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05 December, 2019

POSTPONED. NEW DATE PENDING.Nicole J. Hassoun: Aiding the Poor in Present and Future Generation

Postponed. New date pending. Nicole J.Hassoun, Professor, Department of Philosophy, Binghamton University.Abstract This paper discusses and brings together two lines of research on global justice – one

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23 June, 2016

Matthew Adler: Prioritarianism and climate change

Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy ABSTRACTPrioritarianism is the equitable counterpart to utilitarianism. Rather than merely ad

Matthew Adler, Richard A. Horvitz Professor of Law and Professor of Economics, Philosophy and Public Policy
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11 July, 2019

Explosive violence: A near-repeat study of hand grenade detonations and shootings in urban Sweden.

European Journal of Criminology. doi.org/10.1177/1477370818820656 Abstract Hand grenade attacks have increasingly been reported in Sweden. However, to date no research on the topic exists. The present st

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rostami, Amir , & M. Gerell
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15 February, 2016

Donatella Della Porta: Antiausterity protests in Europe and beyond: bringing capitalist back into social movement studies

Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Sociology at Scuola normale superiore, and Director of the Centre of Social Movements Studies. ABSTRACTSocial movement studies have developed a useful kit of concept

Donatella Della Porta, Professor of Sociology in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at the European University Institute, and professor of Political science at the Istituto Italiano di Scienze Umane
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01 January, 2011

Understanding and exploiting information spreading and integrating information technologies

2011. Journal of Computer Science and Technology 26: 829-836. AbstractOur daily life leaves an increasing amount of digital traces, footprints that are improving our lives. Data-mining tools, like recomm

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19 March, 2020

The coronavirus, mortality and life expectancy

 A demographer calculates how the average life expectancy can be affected In Sweden, we now experience the first pandemic that occurs in a society with modern information technology, and it is also the

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19 December, 2023

Conference in honor of Professor Larry Temkin

Professor Larry Temkin, a prominent figure within moral philosophy, is retiring. His career was celebrated at a conference at Rutgers University by a number of notable speakers and participants. Our d

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11 January, 2016

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