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SUMMARY:The New Real Salon: Exploring the Future of AI and the Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the opening of the second New Real Salon\, which kicks off a series of events across the weekend of 5-7 May 2023: \n\n\n\nThe New Real Expose: The Algorithmic Turn (ticketed\, 5 May 2023\, 7-9pm\, Inspace)\n\n\n\nThis event brings to light the relationship between the artist and AI technology. At times of upheaval\, artists are at the forefront\, helping to illuminate the ways emerging technology impacts on life at a profound level. The New Real’s research themes look to reimagine interactions between humans and machines\, increase accessibility and interpretability for artists\, and foster transformative intelligent experiences for audiences. \n\n\n\nThe New Real’s research team and our newly commissioned artist will present insights into what is happening in this area and new work currently in development using The New Real Observatory Platform\, an unboxed AI tool created with and for artists. This tool provides artists with access to directly manipulate a model\, in order to enable profound artistic experiments with AI. We believe this can lead to better art\, and also provides a basis to probe and question urgent issues of today. \n\n\n\nThe New Real Hackathon: Turning the Algorithm (drop-in\, Inspace)\n\n\n\nIn the first ever The New Real Hackathon we are inviting developers\, creatives and scientists\, and digital explorers of any kind – to rapidly and collaboratively articulate and engineer a response to the set challenge of developing understanding between machine learning algorithms and their human users. \n\n\n\nTeams will have about 24 hours to analyse\, probe\, work with and break generative machine learning tools\, both those openly available online as well as The New Real Observatory platform (image and text processing). Some preparatory work is envisaged. Mentors from The New Real will be on hand to help with any questions and arising issues. \n\n\n\nApplications will open on The New Real’s website: https://newreal.cc/events/hackathon\, where you can now register to receive updates and a reminder when the application opens. *Sign up for this Hackthon is by application\, which will launch 2 months prior to the event. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Drew Hemment \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProfessor Drew Hemment is The New Real’s founder and principal investigator. Drew is an artist\, designer and academic researcher\, who over 25 years has been one of the key figures who has shaped the field of digital art and culture. He is Professor of Data Arts and Society\, Chancellors Fellow and Director of Festival Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute and Edinburgh College of Art within University of Edinburgh. He presently leads The New Real and Experiential AI in partnership with the Alan Turing Institute and Edinburgh’s Festivals\, supporting significant new artistic works\, and exploring new paradigms for creative\, fair and inclusive AI. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatjaz Vidma\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatjaz Vidmar is The New Real’s co-investigator\, an interdisciplinary researcher\, lecturer and strategist at the University of Edinburgh. He is an (Astro)Physicist by training\, now examining innovation processes and (inter-)organisational learning and change\, as well as other social dimensions of emerging technologies. He has an interest in using experiential Ai to create intimate interpretations of global datasets\, in particular from Space & Satellite data\, to influence sustainable development through futures thinking/literacy tools. He co-leads the delivery of the research portfolio of The New Real programme. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Partners\n\n\n\nThe New Real \n\n\n\nEstablished in 2019\, The New Real is a unique hub for AI\, creativity and futures research. It is a partnership between the University of Edinburgh\, Alan Turing Institute\, and Edinburgh’s Festivals. Its research explores how AI impacts on life at a profound level\, often interacting with us in fascinating and unanticipated ways\, and illuminates how emerging technology can become a creative\, playful and deeply impactful part of everyday living. \n\n\n\nThe New Real team believes that art and creativity can help to radically change how we think about AI design\, moving beyond the current paradigm of learning patterns from large amounts of data\, to embrace human traits such as bias\, disagreement\, and uncertainty as a signal with creative potential rather than noise that needs to be removed. They devise imaginative ways to experiment with new experiences\, practices\, infrastructures and business models\, and to empower people be agents of positive change. See more at: www.newreal.cc \n\n\n\nThe Alan Turing Institute \n\n\n\nThe Alan Turing Institute is the national institute for data science and artificial intelligence\, with headquarters at the British Library. \n\n\n\nThe Scottish AI Alliance \n\n\n\nDelivering Scotland’s AI Strategy Scotland’s AI Strategy. It was launched in March 2021 with a vision for Scotland to become a leader in the development and use of trustworthy\, ethical and inclusive AI. The Scottish AI Alliance is the body tasked with delivering this vision and the actions outlined in the strategy. It is a partnership between The Data Lab and the Scottish Government. \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event. Streaming will be lived-captioned. \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed please let us know at the event.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-new-real-salon-exploring-the-future-of-ai-and-the-arts/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Love Machine: Spring 2023,Tourism & Festivals
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SUMMARY:Text & Data Analysis SUMMER SCHOOL 2023
DESCRIPTION:The  Centre for Data\, Culture & Society Summer School is an intensive\, 5-day\, in-person event\, with a heavy practical focus. It consists of two simultaneously run streams: A Gentle Introduction to Coding for Data Analysis\, and Text and Data Analysis in the Wild. Find out more about each stream and which best suits your needs below. \n\n\n\nMore information and booking
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/text-data-analysis-summer-school-2023/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230621T080000
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SUMMARY:Economics of Financial Technology Conference
DESCRIPTION:https://www.eftconference.business-school.ed.ac.uk/
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/economics-of-financial-technology-conference/
CATEGORIES:Financial Services & FinTech
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence in Publishing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free online training event exploring the rapidly evolving role of artificial intelligence in the publishing industry. Looking at real-life case studies\, the session will delve into the latest research on the use and impact of AI on content creation and engagement. \n\n\n\nHear from Caroline Parkinson\, Director of Creative for the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, in conversation with Dr Bronwyn Jones – a scholar and practitioner who works as a journalist for the BBC and researches the role of artificial intelligence (AI)\, algorithms\, and automation in news production at the University of Edinburgh – and Burkhard Schafer\, Professor of Computational Legal Theory who researches the interactions between law\, science\, and computer technology from doctrinal\, comparative\, and legal-theoretical perspectives. \n\n\n\nThe event will take place on Zoom and include time for audience questions and discussion.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/artificial-intelligence-in-publishing/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230924T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230924T160000
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SUMMARY:Doors Open Day at South College Street
DESCRIPTION:The South College Street building is currently home to Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Data Driven Innovation (DDI) initiative. However\, prior to becoming a place of study and work\, for nearly 200 years it was a site of worship and\, before that\, a bowling green. \n\n\n\nCome and find out more about the history of the site and its various activities since 1742 – several of which have been ‘firsts’ for Edinburgh! There will be displays\, presentations and a self-guided tour. \n\n\n\nDuring the self-led tour\, you will learn about the building’s history\, and the activities that currently happen here – in particular\, the work of Edinburgh Futures Institute and Data Driven Innovations. Throughout the building\, you will discover 21 labelled stops that all together tell a diverse story of the building. Try to find all the stops while you wander around! \n\n\n\nThroughout the day we will also host a series of lightning talks in the Newhaven Lecture Theatre on the 3rd floor\, during which you can learn more about Edinburgh Futures Institute and city region Data Driven Innovation programme\, as well as about the history of Relief Churches in Edinburgh. \n\n\n\nVisitors will have a chance to find out about the building’s history and how the successive changes in the churches based in South College Street have been linked with the changes and disagreements which affected the 18th and 19th century church in Scotland. Information about the University’s projects currently based in the building and the Edinburgh & South East Scotland City Region Deal will also be available. Visitors will also be able to find out more about the Edinburgh Futures Institute’s plans for the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh site on Lauriston Place. \n\n\n\nThis event is unticketed\, the running order of the day can be found below: \n\n\n\n\n12:00 Showreel – Short films and animations from University of Edinburgh teams based in the building. \n\n\n\n12:30 City Region Deal – Celebrating 5 years of the City Region Deal for Edinburgh & South East Scotland. We share progress and projects that are already making a real impact in our region.  \n\n\n\n12:45 Data-Driven Innovation – Hear all about this innovation network helping organisations tackle challenges for industry and society\, by doing data right and supporting Edinburgh to become the data capital of Europe. \n\n\n\n1:00 History of Relief Churches in Edinburgh – Dr Alasdair Raffe\, Senior Lecturer in the School of History\, Classics and Archaeology will speak about this fascinating aspect of church history in Edinburgh \n\n\n\n1:30 Recycling a Hospital – As the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh transitions to a new life as the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, Dr Jimmy Turner shares a project which is giving old materials new life and contributing to the physical and symbolic transformation of the building\, ensuring the memories of those connected with the building are not forgotten. \n\n\n\n1:45 Showreel – Short films and animations from University of Edinburgh teams based in the building. \n\n\n\n2:00 History of Relief Churches in Edinburgh – Dr Alasdair Raffe\, Senior Lecturer in the School of History\, Classics and Archaeology will speak about this fascinating aspect of church history in Edinburgh. \n\n\n\n2:20 Edinburgh Futures Institute: Past\, Present and Future – Join EFI’s Director of Culture & Community for a short talk on the history of the former Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and the redevelopment project that is breathing life into this beloved Edinburgh building to create the Edinburgh Futures Institute.   \n\n\n\n2.40 Scottish Stained Glass Trust – We welcome members of the Scottish Stained Glass Trust which is dedicated to the art of stained glass in all forms. Hear about their work to record inventories of stained glass and the creation of an online database of stained glass in Scotland.   \n\n\n\n3:00 Showreel – Short films and animations from University of Edinburgh teams based in the building. \n\n\n\n\nLinks\n\n\n\nBlog listing on South College Street project and history by Gintare Kulyte: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/southcollegestreet/ \n\n\n\nUniversity of Edinburgh Doors Open Day: https://www.ed.ac.uk/local/news/doors-open-day-2023-dod \n\n\n\nEdinburgh Doors Open Day: https://www.doorsopendays.org.uk/places/?area=7511
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/doors-open-day-at-south-college-street-2/
LOCATION:South College Street\, 13-15 South College Street\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AA
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T113000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230927T130000
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SUMMARY:The Violence Prevention Forum: A Dialogical Approach to Multi-Sectoral Engagement to Prevent Violence in South Africa
DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to extend an invitation to you to join us for a talk by Dr Chandré Gould\, hosted by the Edinburgh Futures Institute in partnership with Moray House College of Education. Chandré is a senior research fellow in the Justice and Violence Prevention Programme at the Institute for Security Studies in South Africa. She has thirty years of research and advocacy experience addressing all forms of violence and its prevention. Since 2015\, Chandré has convened and led the Violence Prevention Forum\, a national dialogue platform for researchers\, government officials\, development partners\, the private sector and NGOs to develop a sustainable basis for using and generating evidence to inform the prevention of violence in South Africa. The collaborative and multi-sectoral approach to violence prevention is very relevant to those working and studying in fields such as public policy\, public health\, justice and policing\, and will have resonance with anyone seeking to understand how a collective undertaking and long-term partnership is utilised to address a significant societal challenge. \n\n\n\nGuest speaker\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Chandré Gould\,  Institute for Security Studies\, South Africa\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nConvener of the Violence Prevention Forum (www.violence-prevention.org). Author and editor of books and numerous papers on crime and criminal justice in South Africa; biological weapons control; South Africa’s apartheid chemical and biological weapons programme; small arms control and human trafficking. \n\n\n\nLinkedin \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n11:20 -11:30 Tea and coffee on arrival11:30 -13:00WelcomePresentation by Dr Chandré GouldCollective discussion13:00Close
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-violence-prevention-forum-a-dialogical-approach-to-multi-sectoral-engagement-to-prevent-violence-in-south-africa/
LOCATION:Room G.07\, Informatics Forum\, The University of Edinburgh\, 10 Crichton Street\, Newington\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Public Services,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase 2023
DESCRIPTION:The Creative Informatics Innovation Showcase is an exciting two-day hybrid event and exhibition to explore how data-driven innovation is changing the world around us. Taking place at Central Hall in Edinburgh\, and streaming online\, we’ll be joined by inspirational leaders in the creative industries for thought-provoking panels\, in-depth conversations and special performances. \n\n\n\nThroughout the Innovation Showcase\, there will be opportunities to explore and experience some of the creative products supported by Creative Informatics in an interactive exhibition\, curated by Stacey Hunter (Local Heroes). \n\n\n\nJoin us to celebrate the visionary people and groundbreaking projects that have been part of\, and inspired\, the Creative Informatics programme over the past five years. \n\n\n\nThis event is free to attend with food and refreshments provided. \n\n\n\nThursday 28 September: Investment\, Innovation\, Impact \n\n\n\nDay one explores the impact of the Creative Industries Clusters Programme with guests from across the network. We’ll hear from some inspiring creatives about how they took their businesses from idea\, through investment\, to in-the-world. We’ll explore some amazing examples of social impact from Creative Informatics-funded projects that show how small companies can create far reaching change and we’ll also be highlighting some exciting new opportunities for those working in virtual production while exploring the potential of AI for creatives. \n\n\n\nThursday will close with a discussion and performance from singer and producer Chagall. In Unlocked\, Chagall blends live vocals with a stunning interactive light-art installation\, bringing captivating physicality and human intimacy to electronic music. \n\n\n\nBrowse the full line up for Thursday 28 September. \n\n\n\nFriday 29 September: Powering Creative Connections \n\n\n\nDay two is all about making connections. We have inspirational keynotes from creators and curators\, and we’ll hearing from some incredible organisations who are supporting creatives through community networks. We’ll be looking at how data can be used to broaden access to creative work\, and chatting to practitioners who are making a big impact through sustainable practice and the disruption of traditional supply models. \n\n\n\nWe’ll be finishing the day with a special appearance from award-winning recording artist and technology innovator\, Imogen Heap\, in conversation with broadcaster\, author and activist Gemma Cairney\, followed by a drinks reception. \n\n\n\nBrowse the full line up for Friday 29 September.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/creative-informatics-innovation-showcase-2023/
LOCATION:Central Hall\, 2 West Tollcross\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9BP
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Exhibition
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231009T113000
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SUMMARY:Human-Centric Finance
DESCRIPTION:Fintech companies are constantly innovating and developing new products and services. However\, while many of the technological solutions are user-centred\, they are not necessarily human-centred. They typically focus on process\, user experience and scalability\, but often neglect the deeper needs\, emotions\, instincts\, and social factors that impact people’s financial wellbeing. This event challenges fintech leaders to think about their products at a deeper level\, through a human-centred lens. Please join us for a very insightful programme. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\nDr Thomas Mathar\, AegonThomas is an internationally experienced customer and behaviour researcher. He currently leads initiatives at Aegon’s Centre for Behavioural Research\, with a focus on identifying tools\, techniques\, rules-of-thumb and other interventions that help people make better long-term decisions. Thomas’s book\, “Financial Wellbeing”\, has recently been published\, bringing to the German-speaking world the Money and Mindset concept that he helped to develop at Aegon UK more than 3 years ago. \n\n\n\nProfessor Tina Harrison\, University of EdinburghTina is Professor of Financial Services Marketing and Consumption. Her research interests are in the areas of financial wellbeing\, consumer use and understanding of financial services\, and the use of technology in enabling and empowering financial capability and financial wellbeing. Tina’s recent projects have focused on young people’s financial capability and school-based financial education in collaboration with Young Enterprise and the Money and Pensions Service and. She recently collaborated with Sopra Steria to develop a tool to support financially vulnerable individuals.Tina and Thomas are leading a two-year Innovate UK KTP funded project\, a partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Aegon UK\, to develop a tool to enable longer term planning and saving.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/human-centric-finance/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Financial Services & FinTech,Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231011T190000
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SUMMARY:Citizens Data Agency Event Series – What mobilises people against Big-Tech?
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first Citizens Data Agency public event with Dr. Elinor Carmi\, who will share her latest research report titled “What mobilises people against Big-Tech?”. This report builds on previous research with colleagues at Liverpool University that argues that contrary to arguments about people’s resignation and cynicism about their privacy and digital rights\, they found that people do care but do not know what to do about it. This new report asks digital rights NGO practitioners to share their experience around campaigns with different communities – what worked\, what did not work and how can we move forward to challenge the power asymmetries we have with Big-Tech. \n\n\n\nRead the report: https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/31373/ \n\n\n\nSpeaker Profile:\n\n\n\nDr. Elinor Carmi is a Senior Lecturer in Data Politics and Social Justice at the Sociology & Criminology Department at City University\, London\, UK. Dr. Carmi is a digital rights advocate\, feminist\, researcher and journalist who has been working\, writing and teaching on data politics\, data literacies\, feminist approaches to media and data\, data justice and internet governance. Currently Dr. Carmi is a POST Parliamentary Academic Fellowship working with the UK’s Digital\, Culture\, Media & Sport (DCMS) Committee on the project she proposed: “Digital literacies for a healthy democracy”. She also works on the Nuffield Foundation project “Developing a Minimum Digital Living Standard”. Dr. Carmi’s work contributes to emerging debates in academia\, policy\, health organisations and digital activism. She gave evidence on Digital Literacy for the House of Lords Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies. In 2020\, Dr. Carmi was invited by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an expert on data literacy and disinformation to the first scientific discussion on infodemiology. \n\n\n\nWebsite – https://elinorcarmi.com/ \n\n\n\nThe event will be held online\, please register to receive a link to join. There will be a 30 minute talk with a discussion and Q&A afterwards. \n\n\n\n*Please note the event will be recorded* \n\n\n\nAbout Citizens Data Agency\n\n\n\nThe Citizens Data Agency research project is running monthly public events exploring data\, citizen-led privacy\, the impact of emerging technologies on citizens’ data and alternative data governance. We hope the events will be an opportunity to explore these topics through inspiring projects and be an opportunity to learn more about how citizens can be empowered to protect their privacy and data. The events are free to attend and open to everyone. \n\n\n\nWebsite – www.citizensdataagency.co.uk
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/citizens-data-agency-event-series-what-mobilises-people-against-big-tech/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231012T200000
DTSTAMP:20260407T042139
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh Futures Conversations: The Future of Leadership
DESCRIPTION:There is a distinction between leaders and leadership. The former conjures up the image of a single figure\, a command-and-control top-down approach. The latter is broader and acknowledges different types of leadership. In the case of both leaders and leadership\, there is a focus on powers\, resources\, and institutional parameters\, but also on the traits or the characteristics required for good leadership.  \n\n\n\nIn recent turbulent times with polycrises\, wicked and super wicked problems\, there has been an emphasis on dealing with crises and long-term planning\, both evident in demands of leadership during the recent pandemic. In the polycrises we are living\, through current leadership strategies\, of which there are many\, we are grappling with problems of a magnitude and complexity not anticipated when some of these theories were first advanced. The combination of planetary\, societal\, health and economic challenges means that our future will be quite different from our past.  \n\n\n\nThere has been much analysis and discussion of leadership in various settings and for different purposes\, but less effort to learn from and engage with this variety. As so often\, our understanding is siloed. Honest and open debate – notably including failed leadership – that draws on this vast experience would allow us to learn across disciplines and settings.  \n\n\n\nOur Futures Conversation seeks to explore what future leadership could look like. It will most likely be less about designing new theories\, or developing new strategic approaches than putting into place plumblines that resonate with the global commons – the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals of a world where people and planet can thrive. These plumblines may well be around transparency\, engagement\, inclusion\, trust\, and purpose. How do leaders who bring about wholescale paradigm change bring others with them? What do we know of leaders who have created stability in periods of chaos\, or leaders who have called out corruption which has been so embedded in the fabric of systems or cloaked in power that it is either invisible\, or unbreakable?  \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event. Streaming will be live captioned.  \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event.  \n\n\n\nPanelists\n\n\n\n\n\nAlicia Garza\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlicia Garza is an innovator\, strategist and organizer. She is the Principal at Black Futures Lab\, co-creator of #BlackLivesMatter and Black Lives Matter Global Network\,  Senior Advisor to the President at National Domestic Workers Alliance\, Senior Advisor at Care in Action\, co-founder of Supermajority and host of the podcast Lady Don’t Take No. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElif Shafak\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nElif Shafak is an award-winning British-Turkish novelist. She has published 19 books\, 12 of which are novels\, including her latest The Island of Missing Trees\, shortlisted for the Costa Award\, British Book Awards\, RSL Ondaatje Prize and Women’s Prize for Fiction. She is a bestselling author in many countries around the world and her work has been translated into 57 languages. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and RSL Ondaatje Prize; and was Blackwell’s Book of the Year.  Shafak holds a PhD in political science and she has taught at various universities in Turkey\, the US and the UK\, including St Anne’s College\, Oxford University\, where she is an honorary fellow. She also holds a Doctorate of Humane Letters from Bard College.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaja Göpel\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Maja Göpel is a political economist and an important voice for a sustainable transformation of society\, working at the intersection of the economy\, politics\, and society. From 2017 to 2020\, she was secretary-general of the German Advisory Council on Global Change\, and in 2019 was appointed honorary professor at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg. She is a member of the Club of Rome\, the World Future Council\, the Balaton Group\, the German government’s Bioeconomy Council\, and a co-initiator of the Scientists for Future network. She is the author of Rethinking Our World: an invitation to rescue our future. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalat Yaqoob\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTalat Yaqoob is a consultant providing research\, strategy\, and public participation expertise. She specialises on equalities issues\, particularly on women’s equality\, anti-racism\, and intersecting inequalities. She is an award-winning campaigner and co-founder of the campaign group Women 50:50\, advocating for fair representation of women in politics and the founder of Pass the Mic which exists to amplify the voices of women of colour and challenge media content. She is also the co-chair of the First Minister’s National Advisory Council on Women and Girls. Talat is a public speaker\, writer\, and commentator across media on equalities issues\, politics and current affairs.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGavin Esler (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGavin Esler is a journalist\, television presenter and author. He was the main presenter of the BBC current affairs show Newsnight for 12 years until 2014. Since 2014\, he has been a public speaker\, a political commentator and journalist\, and the Chancellor of the University of Kent. His upcoming book\, Britain is Better Than This\, is an exploration of a British political system in peril and what we must do to save it.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/edinburgh-futures-conversations-the-future-of-leadership/
LOCATION:McEwan Hall\, Teviot Place\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9AG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh Futures Conversations: A Performance
DESCRIPTION:This performance is part of our Futures Conversations series on the Future of Leadership.   \n\n\n\nHow does activism function beyond emergency? What does it take to work collectively towards a better future? Who/what should the “legislators of the world” “look to […] for guidance”? Through animal stories\, crowdsourced autobiographies\, works by women and nonbinary writers of colour\, this poetry and music collaboration will explore the emotional structure of alternative organisations.  \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event. Streaming will be live captioned.  \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event.  \n\n\n\n\n\nPippa Murphy\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPippa Murphy is an award-winning composer and sound designer known for combining orchestras\, singers and instrumentalists with ambient soundscapes\, electronic music and creating bespoke sound palettes. She works with writers\, film-makers and choreographers as well as Folk\, Jazz and Classical musicians. Pippa is known for her stylistic breadth\, depth\, and originality\, as well as a unique cross-disciplinary understanding of storytelling and creative collaboration. Pippa’s works are multi-layered and multi-sensory. She is particularly interested in vocal techniques\, phonemes and ‘found’ sound. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Tim Cheng\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTim Tim Cheng is a poet from Hong Kong\, currently based between Edinburgh and London. Her pamphlet Tapping At Glass (VERVE\, 2023) explores womanhood\, multilingualism\, and psychogeography. Her poems are published or anthologised in POETRY\, The Rialto\, Poetry London\, Our Time Is A Garden\, and elsewhere. Her latest appearances include the StAnza Festival\, Hidden Door festival\, Singapore Writers Festival\, and BBC Scotland. She is a WrICE fellow (awarded by RMIT University)\, an Ignite fellow (Scottish Book Trust)\, a member of Southbank Centre’s New Poets Collective 2022/23\, and a mentee under the Roddy Lumsden Memorial Mentorship scheme. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick Errington (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPatrick James Errington is a Scottish-Canadian poet\, translator\, and interdisciplinary researcher. His poems have won numerous awards\, including the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award from the Writers’ Trust of Canada and the Poetry International Prize; they appear in journals and anthologies worldwide as well as in the chapbooks\, Glean and Field Studies\, and in the recent collection the swailing (McGill-Queens University Press\, 2023). As a translator\, Patrick has brough the poetry of singer-songwriter PJ Harvey into French\, and is currently translating works by the French-Algerian poet and painter Hamid Tibouchi and the French-Romanian philosopher E.M. Cioran into English. Originally from Alberta\, Canada\, Patrick now lives in Scotland where he’s a Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh and an affiliate of the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH)\, teaching and researching across fields like literature\, creative writing\, translation\, and cognitive psychology.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/edinburgh-futures-conversations-performance/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Sounding the Ice Factory
DESCRIPTION:Michael Begg\, representing work undertaken with People Ocean Planet\, Marine Alliance of science and Technology\, Scottish Association for Marine Sciences\, Creative Informatics\, Blue Action EU\, European Marine Board\, and research scientists based at AWI\, European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting\, Hokkaido University Institute for Low Temperature Science. \n\n\n\nFurther Details\n\n\n\nBetween 2021 and 2023 sound artist Michael Begg completed composer residencies with the Ocean ARTic Partnership and the European Marine Board. Working in collaboration with climate scientists and researchers\, the residencies sought to use music built around research data to increase public awareness and engagement with the complexity and fragility of our polar regions as they struggled with climate change. \n\n\n\nUsing innovative technology and composing techniques that transformed data into sound\, new forms of musical expression were realised that spoke to an audience’s own growing anxiety surrounding climate change. But these data compositions provided both a cathartic release for the scientists\, and suggested new perspectives around which to consider the structure and representation of their work. As one researcher remarked\, “I found the music fascinating but also surprisingly stressful – being able to hear environmental change is quite an emotional experience.” \n\n\n\nBeginning with the proposal that in the 21st century data has become the common vocabulary of science and art\, Michael describes the processes through which he arrives at his compositions\, considers the differences between data sonification and data composition\, and invites discussion around what value or insight may be revealed through consideration of sound and music in research activity. He will also explore solastalgia\, the acute anxiety arising from living through climate change\, and what these new forms of musical expression may contribute to addressing that condition for listeners\, and for researchers.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/sounding-the-ice-factory/
LOCATION:West Court\, Edinburgh College of Art\, 74 Lauriston Place\, Edinburgh\, EH3 9DF
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:The sounds of feeling well\, feeling cared for
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Binks Hub as part of the UNESCO Week of Sound \n\n\n\nIn this seminar\, we will share the findings of a co-creative research project which explored understandings of mental health for care-experienced people in order to develop an innovative training for residential workers. \n\n\n\nThe seminar will share some of the findings of the project and also explore the importance of sound in the training resources we created. The seminar will include experts-by-experience alongside academics and a sound artist. \n\n\n\nA panel discussion with Dr Christina Mcmellon\, Dr Pearse McCusker\, Michael Begg\, Thomas Bartlett\, and Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-sounds-of-feeling-well-feeling-cared-for/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Music-making beyond the classroom
DESCRIPTION:In collaboration with the Binks Hub as part of the UNESCO Week of Sound \n\n\n\nMusic can benefit young people in far reaching ways. Not only can it enable young people to learn new skills\, but it can support their well-being by creating opportunities for self-expression\, collaboration and belonging. \n\n\n\nResearch has found music to be especially positive for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. In spite of this\, there are widening inequalities in the provision of and access to music-making. \n\n\n\nSuch concerns have been heightened in the context of ongoing public sector cuts\, and the resultant music education budgets in schools. \n\n\n\nIn this online seminar\, we invite you to join community practitioners and researchers involved in music and music-making in settings outside of the classroom. \n\n\n\nPart celebration\, part call for action\, it will showcase the wealth and energy of music initiatives working with\, and for\, young people. \n\n\n\nBy making instruments and music education available to all young people\, deliberately bringing sound into unexpected places and social groups\, and challenging the rules around music-making\, these initiatives show how valuable\, and how valued music is both to young people and the communities they are part of. \n\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\n\n\nEmma Davidson (Co-Director\, Binks Hub) \n\n\n\nJed Milroy (Assistant Director at the Tinderbox Collective) \n\n\n\nRyan McGlone (Manager\, Grantown Youth Centre) \n\n\n\nKatie Hunter (Research Fellow\, Strathclyde University)
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/music-making-beyond-the-classroom/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Handing Over Control with David Runciman
DESCRIPTION:‘The Singularity’ is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that\, eventually\, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one says is that it happened before. A few hundred years ago\, humans started building the robots that now rule our world. They are called states and corporations: immensely powerful artificial entities\, with capacities that go far beyond what any individual can do\, and which\, unlike us\, need never die. They have made us richer\, safer and healthier than would have seemed possible even a few generations ago – and they may yet destroy us.   \n\n\n\nJoin Professor David Runciman in conversation with Professor Shannon Vallor about his latest book\, The Handover\, which distills over three hundred years of thinking about how to live with artificial agency.  \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event.   \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event.  \n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Runciman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDavid Runciman is Professor of Politics at Cambridge University and the former Head of the Department of Politics and International Studies. His books include Where Power Stops\, How Democracy Ends\, and The Confidence Trap. He writes regularly for the London Review of Books. He hosted the widely acclaimed weekly podcast Talking Politics and now hosts the weekly podcast Past Present Future.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShannon Vallor (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShannon Vallor is the Baillie Gifford Professor in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence in the University of Edinburgh’s School of Philosophy. She directs the Centre for Technomoral Futures in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and co-directs the AHRC’s BRAID (Bridging Responsible AI Divides) programme. She is also a Fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. Professor Vallor’s research explores how emerging technologies reshape human moral and intellectual character\, and maps the ethical challenges and opportunities posed by new uses of data and artificial intelligence. Her work includes advising academia\, government and industry on the ethical design and use of AI. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/handing-over-control-with-david-runciman/
LOCATION:Playfair Library Hall\, Old College\, South Bridge\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9YL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:FutureGaze: The Future of Creative Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:FutureGaze is a lunchtime series brought to you by Creative Edinburgh\, providing time out to reflect and gaze into the future of the creative industries. \n\n\n\nIn conversation with Caroline Parkinson\, we welcome creative leaders who have innovated and led significant changes in their creative business\, organisation\, artistic or academic practice over the past year to share what the future looks like for them – and for the creative and cultural sector. \n\n\n\nJoin us as we collectively gaze into the future of the creative and cultural sector\, stimulate ideas for your creative future\, and get inspired to strive towards it. \n\n\n\nNot a member of Creative Edinburgh yet? It’s free to join click here. \n\n\n\nBy registering to our events you will automatically be given a free Creative Edinburgh Core membership. You can cancel this at any time. You will not be able to attend our events unless you are on a Creative Edinburgh membership package including Core. \n\n\n\nWhat does FutureGaze explore?\n\n\n\nFrom new ways of exploring creative investments to new ways of measuring creative impact\, FutureGaze will cover a range of themes in 2023 aimed at creative freelancers\, sole traders\, and businesses. \n\n\n\nJoined by a line-up from across the creative industries\, Caroline will delve into the challenges and opportunities\, the shifts in thinking and practice they have made over the past couple of years and explore what’s been learned through these changes. \n\n\n\nWe will reflect on the changing landscape facing the creative industries and look to the future to consider how the creative and cultural sector may need to adapt in order to sustain\, maximise potential through innovation and thrive. \n\n\n\nOctober’s Discussion: The Future of Creative Inclusion\n\n\n\nCreativity thrives on a diversity of voices\, perspectives\, and experiences\, and we in the creative and cultural sector work towards widening access\, inclusion and diversity in our industry and representation in the creative work produced. \n\n\n\nHow are we doing as a sector in achieving a positive difference\, and tackling the challenges to achieving greater diversity and inclusion? \n\n\n\nWhat are our strategies for equality\, diversity\, inclusion and access? How successful have been the initiatives we have designed? Is there a greater need to share our learning and our initiatives that have worked even in part\, so we can widen access\, reduce obstacles\, improve opportunity and achieve our aims? \n\n\n\nIn this FutureGaze our speakers will explore these questions\, and share what they have learned from their experiences and challenges\, with examples of strategies and initiatives that have achieved a positive difference. \n\n\n\nAbout our Guests\n\n\n\nNicola Osborne \n\n\n\nNicola Osborne is Manager of the Institute for Design Informatics\, at The University of Edinburgh and Programme Manager for the Creative Informatics Cluster programme\, sited within the Institute. She authored the Equalities\, Diversity and Inclusion policy for the programme\, and co-authored the ethics guidance\, and regularly works with SMEs to ensure their innovative work is inclusive and ethically grounded. \n\n\n\nShe has also contributed social media expertise to UK and EU research projects and through consultancy with clients including\, the British HIV Association\, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde\, and Asthma UK. \n\n\n\nMelanie Hoyes \n\n\n\nHaving completed postgraduate studies and teaching film and TV at undergraduate level\, the BFI has given Mel the opportunity to use these skills in a contemporary industry context. She completed a BFI research project to historically map ethnic diversity in onscreen representation in UK film for the Black Star season at the BFI Southbank in 2016\, ground-breaking research and data methodology which was written up in a piece and Sight & Sound Magazine and an academic collection of essays called Black Film\, British Cinema II. In her role as Head of Inclusion at the BFI\, Melanie advocates for increased access and equity in the UK film sector as well as consulting and collaborating with global partners to embed diversity and inclusion into policy and practice. \n\n\n\nShe also sits on various Boards and committees and is the Europe Council Lead for the Geena Davis Institute and co-editor of the Black Film Bulletin section in Sight and Sound magazine. \n\n\n\nAbout our host\n\n\n\nCaroline Parkinson \n\n\n\nCaroline is Sector Engagement Manager for the Creative Industries and Director of Creative for the Edinburgh Futures Institute having previously developed the sector plan and white paper for the creative industries for the Data-Driven Innovation Programme within the University of Edinburgh. Prior to this from 2014 to 2018 she provided consultancy in the creative industries specialising in business development\, innovation and skills\, latterly completing a 2-year contract to stimulate innovation in creative industries with Interface. From 2010 to 2014 she was Director of Film\, TV\, Music\, Creative Industries\, Skills & Innovation for the newly formed Creative Scotland\, and prior to that from 2005 to 2010 she was Director\, Scotland & Northern Ireland for the new sector skills association\, Creative & Cultural Skills. \n\n\n\nHer early creative life included ballet and rhythmic gymnastics\, fashion\, singing in bands for over 30 years\, and photography\, becoming a professional photographer in 1999. \n\n\n\nShe serves on the Board of Architecture & Design Scotland\, and until recently served on the board of the Scottish Music Industry Association\, and for four years has served in a voluntary capacity as Strategic Director and Presenter of the MOVE Summit\, Scotland’s Animation and VFX Gathering.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/futuregaze-the-future-of-creative-inclusion/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Creative Industries,Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Seizing the Means of Computation with Cory Doctorow 
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be hosting Cory Doctorow in conversation with Morgan Meaker about his book The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation.   \n\n\n\nWhen the tech platforms promised a future of “connection\,” they were lying. They said their “walled gardens” would keep us safe\, but those were prison walls.  \n\n\n\nLocked into their systems by design\, we are held hostage by Twitter\, Facebook and other Big Tech platforms who threaten us with lost connection if we delete our accounts.   \n\n\n\nThe solution is simple: interoperability (a dirty word in Silicon Valley). Interoperability will tear down the walls between technologies\, allowing users leave platforms\, remix their media\, and reconfigure their devices without corporate permission. Interoperability is the only route to the rapid and enduring annihilation of the platforms. The Internet Con is the disassembly manual we need to take back our internet.  \n\n\n\n\n\nCory Doctorow\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCory Doctorow is a science fiction author\, activist and journalist. He is the author of many books\, nonfiction and fiction\, and in 2020 he was inducted into the Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame. He works for the Electronic Frontier Foundation\, is a MIT Media Lab Research Affiliate\, is a Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Open University\, a Visiting Professor of Practice at the University of North Carolina’s School of Library and Information Science and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGina Helfrich\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Gina Helfrich is Baillie Gifford Programme Manager for the Centre for Technomoral Futures at Edinburgh Futures Institute\, University of Edinburgh. Previously\, she served as Senior Program Officer for Global Technology at Internews\, where she managed global technology programs to promote and protect Internet Freedom and digital rights. Dr. Helfrich has spent the bulk of her career working to make technology better serve the needs of historically marginalised and at-risk people. She holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University with a specialisation in ethics and women’s and gender studies.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/seizing-the-means-of-computation-with-cory-doctorow/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas
DESCRIPTION:Take three top academics\, some dangerous ideas\, add one comedian and it’s the force of nature that is the Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas (CODI). Hosted by comedian Susan Morrison\, and now in its eleventh year\, CODI is ninety minutes of rapid-fire research from some of the finest minds in the country. \n\n\n\nYou can’t search Google for poetry \n\n\n\nIt’s true! Every word you search for on Google is auctioned to the highest bidder\, but it’s the commercial rather than poetic value of the word that determines the results you see. Artist and researcher Dr Pip Thornton (The University of Edinburgh) explores what words are worth to Google\, to you\, and why it matters. \n\n\n\nEveryone lies to us \n\n\n\nPoliticians\, advertisers\, social media: everyone is lying to us. Worse\, sometimes they’re not exactly lying\, but they’re misleading us and we’d really like to explain how. Linguistics\, for once in its miserable existence\, can help. Dr Chris Cummins (The University of Edinburgh) explains how we can use ideas about communication to measure how misleading a statement is\, and how trusting\, or suspicious\, we need to be in order to get a clear picture of what’s actually going on. \n\n\n\nStop Being Disciplined! \n\n\n\nHow can we respond to an increasingly complex and challenging world? Can we stop playing by the rules? We need playful\, messy\, and unpredictable spaces where new approaches can be developed. Dr David Overend (The University of Edinburgh) explores a series of wild and weird experiments with artists\, scientists and geographers; then asks some difficult questions about how we should work together\, share ideas and respond to the big challenges facing our world today. Can we all become a bit less disciplined? \n\n\n\nCODI is curated by the University of Edinburgh as part of Beltane Public Engagement Network and produced by Fair Pley.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/the-cabaret-of-dangerous-ideas/
LOCATION:The Stand Comedy Club\, 5 York Place\, Edinburgh\, EH1 3EB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Black History Month: Leaning into the Meta-Physics of Liberation 
DESCRIPTION:This Black History Month event will take on a long-discussed topic in the Black and Afrocentric movements across the world: the challenged idea and risks of leadership. The panel will explore different contexts in which Black people have made expressions of change and strategic collective work towards anti- and de-colonial liberations.  \n\n\n\nThis event was programmed in collaboration with RACE.ED. \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nTiffany Holloman\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Tiffany R. Holloman\, FRSA is the project manager for Brad-ATTIAN and YCEDE in the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford. She is co-founder and co-director of Same Skies Think Tank\, as well as a consulting lecturer at RADA in early modern history. Her sociological research examines race and education in the UK and US and her historical research investigates King James VI&I in Early Modern Britain. She is the author of several articles\, chapters\, as well as a co-editor of two books. Her activism stems from a desire to work with community members in the elevation of human development. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoenix Nacto\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPhoenix Nacto – Traore is currently the Research Impact Officer at the University of Huddersfield’s School of Arts and Humanities. Phoenix’s academic journey has seen her deeply engaged in advancing the understanding of underrepresented narratives. Her insights contribute to fields such as Black Queer Theory\, Black Feminist Decolonial Thought\, and Popular Culture. With a B.A in Women’s Studies from Spelman College (U.S) and an M.A in Gender and International Development from the University of East Anglia (U.K)\, Phoenix integrates academic insight into her dedication\, effectively wielding the power of storytelling and theory through poetry. This approach fosters innovation in her work that reaches far beyond traditional academia.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharon Anyiam\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSharon is a passionate Lecturer pursuing a PhD in Sociology\, her research delves into contemporary Black activism\, investigating millennial narratives of criminalization and resistance. Her academic passions intersect at the crossroads of race/ethnicity\, (anti)racism\, and social justice\, unravelling intricate intersections within these domains. \n\n\n\nBeyond academia\, Sharon’s journey extends into community organizing\, where she has a rich background as a community facilitator. Engaging in grassroots anti-racist campaigns on local\, regional\, and global levels\, she collaborates with activists and researchers globally\, including the United States\, Brazil\, and Kenya. Currently certifying as a Doula\, she advocates for maternal health in marginalised groups\, embodying her commitment to community well-being. Sharon’s commitment extends beyond her professional pursuits. As a mother to young children\, she is dedicated to fostering meaningful dialogues and spaces for early engagement with social justice thought and practices. This drive led to her co-founding Cultivate—an anti-racist agency providing targeted impactful training\, workshops\, and consultations for individuals and organisation closely interacting with young children. Sharon’s fusion of academic prowess and community-driven activism exemplifies the potential for transformative change through research and community building \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDimah Mahmoud\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Dimah Mahmoud is a humanist by practice\, actionist by choice\, and passionate change-maker by learning. Dimah uses her words – written & spoken – as sacred medicine drawing on the HER in HERitage to activate the EYE in Collect-i-ve. With 15+ years of facilitating order by manipulating chaos\, she excels at co-creating grassroot sustainable solutions by leveraging knowledge\, skills and expertise to build alliances for inclusive collective growth with a deliberate focus on the holistic liberation of people of African and Indigenous Ancestry. Dimah holds a PhD in Sudanese Foreign Policy and international legitimacy from the University of Exeter.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatucha Bento (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Katucha Bento is a Lecturer in Race and Decolonial Studies\, Co-Director of Race.ED Network at the University of Edinburgh\, and the co-founder of the Free Afro-Brazilian University (UNAFRO). She is associate editor of the journal “Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power”. Her main inspirations are in quilombo and samba communities’ epistemologies and praxis\, reaching out to Black feminists and Queer subversive language to promote ethics of caring and power to the people.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/black-history-month-leaning-into-the-meta-physics-of-liberation/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh Reforms: regulatory frameworks for driving growth and competitiveness
DESCRIPTION:In this joint event held with the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations and the Edinburgh Futures Institute\, Sheldon Mills\, Executive Director\, Consumers and Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority will speak on the regulatory issues emanating from the implementation of the UK government’s vision for an internationally competitive and innovative financial services sector in the UK. \n\n\n\nOn a visit to Edinburgh in December 2022\, the Chancellor of the Exchequer\, Jeremy Hunt\, unveiled the ‘Edinburgh Reforms’\, a package of policy measures conceived to advance the UK government’s vision for a sustainable\, open\, technologically advanced\, and globally competitive financial services sector. In addition to an ambitious set of proposals to reform the UK system of financial services and markets regulatory architecture\, they also include plans for a repeal and replacement of legacy EU financial services legislation\, thus potentially leading to further divergence from EU law. Therefore\, when fully implemented\, the reforms will encapsulate the most significant change to financial services and markets regulation in the UK since the introduction of the Financial Services and Markets Act in 2000. \n\n\n\nThe Financial Conduct Authority plays a central role in the delivery of the Edinburgh Reforms\, a point underscored by the issuance of new remit letters to it and the Prudential Regulation Authority by Mr Hunt one day ahead of the unveiling of the reforms; the letter to the FCA sets out “clear\, (and) targeted recommendations”on how the Financial Conduct Authority may support the government’s objectives on economic growth and international competitiveness of the UK. \n\n\n\nIn this public lecture\, Sheldon Mills\, Executive Director\, Consumers and Competition at the Financial Conduct Authority will address these issues in the context of the Financial Conduct Authority’s primary objectives of protecting consumers from bad conduct\, protecting the integrity of the UK financial system\, and promoting effective competition in the interests of consumers. \n\n\n\nThe event will be chaired by Professor Gbenga Ibikunle\, Chair of Finance and Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/edinburgh-reforms-regulatory-frameworks-for-driving-growth-and-competitiveness/
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Business School\, The University of Edinburgh\, 29 Buccleuch Place\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9JS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Financial Services & FinTech,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Defiant Lives: The History of the Disability Rights Movement 
DESCRIPTION:Watch the full film at – https://app.disabilitybusters.com/catalogue  \n\n\n\nDefiant Lives tells the story of the rise and fight of the disability rights movement in the United States\, Britain and Australia\, introduces the world to the most impressive activists you’ve never heard of.  \n\n\n\nIn this prerecorded conversation\, filmmakers Sarah Barton and Liz Burke join educator and advocate Sinéad Burke to talk the movement over the last five decades\, the making of the film\, and the extraordinary people who put their lives on the line to create a better and very different world where everyone is valued and can participate\, regardless of impairment.   \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a prerecorded event. Captions are available. \n\n\n\nSpeaker biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Barton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSarah Barton is a 2010 Churchill Fellow with more than 25 years’ filmmaking experience mainly with the disability community. Her first film Untold Desires (1994) about sexuality and disability won the first Logie Award for SBS television and an AFI Award.  In 2003 Sarah created and produced 70 episodes of the award winning disability community television series No Limits. In 2017 Sarah’s feature documentary Defiant Lives about the disability rights movement premiered at Sydney Film Festival and also screened at the United Nations in New York.  Sarah runs a video on demand service dedicated to streaming great films about disability.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Burke\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Burke is an award – winning documentary filmmaker and producer.  She has had feature and television hour documentary films commissioned by ABC and SBS Television in Australia. This includes Defiant Lives (2017)\, about the history of the disability rights movement in the USA\, UK and Australia. She is a lecturer in  film producing at Swinburne University of Technology\, in the BA (Film\, Games & Animation). She is currently producing the feature documentary\, Stella: I Am Not Your Inspiration\, about the late great disability activist Stella Young. She is the co-editor of Constructions of the Real: Intersections of Documentary-based Film Practice and Theory (2023).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad Burke (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSinéad Burke is a Disabled educator\, advocate and author who champions accessibility\, equity and social justice to build a better world for everyone. In 2020\, she founded the accessibility consultancy Tilting the Lens on the three pillars of education\, advocacy and design. Advising major global brands including Gucci\, Ralph Lauren\, Netflix\, Pinterest and Starbucks\, Tilting the Lens guides clients in their move from awareness to action by creating more accessible practices\, policies\, products and services\, places and promotions.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/defiant-lives-the-history-of-the-disability-rights-movement/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231103T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231103T140000
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SUMMARY:Utopia Lab: Futures Dreaming 
DESCRIPTION:Our Utopia Labs are ‘no-spaces’\, places where everyone is welcome to join us in dreaming futures that inspire our experience of the present.  \n\n\n\nThe term utopia was coined from Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia\, describing a fictional island society in the Atlantic Ocean.  \n\n\n\nThe word comes from Greek: οὐ (“not”) and τόποσ (“place”) and means “no-place”\, and strictly describes any non-existent society ‘described in considerable detail’.1  \n\n\n\nIn this session invited speakers will present visions of their Utopia\, which we will (individually or in groups) respond to by creating our own artistic\, thoughtful and creative mini-Utopias. We will consider what Utopia means and how it could be a useful crucible in which to explore positive change.   \n\n\n\n11am-12pm: Introductions and Presentations  \n\n\n\n12pm-1pm: Lunch and Dreaming/Making  \n\n\n\n1pm-2pm: Integration\, Contemplation\, Sharing\, Discussion   \n\n\n\nLunch and materials for creating will be provided. The lab will also include meditation\, poetry reading/listening and simple movement and breathing exercises. All body types and levels of experience welcome.   \n\n\n\nUtopia is a ‘no-space’ for contemplation\, innovation and collaboration. Our labs curate interactions between academics\, artists\, entrepreneurs\, students and audiences in person and online globally. We are interested in that which is provocative and irreverent as well as that which is nurturing and joyful. Utopia questions are catalysts for inquiry\, learning and creativity. With an emphasis on innovative and experimental ways of communicating\, we will explore meditation\, dialogue and co-creation with the help of a facilitator. Participants consist of University staff and students\, and non-University practitioners.   \n\n\n\nWebsite: https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/utopialab/utopia-lab-2023/  \n\n\n\nImportant Notice: This event may be photographed and/or recorded for promotional or recruitment materials for the University and University approved third parties. For further information please contact the organisers.    \n\n\n\n1Sargent\, Lyman Tower (2005). Rüsen\, Jörn; Fehr\, Michael; Reiger\, Thomas W. (eds.). The Necessity of Utopian Thinking: A cross-national perspective. Thinking Utopia: Steps into Other Worlds (Report). New York: Berghahn Books. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-57181-440-1.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nEuan McCall\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEuan McCall is a Scottish Master Perfumer with over 15 years experience in perfumery. Having worked for a decade as a consultant and perfumer for some of the UK’s most successful fragrance brands\, McCall founded Jorum Laboratories in 2010. Euan’s approach combines advanced perfumery techniques with instinct. Each Jorum creation presents wearers with new olfactory profiles that are original and of the highest quality. Combining a love for natural aromatic essences\, advanced and high-performance manufactured materials and the interplay between the two media every Jorum creation is a rich aromatic story waiting to be discovered. Jorum Studio was founded by McCall and partner Chloe Mullen in 2019. Jorum Studio creates innovative perfumes that are exciting in their newness as well as being highly wearable. Jorum Studio has gained a large and loyal fanbase across the world. www.jorumstudio.com \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPupak Haghighi\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPupak Haghighi is learning to become indigenous to the West Coast of Scotland by building a relationship with the sea and landscape in Moidart and the indigenous community living in Glenuig. She was born in Iran and grew up near the Caspian Sea. She emigrated to Japan with her family in 1984 to get away from the Iran-Iraq war. In 1989-1990 she joined a programme to study peace-making around the world ~ but experienced a deeper war than the one back home. She wrote Theatre O\, Healing from War\, Co-Creating Paradise Earth\, thirty years after her peace studies around the world experience. Theatre O offers a stage to explore the facets of our relationships to the archetypes and to our original stories. By accessing our original stories\, we are able to regain our wholeness. Pupak offers workshops on rewilding ourselves and the world with her husband\, Alan Watson Featherstone in Glen Affric. She has set up a Scottish Charity\, Trees for Hope to facilitate the process of ecological recovery in her native countries. She is a storyteller\, a Scaravelli yoga practitioner\, a massage and somatic healer\, and co-creator of the 1001 mosaic angels for the Fertile Crescent art work. pupakhaghighi.net \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEkaterina Shurkova\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEkaterina Shurkova is a cognitive neuroscientist\, interested in how we connect with the world: how we learn\, play\, communicate\, solve problems\, and change our mind. Her research interests lie in creative problem solving and seeing the world in terms of relations\, including the role of symbols\, metaphors\, and an awareness of space around us in our growth and problem solving. She also has an interest in research on the mind and the brain\, as well as in studies on animism\, ritual\, and ceremony. Ekaterina is currently a Teaching Fellow at the Department of Psychology and runs a private coaching practice\, Symbolic Space.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/utopia-lab-futures-dreaming-2/
LOCATION:Project Room (1.06)\, 50 George Square\, 50 George Square\, Newington\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9JU\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Making Space: Creating a Culture of Listening in Healthcare
DESCRIPTION:Far too often these days we feel the pressure in our work lives to be busy with tasks\, to get stuff done. We don’t seem to have enough time to make meaningful connections with each other\, and we’re not hearing enough of each other’s ideas\, concerns\, and diverse perspectives. We rush ahead to offer solutions before we’ve had a real chance to pause\, take stock\, listen more to each other. What if we could find a bit more space for listening? \n\n\n\nIn this session we are going to explore what it takes to listen more\, and what happens when we do. We’ll explain what is involved in ‘spaces for listening’\, and share something about the value and the potential of listening – gathered through experiences in around 350 of such spaces convened weekly since May 2020 and involving more than 1600 people from across the UK and beyond. \n\n\n\nWe’ve found that it’s very possible for a small group to meet\, quickly establish enough safety and trust in a relatively short space of time\, and have a meaningful exchange of views and real experiences. And there seems to be a real yearning out there to participate in\, and create\, such spaces. \n\n\n\nBuilding from these many individual and collective experiences of listening\, we’d like to consider what this could mean for how we create and sustain a culture of listening. Our belief is that listening is far more than a set of skills or specific interventions; it’s a way of being with each other. How might this quality of listening and relational connection enable a more open dialogue across our organisations and wider communities? The kind of meaningful and real conversations we all need to be having with each other about the weighty issues facing us all in healthcare and beyond. \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event.  \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event.  \n\n\n\n\n\nKristy Docherty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKristy is the Director of Public Services and Sector Engagement Lead at the Edinburgh Futures Institute.  She is responsible for leading on strategy and engagement with public\, private and third sector organisations involved in the delivery of public services. Kristy has a PhD in Collaboration and wicked issues\, her research is focused on how best to work\, lead and collaborate across organisational and disciplinary boundaries.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz Grant\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLiz is Assistant Principal Global Health and Professor of Global Health and Development. She directs the University’s Global Health Academy and is on the Advisory board of the Academy of Sport. Liz co-directs the Global Compassion Initiative which explores the science and practice of compassion. Her research spans global and planetary health and healthcare in contexts of poverty and conflict – and compassion as the value base of the Sustainable Development Goals. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Deputy International Director of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh (RCPE)\, and sits on the Scottish Government NHS Global Citizenship Board. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrigid Russell\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBrigid is a coach and facilitator who works alongside people in the public and third sectors across Scotland. She believes in a relational approach to coaching and development. Over the past 3 years she has collaborated with Charlie Jones in convening weekly #SpacesForListening over zoom\, listening to and connecting with many hundreds of people across the UK and beyond. She is undertaking a professional doctorate with HULT Ashridge using an action research approach. Her area of interest in research and practice is around how we bring ourselves into working in a truly relational and collaborative way in community.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlie Jones\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharlie did his undergrad studies at University of Edinburgh and was awarded the Drever Prize for Psychology in 2000. He went on to do a D.Phil. at University of Oxford\, and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at University of Plymouth. He has worked in the NHS since 2004. Charlie currently leads a clinical psychology team in Southmead Hospital in Bristol. He has a passion for systemic and relational approaches to working in healthcare\, and how we can create sustainable conditions for safe\, honest conversations with both colleagues and patients. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Diamond (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Diamond is an Emeritus Professor of Public Policy and Professional Practice at Edge Hill University in the UK. He works as a critical friend to leaders and practitioners in the not for profit and university sectors. Central to his approach is the active use of conversations and dialogue as a way of developing and strengthening the power of relational practice and learning . He is a co-editor of the internationally focussed Handbook of Teaching Public Administration (2022) and is co-editor of two book series – University-Community Policy Connections and Critical Perspectives in International Public Sector Management .
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/making-space-listening-and-relational-leadership-in-public-services/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Digital Justice & Policing 2023
DESCRIPTION:Digital and data are transforming the way we deliver justice services in Scotland\, from an enhanced user experience for victims and witnesses\, to better coordination of evidence between policing and the courts. \n\n\n\nDigital Justice & Policing 2023 will bring together stakeholders from across the justice landscape\, to work out the next steps for a system that is remaking itself in the digital age. \n\n\n\nDigital Justice & Policing is the largest gathering for digital justice practitioners in Scotland\, where stakeholders gather to hear how investment in technology is helping the police and courts to modernise frontline service delivery\, from data-driven innovation and smart devices to cloud-based platforms.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/digital-justice-policing-2023/
LOCATION:University of Strathclyde\, Technology & Innovation Centre\, 99 George Street\, Glasgow\, G1 1RD
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231109T190000
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SUMMARY:Dr Runa Mackay Legacy Lecture | Compassion And Justice: Conversations For Wellbeing Economy
DESCRIPTION:During her long life Edinburgh medical graduate Dr Runa Mackay campaigned for peace and justice. She worked in Nazareth in northern Israel\, in South Lebanon and in the West Bank. She protested with CND and Women in Black\, was active in the Iona Community and raised funds for Medical Aid for Palestinians. \n\n\n\nIn this lecture Dr Katherine Trebeck\, a writer-at-large at the Edinburgh Futures Institute of the University of Edinburgh\, co-founder of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance\, and member of the Club of Rome\, will honour Runa’s life and legacy. Katherine will explore the concept of a wellbeing economy. She will reflect on how it is not enough to be right in our diagnosis of a problem\, or satisfied by the necessity of our vision for change. Instead the times we face today demand that those working for change\, move beyond the ‘us and them’ approaches to engage in compassionate conversations that build bridges\, understanding\, and shared visions of a better tomorrow. This was how Runa lived her life.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/dr-runa-mackay-legacy-lecture-compassion-and-justice-conversations-for-wellbeing-economy/
LOCATION:Martin Hall\, New College\, The University of Edinburgh\, Mound Place\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2LX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231110T200000
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SUMMARY:New Real Salon: “We Speak For...”
DESCRIPTION:Artists help us to navigate profound change surrounding new and emerging technology\, including the most current developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Long before the current generative AI boom\, a community of artists were changing the way we think of AI\, combining powerful activism with inventive exploration. They devise alternative futures\, and champion ethical and community-led approaches to generative AI. This is a vital source of collective sense making and distributed\, bottom-up leadership. \n\n\n\nThe New Real champions the voice of artists in informing AI policy and development. In this event\, The New Real’s Creative Agent\, Caroline Sinders\, convenes a group of practitioners who work on and with AI\, to explore how to navigate these turbulent times. Together they will explore future landscapes for creative AI and what co-creation between AI and artists will look like in the future. \n\n\n\nCritical AI artists provide an essential reference point and source of inspiration\, and yet these voices do not always reach policy makers\, commercial developers\, or scientists in the lab. At this critical moment in generative and creative AI\, it is important to reflect on who and how is included and excluded from its development and how art can help establish new modes of inclusive and collective leadership in this field.  \n\n\n\nThis event will also introduce The New Real’s vision for the coming decade of transformative AI Art\, and launch The New Real Editions\, an exciting new online magazine format for critical and creative exploration of AI\, that includes a reference guide for cultural organisations on working with AI. The New Real Editions’ editor\, journalist\, researcher and author\, Gemma Milne\, will introduce key insights from the first edition and frame the plans for the future ones.  \n\n\n\nAlongside the Salon\, we will host an afternoon workshop to support artists\, curators\, technicians\, festivals\, venues\, funders and audiences in the uptake of actionable insights and strategies for navigating generative AI. The workshop will disseminate best practice\, strategies\, recommendations and signposts to practitioners new to AI\, and promoting legible\, accessible\, open tools and models for artists\, through The New Real’s concept of Experiential AI. If you are interested to participate in the workshop\, please email newreal@ed.ac.uk as soon as possible; we will finalise the participants list by 20th October 2023. \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/we-speak-for-the-new-reals-autumn-2023-salon/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231113T140000
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SUMMARY:Speculative Futures Central Scotland #1— Finn Strivens and Eva Oosterlaken
DESCRIPTION:Speculative Futures Central Scotland is delighted to invite you to a lunchtime conversation on participatory futures with Finn Strivens and Eva Oosterlaken from Futurall\, a research and design studio building hope\, agency and action towards more equitable futures. They will share their work\, approach and next steps in participatory futures practice. Trying to focus on what they would have changed about previous projects\, the event will start an interactive discussion about how collaborative Futures practices can creatively engage people to drive change. \n\n\n\nSpeculative Futures Central Scotland is programmed by Andthen and the Data + Design Lab based at the Edinburgh Futures Institute. We are interested in hosting discussions about applied futures — we want to learn about how people are addressing long-term issues in their organisations\, from understanding the role of long-term thinking in policy design to understanding the challenges of using futures in large corporates. Speculative Futures Central Scotland is a component chapter of the global Speculative Futures community. \n\n\n\nFinn is a designer and futurist\, specialising in playful participation. He is founder and creative lead at Futurall\, and is creative lead on SOIF’s National Strategy for the Next Generations programme; a systems change programme looking to help the UK government to make policy in a long term and participative way. He is an NGFP fellow and the inaugural winner of the NGFP Walkabout Prize. \n\n\n\nEva is a co-founder of creative studio Futurall\, and previously worked as a design researcher for digital supermarket Picnic in Amsterdam where she worked to structurally improve the customer and employee experience across the company. In 2020\, she graduated with a master’s in Global Innovation Design from the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London and in 2017 with a bachelor’s in Industrial Design from Delft University of technology.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/speculative-futures-central-scotland-1-finn-strivens-and-eva-oosterlaken/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Talk/Discussion
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SUMMARY:Building a Global Movement for Self-Managed Abortion
DESCRIPTION:When governments and regulators fail us\, who can we turn to for leadership? Feminist activists across Latin America\, Africa\, and Europe are making self-managed abortion available to all\, and leading the transnational movement they have built along the way.  \n\n\n\nDrawing on years of research with activists around the world\, sociologist Naomi Braine describes the strategies\, politics\, and tactics of direct action feminists bringing abortion pills\, information\, and support to people seeking to end unwanted pregnancies. From combatting the legal strictures of Bolsonaro’s Brazil\, to navigating the NGO-dominated landscape of Kenya and Nigeria\, feminist activists are making safe\, accessible abortion care available against the odds.  \n\n\n\nJoin sociologist Naomi Braine\, activist leader Kinga Jelinska and author and behavioural scientist Dr Pragya Agarwal as they discuss the women building a robust transnational feminist network\, the tactics developed in the global south which are now being shared with feminists in Europe and North America\, and building a new model for international feminist solidarity. \n\n\n\nPlease note this is an online event. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nNaomi Braine\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNaomi Braine is a Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College\, CUNY. Prior to joining the faculty at Brooklyn\, she worked in the non-profit research sector on issues of drug use and HIV\, and consulted for community-based organizations. Her political and intellectual work addresses gender\, sexuality\, reproductive justice\, wars on drugs and terror\, and health and collective action. Her current work\, as an activist and a research investigator\, is centred on self-managed abortion.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKinga Jelinska\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKinga Jelinska  (she/her) is the co-founder and the executive director of Women Help Women (WHW). WHW is a feminist non-profit that runs a global online service providing counseling and access to abortion pills via post\, works with more than 100 partner groups worldwide on community interventions and changes the norms and discourse around self-managed abortion. Kinga comes from Poland\, where access to abortion is restricted and stigmatized. She is also a co-founder of the Abortion Dream Team in Poland\, and European feminist initiative Abortion Without Borders. Her work focuses on building\, supporting and resourcing autonomous feminist networks for access to abortion medicines.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPragya Agarwal\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist. She has held senior academic positions in the UK and USA for over fifteen years and is currently visiting professor of social inequities at Loughborough and a Visiting Fellow at University of Oxford. As well as numerous research papers\, she is the author of three widely acclaimed non-fiction books\, Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias\, Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children about Race and (M)otherhood: On the choices of being a woman\, and a book Standing Up To Racism for young children. Her writing has also appeared in the Guardian\, Prospect\, BBC Science Focus\, Scientific American and New Scientist amongst others.  A passionate campaigner for racial and gender equity\, Pragya has given keynote talks around the world. Pragya has been awarded the Transmission Prize for making complex scientific ideas accessible and the Nesta Crucible award for scientific innovation. In 2023\, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholar Award\, The Churchill Fellowship and British Library Fellowship. 
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/building-a-global-movement-for-self-managed-abortion/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Emotions at Work with Gabriella Braun
DESCRIPTION:Who do you bring with you to work? Try as we might\, we cannot leave part of ourselves under the pillow with our pyjamas when we go to work. We bring all that we are.  \n\n\n\nGabriella Braun has been taking psychoanalysis out of the therapy room and into the staff room for over twenty years. In her book All That We Are she shows us why a board loses the plot\, nearly causes their company to collapse\, and how they come through. We see the connection between a headteacher’s professional and personal loss. We understand seemingly unfathomable behaviour – why a man lets his organisation push him around\, a lawyer becomes paranoid\, a team repeatedly creates scapegoats\, and founders of a literary agency feud.  \n\n\n\nJoin Gabriella as she talks about the human dynamics of the workplace\, how to better understand our own inner theatre\, and how this knowledge can create better managers and leaders.  \n\n\n\nPlease note this is an online event. \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nGabriella Braun\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGabriella Braun is the Director of Working Well\, a consultancy firm specialising in helping leaders and teams use in-depth understanding of their dynamics and behaviour to bring about meaningful and sustainable change in their working lives. She has worked with hundreds of clients including the British Library\, RADA\, Tate\, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust\, University of Cambridge and Queen Mary\, University of London. She has had psychoanalysis and holds a master’s degree in Consulting to Organisations using a psychoanalytic and systemic approach from the Tavistock Clinic. She was a Principal Consultant in the Tavistock Consultancy Service.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Murphy (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSusan Murphy was formerly Director of the School of Strategic Leadership Studies at James Madison University and Professor of Leadership Studies. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on leadership\, leadership development\, and mentoring. Her most recent edited volume with Rebecca Reichard is Early Development and Leadership: Building the Next Generation of Leaders and an authored book\, Power Mentoring: How Successful Mentors and Protégés Make the Most of Their Relationships\, with Ellen Ensher. She also serves on the editorial board of The Leadership Quarterly.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/emotions-at-work-with-gabriella-braun/
LOCATION:Online\, Edinburgh
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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SUMMARY:Technomoral Conversations: The Geopolitics of AI
DESCRIPTION:The geopolitics of AI is one aspect of the dynamic interplay between nations as they vie for technological supremacy\, economic dominance\, and strategic advantage. Countries are investing heavily in AI research and development to harness its potential across various sectors\, including defence\, economy\, healthcare\, and more. This competition is driven by the recognition that AI can revolutionise industries\, enhance military capabilities\, and reshape global power dynamics. The landscape is marked by a race to attract AI talent\, secure intellectual property rights\, and establish AI-friendly regulatory frameworks. But the whole edifice is built on critical minerals\, including cobalt\, lithium\, silicon\, and rare earth elements.  \n\n\n\nWhile the United States and China have emerged as key contenders\, other nations\, including the European Union\, Canada\, and Israel\, are also striving to establish themselves as AI leaders. Ethical considerations\, data privacy\, and the potential for job displacement add complexity to the geopolitical AI landscape\, leading to discussions around international cooperation\, norms\, and regulations. As AI’s influence grows\, navigating its geopolitics becomes increasingly crucial for shaping the future of nations and their global relationships.  \n\n\n\nThis panel brings together six experts in the field of AI and geopolitics to address some of these issues for a lay audience.  \n\n\n\nPlease note this is a hybrid event.  \n\n\n\nImportant notice: This event will be photographed/recorded\, and images may be used for future marketing\, promotional or archive purposes. If you would prefer not to be photographed\, please let us know at the event.  \n\n\n\nSpeaker Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Zerilli (chair)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJohn Zerilli is a philosopher with interests in cognitive science\, artificial intelligence\, and the law. He is the Chancellor’s Fellow (Assistant Professor) in AI\, Data\, and the Rule of Law at the University of Edinburgh\, a Research Associate in the Oxford Institute for Ethics in AI at the University of Oxford\, and an Associate Fellow in the Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge. Before taking up his current post\, he was a Leverhulme Fellow at the University of Oxford. He was also called to the Sydney bar in 2011. His published work appears in such journals as Philosophy of Science\, Behavioral and Brain Sciences\, and Synthese. His two most recent books are The Adaptable Mind (Oxford University Press\, 2020) and A Citizen’s Guide to Artificial Intelligence (MIT Press\, 2021).  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKate Kaye\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKate Kaye has investigated data use in relation to emerging technologies and their impacts on people\, society and government for more than 20 years as an award-winning journalist\, author and researcher. As Deputy Director of World Privacy Forum\, a nonpartisan\, nonprofit public interest research organization\, Kate researches AI and data governance issues with a special focus on AI ethics. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKerry McInerney\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr Kerry McInerney is a Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI)\, Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies\, UCL\, an AI Now Research Fellow\, and an AHRC/BBC New Generation Thinker. She is the co-chair of the LCFI’s Global Politics of AI project. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHaydn Belfield\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHaydn Belfield is a Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence\, and has been Academic Project Manager at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) for the past six years. In that time the Centre tripled in size\, and he advised the UK\, US\, and Singaporean governments; the EU\, UN and OECD; and leading technology companies.
URL:https://efi.ed.ac.uk/event/technomoral-conversations/
LOCATION:Inspace\, 1 Crichton Street\, Edinburgh\, Edinburgh\, EH8 9LE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Power Trip: Autumn 2023
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