Trevor Pinch (Cornell) provokes this session of the April 7-9, 2011 conference "Science and Technology Studies: The Next Twenty," by looking at where STS has...

What is the value of gender diversity in organizations, politics and society? To learn about the business case for gender equality, watch the Women and Publi...

"Desertification is a fancy word for land that is turning to desert," begins Allan Savory in this quietly powerful talk. And terrifyingly, it's happening to ...

Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced the most ambitious anti-corruption legislation since Watergate. Join her fight to close the revolving door between big business and government, end lobbying as we know it, and make this government work for the people.

In a thought-provoking talk, Nat Ware makes the case that charities have been put in a box for far too long. We have expectations of charities, he says, and ...

This educational video is great for introducing the different ways in which we can create green cities that create jobs and make our communities healthier

Chris shares how to keep your self respect in tact if you have negative or abusive people in your family. Check out Chris's (pen name, Mystic Life's) book "S...

Mobile clinics and hundred of community workers are mobilized to bring health care to the refugees in Yusuf Batil Refugee Camp.

Craig Calhoun, incoming Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) and President of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), was at Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) on March 28 to talk about international responses to humanitarian emergencies. He will argue that while humanitarian responses have grown dramatically more prominent since the 1970s, this era of distinctive