Past Events

07 December 2017
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‘Ask the Expert’ – The social and political challenges of automation, the platform economy and social media

This seminar featured Bridgette Wessels, Professor of Sociology at Newcastle University, who argued that ‘being fit for purpose’ involves ensuring that citizens and institutions have the expertise, capacity and capability to shape digitally enabled futures.
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21 November 2017
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‘Ask the Expert’ 28+ perspectives on Brexit: a guide to the negotiations with Professor Helen Drake

This seminar featured Professor Helen Drake, Institute Director, Diplomacy and International Governance, Loughborough University London, who leads an ESRC-funded research project on the Brexit perspectives and negotiating positions of the remaining 27 EU member states.
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16 November 2017
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‘Ask The Expert’ – Inheritance and inequality with IFS’s Andrew Hood

This seminar featured Andrew Hood, a senior research economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), who discussed the potential impact of inheritances on inequality, between, and within, generations.
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