6. Developing the Good Citizen: Contemporary Political Campaigning
Technology, politics, social theory, organizing, Democratic party, voting machines, political consulting, web pages, broadcast, data technology, mobilization, fundraising, e-mail, MoveOn.org, social networking, blogosphere, netroots, web 2.0, volunteering
8. The Political Economy of the Global Coal Market
Coal, natural resources, international markets, trade, trading, commodities, economics, sustainable development, politics, environment, research, business, consumers, global energy, expense, abundance, competition, biomass renewables, clean technology, em
1. When the Rubber Hits the Road: The Real Story on Fuel Economy (January 7, 2009)
science, economics, engineering, environment, global warming, energy, climate change, policy, technology, research, education, international issues, oil, fuel emissions, carbon, transportation, congestion, car, mileage, automobile, vehicle, bus transit, A
1. Transforming Our Energy Economy: the Role of Renewable Energy (April 1, 2009)
environmental biology, translational science, chemistry, physics, biochemical conversion, engineering, energy, economics, greenhouse gas, GHG, mitigation, ecosystem, managing risk, sustainable development, renewable energy, fuel, consumption, policy, educ
27. The International System in 2008 (March 11, 2008)
world politics, international relations, empire, nation states, communism, fascism, anti-imperialism, society, sovereignty, new world order
9th Annual International Health Conference: War, Poverty and Population
The Relationship between Population Growth and Poverty
Robert Engelman, Vice President for Programs, Worldwatch Institute, Washington DC.
Numbers: Mind the Gap
Theogene Rudasingwa,, Former Rwandan Ambassador to the United States.
The Return of the Population Factor
Martha Campbell,, Co-founder of the Center for Entrepreneurship in International Health and Development (CEIHD), UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
Why Does Peace Break Out?
Malcolm Potts, Bixby Professor of Population and Family
The International System in the Twentieth Century (HIST 102)
Course - Group - The International System in the Twentieth Century (HIST 102) - Stanford > History of the International System > The International System in the Twentieth Century (HIST 102)
The Art of Political Cartooning: Kevin "Kal" Kallaugher
The UC Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy Welcomes The Economist's political cartoonist, Kevin "Kal" Kallaugher to discuss the iterpretation of news through drawing cartoons. Learn how to draw George Bush in five minutes and discover how to draw like a professional cartoonist.
11. The Political Heritage (October 20, 2008)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, witchcraft, salem, demographic, political party, coalition, Bonny Prince Charley, France, Scottish, painting, liberty, protestant, loyalty, absolutism, Thomas H
Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect
The Failure of Humanity in Preventing Genocides
Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire led the United Nations peacekeeping mission to Rwanda during the 1994 genocide. Featured in the film Hotel Rwanda, he will discuss the tragedy and its personal and professional aftermath.
Stopping Mass Atrocities: An International Conference on the Responsibility to Protect
Welcome & Opening Remarks
- George Breslauer, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Berkeley
- Eric Stover, Human Rights Center, UC Berkeley
Keynote Address - "The Responsibility to Protect: The Power of an Idea "
- Gareth Evans, President, International Crisis Group
Panel: Introduction to R2P
This panel will explore the political, historical, and legal underpinnings of the responsibility to protect. It will address the promise and potential of the emerging norm, as well as the challenges t
14 - Never Call Retreat: Military and Political Turning Points in 1863
Professor Blight lectures on the military history of the early part of the war. Beginning with events in the West, Blight describes the Union victories at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, introduces Union General Ulysses S. Grant, and narrates the horrific battle of Shiloh, fought in April of 1862. Moving back East, the lecture describes the Union General George McClellan's abortive 1862 Peninsula campaign, which introduced the world to Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. The lecture co
01 - Finance and Insurance as Powerful Forces in Our Economy and Society
Professor Shiller provides a description of the course, Financial Markets, including administrative details and the topics to be discussed in each lecture. He briefly discusses the importance of studying finance and each key topic. Lecture topics will include: behavioral finance, financial technology, financial instruments, commercial banking, investment banking, financial markets and institutions, real estate, regulation, monetary policy, and democratization of finance.
Listen: How voters view authority speaks volumes about political views
Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics, co-authored by Vanderbilt political scientist Marc Hetherington, focuses on the reasons behind the political realignment of the past several decades. More liberals are voting for Democrats and more conservatives are choosing GOP candidates, Hetherington said.
Listen: free acclaimed international film series continues at Sarratt
International Lens, which uses film screenings as a forum to promote conversation in the diverse community of Vanderbilt and Nashville, is in its fifth semester on campus. All screenings are free and open to the public. International Lens has been named the best film series in Nashville by Nashville Scene film critic Jim Ridley.
Dayna Baumeister - Nature as Industry: The Role of Biomimicry in the New Green Economy
To create products and processes that are well-adapted to life, innovators are turning to a new design discipline called biomimicry, consciously emulating life‚ making fibers like a spider, computing like a cell, and running a business like a redwood forest. Dr. Dayna Baumeister, co-founder of the Biomimicry Guild, discusses biomimicry and its role in ensuring the success of this new industrial revolution.
With support from the Life Sciences Institute, Taubman College, the Graham Sustainab
Camilla Toulmin lecture - 'Building a Green Economy' Dr Camilla Toulmin, Director of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) at the Sussex Development Lecture19 November 2009
The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century - Steve Coll, Princeton Political Science
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Can we trust the International Media? - John O Oucho and Fred Mudhai
John O Oucho holds a PhD in Population Geography and was a post-doctoral fellow of the Carolina Population Center in the university of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, U.S.A. in 1982-3. He has taught at the University of Nairobi (2 decades), University of Ghana (3 years) and University of Botswana (8 years). He was elected Fellow of the Kenya National Academy of Sciences (KNAS) in 1989 and the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) in 2003. He is a well traveled and well published academic and ha
Assessing the Effects of ICT in Education: Indicators, Criteria and Benchmarks for International Com
<p>The aim of this book is to provide a basis for the design of frameworks, the<br />
identifi cation of indicators and existing data sources as well as gaps in areas<br />
where further research is to be initiated. The contributions clearly demonstrate<br />
that there is a need for the development of consensus around widely accepted<br />
approaches, indicators and methodologies. In this context more harmonisation<br />
of existing survey approaches would be
