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• A Conversation with Co-Editors of Wicked Problems: The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice

  Episode 58
  Published: 2022-05-23
  Length: 26:39
  Hosts: Austin Choi Fitzpatrick, Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Ernesto Verdeja

  In this episode, co-editors Associate Professor Ernesto Verdeja, Douglas Irvin-Erickson, Assistant Professor at George Mason University, and Austin Choi Fitzpatrick, University Professor, at the University of San Diego discuss their new book, Wicked Problems: The Ethics of Action for Peace, Rights, and Justice.

  "Wicked Problems" argues that the field of peacebuilding and conflict transformation needs a stronger and more practical sense of its ethical obligations. Contributors in this book examine the trade-offs, dilemmas, and compromises they encounter in their daily work with peacebuilding and justice.

  To learn more and purchase a copy of the book, go to go.nd.edu/WickedProblemsPod and use code "ASFLYQ6" for 30% off your purchase.

  Topics: Conflict transformation, Ethics, Justice, Peacebuilding

• AI, Social Media, and Mass Violence Prevention

  Episode 33
  Published: 2021-02-15
  Length: 33:59
  Hosts: Ernesto Verdeja

  Ernesto Verdeja, associate professor of political science and peace studies, talks with faculty fellow Walter Scheirer and postdoctoral research associate Michael Yankoski (Ph.D. '20) about their new project using new Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools for analyzing manipulated political memes on social media, an important source of disinformation and a contributor to political instability. Learn more about the project at go.nd.edu/AIandPoliticalViolence.

  Topics: Alumni, Artificial intelligence, Disinformation, Memes, Political instability, Social media, Violence