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Helga Nowotny

Helga Nowotny

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Helga Nowotny is a former president of the European Research Council and Professor Emerita of Science and Technology Studies at ETH Zurich.

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  1. Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues
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    Climate Change Action Cannot Ignore Social Issues

    Jan 2, 2019 Marc Fleurbaey, et al. argue that an environmentally-centered, technocratic push to halt global warming is destined to fail.

  2. Harnessing the Hope of Social Science
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    Harnessing the Hope of Social Science

    Jan 31, 2017 Helga Nowotny points out that researchers have been studying the root causes of recent political shocks for years.

  3. A Scientific Outlook for a Post-Factual World
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    A Scientific Outlook for a Post-Factual World

    Nov 29, 2016 Helga Nowotny says that the best way to manage uncertainty is to embrace it in the spirit of free inquiry.

  4. Fulfilling the Genomic Promise
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    Fulfilling the Genomic Promise

    Jul 9, 2013 Helga Nowotny

  5. Can Science Save Europe?
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    Can Science Save Europe?

    Jun 4, 2012 Helga Nowotny

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    A Big Step Forward for Liver Health

    Danjuma Adda explains how new hepatitis guidelines from the World Health Organization could reduce cancer deaths in Africa.
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    The Fragile Fraternity of China and Russia

    Nina L. Khrushcheva

    Vladimir Putin’s recent state visit to Beijing – his first trip abroad since being inaugurated for a fifth term – was practically a mirror image of Mao Zedong’s visit to Moscow 75 years ago, when Stalin looked down on his guest. There is little reason to think that the bilateral relationship will prove more resilient this time.

     doubts that two countries with such diverging interests will be able to build a lasting partnership.
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    The Global Economy Is More Vulnerable Than It Seems

    Bertrand Badré & Yves Tiberghien identify five factors driving a potentially catastrophic trend toward fragmentation.
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    The Myth of Central-Bank Independence

    Robert Skidelsky thinks the time has come to transfer power from technocrats back to elected officials.
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    The Gig Economy vs. America’s Workers

    Sandeep Vaheesan warns that proposed ballot initiatives in Massachusetts would legalize exploitative employment practices.
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    King Trump on Trial

    Richard K. Sherwin

    High-ranking Republican politicians have lately been turning up at Donald Trump’s New York City trial to demonstrate solidarity with the former president. But their attendance also serves a more alarming purpose: to validate Trump as a competing source of sovereign power, independent of the US Constitution and the rule of law.

     explains why a parade of Republican leaders have made appearances at the former president’s trial in New York.
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    Crunch Time for the Power Sector

    Michael Spence argues that developing flexible, stable, and resilient smart grids requires an expanded industrial policy.
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    The Rise of Mesoeconomics

    William H. Janeway details how a long-neglected field of economic study can be applied to today's most pressing policy challenges.
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    What the AI Pessimists Are Missing

    Michael R. Strain points out that the technology will help to address many of the risks it creates.

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