Author: Genevieve Lawrence

In the last discussion meeting held on the 23rd of February, we started with the questions on what type of format for our discussion group is preferred by the members. The majority wanted it to have an agenda and some structure but not very formal, preferring an exchange of opinions, with a possibility to learn…

  The first discussion group meeting in 2024 took place as usual on the last Friday of the month, the 26th of January. We chose a topic which will be “hot” all year round. 2024 is not just an election year. It’s perhaps the election year. Globally, more voters than ever in history will head to the polls as…

On the last Friday of November, the Discussion Group had its last meeting of the 2023 year. The topic is hot and relevant and our meeting was well attended. We talked about what is protectionism and how it works. A short definition – protectionism is a term used to describe the set of policies restricting…

On the last Friday of the month, the 27th of October, we had our monthly meeting and discussed interesting facts related to statistics, why they are essential, how to spot bad statistics, what we know about GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and how it is calculated. We started talking about statistics with a focus on the…

The discussion group started our new season as always, on the last Friday of the month, 29 September. We talked about something important that happened last summer, what we learned from it, and what conclusions, if any we made. A few of us left Spain and had a story to tell about other countries and…

As usual last Friday of the month we had the Discussion Group meeting and this time talked about What are the pros and cons of a falling fertility rate? The fertility rate is the average number of live births per woman in the population.  In order to maintain the current population size, the fertility rate…