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Talks

The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography

Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon

Wed 4 November 2020 10:00AM - 11:00AM

Innovation, Competitive Advantage and the Productivity Puzzle

Lord Sainsbury and Professor Bart Van Ark, answer the productivity puzzle: how do we speed up the UK’s economic growth in this time of change?

5:00PM - 7:00PM

Online Leverhulme Lecture & Distinguished Experts Dialogue: Pandemic Recovery, the SDGs and the Law

A Public Lecture by Professor Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, University of Cambridge, Senior Director, Centre for International Sustainable Development Law (CISDL). Chaired by Professor Stephen J. Toope, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cambridge and hosted by Professor Diane Coyle, Co-Director, Bennett Institute for Public Policy.

6:00PM - 7:00PM

#LivefromLucy: "Solving intractable social problems: can business and enterprise play a role?" with Dr Gladius Kulothungan

Join us for this informative Live from Lucy virtual talk in which Dr Gladius Kulothungan asks, "Can businesses help us achieve widespread development?" and why the academic community have a role to play in attaining sustainable development goals.

7:30PM - 9:00PM

Seeing is believing – is "detecting" the same as "seeing"?

Join Dr Ulrich Schneider, University Reader in Many-body Physics to explore whether "detecting" is the same as "seeing"

Thu 5 November 2020 6:00PM - 7:30PM

Legal, Ethical and Governance Questions Raised by COVID-19

The COVID19 pandemic has thrown into focus a number of legal, governance and ethical issues related to not only the management of the immediate crisis but also more generally to governance, regulation and the law in the future both at the national and international level.