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How do Pittsburghers find out what’s happening in this election, and who do they trust?
Join us as journalists from across the region talk candidly about how news reaches people today, what it takes to inform a community divided along political, generational, and neighborhood lines, and how trust is earned and lost.
A reception will follow.
The event is open to the public and co-sponsored by @Campus_Compact.
We'll hear from panelists @chwolfson, @MartyGriffinKD, Jim Busis, @thathakas, and John Allison.
Register: forms.monday.com/forms/f1a24…
Join us on the eve of Election Day, to hear local journalists discuss news, trust, and democracy close to home.
The Agora Forum event will bring together journalists who cover the region from different vantage points to explore what people are actually talking about this election season. A reception will follow.
The event is open to the public and co-sponsored by @Campus_Compact.
📅 Monday, November 2
📍 University Club, Ballroom A
⏰ 4:30 PM ET
🔗 Register: forms.monday.com/forms/f1a24…
How can legal reform and public policy work together to modernize government and improve public services?
📅 Tomorrow, join us for a lecture from Oleksii Dorogan, a leading Ukrainian expert in policy, law, and digital transformation, with over a decade of experience managing and implementing large-scale government digitalization projects while shaping the country’s legislative and regulatory landscape.
📅 Friday, October 30
⏰ 1:00 PM ET
📌 Posvar 3907
Register here: forms.monday.com/forms/d4d88…
How are artificial intelligence and autonomous weapon systems transforming warfare?
Join us for a book talk with Frank Kendall, an engineer, lawyer, and former U.S. Secretary of the Air Force (2021–2025). Drawing on recent developments and decades of experience in defense policy, Kendall will discuss how lethal autonomy is reshaping military strategy, force design, and the future of national defense.
📅 Thursday, November 12
⏰ 2:30 PM ET
📌 Frick Fine Arts Auditorium
This event is co-sponsored by @PittCyber, @PittResearch, and the Johnson Institute for Responsible Leadership.
Register here: forms.monday.com/forms/3927b…
Center for Governance and Markets | Pitt retweeted
Online first in Public Choice:
“Nonviolent protest and ideological change in education: a public choice approach”
by Joshua D. Ammons, Ali Palida & Ilia Murtazashvili
doi.org/10.1007/s11127-026-0…
Join us for a research seminar featuring @SchwoerersKayla, Assistant Professor of Public Administration at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and founder of the Governance & Digital Experience (GovDX) Lab.
She will explore how government agencies’ reliance on commercial social media platforms, whose algorithms prioritize engagement and profit, shapes visibility and encourages attention-grabbing tactics that can conflict with expectations of neutral, trustworthy government communication.
📅 Tuesday, November 3
⏰ 11:30 AM ET
📌 Posvar 3911 & Zoom
This event is hosted with @PittCyber, the Governing Technology Seminar, the SPIA Dean’s Office, and the Department of Communication.
Register to attend in person or online: cgm.pitt.edu/event/visibilit…
📅 Join us Saturday, October 31 for a virtual talk with @YashengHuang that traces how the developments in rural China have shaped China’s economic model and its growth patterns.
Register to attend: pitt.zoom.us/meeting/registe…
How does French social theorist and philosopher Michel Foucault’s critical social theory complement Hayek’s approach to liberalism?
Yesterday, students and staff gathered to hear Mark Pennington, Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy at @KingsCollegeLon, explore this question. Drawing on his recent book, Pennington discussed how “postmodern liberalism” provides tools for identifying and challenging unfreedom, illiberalism, and potentially oppressive forms of “overgovernment” in contemporary societies.
Join us Monday for a conversation on free speech, disagreement, and what it means to live together as a pluralistic society, moderated by Judge Thomas Hardiman. This event is free and open to the public.
📅 October 19
🕓 4 PM ET
📍 University Club, Ballroom A, University of Pittsburgh
Can Foucault help us defend freedom better than Hayek alone?
Mark Pennington (King's College London) argues they can. Join us for his book talk on "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom." If you're curious about political economy, social theory, or challenging threats to freedom, this event is for you.
📅 October 19
⏰ 12 PM ET
📌 Posvar 3911
Register here: forms.monday.com/forms/51237…
On Oct 19, Mark Pennington (@KingsCollegeLon) will discuss his book "Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom," asking what Foucault can add to Hayek's liberalism, and how both help us spot "over-government."
📅 October 19
⏰ 12 PM ET
📌 Posvar 3911
Register to attend: forms.monday.com/forms/51237…