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SUMMARY:Challenges of experimental government and public policy lecture se
 ries - Department of Sociology\, Bennett Institute for Public Policy - Dr 
 Adam Coutts (University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20181005T160000Z
DTEND:20181005T180000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Adam Coutts
DESCRIPTION:This seminar series brings together leading academics\, practi
 tioners and policy makers to provide empirical evidence\, case studies and
  field stories of how they go about responding to international health cri
 ses\, diplomatic incidents to designing and implementing public policy as 
 well as researching and documenting the everyday experiences of poverty an
 d deprivation in modern society.\n\nFor anyone wanting a career in governm
 ent\, politics or the United Nations the series will provide a good opport
 unity for networking and meeting those at the frontline. \n\nAll seminars 
 followed by a drinks reception.\n\nAll welcome and no registration is requ
 ired\, if you have any queries please contact Dr Adam Coutts.\n\nFunding k
 indly provided by the Health Foundation and the RCUK\, Global Challenges R
 esearch Fund grant: Research for health in conflict (R4HC).1)	How to deal 
 with public health crises in humanitarian and conflict zones\n\nFriday 5th
  October 2018 | 5pm | Seminar Room 1\, Simon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Busi
 ness School\n\n	Professor Paul Spiegel\, Johns Hopkins University\, Dir
 ector of the Centre for Humanitarian Health \n\n	Dr Oliver Morgan\, Dir
 ector of the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Department i
 n the World Health Organization Health Emergencies Program.\n\n	Chair: 
 Professor Richard Sullivan\, Director\, Institute of Cancer Policy and Co-
 Director of King’s Conflict & Health Research Group.\n\n\n2)	Behavioural
  Government: Debiasing the policy-making process\n\nThursday October 11th 
 | 5pm | Cripps Auditorium\, Magdalene College\n\n	Mark Egan (Behavioura
 l Insights Team\, UK)\n\n3)	Designing and implementing public policies: an
  insider’s perspective\n\nWednesday 17th October 2018 | 5pm | Lecture Th
 eatre 4\, Simon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Business School. \n\n\n	Dame P
 rofessor Carol Black\, Principal\, Newnham College \n\n	Donna Ward\, Di
 rector of the Children\, Families and Disadvantage Directorate\, Departmen
 t for Work and Pensions.\n\n\n4)	The Debate about RCTs in development is o
 ver. We won. They lost\n\nFriday 19th October 2018 | 5pm | Lecture Theatre
  4\, \nSimon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Business School. \n\n	Professor L
 ant Pritchett\, Harvard University / Blavatnik School of Government\, Oxfo
 rd University.\n\n\n5)	How to rig an election - And how to better safeguar
 d democracy\n\nThursday 25th October 2018 | 5pm | Sinyi Seminar Room\, Sim
 on Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Business School. \n\n	Professor Nic Cheesem
 an\, Professor of Democracy at the University of Birmingham \n\n	Dr Bri
 an Klass\, Fellow in Comparative Politics at the London School of Economic
 s.\n\n\n6)	BOOK LAUNCH: ‘Someone to Talk to’ (Oxford University Press)
  ‘Loneliness\, social isolation and public policy’\nTuesday 6th Novemb
 er 2018 | 5pm | Judge Business School\, \nSimon Sainsbury Centre.\n\n\n
 	Professor Mario Luis Small\, Harvard University\, Department of Sociology
 .\n\n7)	The opportunities and challenges of using case studies to inform p
 olicy\n\nThursday 8th November 2018 | 5pm | Simon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge
  Business School\n\n\n	Professor Michael Woolcock\, Lead Social Scienti
 st with the World Bank's Development Research Group\, and a Lecturer in Pu
 blic Policy at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.\n\n\n8)	
 Punch & Judy Politics: An insiders' guide to Prime Minister’s Questions\
 nThursday 15th November 2018 | 5pm | Simon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Busine
 ss School\n\n\n	Ayesha Hazarika MBE was a special adviser to Gordon Bro
 wn\, Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband from 2007 to 2015.\n\n	Tom Hamilton
  worked as a policy specialist\, speechwriter and political adviser for te
 n years after completing a PhD in theology and having no idea what to do w
 ith it.\n\n\n9)	Language policy and national politics: Reflections on the 
 rise of Israeli "New Right" and the erasure of Arabic as an official langu
 age\n\nFriday 18th January 2019 | 5pm | Simon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Bus
 iness School\n\n	Yonatan Mendel is a Senior Lecturer at the Department 
 of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev\n\n\n10)	 Fea
 r and politics in divided societies: Assessing the foundations of politica
 l behaviour in Lebanon'\n\nMonday 4th March 2019 | 5pm | Simon Sainsbury C
 entre\, Judge Business School\n\n\n	Professor Melani Cammett\, Clarence
  Dillon Professor of International Affairs in the Department of Government
  and chair of the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies at Har
 vard. \n\n\n11)	 Poverty\, unemployment and eviction in America\nFriday 15
 th March 2019 | 5pm | Simon Sainsbury Centre\, Judge Business School\n\n
 	Professor Matthew Desmond\, Princeton\, Department of Sociology.\n
LOCATION:simon sainsbury seminar room 1
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