Belfast Battle of Ideas

Cube Theatre Crescent Arts Centre, University Road, Belfast, United Kingdom

The Academy of Ideas is producing an afternoon of three debates at Belfast Imagine Festival on Saturday 26 March.

£7.00 – £10.00

Globalisation in retreat?

online, via Zoom

Phil Mullan introduces a discussion on the rise of regionalisation and how the war in Ukraine has accelerated economic trends.

Free

The Moral Case For Abortion – live with Ann Furedi

online, via Zoom

Despite almost every politician being willing to wave flags and post hashtags in support for women’s rights on International Women’s Day, access to abortion services remain a thorny issue. In […]

Free

United we stand? Ukraine and the future of the West

Royal National Hotel (Meeting Room 1, South Wing) 38-51 Bedford Way, London, United Kingdom

Join us for this Academy of Ideas panel discussion on what the war in Ukraine reveals about the state of the West.

£5 – £8

Is cancel culture killing literature?

31 Oval Road 31 Oval Road, London, United Kingdom

What happens when we start judging works by the author's views and behaviour? Is cancel culture censorship under a new guise? Join the Arts & Society Forum for this public debate in London.

£3 – £5

How can we end the cost-of-living crisis?

online, via Zoom

Join us for this Academy of Ideas panel discussion on why prices are rising so sharply and what, if anything, can be done about it.

Did teachers fail the kids?

Accent Study Centre 12 Bedford Square, London

Join us for this in-person AoI Education Forum event as Liz Cole and Molly Kingsley discuss their new book, The Children's Inquiry.

£5 – £7

Battle of Ideas festival 2022

Church House Deans Yard, London SW1P 3NZ, London, United Kingdom

Two days of high-level, thought-provoking public debate at the UK's premier festival of ideas.

£10 – £100