Stanford Global Studies

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Beginning in 2022, Stanford Global Studies has provided generous support for special episodes with guests who have participated in their Global Dialogues, a webinar series designed to foster fresh thinking on critical global issues and develop new approaches to grapple with the complexities of our interconnected and constantly changing world. Listen to those episodes below, from the roots and contradictions of Liberalism to the political nature of architecture to measuring the well-lived life and social well-being.

Allegorical painting of the British Empire, circa 1900, showing flags and coats of arms. "An Empire on Which the Sun Never Sets" is inscribed.

Liberty and Justice for Who?

Guest: Uday Singh Mehta, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, City University of New York.
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Two men discuss a building model, debating the political implications of architecture.

Can Architecture Be Political?

Guest: Vladimir Kulić, Professor of Architecture, Iowa State University (Photo: Annette Hornischer)
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Ceramic piggy bank with coins, symbolizing savings and economics.

Can Money Buy Well-being?

Guest: Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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