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Political Philosophy and Immigration
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How Europe’s Media Covered the Migration Crisis
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Determinants of Public Legitimacy: Survey Evidence from Afghanistan
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The EU should offer migrants real hope, dignity and jobs
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Global cities: prosperity to parity
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The Paris Agreement will survive President Trump
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Climate Changers: 30+ Top Thinkers and Doers
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Five risks to cost saving from sharing services
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What would make Brexit negotiations better? Here are 8 simple suggestions
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What would make Brexit negotiations better? Here are 8 simple suggestions ... unfortunately, one of them is this: stop using the word "Brexit".
What would it take to negotiate a new trade deal with the EU? Below is an 8-point plan.
Group incentives can be applied to social problems
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Policies to tackle social problems often fail because they are targeted at individuals, without consideration for how much individual choices are influenced by the choices of others within the same situational or cultural context.
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How Can an Academic Fight Crime?
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Professor Federico Varese talks about his research on the mafia.
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Is there a genetic component to reproductive outcomes?
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The Sociogenome Project is a comprehensive study which brings together sociologists and molecular scientists to examine whether there is a genetic component to reproductive outcomes, including age at first birth, number of children and infertility and their interaction with the social environment.
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Feeding the Mind – With Oily Fish
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Could a substance found in certain fish help childhood reading scores – and if so how?
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