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A collection of videos highlighting the 2011 Dahrendorf Symposium.

  1. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 "Changing the European Debate: Focus on Climate Change" [Video]

    Contributor(s): Mary Robinson, Henry Shue, Anna Grear, Lady Christiane Darendorf, Lord William Wallace, Anna Lehmann, Maciej Nowicki, Nikolas Scherer | The Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 "Changing the European Debate: Focus on Climate Change" organised by the Hertie School of Governance, the London School of Economics and Political Science and Stiftung Mercator will take place on November 14 and 15 in Berlin. The five international and interdisciplinary working groups, whose chairs are located at the academic partner institutions, have started preparing the content for the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 which will bring into focus the various aspects of European perspectives on the leading question "How to prevent dangerous climate change?". They will also debate the question "What are policy innovations that would contribute to make Europe more relevant on the global stage?"

    6 min

  2. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    General overview of the 2013 Dahrendorf Symposium [Video]

    Contributor(s): Conor Gearty, Karsten Neuhoff, Claudia Kemfert, Felix Creutzig, Arne Westad, Luca Taschini, Helmut Anheier, Bernhard Lorentz | Leading international speakers discuss the theme of the 2013 Dahrendorf Symposium, “How to Prevent Dangerous Climate Change” from a scientific, economic, political, social and human rights perspective.

    3 min

  3. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Bernhard Lorentz on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]

    Contributor(s): Bernhard Lorentz | 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.

    2 min

  4. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Helmut K. Anheier on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]

    Contributor(s): Helmut K. Anheier | Dahrendorf Academic Co-Director. Dean and Professor of Sociology. He also holds a chair of Sociology at Heidelberg University and serves as Academic Director of the Center for Social Investment. From 2001 to 2009 he was Professor of Public Policy and Social Welfare at UCLA's School of Public Affairs and Centennial Professor at the London School of Economics. Professor Anheier founded and directed the Centre for Civil Society at the LSE and the Center for Civil Society at UCLA. Before embarking on an academic career, he served as social affairs officer to the United Nations. He is currently researching the nexus between globalisation, civil society, and culture and is interested in policy analysis and methodological questions. 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.

    2 min

  5. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Arne Westad on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]

    Contributor(s): Arne Westad | Dahrendorf Academic Co-Director. Odd Arne Westad is Professor of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and an expert on the Cold War and on contemporary international affairs. He co-directs LSE Ideas, the LSE's new centre for international affairs, is an editor of the journal Cold War History and co-editor of the forthcoming three-volume Cambridge History of the Cold War. His book The Global Cold War won the Bancroft Prize for 2006. Born in Norway in 1960, Arne Westad studied at the University of Oslo and did his graduate work at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. During the 1980s he worked for several international aid agencies in Southern Africa and in Pakistan. He joined LSE in 1998, after serving for six years as Director of Research at the Norwegian Nobel Institute. 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.

    3 min

  6. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Felix Creutzig on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]

    Contributor(s): Felix Creutzig | Felix Creutzig is the Chair of the Working Group on Infrastructure and Climate Change at the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013. Felix is principal investigator of the MCC Land Use, Infrastructures, and Transport group. His research focuses on the low-carbon urban infrastructures, land rent and the challenges of assessing large-scale bioenergy. 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.

    3 min

  7. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Conor Gearty on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]

    Contributor(s): Conor Gearty | Conor Gearty is the Chair of the Working Group on the Social Legal Aspects of Climate Change at the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013. Conor is Director of LSE's Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law in the LSE Law Department. He currently leads a project on crowd sourcing a new UK constitution. 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.

    3 min

  8. 11/15/2013 ·  Video

    Claudia Kemfert on the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013 [Video]

    Contributor(s): Claudia Kemfert | Claudia Kemfert is the Co-Chair of the Working Group on Governance and Policy aspects of Climate Change at the Dahrendorf Symposium 2013. Claudia is Professor of Energy Economics and Sustainability and Head of the DIW Department of Energy, Transportation, and Environment. Her research centres on the evaluation of climate and energy policy strategies. 'Changing the European debate: Focus on Climate Change. Dahrendorf Symposium 2013' is a joint initiative of the Hertie School, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Stiftung Mercator.

    3 min
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