Using social media to fight for human rights in Kenya

Wanjeri Nderu, a human rights and anti-corruption blogger, will talk about her work to expose criminal activity and human rights violations in Kenya

The anatomy of violence: Dissecting the biological roots of crime

This talk provides a brief overview of this new body of knowledge and it implications for our future conceptualization of moral responsibility, free will, and punishment from a neuroscience perspective

Stigma machines

Professor Imogen Tyler discusses ‘Badging the Poor’, and examines the mechanics of intensified welfare stigma in the UK in the wake of the implementation of austerity-driven reforms to social provision since 2010

The Albukhary Foundation gallery of the Islamic World: New perspectives

Dr Ladan Akbarnia will discuss the new displays, the collection, and the vision for the new Albukhary Foundation gallery

Racism as a virus

Thinking about discrimination as a virus, as a social ill that must be addressed at many different levels, may provide a way to address enduring racism