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The Mathematics Genealogy Project
Released on: 23 February 2011
Contributor(s): Mitchel T. Keller
What motivates people to trace their academic ancestry? With 150,000 names in his database, Mitchel T. Keller explains what the Mathematics Genealogy Project is and how it works.
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The Library in the Digital Age
Released on: 7 December 2010
Contributor(s): Alan Bracey, Ed Fay, Sue Donnelly
As widespread digitisation of books triggers the most significant shift in reading habits since the Gutenberg press, what happens to the libraries?
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The Limits of Human Rights
Released on: 7 December 2010
Contributor(s): Professor Chetan Bhatt
Is everyone entitled to the protection of human rights or do some - like the Al Qaeda activist targeted for execution by the United States - forfeit that protection? Professor Chetan Bhatt, in this short video, examines the issues.
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Opportunities and Risks for Children Online
Released on: 20 October 2010
Contributor(s): Professor Sonia Livingstone
What risks do children face online? How often do they encounter material that they find upsetting? Researchers asked 23,000 children across Europe what they had seen and done online.
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Raising the Quality of Qualitative Research
Released on: 20 August 2010
Contributor(s): Dr Kavita Abraham
Researcher bias is a problem when interpreting texts. Kavita Abraham, of LSE's Methodology Institute, explains what happens if you get a computer program to do the interpretation for you.
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A Very Modern Action: The Spring Reprisals of 1917
Released on: 10 August 2010
Contributor(s): Dr Heather Jones
How do reprisals against prisoners of war affect wartime decision-making? In 1917, the Germans calculated that public outrage could be used to their advantage. Heather Jones explains.
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Washington's revolving door
Released on: 15 July 2010
Contributor(s): Mirko Draca
Former political staff turned lobbyists in the US claim their high salaries reflect their abilities, but critics complain they are merely exploiting political connections. Mirko Draca explains who's winning the argument.
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The Mathematics of Machine Learning
Released on: 4 May 2010
Contributor(s): Professor Martin Anthony
Computers struggle with tasks we find simple. Professor Martin Anthony explains what role mathematicians play in making computers less stupid.
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A New Approach To Child Protection
Released on: 15 April 2010
Contributor(s): Professor Eileen Munro
Inspired by the findings of air crash investigations, Professor Munro explains the need for a new "systems approach" to rectifying the failings of the child protection agencies.
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The Second Indian Green Revolution
Released on: 10 March 2010
Contributor(s): Peter Howlett, Aashish Velkar
Two LSE economic historians trying to understand India's agricultural past find themselves studying a parallel story in the present.
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On the evolution of morality
Released on: 29 January 2010
Contributor(s): Dr Jason Alexander
Is there one moral scheme that is true for all people at all times? Is it ours? No, and probably not; says philosopher Jason Alexander, as he explores the evolution of morality.
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Choice and the Future of Healthcare
Released on: 8 December 2009
Contributor(s): Zack Cooper
Zack Cooper of LSE Health looks at what the US healthcare system and the NHS might learn from one another and where the 'patient choice' agenda is going next.
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Living in the Second Nuclear Age
Released on: 7 December 2009
Contributor(s): Professor Arne Westad
Whatever happened to the bomb? Nuclear weapons never went away, we just stopped paying them any attention. In fact we're now living in "the Second Nuclear Age". Professor Arne Westad of IDEAS explains.
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Ethics and the importance of dialogue
Released on: 16 November 2009
Contributor(s): Dr Alex Voorhoeve
In Plato’s time, dialogues were one of the most popular forms of philosophical enquiry and writing. Alex Voorhoeve explains why he has chosen to construct his new book, Conversations on Ethics, in the same way.
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Measuring the economic impact of a natural disaster
Released on: 27 October 2009
Contributor(s): Professor Janet Hunter
How do economies react to and recover from massive natural disasters such as the Great Kanto Earthquake that struck Japan in 1923? Professor Janet Hunter provides insights.
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As birds need ornithologists: science and philosophy of science
Released on: 15 October 2009
Contributor(s): Dr Roman Frigg
Physicist Richard Feynman is said to remarked that 'Philosophers of science are about as useful to scientists as ornithologists are to birds'. Senior lecturer in philosophy, Roman Frigg, gives his riposte in this short film.
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Colonising Knowledge in the Kingdom of Kandy
Released on: 8 September 2009
Contributor(s): Dr Sujit Sivasundarum
Dr Sujit Sivsundaram shows how local knowledge in Sri Lanka was used as a means of resistance against the British in the 1800s, and subsequently absorbed and adopted by the colonists as their own.
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The Politics of Personal Identity
Released on: 20 August 2009
Contributor(s): Dr Edgar Whitely
Too much information? Dr Edgar Whitely questions whether the government's plan to protect us from identity fraud through its proposed ID card scheme could backfire.
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