Event type:

In person

Date & time:

27 Apr 2022, 18:00 – 19:00

Book launch - Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action

Join this webinar to hear author Rhiannon Firth, along with John Preston and Jessica Ringrose, discuss the launch of this new book.

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Book launch - Disaster Anarchy: Mutual Aid and Radical Action

27 Apr 2022, 18:00 – 19:00

Dr Rhiannon Firth

Lecturer in Sociology

IOE, UCL

Her research is focused on the intersection of Sociology, Education and Politics, with a focus on the pedagogical and prefigurative practices of social and ecological justice movements.
 

Professor John Preston

Professor of Sociology

University of Essex

His focus is on the sociology of disasters, emergencies and existential threat. He is the author of several books on the sociology of disasters, including ‘Disaster Education’, 'Grenfell Tower: Preparedness, Race and Disaster Capitalism' and ‘Coronavirus, Class and Mutual Aid in the United Kingdom’ (with Rhiannon Firth).

Professor Jessica Ringrose

Head of the Sociology section

Department of Education, Practice and Society - IOE

Her research areas includes Gender Equity in Education, Youth gender and sexuality, Youth Activism, Youth and Social Media, Feminism in Education.

Further information

Ticketing

Pre-booking essential

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity

ioe.csee@ucl.ac.uk