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International Relations
Society, Politics & Law

International Relations

...world's leading experts on international relations explore what determines how states and their agents behave in a globalised world and the different theories and analyses that have been developed to make sense of today's international system... Structural Realism Professor John Mearsheimer from the University of Chicago discusses Structural Realism Liberal Theory...
Looking at population data
Society, Politics & Law

Looking at population data

...World Population Prospects webpage. If you want to download copies of the data, from the Online Database area in the navigation bar on the left-hand side of the page, select Detailed Indicators then from the form that is displayed choose Population by five-year age group and sex to get the data. The data can be downloaded as a simple text file in the CSV format that you...
Introducing global development
Society, Politics & Law

Introducing global development

...world when it comes to understanding the most pressing social, economic, political, and environmental issues of this time. It will highlight the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and outline key global development issues such as migration, socio-economic security, technological innovation and environmental sustainability. You’ll be introduced to a...
Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?
Society, Politics & Law

Should we be worried about the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement?

...world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the withdrawal of US from the Paris climate agreement comes as a setback to international action on climate change. This puts the US alongside Nicaragua and Syria, the two other UN member countries who have refused the deal. Does this withdrawal threaten to derail the international momentum on climate change and should...
Battle of Thermopylae
History & The Arts

Battle of Thermopylae

...world can be reconstructed from considering regions and places mentioned by contemporary authors. Understand how the geography of the area has changed, and consider how the re-telling of stories leads to the writing of history...Changing places and re-telling stories: Battle of Thermopylae In this introductory activity, we suggest you take a look at the Hestia project map...
Legacy of the Romantics
History & The Arts

Legacy of the Romantics

...world, emphasizing the integrity of the individual and refusing to bow to convention. Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Byron, Keats and Shelley were pre-eminent among the Romantic poets. Regarding themselves as intuitive prophets, they rejected the pure rationalism and order of the Enlightenment, maintaining that nature and the healing power of the imagination could enable...
Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?
Science, Maths & Technology

Are robots about to take jobs from the poor?

...world, says Aisling Irwin...[MIT's Baxter, a robot designed to manipulate objects] Baxter, a robot designed at MIT to mimic human dexterity with small objects On a tour of the vast Beximco garment factory in Bangladesh in 2014, I saw the upside of outsourced manufacturing: a bright and organised shopfloor; and endless rows of women churning out fashion for major brands...
Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia
Nature & Environment

Sue Edwards: a life dedicated to flora and sustainable development in Ethiopia

...World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th of June every year, not long after Africa Environment Day (3 March) and the UN’s International Women’s Day (8 March). In this context, last year for Africa Environment Day, I discussed Wangari Maathai. This year, I would like to mention another inspiring example to help celebrate all those three days. Sue Edwards was a...