Upcoming Talks & Debates
Ethical Matters:
The Age of Fakes
Ethical Matters:
The Age of Fakes
Fake is the word. Fake autobiographies, deep fake faces, fake news. Our technology and communications have further distanced us from what is real in the world. In this Ethical Matters talk, learn how, why and discover ways we can re-find the truth.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Green Crime
Ethical Matters:
Green Crime
Enter a world where people are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, and corruption is rampant. Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw takes us deep into some of the worst environmental crimes of our time, and asks: how do the Earth's killers think? And how can we stop them from stealing our future?
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
How Housing Broke London
Ethical Matters:
How Housing Broke London
In London, only those with vast cash deposits can get on the property ladder, private rents have spiralled out of control and the wait for social housing is measured in decades. Author and journalist Peter Apps examines London's housing journey over the past forty years, and explores the ways London can transform again in the future.
Conway Hall | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Loving Differently
Ethical Matters:
Loving Differently
What does it mean to love outside of the conventions of heterosexuality and monogamy? As discussions around the many shapes and forms of relationships become less taboo, what lessons can we learn from loving differently?
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
In Search of Now
Ethical Matters:
In Search of Now
According to physics there is no ‘now’, no difference between past and future. What of free will? Is choice an illusion? Or has physics left something out of the equation? Dr Jo Marchant tackles questions of time, self, consciousness and reality – exploring the secrets of how our lives really unfold.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Policing the Police
Ethical Matters:
Policing the Police
Join us at Conway Hall with Met Police whistle-blower Issy Vine and Senior Lecturer in Criminology Dr Lambros Fatsis. We will ask how policing can be for all people, including women, people of colour, LGBTQ+ folks, protestors and others who cannot depend on protection of the police.
Brockway Room | Virtual event
Ethical Matters:
Useful Art
Ethical Matters:
Useful Art
Does art have to be beautiful? What if it can be useful instead? For over a decade Professor John Byrne has been working with artists and curators to explore how art can resist, engage with or offer alternatives to the current conditions of global neoliberalism.
Brockway Room | Virtual event