Congratulations to Dr Ollie Ballinger on completion of his PhD, titled, ‘Uneven Development and Insurgency in Turkey: A Computational Approach’. Ollie studied for his PhD at the University of Oxford in the Department of International Development.
The thesis develops computational techniques to gather, process, and analyze fine-grained data on the war between the Turkish State and the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan (PKK), a Kurdish insurgent group.
Together, substantive findings suggests that development policy is a far more promising avenue for the resolution of the conflict than military policy, while the methodological contributions include the development of forward looking analytical techniques and open source software that enable highly detailed quantitative analysis of civil conflict.
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The The Vaccines Manufacturing Hub (VaxHub) hosted at UCL are currently pioneering T-level work placements in conjunction with North Herts College.
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Birkbeck researchers develop new AI method to unlock secrets hidden in the cores of ancient planets
CPS colleagues at Birkbeck have developed a new machine-learning method for classifying iron meteorites, rare fragments of the metallic cores of planets that broke apart billions of years ago.
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Inspiring the Next Generation of Women in Engineering
On 11 August, the IHE hosted Engineering Her Future, a careers and networking event for young women in engineering.
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