Professor Jamie Morgan recently published the following article on the website of Leeds Beckett University: ‘How will new technology shape the world?‘
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The Ninth CSO Workshop: AI’s significance for human society
The ninth annual Centre for Social Ontology workshop took place on January 10th, 2020, at the Grenoble Ecole de Management. Participating members included Prof. Pierpaolo Donati, Prof. Andrea Maccarini, Prof. Margaret S. Archer, Dr. Mark Carrigan, Prof. Philip Gorski, Prof. Gazi Islam, Prof. Jamie Morgan, Prof. Emmanuel Lazega, Prof. Doug Porpora.
SCHEDULE
9h – 12h: Open research round table with CSO members on the theme of “AI’s significance for human society”
14h – 17h: Presentations by GEM early career and doctoral researchers to CSO members
The fourth industrial revolution could lead to a dark future – Jamie Morgan
Professor Jamie Morgan recently published an article in The Conversation entitled ‘The fourth industrial revolution could lead to a dark future.’ The full text can be found here.
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Critical Realism Essentials: Ontological Realism – Ismael Al-Amoudi
In November of 2019, Director of the Centre for Social Ontology, Professor Ismael Al-Amoudi gave the below talk to the Critical Realism Network regarding the essentials of ontological realism.
Global Climate Emergency: Preventing fatal “future facts” from becoming reality – Jamie Morgan
Professor Jamie Morgan and co-author Professor Barry Gills have recently published an article on the Common Alternatives website: ‘Global Climate Emergency: Preventing fatal “future facts” from becoming reality.’ This article is based on their paper in the journal Globalizations, entitled “Global Climate Emergency: after COP24, climate science, urgency, and the threat to humanity“.
Organizational psychology, practice and critique – Gazi Islam, University of St. Gallen
Professor Gazi Islam gave the opening keynote at the Practice-based Perspectives in Organizational Psychology conference at the University of St. Gallen on the 19th of September, 2019. Details can be found here.
Doing Fieldwork, Not Time For Philosophy? – Ismael Al-Amoudi, AIDEA Capri Summer School
Prof. Ismael Al-Amoudi presented a lecture entitled “Doing fieldwork, not time for philosophy?” at the AIDEA Capri Summer School (University of Milano) on the 13th of September, 2019. Original lecture notes available upon request.
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Who Will Win the AI Battle? – Ismael Al-Amoudi
Director of the Centre for Social Ontology, Professor Ismael Al-Amoudi, recently appeared on Xerfi Canal to discuss the ethical challenges presented by artificial intelligence. The video can be viewed here (in French):
Boris Johnson: Brave or Reckless? – Jamie Morgan
Professor Jamie Morgan recently published an article in Politics Means Politics magazine: ‘Boris Johnson — Brave or reckless?‘ The article was also reproduced on the website of Leeds Beckett University.
Festvals: A Source of or Brake on Critique and Contestation? – Gazi Islam
Professor Gazi Islam was recently interviewed by the Grenoble Business Review for an article entitled ‘Les festivals: un ressort ou un frein à la critique et la contestation?’ (Festivals: A source of or brake on critique and contestation?). The full text can be found here.
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