In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jennifer Carlson of Arizona State University, and 2022 MacArthur Fellow, about her new book, Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy.
Why do some countries, such as China and Russia, stand outside of the liberal international order and oppose values that the West takes for granted – values such as liberty and democracy?
In March 2024 the Phelan US Centre spoke to Professor Jason Casellas about how the role of Latino voters in the United States and their changing voting patterns. They also discuss how Latino voters might influence the 2024 presidential election.
Author Madhumita Murgia discusses her new book Code Dependent, which sets out just how profoundly automated systems are reshaping our lives all over the world, and how AI is changing our relationships with institutions, communities and each other.
This short film introduces the interdisciplinary research project “Engineering food: infrastructure exclusion and ‘last mile’ delivery in Brazilian favelas”
In her latest book, Professor Alpa Shah tells the remarkable and chilling story of the Bhima Koregaon case, in which 16 human rights defenders (the BK-16) have been imprisoned, without credible evidence and without trial.
The idea of probabilities – and in particular ‘degrees of belief’ or ‘credences’ – is prevalent in politics, economics and science. Anna Mahtani argues that it matters how the relevant object is described or designated.