Dr. Judith Nora Hardt
VITA
Dr. phil. (PhD) Internationale Beziehungen DEA (entspricht M.A.) Internationale Beziehungen, Internationales Recht und Rechtsgeschichte B. Sc. Internationales Waldökosystem-Management
Bio
Judith Nora Hardt arbeitet als Postdoktorandin am deutsch-französischen Forschungszentrum für Sozialwissenschaften Centre Marc Bloch. Im Jahr 2014 promovierte Judith in den Internationalen Beziehungen an der Universität des Baskenlandes (Spanien). Sie arbeitete als Dozentin für Internationale Beziehungen, Naturschutz und Sozioökonomie an Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung Eberswalde (Deutschland) und ist seit 2017 Teil der Forschungsgruppe „Klimawandel und Sicherheit“ an der Universität Hamburg. Außerdem ist sie assoziierte Wissenschaftlerin am Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik (IFSH, Hamburg). Von März 2021 bis April 2024 war sie Projektleiterin des dreijährigen deutsch-französischen Projekts „Multiple Crises: Covid-19 and the Entanglements of Public Health, Security and Ecology in Europe“, gefördert durch das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung. Sie ist aktiv im Netzwerk von Wissenschaftlern für die Zukunft.
Zu ihren Büchern und begutachteten Veröffentlichungen gehören:
Hardt, Judith Nora: Environmental Security in the Anthropocene. Assessing Theory and Practice (London: Routledge, 2018);
„Encounters between Security and the Earth System Sciences: Planetary Boundaries and Hothouse Earth“, in Chandler, David, Rothe, Delf und Müller, Franziska (Hrsg.): International Relations in the Anthropocene: New Actors, new Agencies and new approaches (London: Palgrave, 2021);
„The United Nations Security Council at the Forefront of (Climate) Change? Verwirrung, Pattsituation, Unwissenheit“, in: Politik und Regieren, 9,4: 5-15. Open Access (2021);
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Mutterinstitut:
Centre Marc Bloch
Forschung
Forschungsthemen
Research Fields & Expertise
International Relations and Political Theory;
Security Studies;
Peace & Conflict Studies;
Global Governance;
Climate Politics and Climate Security Research Projects
Anthropocene Politics and Sciences
Judith’s research adopts a critical-normative framework and aims to advance theoretical conceptualizations of security, conflict, human well-being, and justice through innovative readings of human–nature relations. Her work critically examines the roles of agency, expertise, power, and normative foundations within structures of global governance. Additionally, her research engages with emerging debates in Anthropocene Studies, with particular attention to the implications of the Anthropocene for the evolution and reconfiguration of critical theories. With association to the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy of the University of Hamburg (IFSH), she led the project “Climate change in security perceptions, conceptions and practice at the United Nations Security Council” (2019-2020), which was funded by the German Federal Foreign Office. She has also been the project manager of the interdisciplinary project (BMBF) “Multiple Crises. Covid-19 and the Entanglements of Public Health, Security and Ecology in Europe” (2021-2024) associated to the Franco-German Research Center for the Humanities and Social Sciences Centre Marc Bloch (CMB) in Berlin. At the CMB, she played a key role in establishing the Climate–Energy Group, the Climate Protection Working Group, and the research group “Environment, Climate, Energy: Societies and their Ecological Challenges,” for which she has served as co-lead since September 2022. She has also acted as principal investigator for the cooperation between the CMB and the Climate Change Center Berlin Brandenburg (CCC), within the framework of which she successfully acquired, led, and managed two externally funded research projects. A general central aim of her research is to advance the climate security agenda by systematically integrating theory and practice, with the objective of generating innovative, actionable policy approaches and evidence-based recommendations. She is active in the Network of Scientists For Future.
Titel der Dissertation:
Environmental Security in the Anthropocene
Institution der Dissertation:
University of the Basque Country
Betreuer*in
Dr. Karlos Pérez de Armiño
Publikationen
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| Hardt, Judith N.;
Zeigermann, Ulrike and Vannier Sébastien (under contract and forthcoming in 2026) Challenges and Pathways of German Climate Policy in Times of Multiple Crises (original title: Herausforderungen und Wege der deutschen Klimapolitik in Zeiten multipler Krisen), Campus Verlag
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| Hardt, Judith N.;
Harrington, Cameron; Von Lucke, Franziskus; Estève, Adrien and Nicholas P. Simpson (eds.) (2023) Climate Security in the Anthropocene. Exploring the Approaches of United Nations Security Council Member-States, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, At: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-26014-8
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2018) Environmental Security in the Anthropocene. Assessing Theory and Practice, London: Routledge, At: https://www.routledge.com/Environmental-Security-in-the-Anthropocene-Assessing-Theory-and-Practice/Hardt/p/book/9781138704893
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| Book Chapters | |
| Co-author with Jernnäs, Maria and Linnér, Alva (forthcoming in 2026) “Producing Sustainability as a Security Problem”, in Linnèr, Björn-Ola (ed.) Handbook on the Geopolitics of Sustainability, Edward Elgar, 15 pages | |
| Hardt, Judith N. (forthcoming in 2026) “Climate change and the UN Security Council” in Mathews, Richard and LeHolland, Ann (eds.) Climate Change and International Relations, Edward Elgar, 17 pages
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| Hardt, Judith N. and Von Lucke, Franziskus (forthcoming in 2026) “Climate Security and Justice” in Zeigermann, Ulrike and Böcher, Michael (eds.) Handbook „Environmental Policy“, Edward Elgar, 16 pages | |
| Hardt, Judith N. (2024) „Challenges of Climate Security Research and Practice in the Anthropocene” in Brechin, Steven and Lee, Seungyun (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Climate Change and Society, Routledge, pp. 427-442
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2023) “Climate Change and Security in the Anthropocene: Existential Threats, Ethics, and Futures” in Di Paola, Marcello and Pellegrino, Gianfranco (eds.) Springer Handbook of Philosophy of Climate Change, Springer Cham, pp. 1269–1287
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| Hardt, Judith N.;
Harrington, Cameron; Von Lucke, Franziskus; Estève, Adrien and Nicholas Simpson (2023) “Introduction: A Framework for Assessing Climate Security” in Hardt et al. (eds.) Climate Security in the Anthropocene. Exploring the Approaches of United Nations Security Council Member-States, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 10-28
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| Hardt, Judith N.;
Cameron; Von Lucke, Franziskus; Estève, Adrien and Nicholas Simpson (2023) “Climate Security at a Crossroads: The Evolution and Future of Climate Security in the United Nations Security Council and its Member States“ in Hardt et al. (eds.) Climate Security in the Anthropocene. Exploring the Approaches of United Nations Security Council Member-States, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 306-326
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| Hardt, Judith N. and Pérez de Armino, Karlos (2023) “Climate Security and the European Union” in Trombetta, Julia Maria (eds.) Handbook on Climate Security, Edward Elgar, pp. 127-143
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2021) “Encounters between Security and the Earth System Sciences: Planetary Boundaries and Hothouse Earth”, in Chandler, David;
Rothe, Delf and Mueller, Franziska (eds.) International Relations in the Anthropocene: New Actors, new Agencies and new approaches, Palgrave McMillan, Cham, pp. 39-57 At: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030530136
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| Maertens, Lucile and Hardt, Judith N. (2021) “Climate Change and Security within the United Nations: Insights from the UN Security Council and the UN Environment Programme”, in Lövbrand, Eva and Mobjörk, Malin (eds.) Anthropocene (In)securities: Reflections on Collective Survival 50 Years After the Stockholm Conference, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 34-50
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2020) “Critical evaluation of the environmental security concept implementation: the case study of the Environment and Security Initiative”, in Brzoska, Michael and Scheffran, Jürgen (eds.) Climate Change, Security Risks, and Violent Conflicts. Essays from Integrated Climate Research in Hamburg, Hamburg University Press, pp. 265-288, At: https://blogs.sub.uni-hamburg.de/hup/products-page/publikationen/180/
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| Hardt, Judith N. and Scheffran, Jürgen (2019) “Environmental peace-building and climate change: Stocktaking, critical analysis and recommendations for future pathways”, in Pérez de Armiño, Karlos and Zirion, Iker (eds.) Critical visions of peacebuilding (original title: Visiones críticas de la construcción de la paz), Technos, pp. 391-423
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2018) “Security Studies and the Discourse on the Anthropocene: Shortcomings, Challenges and Opportunities”, in Hickmann, Thomas;
Partzsch, Lena; Pattberg, Philipp and Weiland, Sabine (eds.) The Anthropocene Debate and Political Sciences, Routledge, pp. 85-102
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2012) “Critical Deconstruction of Environmental Security and Human Security Concepts in the Anthropocene”, in Scheffran, Jürgen et al. (eds.) Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict–Challenges to Social Stability, Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol. VIII, Springer, pp. 207-221, At: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-28626-1_10
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| Journal Articles (peer reviewed) | |
| Hardt, Judith N. Hardt (forthcoming in 2026) “Evidence, Progress and Research Gaps: the Link between Climate Change, Security and Conflicts”, Book Review Essay in Global Environmental Politics
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| Hardt, Judith N. (forthcoming in 2026) “International Relations and the Anthropocene: Paradigm Encounters, Battles and Pluralism” in Relaciones Internacionales, 61, pp. 1-23 | |
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Vogler, Anselm and Hardt, Judith N. (2025) “A climate-proof strategy? How the National Security Strategy deals with the security implications of climate change“(original title: Eine klimafeste Strategie? Wie die Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie mit den Sicher-heitsimplikationen des Klimawandels umgeht), Zeitschrift für Politik, vol 13, pp. 181-198, At: https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748951094-181
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| Hardt, Judith N.;
Jayaram, Dhanasree; Harrington, Cameron, McLaren, Duncan; Simpson, Nicholas P.; Cook, Alistair D. B.; Oliveira, Maria Cecilia; von Lucke, Franziskus; Trombetta, Julia Maria; Daoudy, Marwa; Floyd, Rita Floyd; Oramah, Chinwe Philomina; Caballero Anthony, Mely; Estève, Adrien (2024) “The challenges of the increasing institutionalization of climate security”, PLOS Clim 3(4), pp. 1-4, At: https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000402
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| Hardt, Judith (2024) “Climate Security and the European Union: Concept, Challenges, and Recommendations”, in Canadien Journal of Military Studies, pp. 33-41, At: https://www.journal.forces.gc.ca/PDFs/CMJ241Ep33.pdf
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| Bartl, Gabriel and Hardt, Judith N. (2022) „On the relationship of Science and Politics in the context of Multiple Crises: Covid-19 and the Climate Crisis as challenges for scientific political consulting“ (original title: Zum Verhältnis zwischen Wissenschaft und Politik im Kontext multipler Krisen: Covid-19 und die Klimakrise als Herausforderungen für die wissenschaftliche Politikberatung), in Zeitschrift für Umweltpolitik & Umweltrecht, 2/2022, pp. 155-178, At:
https://online.ruw.de/suche/pdf/zfu/zfu-02-2022-155-02d517156f740d85542e6340b143ae93.pdf
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2021) “Research Perspectives and Boundaries of Thought: Security, Peace, Conflict, and the Anthropocene”, in Special Issue Revista de Estudios en Seguridad Internacional, Vol. 7/1, pp. 11-28, At: http://www.seguridadinternacional.es/resi/index.php/revista/article/view/347
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2021) “The United Nations Security Council at the edge of Climate Change? Confusion, Stalemate, Ignorance” in Journal Politics and Governance, Vol.9/4, pp. 5-15, At: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/article/view/4573/4573 | |
| Hardt, Judith N. and Scheffran, Jürgen (2020) “The Planetary Security Initiative and planetary security. From Holocene constructions to Anthropocene transitions” (original title: L'(in)sécurité planétaire vue par le réseau de la Planetary Security Inititative : une approche critique de l’expertise face à l’Anthropocène) in Les Champs de Mars, pp. 101-126
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| Co-author of Hagedorn, G. et al. (2019) “The concerns of the young protesters are justified. A statement by Scientists for Future concerning the protests for more climate protection”, in GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society, Vol. 28/2: pp. 79-87. GAIA Award 2019, At: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/oekom/gaia/2019/00000028/00000002/art00004;
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| Journal Articles (reviewed) | |
| Von Lucke, Franziskus and Hardt, Judith N. (2022) “German climate policy from a foreign and security policy perspective: a solution for the future?” (original title: La politique climatique allemande sous l’angle de la politique extérieure et de sécurité: une solution d’avenir?) in Hardt, Judith N.;
Zeigermann, Ulrike and Vannier, Sébastien “La politique climatique allemande”, Revue L’Allemagne D’Aujourd’hui, 239, pp. 111-123, At: https://www.septentrion.com/fr/livre/?GCOI=27574100399050
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| Hardt, Judith N.;
Zeigermann, Ulrike and Vannier, Sébastien (2022) “German climate policy challenged to make up for lost time” (original title: La politique climatique allemande au défi de rattraper le temps perdu) in Revue L’Allemagne D’Aujourd’hui, 239, pp. 79-82
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| Hardt, Judith N. and Viehoff, Alina (2020) “Security and Climate Change. The Role of the UN Security Council” (original title: Sicherheit im Klimawandel. Die Rolle des UN-Sicherheitsrates), in Wissenschaft & Frieden 2020/4: Umwelt, Klima, Konflikt – Krieg oder Frieden mit der Natur?, pp. 30-33, At: https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/seite.php?artikelID=2476
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2009) “The environmental challenge and development: evolution of the theoretical concepts and the international institutional initiatives” (original title: La problemática medioambiental y el desarrollo: La evolución de los avances teóricos y de las iniciativas institucionales internacionales), in Revista Trabajos y Ensayos, Vol. 9, At: http://www.diprriihd.ehu.es/revistadoctorado/n9/Hardt09.pdf
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2008) “Environmental Security in the Theory and Practice of International Relations” (original title: Seguridad medioambiental en la teoría y en la práctica de las Relaciones Internacionales), in Revista Trabajos y Ensayos, Vol. 7, At: http://www.diprriihd.ehu.es/revistadoctorado/n7/Hardt07.pdf
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| Special Issue and collective Research Report | |
| Hardt, Judith N.;
Zeigermann, Ulrike and Vannier, Sébastien (eds.) (2022) ”German Climate Policy” (original title: La politique climatique allemande), in Revue L’Allemagne D’Aujourd’hui, (internal review of the 13 articles), At: https://www.septentrion.com/fr/livre/?GCOI=27574100399050
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| Hardt, Judith N. and Viehoff, Alina (eds.) (2020) “A Climate for Change in the UNSC? Member States’ Approaches to the Climate-Security Nexus”, in IFSH-Research Report, (peer-review process of the 15 country chapters), At: https://ifsh.de/en/publications/research-report/research-report-005
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| Policy Briefs and other Publications | |
| Co-author of Bartl, Gabriel et al. (2024) “Re-Thinking Governance in Times of Multiple Crises”, Vigoni Paper (5/2023), At: https://shs.hal.science/halshs-04643847 | |
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Brzoska, Michael and Viehoff, Alina (2021) “Climate security in the UN Security Council: Achieving more through improved knowledge and increased credibility” (original title: Klima-Sicherheit im VN-Sicherheitsrat: Mit mehr Wissen und mehr Glaubwürdigkeit mehr erreichen), PeaceLab-Blog, At: https://peacelab.blog/2021/02/klima-sicherheit-im-vn-sicherheitsrat-mit-mehr-wissen-und-mehr-glaubwuerdigkeit-mehr-erreichen & CMB-Blog Climate and Energy Policy, At: https://cmb.hu-berlin.de/en/the-center/newspost/klima-sicherheitim-vn-sicherheitsrat-mit-mehr-wissen-und-mehr-glaubwuerdigkeit-mehrerreichen
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2020) „What crisis? Corona as a socio-ecological shock“, CMB-Blog, At: https://cmb.hu-berlin.de/zentrum/neuigkeit/gesellschaft-im-krisenmodus-what-crisis-corona-as-a-socio-ecological-shock/
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| Co-author of Skelton, A. et al. (2020) “10 myths about net zero targets and carbon offsetting, busted”, (December), At:
https://www.climatechangenews.com/2020/12/11/10-myths-net-zero-targets-carbon-offsetting-busted/
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2020) „A Climate for Change in the UNSC? Member States’ Approaches to the Climate-Security Nexus“, IFSH Policy Brief, At: https://ifsh.de/en/news-detail/new-ifsh-policy-brief-a-climate-for-change-in-the-unsc
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| Hardt, Judith N. and Viehoff, Alina (2020) “The UN Security Council in (Climate) Change” (original title: Der UN-Sicherheitsrat im (Klima-)Wandel?), DGVN UN-Debattenblog, At: https://dgvn.de/meldung/der-un-sicherheitsrat-im-klima-wandel/ | |
| Hardt, Judith N. and Scheffran, Jürgen (2019) “Environmental Peacebuilding and Climate Change: Peace and Conflict Studies at the Edge of Transformation”, Toda Peace Institute Policy Brief, 68 (December), At: https://toda.org/policy-briefs-and-resources/policy-briefs/environmental-peacebuilding-and-climate-change-peace-and-conflict-studies-at-the-edge-of-transformation.html
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| Mainberger, Christoph;
Scheffran, Jürgen and Hardt, Judith N. (2019) Report of session 3 “Climate Extremes and Security”, in Herrenhausen Conference October 9-11, 2019 Extreme Events – Building Climate Resilient Societies, At: https://climate-extremes-emergent-risks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Report_Session_3.pdf &https://climate-extremes-emergent-risks.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Session-3_Climate-Extremes-and-Security_Program.pdf
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| Hardt, Judith N. (2017) “Society in times of (Climate) Change. A claim to the German ethic council to take action” (original title: Gesellschaft im (Klima)Wandel. Ein Aufruf an den Deutschen Ethikrat), At:
http://www.klimaretter.info/meinungen/standpunkte/23959-ethikrat-soll-klimawandel-thematisieren
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| Podcasts | |
| Podcast “Climate Security – Which discourses and practises around the world?” (with D. Jayaram, J. Hardt and C. Oliviera), CMB, at: https://podcast.ausha.co/radio-marc-bloch/18-climate-security-which-discourses-and-practises-around-the-world-with-j-hardt-d-jayaram-and-c-oliviera
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| Podcast “Activism in Science – Is it possible?” (original title: Aktivismus in der Wissenschaft – Geht das?) (Folge #08) BR 50 (with J. Hardt, E. Heyne and P. Eiden-Offe), Naturkundemuseum Berlin at: https://www.br50.org/podcast/episode/aktivismus-in-der-wissenschaft-folge-08
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| Videos | |
| Project film: “Multiple Crises. Covid-19 and the Entanglements of Public Health, Security and Ecology in Europe”, CMB, 2025, At: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1tF1M96SyI
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| Roundtable “Climate Change & Security: Practices, Confrontations and Futures”, CMB, Berlin, 20 June 2023, At: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nsj18N8JL0U
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| Overview of the Research Group “Energy and Climate Politics”, CMB, 2021, At: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx1geUjAdi8
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| Scientist for Future Video “A call to politics” (original title “Aufruf an die Politik”), 9 minutes, contribution from 133 German speaking scientists, Berlin, May 2019, At: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZYh0aTSvBA&pp=QADQAwE%3D
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