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NEWS: New Databases and Testing Theories of Social Evolution
Lab members Matilda Peruzzo and Pieter François attended two workshops (11-14 November 2025) on databases and testing theories of social evolution organised by long-term collaborator Peter Turchin at the Complexity Science Hub – Vienna.
(Image: Peter Turchin setting out the agenda for the workshops).
NEWS: Peacebuilding and AI – A White Paper
External Lab Member and Director of Dialogue Action, Julian Weinberg, launched the white paper ‘Peacebuilding an AI’ at the House of Lords on 4 November 2025. This initiative, spearheaded by Dialogue Action, was supported by Professor Pieter François and Regent’s Park College.
The white paper can be downloaded here…
NEWS: Launch of the Cost Action: Values in Turbulent Times: Navigating Social Changes and Challenges (VISTA)
Lab Director, Prof Pieter François attended the launch in Brussels on 27 October 2025 of the new EU Cost Action project VISTA.
NEWS: Online workshop on drafting Guidelines for Indigenous Peoples and Freedom of Religion or Belief
The G20 Interfaith Forum’s Working Group on Freedom of Religion and Belief (led by Lab Members Nicholas Miller, Alexis Artaud de la Ferriere, and Pieter François) convened an online workshop on 22 September 2025. It was facilitated by Professor Maniraj Skudaven, University of Pretoria, and saw leaders and members of Indigenous Peoples from South Africa discuss the intersection of indigenous rights and Freedom of Religion or Belief. This is the last workshop in a series held in Brazil and South Africa.
(Image: Lab members Nicholas Miller and Pieter François, and Father Moses Chanda OP during a scoping visit to Cape Town).