The Cambridge Center

The Cambridge Centre for the Humanities and Social Change, hosted by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, is developing two four-year projects to investigate the interface between technology, expertise and social change: Giving Voice to Digital Democracies & Expertise under pressure.

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Mindful of AI: Language, Technology and Mental Health

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Virtual Event – 01 & 02 October 2020   Workshop overview Convenors Bill Byrne (University of Cambridge), Shauna Concannon (University of Cambridge), Ann Copestake (University of Cambridge), Ian Roberts (University of Cambridge), Marcus Tomalin (University of Cambridge), Stefanie Ullmann (University of Cambridge) Language-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having an ever greater impact on how we…

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Meet the visiting researcher: Matthias Meller

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We are delighted to welcome Matthias Meller, Visiting student/researcher on the Expertise Under Pressure project (EuP), and asked about his hopes for his stay at the project. ​ Matthias is a Master’s candidate for the ‘Responsibility in Science, Engineering and Technology’ programme at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany. He was Policy Intern at the Centre for…

Expert Bites with Arsenii Khitrov

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21 November 2020 A sociologist and philosopher of wide-ranging interests, Arsenii Khitrov is currently writing up his doctoral dissertation at the University of Cambridge on how Hollywood politically-themed television series are made and what role political and social experts play in their production. He has recently published a brilliant article in which he reconstructs the…

Trusting the experts takes more than belief

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As part of our series on expertise and COVID-19, we host a blog post by Matt Better, currently lecturer in philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

Independent SAGE and their continued quest for transparency

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Decisions happening behind closed doors due to a lack of transparency of the scientific evidence has been a notable concern about the UK’s response to Covid-19. [1] The last of the BBC daily briefings was held on 24 June 2020. During these a Minister regularly stood in the middle of two senior members of the Scientific Advisory Group for…

Economists in the City #7

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Regions and Cities: Policy Narratives and Policy Challenges in the UK by Philipp McCann

Economists in the City #6

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Technology as a Driver of Agglomeration by Diane Coyle

Economists in the City #5

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Urban Agglomeration, City Size and Productivity: Are Bigger, More Dense Cities Necessarily More Productive? by Ron Martin

Citizen Science in a Pandemic: A Fleeting Moment or New Normal?

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Text by Katie Cohen. The current pandemic has in many ways brought the world to a sudden halt. Across the globe many are unable to work, children can’t go to school and the ways in which we used to socialise are no longer safe. Instead, we are trying to engage with the outside world while…

Economists in the City #4

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The Institutionalization of Regional Science In the Shadow of Economics by Anthony Rebours

Mask or No Mask? A look at UK’s policy over time.

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Text by EuP’s co-investigator Dr Emily So assisted by research associate Dr Hannah Baker. I was born and raised in Hong Kong. During the Covid-19 pandemic, my friends and family have told me that if you don’t wear a face mask/covering, you are the odd one out. Vending machines selling disposable face masks are common and…