NEXT MONDAY: Kobby Barda, Lecturer, Holon Institute of Technology (HIT)

"Swing State(s) of Mind”

📅 October 13
⏰ 12:00 PM ET
📌 Posvar 3800

Register here: https://wkf.ms/4nPh0Id

TOMORROW: Afghanistan Law and Political Science Association Annual Conference

📅 October 3-4
📌 University of Pittsburgh
ℹ️ More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/alpa-conference
📑 Program: https://www.alp-a.com/alpa-conference-afghanistan

Register here: https://wkf.ms/3K8YYlf

FRIDAY: Advancing the Middle East Peace Plan: What’s Next?

Jacob Heilbrunn
Samer Sinijlawi
Ronit Levind
Jen Murtazashvili

📅 October 3
⏰ 11 AM ET
📌 Zoom

Register here: https://pitt.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GYLTqyavRueoP-XPxIGzVA#/registration

NOW: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance

“National Digital Currency Strategy”

📅 September 26
⏰ 11:30 AM ET
📌 Zoom

Register here:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

TODAY: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance

“National Digital Currency Strategy”

📅 September 26
⏰ 11:30 AM ET
📌 Zoom

Register here:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

TMRW: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance

“National Digital Currency Strategy”

📅 September 26
⏰ 11:30 AM ET
📌 Zoom

Register here:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

“Afghanistan Law and Political Science Association Annual Conference”

📅 October 3-4
📌 University of Pittsburgh

Register: https://wkf.ms/3K8YYlf
More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/alfa-conference

DUE NEXT MON: Customary Authority & Informal Institutions

📅 Submit by September 29: https://forms.monday.com/forms/fd759a385df71b89b871423d77dbfcba?r=use1

📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/customary-authority-and-informal-institutions-qualitative-methods-symposium-and-grant-submission

DUE NEXT MON: CGM invites paper submissions for a two-day workshop on reimagining international development assistance through bottom-up approaches.

📅 Submit by September 29: cgm@pitt.edu

📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/rethinking-aid-ground-bottom-approaches-development-assistance

FRIDAY: Tristan Thoma, Executive Director, Impera Strategy & Maxwell DeGregorio, Senior Associate, Milken Institute of Finance

“National Digital Currency Strategy”

📅 September 26
⏰ 11:30 AM ET
📌 Zoom

Register here:
https://pitt.zoom.us/meeting/register/sEsvdsr0QaOjF_oATn_Wpg#/registration

CGM at the University of Pittsburgh invites paper submissions for a two-day workshop on reimagining international development assistance.

📅 Submit by September 29: cgm@pitt.edu

📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/rethinking-aid-ground-bottom-approaches-development-assistance

📅 Submit by September 29: https://forms.monday.com/forms/fd759a385df71b89b871423d77dbfcba?r=use1

📌 More Information: https://www.cgm.pitt.edu/customary-authority-and-informal-institutions-qualitative-methods-symposium-and-grant-submission

Literacy and Work in the Digital World — Pitt Research Annual Report It all begins with an idea.

READ: pittresearchannualreport.com/artificial-i...

“It is crucial to have general education about our roles as humans in an increasingly digitized world. It is literacy for citizenship so we can make informed decisions.“

CGM Faculty Affiliate @anetv.bsky.social was profiled in an article on how researchers at Pitt are examining AI.

Coercion against coordination: W.H. Hutt on collective bargaining and the strike-threat system - The Review of Austrian Economics W.H. Hutt’s analysis of labor market institutions informed the rest of his analysis, particularly his understanding of consumers’ sovereignty, his criticism of the South African color bar, and his pos...

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You can't properly study relations between workers and employers without studying that between employers and consumers.

In "Coercion against Coordination," Ilia Murtazashvili and Art Carden discuss W.H. Hutt's views on labor economics.

Learn more in the full article 👇

Coercion against coordination: W.H. Hutt on collective bargaining and the strike-threat system - The Review of Austrian Economics W.H. Hutt’s analysis of labor market institutions informed the rest of his analysis, particularly his understanding of consumers’ sovereignty, his criticism of the South African color bar, and his…

READ: doi.org/10.1007/s111...

In their new article, "Coercion against Coordination," CGM Co-Director Ilia Murtazashvili and Art Carden discuss economist W.H. Hutt's arguments for why labor unions' strike threats benefit privileged insiders.

Learn more in the full article. Link below 👇

Is Kafka inevitable? Political institutions and the structure of communication protocols Abstract. Communication protocols define modes of communication and channels of information flow within an organization. We model communication protocols a

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CGM Research Associate Ali Palida and Ilia Murtazashvili have an article in The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization: "Is Kafka inevitable? Political institutions and the structure of communications protocols."

Link below👇

Coercion against coordination: W.H. Hutt on collective bargaining and the strike-threat system - The Review of Austrian Economics W.H. Hutt’s analysis of labor market institutions informed the rest of his analysis, particularly his understanding of consumers’ sovereignty, his criticism of the South African color bar, and his pos...

CGM Co-Director Ilia Murtazashvili and Art Carden have a new article in The Review of Austrian Economics: "Coercion against Coordination: W.H. Hutt on Collective Bargaining and the Strike-Threat System"

The article revisits Hutt’s argument that strike threats benefit privileged insiders.

Link 👇

YouTube video by Atlas Network Fighting for Freedom: Hope, Iran, and the Power of Civil Society with Mohamad Machine-Chian

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CGM Senior Research Scholar Mohamad Machine-Chian spoke with Atlas Network about his story of life under authoritarian rule, the challenges and hopes of Iran’s liberty movement, and how the next generation is shaping the nation's future.

You won't want to miss this one. Link below 👇

Discover how modus vivendi—a live and let live approach—can address governance challenges in diverse societies around the world! 🌍 From migration tensions to polygamy debates in sub-Saharan Africa, and community-driven defense in Ukraine.

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#PoliticalScience #PublicPolicy #PoliticalPhilosophy

How to Make Human Rights Advocacy Credible Again Advocacy overreach has eroded American foreign policy and its ability to make concrete advances in human rights abroad.

"American foreign policy has operated on an incoherent fiction, establishing government-funded NGOs to criticize regimes we simultaneously court as strategic allies."

New op-ed from CGM Founding Director @jmurtazashvili.bsky.social in The National Interest. nationalinterest.org/feature/how-...

WATCH: youtu.be/Q0O_dXsyiOk

How can universities foster true dialogue?

In an insightful conversation with CGM's @jmurtazashvili.bsky.social‬,
‪@tomginsburg.bsky.social, faculty director of The Chicago Forum for Free Inquiry and Expression, explores free speech’s role in academia.

Hear his perspective on our YouTube. Link 👇

Iran’s Islamic Regime Is a Menace to Its Own People But Iranians themselves need to change it, not outside powers

"The disconnect between Iran’s leaders’ ambitions and the authentic needs of its people is not an anomaly... but rather the latest manifestation of a tragic pattern."

New op-ed from CGM Senior Research Scholar Mohamad Machine-Chian in @theunpopulist.net. www.theunpopulist.net/p/irans-isla...

ALPA | Afghanistan Law & Political Science Association Founded in 2019, ALPA (Afghanistan Law & Political Science Association) fosters academic pursuits in law, society, and politics related to Afghanistan. We organize annual conferences, online and…

4️⃣ UPCOMING 2025 ALPA Conference: This event aims to bring together Afghan and international scholars and policymakers to engage with Afghanistan’s evolving crises and support its scholarly and professional communities. Learn more: www.alp-a.com

2025 Conference on Voluntary Governance - Call for Papers | Center for Governance and Markets | University of Pittsburgh 2025 Conference on Voluntary Governance  Call for Papers   The Constitutional Experiment:   Polycentricity, Institutional Development, and   the Challenge of Restraining Political and Social Powers

3️⃣ UPCOMING 2025 Conference on Voluntary Governance (Sept 6-7): Explore America’s constitutional legacy and how institutions can limit arbitrary power. Organized by CGM, The Stephenson Institute, and The Philanthropic Enterprise. Learn more: www.cgm.pitt.edu/2025-confere...