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Dr. Sarbeswar Sahoo, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, India Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. Sarbeswar Sahoo was 1 of 45 young researchers who were invited by the Volkswagen Foundation to participate at the conference...

John Keane, Political Scientist, University of Sydney and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. John Keane looks at the history of the relation between civil society and capitalism. Markets, he says, produce communities of friends. But at the same time, they create competition and disfunction, for example, when large conglomerations of power produce mega-projects...

John Keane, Political Scientist, University of Sydney and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. John Keane looks at the history of the relation between civil society and capitalism. Markets, he says, produce communities of friends. But at the same time, they create competition and disfunction, for example, when large conglomerations of power produce mega-projects...

John Keane, Political Scientist, University of Sydney and Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. John Keane looks at the history of the relation between civil society and capitalism. Markets, he says, produce communities of friends. But at the same time, they create competition and disfunction, for example, when large conglomerations of power produce mega-projects...

Paul Collier, Economist, Oxford University Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. In his talk for the Volkswagen Foundation, Collier gives one central and provocative argument for why the extremly poor stay poor: "Democracy", he says, "fails to counter the forces of inequality". According to Collier, democracy is by nature a divisive power and does not produce the identities, narratives and norms that are necessary to create more equality...

Paul Collier, Economist, Oxford University Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. In his talk for the Volkswagen Foundation, Collier gives one central and provocative argument for why the extremly poor stay poor: "Democracy", he says, "fails to counter the forces of inequality". According to Collier, democracy is by nature a divisive power and does not produce the identities, narratives and norms that are necessary to create more equality...

Paul Collier, Economist, Oxford University Speech at the Herrenhausen Conference "Re-Thinking Social Inequality", 14.05.2014. In his talk for the Volkswagen Foundation, Collier gives one central and provocative argument for why the extremly poor stay poor: "Democracy", he says, "fails to counter the forces of inequality". According to Collier, democracy is by nature a divisive power and does not produce the identities, narratives and norms that are necessary to create more equality...

Pamela Y. Collins, National Institute of Mental Health, USAIn her talk, Pamela Y. Coolins argues that we have to look at mental disorders from a global perspective. Poverty, violence and migration have different effects on the mental health of the population in different countries. Collins is calling for a true collaboration between rich and poor countries, and for engaging the global public health community...

Pamela Y. Collins, National Institute of Mental Health, USAIn her talk, Pamela Y. Coolins argues that we have to look at mental disorders from a global perspective. Poverty, violence and migration have different effects on the mental health of the population in different countries. Collins is calling for a true collaboration between rich and poor countries, and for engaging the global public health community...

Pamela Y. Collins, National Institute of Mental Health, USAIn her talk, Pamela Y. Coolins argues that we have to look at mental disorders from a global perspective. Poverty, violence and migration have different effects on the mental health of the population in different countries. Collins is calling for a true collaboration between rich and poor countries, and for engaging the global public health community...