Eight members of the University of Chicago faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. They include Profs. Zeresenay Alemseged, Benson Farb, Jeffrey Hubbe
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April 23, 2021
Professor Anup Malani was among eight members of the University of Chicago faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies.
Malani is the Law School s Lee and Brena Freeman Professor and a professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine. He conducts research in law and economics, health economics and development economics. His research in law and economics focuses on judicial behavior, methods for measuring the contents and causal impact of laws, and the legal implications of blockchain. His health economics research focuses on control of infectious diseases (including coronaviruses and influenza), the value of medical innovation and health care insurance, conflicts of interest in medicine and placebo effects. In development economics, Malani is involved in multiple projects in India focused on health care financing and the quality of life in slums.
The second Let s Talk Screenwriting! roundtable examines the role of writers rooms in Danish, German and Dutch television production cineuropa.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cineuropa.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A slide from Florian Krauàs presentation
The second âLetâs Talk Screenwriting!â roundtable, entitled âShowrunners and writersâ rooms in European television productionâ was held online on 12 April. The event, organised by the Media Industries, Infrastructures and Institutions (MI3) research group from Utrecht University, was chaired by
Hanna Surma, assistant professor of Media Studies at the same university.
Following Surmaâs opening remarks, the floor was given to
Eva Novrup Redvall (University of Copenhagen). In her case study on Danish writersâ rooms, Redvall explained that the countryâs audiovisual landscape has been characterised by a strong public service broadcasting culture, with a user base of around 5.7 million viewers. According to the figures provided by DR Media Research, in 2019 the largest market shares were controlled by DR (35.5%) and TV2 (40.4%). However, the country has also recorded a sharp increase in SVOD con