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In this research retreat with selected participants we will explore to what extent and how generative AI (and Large Language Models in particular) can be used, for instance in combination with other methods such as Agent Based Modelling, to study complex social and socio-ecological dynamics that we cannot easily study through large-scale field experiments, but,...
UPDATE: The event resulted in a co-produced policy brief, please see Policy Brief Final. This is a stakeholder event, open to researchers, activists, policy makers, social entrepreneurs, campaigners, artists, communicators etc. who are working on climate change and the ecological crisis. The goal of this event is to come together, exchange insights from research and...
Join us for this seminar by Laurena Kalaja, entitled 'Building Bridges for Democracy: The Role of German-Albanian Cooperation Advancing Democratic Politics'. Abstract This presentation will explore the impact of intergovernmental cooperation between Germany and Albania on fostering democratic politics in Albania, particularly in the context of its ongoing EU membership application. As Albania navigates the...
Join us for this lecture, co-hosted with the Centre for Contemporary Political Theory, in which Marco Guglielmo will be presenting his new book The Left and Digital Politics. Abstract Digital platforms are more than devices, algorithms and websites. They organise societies through the leadership of platform capitalists and their allies in political institutions. We know...
Join us for this seminar by Cláudia Lemos, a Visiting Scholar from the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, titled ‘Narratives about democracy: the use of parliamentary storytelling in Brazil and in the UK. Abstract In this seminar, Cláudia Lemos will examine the type of language used by communication teams of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies...
Celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty is to give the 2024/5 Alice Bacon Lecture at the University of Leeds on Thursday 6th February 2025. The lecture will take place at 18:30 – 19:30 in the Great Hall at the University of Leeds. Doors will open at 18:00. After the lecture there will be a drinks reception. This is...
In recent years, populist politicians have been gaining ground globally but their success has been accompanied by growing concerns about the way in which the quality of political communication has been degrading. But is populist political communication really as simplistic as is often feared? In this seminar, Gemma Walker, a PGR at the University of Leeds,...
In recent years we have seen greater acknowledgement of the fact that race and racism are relatively neglected across the disciplines of politics and international studies. What can, and might, be done about this? This research seminar brings together two scholars who have sought to engage seriously in their own work with these issues: Sadiya...
Join us just eight days after the United States Presidential Election for this lecture by Professor Ann Southworth which is based on her new book "Big Money Unleashed: The Campaign to Deregulate Election Spending in America" and discusses how the First Amendment became an obstacle to campaign finance regulation in the United States. In this...
This roundtable conversation "You Have Not Yet Been Defeated with Sanaa Seif and Nicola Pratt" will address Alaa Abd El-Fattah's book of essays You Have Not Yet Been Defeated, his essayistic and political activism more generally and Sanaa’s campaign for Alaa's release. Both Alaa and Sanaa are prominent British-Egyptian activist involved in the 2011 Egyptian...