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Ralf Dahrendorf studied at Hamburg University between 1947 and 1952, becoming a doctor of philosophy and classics in 1952. He continued his academic research at London School of Economics under Karl Popper as a Leverhulme Research Scholar in 1953–54, gaining a PhD degree in sociology in 1956. He was
Gregory Barker is a Minister of State at the Department ofEnergy & Climate Change (DECC) and the Conservative MP for Bexhill and Battle. He was educated at Steyning Grammar School, Lancing College, and London University where he studied history, economic history and politics. He
Grace Davidson is an English soprano who specialises in the performance and recording of Baroque music. Winner of the prestigious Early Music Prize whilst studying singing at London's Royal Academy of Music, she has since carved a successful international career
Professor Richard Parkinson is Professor of Egyptology in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Director of the Griffith Institute and Fellow of The Queen’s College. He was formerly curator at the British Museum responsible for the care, research, publication and
In 1930, the great physicist Wolfgang Pauli invented a new particle to save the principle of energy conservation in certain radioactive decays he was studying.
Carrie Porter began reporting stories during a 4,000-mile bicycle trip from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific Coast in 2007, videotaping and blogging the experience for the Medill School of Journalism. Porter studied political science at Sciences Po in Paris
Michael Parsons is an British composer. He was born in Bolton and studied at St John's College, Oxford before taking up composition lessons under Peter Rancine Fricker at the Royal College of Music in London in 1961. Since the early 1960s Parsons has also been active as
Psychological studies show that humans overweight tangible factors and underweight intangible ones when making decisions. This talk shows how these biases affect the stock market – it focuses excessively on short-term profit, but ignores environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
George Magnus is a Research Associate at the China Centre, Oxford University, and at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, a Member of the China Foresight Forum at LSE IDEAS, and an advisory board member of the China
Professor Hall is Visiting Gresham Professor in Classics. She is a British scholar of classics, specialising in Ancient Greek Literature and cultural history. She is also Professor in the Department of Classics and Centre for Hellenic Studies at Kings College London.
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