Events
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Urban Agetech: The Automated City as an Ageing-Friendly City?”
Synopsis Having ageing/age-friendly cities continues to be important, with people living longer and populations ageing. While an ageing/age-friendly city
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “The interplay between nature experiences, human health and environmental conservation. “
Synopsis Spending time in nature could alleviate many of the stresses of modern life. A regular “dose” of nature reduces the risk of depression,
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Relational Empowerment: Insights from Network Studies in Japan and the US”
Synopsis Empowerment cannot be achieved in isolation: it requires the collaboration of individuals, organizations, and communities, pooling together
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Experimental Economics in Applied Research?”
This talk will provide an explanation of Experimental Economics as a discipline, focusing specifically on its methodology and the process of designing experiments with human subjects in both laboratory and field settings.
Talk: “A Global Approach to Soundscapes: Reconsidering Environmental Human Rights”
Synopsis
Noise is a serious global problem that requires international cooperation. Consequently the United Nations and many governments around the world are establishing new regulatory schemes to limit unwanted sound. Despite this trend, few scholars have examined the phenomenon from a global perspective to observe problems with enforcement of these laws. While regulating excessive levels of noise
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Future-Ready Urban and National Food Systems in an Era of Polycrisis”
Synopsis Using the conceptual frame of the “polycrisis”, we will harness foresight methodologies to look over the horizon at emerging issues and the
LKY CIC Brown Bag Lunchtime Talk: “Impact of Study Abroad Experiences on Chinese Engineering Students’ Employability”
China is one of the leading provider countries for U.S. engineering students.
