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2 - Involuntary Social Experimentation: Revisiting the Case for a Moratorium

https://doi.org/10.57054/cb012020145
Nimi Hoffmann
University of Sussex, United Kingdom Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9527-3324

Corresponding Author(s) : Nimi Hoffmann

N.I.Hoffmann@sussex.ac.uk

CODESRIA Bulletin, No. 01 (2020): CODESRIA Bulletin, No 1, 2020

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Nimi Hoffmann. (2021). 2 - Involuntary Social Experimentation: Revisiting the Case for a Moratorium. CODESRIA Bulletin, (01), 7–14. https://doi.org/10.57054/cb012020145
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Author Biography

Nimi Hoffmann, University of Sussex, United Kingdom Cape Peninsula University of Technology, South Africa

I am a lecturer at the Centre for International Education. ​My research focuses on the knowledge commons and social policy. I am happy to supervise students working in the following areas: 1. the knowledge commons and open access architectures 2. the role of RCTs in education policy 3. the meanings of Bandung, the non-Aligned Movement or the Tricontinental for social policy today 4. The prospects, dynamics and constraints on democratic social policy. If you are interested to pursue doctoral research in these areas, please contact me via email.

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