Machine Learning for Armed Conflict Mediation

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Machine Learning for Armed Conflict Mediation

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Sep 27, 2022

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This week we welcome Dr Miguel Arana-Catania and Professor Rob Proctor from the University of Warwick, along with Dr Felix-Anselm van Lier from Oxford University. The episode discusses their recent work in using machine learning to analyze large-scale peace dialogue transcripts from the war in Yemen, with the aim to assist conflict mediators.

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Sep 27, 2022

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