Revealing the invisible dynamics of infectious diseases It’s usually easy to tell when you’re sick – after all, sneezes and coughs can be quite loud. But could you pinpoint the exact moment when you were infected by the virus or…
Migration to the EU: how to coordinate Member State action? In the last years asylum applications in the EU have drastically increased. For some time, Member States have been open about their struggle to cope with increasing arrivals of migrants.…
Artificial Intelligence: hype or opportunity? There is lots of excitement about Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the moment as well as plenty of anxiety. But how much of this is hype? As future contributors and leaders/practitioners, what can you practically do…
Conflict Management in Theory and Practice: Who? How? What challenges? Violent conflict has increased over the last decade and is set to continue with climate change, mass displacement and other challenges on the rise. Today we can count more than 110…
Where Does Fake News Leave Democracy? 'Fake news' and misinformation circulate widely on social media, and many suspect that this led to the rise of Trump, the Brexit vote, Russian support for the war in Ukraine, and so on. At…
Are cartels bad for the economy? And what can we do about it? The word ‘cartel’ refers to (forbidden) conduct that unfairly restricts competition, for example by agreeing to fix prices, allocate markets, adjust shipments in collusion with other business…
Exploitation: What is it? Is it wrong? And what should we do about it? Professor Ferguson introduces the concept of exploitation in the context of these three debates about what exploitation is, whether it is wrong, and what can be…
Applying to Oxford, Cambridge and other competitive U.K. universities Our partners from Greene’s College, Oxford present an introduction to applying to competitive U.K. universities with an extensive question and answer session at the end. The session covers: A brief introduction…
Artificial Intelligence & YouTube: a toolkit What makes people stop and watch video advertisements on YouTube? What do impactful advertisements on YouTube have in common? Using video creative data and machine learning, Google’s Global Creative Works team studied 17 000 videos advertisements worldwide…
Spirit of the Swamps: Sustainable development through interdisciplinary research with a case study on the Wetlands of Amazonian Peru In the last fifteen years scientists have shown that there is a huge amount of carbon locked up in the peaty…