Blavatnik School of Government Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Unusual (for us) and fascinating talk with neuroscientist Christof Koch about the Integrated Information Theory 🧠 the theory predicts that consciousness is much more widespread than commonly assumed, possibly including most animals. 📅 Thu 16 June, 5pm https://t.co/WVUKFa8XK7

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📣 Next week 📣 How can we avoid falling into political traps that lead to failure? Award-winning professor @benwansell discusses his new book 'Why Politics Fails' with Professor Pepper Culpepper. Join us in person or online https://t.co/rPndnwewgP

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🎉Congratulations to our postdoc researcher @deusse on the publication of 'Africa’s Right to Development in a Climate-Constrained World'! The book looks at opportunities for development through a just transition to climate-resilient economies in Africa 🌍 https://t.co/8KbWqLxtHj https://t.co/BFYB7fppPl

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Karthik Ramanna will speak to @RebeccaReCap about her recent book "Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire", which attempts to debunk the worldview that the only purpose of business is to make money. 📅Tue 31 May, 17:00BST https://t.co/kW6adxavJV

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ICYMI: Last week @AkshayMangla visited the School to discuss his new book Making Bureaucracy Work with @MayaJTudor. Catch up now on our YouTube channel👇 https://t.co/hRx3Zpt298

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Why have some Asian countries become more democratic as they have grown richer, while others haven’t? Prof Joe Wong @munkschool joins Maya Tudor on 25 Jan to discuss his new book From Development to Democracy: The Transformations of Modern Asia. Register👇 https://t.co/h7SNuuFIHO https://t.co/O1DqHOiwRY

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We hope you enjoyed yesterday's interview with Baroness Catherine Ashton. If you want to know more about modern-day diplomacy, her new book, And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st Century Diplomacy, is out now. https://t.co/nPBkjFlzke https://t.co/1s5gx1pI8t

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Biochemist Robert G Roeder, computer scientist Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, and philosopher Bruno Latour will be joining us for this year's @kyotoprizeox on 10-11 May. For more info and to attend (both online and in-person) https://t.co/Tvg2bNIs58 #kyotoprizeox https://t.co/2RjySSkfOB

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A special discussion with current President of Colombia @IvanDuque who joins @NgaireWoods to talk about his new book 'Camino a Cero' (The Road to Zero) on Colombia's strategy towards carbon neutrality by 2050 🇨🇴 📅 Online only: Mon 30 May 17:00BST https://t.co/0EPODSZDxB

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The chapter applies the knowledge and framework on #HarnessingGVCs from their recent book publication “Harnessing Global Value Chains for regional development: How to upgrade through regional policy, FDI, and trade”. Check out the overview for more👇 https://t.co/98SOvdYR5J