Join us to discuss how government misuse of machine learning is putting people at risk and how we can respond to build a better future. All events will be held at Pembroke College, Cambridge, at 6PM.
Register here: aibody.eventbrite.com

The dialectics of discretion in algorithmic governance and smart policing - Ashwin Varghese, 2025 While algorithmic systems today are transforming state practices globally, their everyday manifestations vary in particularistic contexts. Drawing from discours...

In a new paper, CGHR Postdoctoral Scholar Dr Ashwin Varghese analyses the effect of algorithmic infrastructures on the practices of discretion within the police force. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The Sociology of Humanity: Benjamin P Davis and “Another Humanity”

We are halfway through Season 9 of the Declarations Podcast @cghrcambridge.bsky.social. This is a fascinating conversation involving Prof Davis @tamu.bsky.social & Dr @bhumikabilla.bsky.social @cambridgelaw.bsky.social
@cam.ac.uk @edinburghup.bsky.social #HumanRights
open.spotify.com/episode/3AQ7...

Humanities, Social Sciences and AI YouTube video by Humanities & Social Sciences Cambridge University

The Humanities, Social Sciences and AI theme is a space where indisciplinary scholars come together to understand the impact of artificial intelligence tools on societal tranformation and the resistances to this new technology.

Watch the video: youtu.be/BFAuvoOxnNs

In our latest newsletter we're looking back at an active term at CGHR. Read it here > mailchi.mp/66c5b57b35b7....

Join us for this important conversation, where we will be thinking across academic freedoms in Turkey, Gaza, the US, the UK and beyond.

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The final seminar of the Academic Freedoms Research Network this term will consider "𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆", bringing global perspectives and experiences of academic freedom into dialogue.

3 December 2025 | 5PM-6:30PM
SG2, Alison Richard Building

Register: luma.com/2tpatkwf

Join us at King’s College Chapel on 26 November 2025 for a special event with Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs). The delegation will be in conversation with CGHR Co-Director Professor Sharath Srinivasan.

Register here: sudan-errs-cambridge.eventbrite.co.uk

The Academic Freedoms Research Network, convened by CGHR Co-Directors Ella McPherson & Sharath Srinivasan, will advance 3 projects related to banned books:
💕 "blind date with a banned book" installation
🗺️ interactive map on global banned books
✂️ scrapbooking
www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/articles/ban...

A new paper co-written by CGHR Postdoctoral Scholar, Ashwin Varghese, and Aishwarya Rajeev, has been published in The Economic and Labour Relations Review.

Read the paper: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Join Alan Blackwell, Professor of Interdisciplinary Design, University of Cambridge, for our final seminar of the series on #AlgorithmicGovernance.

🗓️ Wednesday 12th November 2025
🕔 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
📍 SG2, Alison Richard Building

Get tickets here: cghr-12nov25.eventbrite.co.uk

Our penultimate seminar of the series on #AlgorithmicGovernance is TONIGHT at 5PM. Join Dean Wilson as he traces the emergence of police ‘platformization’ in the United States and the advancing mathematization of policing activity. This event is ONLINE.
Register here: cghr-05nov25.eventbrite.co.uk

Academic Freedom as a collective right · Luma Academic freedom is central to the research and education conditions of the university, and yet, globally, it has been in significant decline since 2013 (Lott…

REMINDER! 📢 Join us TONIGHT for the next CRASSH Academic Freedoms Research Network seminar.

⏲️ 16:30 - 18:30
📍 Room S1, Alison Richard Building

Register for the event: luma.com/jqfiz36t

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The Case of Location-Based Gig Work in India Gaining autonomy, or risking predictability? Janaki Srinivasan discusses the case of location-based gig work in India.

Gaining autonomy, or risking predictability? Join Janaki Srinivasan from @oii.ox.ac.uk @ox.ac.uk as she discusses the case of location-based gig work in India.

Get tickets here: cghr-29oct25.eventbrite.co.uk

#AlgorithmicGovernance

Join the CGHR Student Group - Centre of Governance & Human Rights The CGHR Student Group is recruiting committee members for the 2025-26 academic year. Be a part of this vibrant, student-led community.

Last chance to sign up for our Student Group! It’s a great opportunity to collaborate with peers, and to think critically about themes that matter to you. Application deadline: midnight, TONIGHT! Several committee roles available. www.cghr.polis.cam.ac.uk/articles/joi...

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For the first event of the @crasshlive.bsky.social research network on Academic Freedom last night, we used Lego Serious Play to answer the question: ‘What does academic freedom mean to us?’.

Join us on 4 November, as we discuss "Academic Freedom as a collective right". Register: luma.com/jqfiz36t

How does the favela use #AI and how can its AI practices inform more equitable AI governance from the margins?

Last few tickets available for our seminar with Andrea Medrado (@andreamedrado.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 22 October.

Register here: cghr-22oct25.eventbrite.co.uk.

CGHR co-sponsors CRASSH (@crasshlive.bsky.social) Academic Freedoms Research Network. The research network will build an interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in understanding and advocating for the protection of academic freedom. Learn more: shorturl.at/9bydU.

Thanks to everyone who came and supported our first seminar of the series on #AlgorithmicGovernance last night. There are still tickets available for the forthcoming seminars. Register here: shorturl.at/l2GPO

We're excited to announce details of our seminar series for Michaelmas, convened by our postdoctoral scholar, Ashwin Varghese.

Register for your next event: shorturl.at/saRod.

#AlgorithmicGovernance

Interested in #AIGovernance, and the power asymmetries between marginalised communities in the Global South and tech giants in the Global North?

Join Dr Andrea Medrado (@andreamedrado.bsky.social) on Oct 22 for our second seminar of Michaelmas. Get your tickets: cghr-22oct25.eventbrite.co.uk.

Join us for our inaugural event of the academic year!

🗓️ Wednesday 15th October 2025
🕔 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
📍 SG2, Alison Richard Building, Cambridge, CB3 9DP

Register here: cghr-15oct25.eventbrite.co.uk

Both sides 'armed to the hilt': 'No end in sight to war' in Sudan • FRANCE 24 English YouTube video by FRANCE 24 English

After almost two years of brutal war in Sudan, has the conflict finally reached a turning point?

You can watch CGHR Co-Director Prof. Sharath Srinivasan
talk about why many analysts agree that the fight is far from over in his recent interview with FRANCE 24:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMSo...

Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India We are very excited to be hosting Dr Aditi Malik for a presentation of her book "Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya

📢Don't miss Dr Aditi Malik's book presentation at 5pm tomorrow!

"Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India" draws on a rare cross-regional comparison of Kenya and India, developing a novel explanation about ethnic party violence.

www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-wi...

Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India We are very excited to be hosting Dr Aditi Malik for a presentation of her book "Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya

Join us for a book presentation 📕 with Dr Aditi Malik!

Drawing on a comparison of Kenya and India, her book "Playing with Fire - Parties and Political Violence in Kenya and India" develops a novel explanation about ethnic party violence.

🗓️ 18 Mar
🕔 5pm
📍S1, ARB

www.eventbrite.com/e/playing-wi...

CGHR Practitioner Series: Meet an International Journalist Come meet Mary Harper, journalist, author and broadcaster, and learn from her expertise in person!

For our final practitioner series talk, we have invited Mary Harper, a journalist, author and broadcaster. She will be talking about her experience reporting on Africa for the BBC and answer your questions.

🗓️ 12 Mar
🕔 5pm
📍S1, Alison Richard Building

To register:
www.eventbrite.com/e/cghr-pract...

World of the Right - Radical Conservatism and Global Order We are very excited to be hosting Prof. Rita Abrahamsen and Prof. Michael C. Williams for a talk on their book "World of the Right"

We have invited Prof. Rita Abrahamsen and Prof. Michael C. Williams for a presentation of their book "World of the Right - Radical Conservatism and Global Order". Come join us for their talk!

🗓️ Weds, 5 March
🕔 5pm
📍SG2, Alison Richard Building

Find out more:
www.eventbrite.com/e/world-of-t...

Beyond infotainment: Conservative talk radio in rural USA US conservative talk radio plays key roles in rural communities, offering trusted news and serving as platforms for national politics.

📻✨Dive deep into the world of conservative talk radio in rural USA! Join us for a discussion on the key sociopolitical roles these stations play in shaping local & national news.

🎤 Dr Rebekah Larsen
🗓️ 24 Feb, 12:30
📍 SG1, Alison Richard Building

To register:

www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-inf...

Beyond infotainment: Conservative talk radio in rural USA US conservative talk radio plays key roles in rural communities, offering trusted news and serving as platforms for national politics.

📢One more exciting talk in February at CGHR 🎓

On Monday, 24 Feb at 12:30pm, we will be hosting Dr. Rebekah Larsen for a talk titled "Beyond infotainment: Conservative talk radio in rural USA"

Join us in SG1 - lunch snacks will be provided!

To register visit:

www.eventbrite.com/e/beyond-inf...

Meet Fred Abrahams, former Associate Program Director at Human Rights Watch, at our next Practitioner Series Talk on 26 Feb at 5pm (online)!

He has worked in areas affected by armed conflict, such as the Balkans and Middle East, for nearly twenty years.

www.eventbrite.com/e/cghr-pract...