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Nai Kalema
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Global Political Economy of Digital Transformation & AI | PhD student @IIPP_UCL | 24-25 Tech & Human Rights Fellow @CarrCenter @Harvard (she/her) (RT≠E) 📍🇬🇧
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Nai Kalema @naikalema.bsky.social · May 8
✨As a proud Minnesotan (and product of its public schools), I was delighted to meet Tim Walz, the 41st Governor of Minnesota and the 2024 Democratic nominee for US Vice President, and ask him about digital transformation and public value! It was a great evening!
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Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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During his second term, President Trump has upended 60 years of civil rights, largely under the guise of attacking DEI. On "The Daily," our reporter discusses the growing fears of what a post-civil rights government will mean for Black Americans.
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights
The White House’s assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination.
nyti.ms
October 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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nytimes.com
The Trump administration’s plans to incinerate $9.7 million in birth control pills and other contraceptives stored in a Belgian warehouse have left European governments struggling as they try to prevent the destruction.
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed
The U.S. government intends to incinerate $9.7 million in already-purchased birth control in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D shut down. Destruction may have already started.
nyti.ms
August 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
naikalema.bsky.social
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
How A.I. Lost (and Won) the Big Beautiful Debate
The A.I. industry might blanch at state regulations, but getting millions in government investments takes the sting off.
slate.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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nytimes.com
Zohran Mamdani stunned former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who conceded the New York City mayoral primary race to the 33-year-old state lawmaker. trib.al/KfNebEQ
Zohran Mamdani is pictured speaking. Headline reads: "Mamdani Stuns Cuomo in New York Mayoral Primary." Photo credit: Scott Heins for The New York Times.
June 25, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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mazzucatom.bsky.social
DOGE cut staff without cutting work—thats not efficiency, its chaos. Far from an entrepreneurial state, Trump creates a predatory one combining pageantry & institutional looting. Thanks @damonsilvers.bsky.social‬ @naikalema.bsky.social‬ @choprausa.bsky.social‬ for joining me at #RethinkingTheState
June 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
naikalema.bsky.social
Super excited to kick-off IIPP Forum 2025 with a panel I’m hosting featuring:

@mazzucatom.bsky.social & @damonsilvers.bsky.social in conversation w/ @choprausa.bsky.social‬ on lessons for rethinking public value in the AI age.

Join us in-person or online!

🔗: buff.ly/NbKqllY

#RethinkingTheState
June 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
naikalema.bsky.social
As we all try to make sense of the still-unfolding tragedy in Minnesota, please read the new article by @brianklaas.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Global Politics @ucl.ac.uk (& fellow proud Minnesotan). #OneMinnesota, #RethinkingtheState

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
In Minnesota, America’s Luck Ran Out
The United States is a fraying society, torn apart by polarization, intense disagreement, and ratcheting extremism.
www.theatlantic.com
June 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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One Minnesota.
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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💭Rethinking Public Value in the Age of DOGE

IIPP Forum 2025: #RethinkingTheState

Join the @naikalema.bsky.social, @mazzucatom.bsky.social & @damonsilvers.bsky.social in conversation w/ @choprausa.bsky.social‬ on lessons for rethinking public value in the age of AI.

🔗 register: buff.ly/NbKqllY
June 7, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87
Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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iipp-ucl.bsky.social
➡️ Decolonising Public Administration

IIPP Forum 2025 - #RethinkingTheState
Join leading voices in policy and public administration to explore how decolonising approaches are reshaping how governance is taught, practiced, and experienced.

🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/S8QNrSe
May 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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michae.lv
How should legal education respond to AI? Together with 11 UCL Laws colleagues, this paper is our vision for the sector. It's rooted in academic integrity, fundamental competences, and concerns around impacts on learning to learn and intellectual risk taking. (🧵)

discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
May 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
Here is Harvard's new lawsuit, over the international student revocation, filed by the same team of lawyers behind the first lawsuit: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Case 1:25-cv-11472 Document 1 Filed 05/23/25 Page 2 of 72 1. For more than 70 years, Harvard University ("Harvard" or the "University") has been certified by the federal government to enroll international students under the F-1 visa program, and it has long been designated as an exchange program sponsor to host J-1 nonimmigrants. Harvard has, over this time, developed programs and degrees tailored to its international students, invested millions to recruit the most talented such students, and integrated its international students into all aspects of the Harvard community. Yesterday, the government abruptly revoked that certification without process or cause, to immediate and devastating effect for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders. 2. This revocation is a blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. It is the latest act by the government in clear retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government's demands to control Harvard's governance, curriculum, and the "ideology" of its faculty and students. The government's actions are unlawful for other equally clear and pernicious reasons. They disregard the government's own regulations-under which Harvard should remain certified to host F-1 and J-1 visa holders. They depart from decades of settled practice and come without rational explanation. And they were carried out abruptly without any of the robust procedures the government has established to prevent just this type of upheaval to thousands of students' lives. REQUEST FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, Harvard respectfully requests the following relief: A. Declare that Defendants' actions to revoke Harvard's SEVP certification through 69 Case 1:25-cv-11472 Document 1 Filed 05/23/25 Page 71 of 72 B. D. the Revocation Notice are unconstitutional and/or unlawful because they violate the First Amendment, the Due Process Clause, and the APA; Preliminarily and permanently enjoin Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants from implementing, instituting, maintaining, or giving effect to the unlawful revocation of Harvard's SEVP certification; Preliminarily and permanently enjoin Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants from giving any force or effect to the Department of Homeland Security's May 22, 2025 Revocation Notice; Permanently enjoin Defendants, their agents, and anyone acting in concert or participation with Defendants from issuing a NOW or otherwise initiating proceedings to withdraw Harvard's SEVP certification in retaliation for Harvard's exercise of its rights under the First Amendment, or because of the viewpoint of Harvard's First Amendment protected speech, or because of Harvard's refusal to comply with the April 11 Demand Letter.
May 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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nytimes.com
Breaking News: A judge blocked a Trump administration move to bar Harvard University from admitting international students, hours after the school filed suit.
Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
naikalema.bsky.social
✨As a proud Minnesotan (and product of its public schools), I was delighted to meet Tim Walz, the 41st Governor of Minnesota and the 2024 Democratic nominee for US Vice President, and ask him about digital transformation and public value! It was a great evening!
May 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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cacrisalves.bsky.social
Spending summer in London? Join the @iipp-ucl.bsky.social Annual Forum on Rethinking the State.

We'll explore governance, knowledge & econ power. From decolonising public administration to reclaiming digital sovereignty, let's listen, co-create & reimagine public purpose today.

#RethinkingTheState
April 11, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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nytimes.com
“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, said about President Trump's demands. nyti.ms/4jzSS9W
The gates of Harvard University. The text reads: "Harvard Says It Will Not Comply With Trump Administration's Demands." Photo by Sophie Park for The New York Times.
April 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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iipp-ucl.bsky.social
💭What does equity have to do with city governments’ dynamic capabilities?

IIPP's @naikalema.bsky.social analyses the importance of equity in cultivating dynamic capabilities, drawing on key lessons from research in Cape Town, South Africa.

✍️Read more here: buff.ly/RiDqOpq
April 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/g...
Governments Are Not Startups | by Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel - Project Syndicate
Mariana Mazzucato & Rainer Kattel explain why ongoing efforts to run the state like a business are doomed to fail.
www.project-syndicate.org
April 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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slehuede.bsky.social
If you're around KCL on 9 April, join us for a timely panel on 'AI & DATA ECOLOGIES'.

We will have amazing speakers: Mike Duggan, @jwyg.bsky.social , @lboungr.bsky.social , @tavmos.bsky.social, Gavin Williams and Maud Borie.

You can register here:
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March 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...
Trump Administration Dropped Policy Prohibiting Contractors From Having Segregated Facilities
The provision had been in place since the civil rights era.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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wired.com
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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iipp-ucl.bsky.social
🎤Governance in Times of Change and Uncertainty.

IIPP Co-Deputy Director @rainerkattel.bsky.social delivered a keynote at the Smart City Exchange Forum 2025, presenting the work done by the IIPP Public Sector Capabilities Index (PSCI) team.

✍️Read the latest PSCI report here: buff.ly/7Xcoioe
March 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM