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Festival of Ethical Science – Register today!

Published on 20th October 2020 in Forthcoming events, Student Young Pugwash Events

Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK is hosting its first festival.

A series of events throughout November on ethical and political challenges in 21st Century science & technology.

The line-up includes:

Wed 4th – Ethics & Digital Technologies – w/ Julia Slupska (Digital Ethics Lab, here) and Dr Kanta Dihal (here) – 17:00 UK
Sat 7th – Transition Now – Technology & the Climate Emergency (Partner event – Hosted by SGR) – 14:00 UK
Mon 9th – Ethics in Open Source Research – w/ Adina Pintilie (Ridgeway Information, here) – 17:00 UK
Tues 17th – Codes for Coders: Killer robots, ethics and the law – w/ Taniel Yusef (WILPF UK, here) – 18:00 UK
Date tbc – Decolonising Science – Discussion led by Oxford SYP

For event login details, materials and updates:

Register for the Festival today!

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Webinar: China’s nuclear weapons – Policies, arms control and engagement

Published on 8th October 2020 in Events, Forthcoming events, Student Young Pugwash Events, Student Young Pugwash Upcoming Events

On 16th October 2020, a Student/Young Pugwash UK webinar hosted Dr Tong Zhao, a senior fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, based at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing.

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Video: Future of the NPT – Russian and European views

Published on 24th September 2020 in Nuclear Weapons, Disarmament, NPT, Current projects – feed, Events, Weapons of Mass Destruction, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Recently published

On 24th September 2020, British Pugwash Chairman Peter Jenkins CMG spoke in an online roundtable titled ‘Future of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: A View from Russia and Europe’.

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