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Asserting the value of arts and humanities research

I would like to share with you the main points of a lecture entitled « Asserting the value of arts & humanities research », delivered by Ellen Hazelkorn within the framework of the GUNI Conference “International Conference on Sustainable Development Goals: Actors and Implementation”, held on September 18th-19th 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. Ellen makes us notice that…
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“Educating for modern democracy”, an exploration of philosophical and religious resources

The Conférence Mondiale des Institutions Universitaires Catholiques de Philosophie (COMIUCAP) is a worldwide network of Catholic University Institutions dedi­cated to teaching and research in Philosophy. The network was founded in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University in April 1999 and corresponds to the Research Group for Philosophy of the International Federation of Catholic Universities (IFCU).…
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The work of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO on the situation of refugees

The 10th Ordinary Session of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) and the 24th Ordinary Session of the International Bioethics Committee (IBC) took place on September 12th and 13th in Paris. At this event, the Committee was able to present its draft report on the bioethical response to the…
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