ICYMI: You can watch our Centre for British Political Life Annual Lecture by Prof Kate Dommett on AI - now on our Substack! bbkbritpol.substack.com

Can robots lobby? ben worthy and I will be presenting at session Emerging Tech and Democracy at #TICTeC , the Impacts of Civic Technology conference in London next month. See the full schedule at tictec.mysociety.org/event/tictec-2…

#genAI #ArtificialIntelligence

What role will AI play in future elections? Find out at our Centre For British Political Life Annual Lecture with
Prof Kate Dommett 9/05/2024
In-person and online BOOK BELOW 👇
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Book now for our Centre For British Political Life Annual Lecture: 'AI and the Future of British Political Campaigning' with Prof Kate Dommett Birkbeck, University of London PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP) Connected by Data 9/05/2024 6-8pm In-person and online 👇👇👇👇👇
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@Fortnight50 Alan Whysall Also out in print!

Birkbeck Politics Constitution Unit

🚨UK Open Gov Network & Birkbeck Politics EVENT🚨

'Future of local gov openness in England'

Thurs 25 April, 1-2 pm, online

🔴 ben worthy Birkbeck Politics
🟠 Mel Stevens Centre for Governance and Scrutiny (CfGS)
🟡 Megan Waugh Research for Action
🟢 Josiah Mortimer Byline Times

Book here👉
cis.bbk.ac.uk/apex/a01u/f?p=…

#OpenGov

🥁Due to popular demand you can also attend the #BIH masterclass on 'FIGURES OF THE END OF THE WORLD' with Slavoj Žižek virtually Birkbeck Institutes
👉Buy a combo ticket for access to recordings or a single one to attend TOMORROW at 2pm in person or online bit.ly/49Z9K5C

Slavoj Žižek delivers his #BIH spring term 2-days masterclass on 'FIGURES OF THE END OF THE WORLD' next week Birkbeck Institutes
🗓️19 & 21 March
⏰ 2-4pm
🏛️Birkbeck campus
👉LAST few tickets for in-person attendance: bit.ly/49Z9K5C

both 🇬🇧 and 🇺🇸 science advice Councils commissioned research on public trust in science and technology for policy-making. Former led to research by The British Academy Birkbeck, University of London Kathryn Oliver Sense about Science ...

So what did we find?

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Upcoming next week! Birkbeck School of Social Sciences Birkbeck Politics Birkbeck, University of London

Such a joy to see Dr Emma Salisbury arrive at the end of her Birkbeck Politics PhD journey. Congratulations to her, many thanks to examiners Dr Matthew Ford & Jack McDonald for the sterling job. My only regret is having to sit in virtually and not be able to toast her success in person. 🥂🍾

Meet this year’ brilliant Birkbeck Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Chevening Awards🇬🇧 Scholars, chosen from all over the world for their leadership potential and academic promise. ow.ly/fhP350QuuYJ #Chevening

Want to spend one or two evenings a week learning cutting-edge, hands-on training in qualitative and quantitative research methods? Students now can register Birkbeck's Social Research modules as short courses: bit.ly/bbksrshort.

Congratulations to my Twitter-less brilliant colleague Dr Barry Maydom Birkbeck Politics!

And in May I co-authored an article in the JEPP with Etain Tannam.

As bleak as this site can be, I appreciate all the RTs and engagement from everyone over the year. And the support from Birkbeck Politics and Constitution Unit.

See you all in 2024!

1/ Excited to share my new paper with Steve L. Monroe just published in BJPS: 'Insecurity and Support for Female Leadership in Conflict States: Evidence from Afghanistan'. Here's the link: cup.org/3Tq4Fxq

Farewell from an outstanding Birkbeck Politics colleague who will be much missed.

Many thanks ben worthy and Conor J. Kelly for helping to organise the London launch of my book 'Circle of Stars: A History of the EU and the People Who Made' It Birkbeck, University of London yesterday. It was great to see so many former Birkbeck Politics students and colleagues.