Combat and the Campus – nuclear weapons research at Britain’s universities

Launch of the ‘Atoms for Peace?’ research report on university links to the UK’s nuclear weapons programme followed by a panel discussion on the ethics of military research in universities with Sir Jonathon Porritt (Forum for the Future and Prince of Wales’s Business & Sustainability Programme) Professor Andy Blowers (Open University) and Dr Christopher Watson (British Pugwash […]

Global Health Justice Lecture – Inequality and Health (A New Public Lecture and Discussion Series)

Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health. GHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students, campaigners and academics to discuss, debate and exchange […]

Global Health Justice Lecture – Nutrition, Climate and Public Health

Global Health Justice (GHJ) is a new public lecture and discussion series organised by the London-based charity Medact and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) focusing on the socio-political determinants of health. GHJ aims to bring a strong social science and humanities perspective to global health and provide a space for students, campaigners and academics to discuss, debate and exchange […]

How Nearly Everything in Dr Strangelove is True, and What We Need to Do About It – with Eric Schlosser

Details: The risks and consequences associated with nuclear weapons are much higher than previously acknowledged. Investigative journalist and author Eric Schlosser will describe some of the findings in his book Command and Control, which tells the story of Cold War ‘near-misses’ using exclusive and recently de-classified documents and interviews. Humanitarian disarmament expert Thomas Nash will outline the exciting international […]