The Heavy Cloud: Hydrosocial Dispossession and the Water Coloniality of AI Infrastructure
The article, authored by Professor of Geography and the Environment Farhana Sultana, was published in Geo: Geography and Environment.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Colonialism, Environment, Water
Taylor Speaks With AFP, Newsweek, Spectrum News About the Impact of the Midterms on War in Ukraine
“Given that there is strong Democratic support for Ukraine in Congress—and notable Republican support—it is possible that new Ukraine assistance packages will pass both houses and be sent to President Trump,” says Brian Taylor, professor of political science.
See related: Conflict, Congress, International Affairs, U.S. Elections, U.S. Foreign Policy, Ukraine, United States
Three Maxwell Professors Honored for Cross-University Collaboration
The Central New York Humanities Corridor has recognized Timur Hammond, Mona Bhan and Azra Hromadžić for leading research groups on cities, conflict and the natural world.
See related: Awards & Honors, Environment, Urban Issues, Water
A Public Philosophy for Public Administration in Times of Democratic Crisis
The article, co-authored by Tina Nabatchi, Joseph A. Strasser Endowed Professor in Public Administration, was published in Public Administration Review.
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Thompson Discusses Pope Leo’s Influence on US Voters in OSV News Article
“I think he has become an influence not because he’s been explicitly political, but because he has emphasized Catholic social teaching and reminded Catholics, including Catholic voters in the U.S. that Catholic social teaching is a part of the teaching of the Church,” says Margaret Susan Thompson, professor of history and political science.
See related: Federal Government, Political Parties, Religion, U.S. Elections, United States
Taylor Speaks with TIME About Russia’s Release of an Imprisoned American
“The release of Hubbard was a gesture to Trump, nothing more, and does not imply a larger willingness on Putin’s part to make concessions or end the war,” argues Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Federal Government, Government, International Affairs, International Agreements, Russia, Ukraine, United States
Sultana Discusses the Environmental Costs of AI on RGS Climate Change Research Group Podcast
“One thing that people don't often think about is the land and the air that also belongs to this equation because increasingly, gas turbines are being built near data center sites to support the energy supply needs and they're driven by the ever-expanding agentic AI use globally,” says Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Artificial Intelligence, Environment, Government, International Affairs
Legitimacy, Performance and Cooptation
Selina Gallo-Cruz, associate professor of sociology, edited a special issue for the Journal of Political Power, Vol. 19, Issue 3, “Allusions, Illusions and Delusions of Power” and authored the introductory editorial.
See related: Conflict, Economic Policy, Government, Labor, Law
Griffiths Speaks With Agence France Presse and Financial Times About Alberta’s Secession Vote
Secessionist movements regularly have “economic motivations,” but typically those are married to a linguistic or nationalist component, says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science. “There's no magic line” dictating what defines a nation, he says, but notes Alberta's case for nationhood appears harder to make than that of other groups, like Catalans, Scots and French-speaking Canadians in Quebec.
See related: Canada, Government
Racialized Urbanism on the “Balkan Route”
Co-authored by Professor of Anthropology Azra Hromadžić, the article was published in the Journal of Borderlands Studies.
See related: Europe, Inequality, Migration, Race & Ethnicity, Urban Issues
Reeher Speaks to Newsweek About Trump’s Approval Ratings, Democrats’ Chances of Flipping the Senate
“The contest for Senate control is becoming increasingly competitive, largely due to what continues to come out of the White House—evidenced by the president’s extremely low approval ratings. This latest appearance of essentially a bribe by the president for a good outcome in the midterms will not help,” says Grant Reeher, professor of political science.
See related: Congress, Federal Government, Political Parties, U.S. Elections, United States
Brockway Quoted in HuffPost Article on Kash Patel Mimicking President Trump’s Style of Speech
“When Patel mimics Trump‘s speech patterns or media strategies, he draws more attention to himself and not in a good way, especially for his relationship with Trump,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science.
See related: Federal Government, United States
Brockway Quoted in HuffPost Article on MAGA ‘Government is the Enemy’ Rhetoric
“The long-term conservative or Republican or MAGA criticism of the federal government was actually not about the federal government,” says Mark Brockway, assistant teaching professor of political science. “Instead, it was a criticism or a fight against what we call a vague liberal enemy, which was sometimes mapped onto the government when it was convenient.”
See related: Federal Government, Political Parties, United States
Sultana Article on the Nepal Disaster Published in Counterpoint
“Nepal is owed something more substantial than sympathy and more useful than a loan charging interest on damage it did not cause. Monitoring of unstable ice and glacial lakes concerns the whole basin and should be funded on a standing basis, with hydrological data crossing borders as a matter of routine rather than negotiation,” writes Farhana Sultana, professor of geography and the environment.
See related: Climate Change, Colonialism, Government, International Affairs, Natural Disasters, South Asia, Water
Taylor Speaks With War & Politics 24 About the Russia-Ukraine War
“I think Putin's strategy is unlikely to work and unlikely to change the basic trajectory of the war, which is still that his strategic objectives that he set out at the very beginning of the invasion, which is basically to control Ukraine will not be achieved. And he's only made the Ukrainian population more resistant to any kind of submission to Russian political domination,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs.
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
Maxwell Faculty Scholarship Takes the Spotlight on The Academic Minute
Five Syracuse faculty, including Maxwell professors Ryan Griffiths and Colleen Heflin, share findings on food policy, AI, architecture, political science and marine biology on the nationally broadcast program “The Academic Minute.”
See related: Aging, Food Security, Government, Political Parties, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Taylor Weighs In on Russia’s Toll in the War With Ukraine in Forbes Article
“Russians generally are tired of the war and want it to end,” says Brian Taylor, director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs. “They are well aware that the full-scale war against Ukraine started in 2022 has already lasted longer than the ‘Great Patriotic War’ against Nazi Germany.”
See related: Conflict, Government, International Affairs, Russia, Ukraine
Griffiths Discusses His Book ‘The Disunited States’ on Prof James Ker-Lindsay Podcast
“If leaders come in and they seem to be particularly partisan...if they really lean into that partisanship and they begin to forget their larger purpose is that ‘I represent all Americans and not just my party’ then that creates that pendulum effect and it keeps energizing both sides and that's very dangerous,” says Ryan Griffiths, professor of political science.
See related: Government, Political Parties, United States
Buzard Discusses Her Research on Schools Viewing Mothers as the Default Parent in The Conversation
“When similar decisions [to contact mothers first] are repeated thousands of times across schools and other organizations, they can reinforce the unequal division of caregiving responsibilities that already exists within many families,” says Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics.
See related: Child & Elder Care, Gender and Sex, U.S. Education, United States
From Metabolic Rift to Metabolic Repair: A Comment on Ariel Salleh’s ‘DeColonize EcoModernism!’
The article, authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Selina Gallo-Cruz, was published in Globalizations.
See related: Colonialism, Crime & Violence, Environment, Gender and Sex, Inequality
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“The Ambiguous Meaning of Open Government: Canadian Journalists, Parliamentarians and Bloggers Define Open Government Differently." Guest Speaker: Simon Kiss, Associate Professor, Digital Media and Journalism and Leadership, Wilfrid Laurier University.
The results of a 2014 survey of Canadian parliamentarians, journalists and bloggers in which respondents were asked to rank competing definitions of open government. Overall, respondents preferred to define open government in terms of access to information and sources. However, we also found that respondents in the different positions rank definitions of open government differently. Government parliamentarians are less likely than opposition parliamentarians to define open government in terms of access to information and politicians being accessible and accountable, while journalists are more likely to do so. In addition, government politicians are much less likely than opposition politicians to define open government in terms of making officials and technical experts available to answer questions. These results suggest that key actors in the Canadian policy landscape define open government in ways that are consistent with their institutional interests. We suggest that this reflects ways in which open government operates more like a buzzword. This helps to explain the all too common pattern whereby opposition parties make promises to be more open, and, after taking power, operate in less than open ways.
Conversations in Conflict Studies is a weekly educational speaker series for students, faculty, and the community. The series, sponsored by PARCC, draws its speakers from Syracuse University faculty, national and international scholars and activists, and PhD students. Pizza is served. Follow us on Twitter @PARCCatMaxwell, tweet #ConvoInConflict.
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