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Season's Greetings

Season's Greetings and a Happy New Year from all at IAST

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Events

Book launch: “Animal Economics”

On February 12th, Book presentation by Nicolas Treich

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Research

Laurenz Guenther: Deutschlands "Top 40 under 40"

Congratulations to Laurenz elected The Top 40 under 40 into the field of "Society" by Capital Magazine

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Research

Book: Seven Decades

Written by Michael D. Gurven

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Research

Podcast: Are universities ready for the age of AI?

Season 5, Episode 1

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Campus

IAST-TSE Summer School

on May 26- June 19, TSE building

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Awards

Congratulations to Violeta Haas and Giacomo Lemoli!

Violeta Haas and Giacomo Lemoli have received a grant from the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) at George Mason University

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Coming up soon, in Toulouse or further afield

Research Team: Political Economy

Discover Political Economy Research Team at IAST