#AcademicRunPlaylist - 7/28/24

I was under the weather today, but at least I was able to spend the day resting at home with these guys while listening to talks for my #AcademicRunPlaylist!

First was a great talk by Jonathan Hearn on the history of the concept of competition at UCD Sociology. Hearn traces the origins of "competition," from prior to Adam Smith to the introduction of Darwinism to its conception in the modern day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE6Z3OAR5ao

Next was an amazing talk by Dan Burk on patenting information technologies at the LSE. Burk surveys the state of US law and judicial decisions on this topic, digging into the challenges with cleaning defining "natural mechanisms" when it comes to biotechnology and software. Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjYQYqokiko

Next was an intriguing talk by Philippe Aghion on the importance of innovation for reducing inequality and improving social mobility at the Royal Economic Society https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5-_qAXvpUQ

Next was an excellent talk by Balazs Vedres on networks and organizational outcomes in video game development and recorded jazz at the SONIC Research Group https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4FuWbwRL0Y

Next was an informative talk by Alex Ritchie on the ins and outs of UK company registration records at the University of London School of Advanced Study https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF-c3NSupDY&t=3s

Next was an important talk by Kevin McBride on the survey of the King Philip's War Nipsachuck battlefield at Brown University. If you're in New England, it's likely that you've seen memorials or historical markers about King Philip's War, and McBride provides a rich view into one of its critical battles. The historical context here was shocking but not surprising, with the efforts by Connecticut to claim disputed areas of Rhode Island and tight integration of colonial troops with the Mohegan and Pequot leading to their genocidal victory (which is described in the talk). Highly recommend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW31AoP6twA

Next was a short talk by Dan Amiram on automatically recognizing financial statements fraud at Columbia Business School. Amiram presents an elegant approach for statistically identifying likely fraud, and shows how trading on that information would lead to incredible returns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bc1vvWL1CI

Next was an engaging panel on corporate spinoffs and splits at the Stanford Law School with Ronald Gilson, John Thompson, Heidi Kunz, and Nancy Wojtas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNpMruMg_6w

Last was an enlightening symposium on the average consumer in trademark law at the UCL Faculty of Laws with James Mellor (average consumer generally), Richard Arnold (average consumer in passing off), Dev Gangjee (average internet consumer), Jenny Barker (average pharmaceutical consumer), Alexander von Mühlendahl (average German consumer), and Laura A. Heymann (average US consumer) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqTC_-beZxk