Saturday 29 & Sunday 30 October, Royal College of Art, London
Alone together? Cultivating social solidarity in the year ahead
Sunday 30 October 2011
SPEAKER: Frank Furedi
The rise of the clicktivists: will the revolution be digitised?
Sunday 30 October 2011
SPEAKERS: David Babbs, Phil Booth, Paul Mason, Martyn Perks
Is individualism bad for society?
Sunday 30 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Dr Maurice Glasman, Clifford Longley, John Sutherland, Bruno Waterfield
Loyalty in an age of whistle-blowing and Wikileaks
Sunday 30 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Mick Hume, Joyce McMillan, Henry Porter, Gwyn Prins, Richard Sexton
Fracking and Fukushima: our energy security fears
Sunday 30 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Professor Gordon MacKerron, Tanya Morrison, James Woudhuysen
Has tolerance gone too far?
Sunday 30 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Christopher Caldwell, Professor Frank Furedi, Professor Anna Elisabetta Galeotti, GM Tamás
Moral panics or just panic?
Saturday 29 October 2011
SPEAKERS: David Aaronovitch, Brendan O’Neill, Jenni Russell
Creativity and curiosity: do we make stuff up or find it out?
Saturday 29 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Dr Ken Arnold, Dr Tiffany Jenkins, Professor Colin Lawson, Ruth Padel, Professor Raymond Tallis
Profiting responsibly? Business in the big society
Saturday 29 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Sue Clark, Professor Bill Durodié, Giles Gibbons, Leo Johnson, Philippe Legrain
What is nature for?
Saturday 29 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Josie Appleton, Dr Jim Endersby, Matthew Oates, Ruth Padel
The Battle against the Fates
Saturday 29 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Professor Frank Furedi, Peter Hunter OP, Steve Rayner, Jeffrey Rosen
Battle of Ideas festival 2011: welcome address
Saturday 29 October 2011
SPEAKERS: Ann Furedi, Dr Paul Thompson, Jamie Walls, Mike Wright
To keep up to date with Academy of Ideas news, comment, events, podcasts and publications, subscribe to our Substack below.