In partnership with the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard Chan School of Public Health, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University, the Romani Studies Program at Central European University, the Center on Forced Displacement at Boston University, and the Centre for Medical Humanities at Oxford Brookes University, the Roma Program at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights will host a free,…

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Join us for a webinar co-organized with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in North Macedonia and UNDP Accelerator Labs focusing on the intersection of Health and Heat. This event will bring together several actors to discuss and collaborate on addressing the negative impacts of extreme heat on human health and other aspects of our daily lives. We will explore the intersection of urban heat islands and people, share knowledge…

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Scores of actors from industry, government, professional associations and civil society, have issued voluntary guidelines on ‘ethical practices’ for the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies, in recognition of their potentially harmful consequences to society. Many claim to address the protection of human rights. This work in progress (WIP) seminar draws from a study, co-authored with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr of the New School and published in…

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