethics & Regulation of Generative AI
DESCRIPTION:ChatGPT has roiled nearly every sector since its release in November. Hype abounds but so do real-world implications. Join CGM and Pitt Cyber for a lively discussion on the ethical implications and potential for regulation of generative AI. \nPanelists \nRavit Dotan \nAnnette Vee \nDavid Hickton
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/the-ethics-regulation-of-generative-ai/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251029T135833Z
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SUMMARY:Future-Proofing the US-European Relationship
DESCRIPTION:About the talk: Rachel Rizzo will discuss the relationship that US President Biden inherited from the Trump Administration\, how Biden has approached the US relationship with Europe over the last two years\, and what Europe must do going forward. \nAbout the speaker: Rachel Rizzo is a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Europe Center. Her research focuses on European security\, NATO\, and the transatlantic relationship. \nPrior to joining the Atlantic Council\, Rizzo served as the director of programs at the Truman Center for National Policy and the Truman National Security Project\, where she managed a team of senior fellows and oversaw all Truman-branded publications\, programming\, and policy initiatives. From 2019-2020\, she spent a year as a Robert Bosch fellow in Berlin\, Germany\, where she worked at the Berlin office of Human Rights Watch leading a research project on the EU’s dual-use surveillance-technology export policy and serving as an advisor to a member of the German Bundestag. Rizzo also spent over five years at the Center for a New American Security and has co-authored several of the center’s reports including More Than Burden Sharing: Five Objectives for the 2018 NATO Summit\, Defining Moment: The Future of the Transatlantic Security Relationship\, and Transatlantic Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific: Recommendations for the Next U.S. Administration. Her writing has appeared in publications such as Politico\, Foreign Policy\, Defense One\, the National Interest\, World Politics Review\, and War on the Rocks. She is a frequent commentator on European security\, and has provided analysis for the New York Times\, Washington Post\, Wall Street Journal\, CNN\, National Public Radio\, LA Times\, Atlantic\, Politico\, and Foreign Policy\, among others. Rizzo received her MA in security policy studies from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs where she focused on defense analysis and homeland-security policy. She graduated from the University of Utah with a BA in finance and began her career as a financial analyst with Goldman Sachs.
URL:https://pitt-cgm.dotfoundry.co/event/future-proofing-the-us-european-relationship/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251017T165036Z
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230215T143000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251029T140200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T140200Z
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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:20260616T063807
CREATED:20251017T220042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251105T185012Z
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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:20260616T063807
CREATED:20250930T192222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T165314Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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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
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230119T170000
DTSTAMP:20260616T063807
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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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