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How we get our future back: why Britain needs ordinary hope not extraordinary disruption
22 November 2022, 6:30 pm–7:30 pm
Inaugural Lecture: Marc Stears, UCL Policy Lab Director
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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James Baggaley
Location
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Gustave Tuck Lecture TheatreWilkins Main BuildingGower StreetLondonWC1E 6BTUnited Kingdom
The enormous crises of our times – economic instability, inequality, climate change -- each demand big policy change. But the traumas of the last few years have left people yearning for stability and security rather than for ever more disruption. How can this contradiction be overcome? And what role do each of us have in overcoming it?
In his inaugural lecture for the UCL Policy Lab, political thinker and former speechwriter, Marc Stears, will draw on his experiences both inside and outside politics to go to the heart of this issue. He will paint a picture of Britain’s future which is simultaneously optimistic and realistic and show how achieving that vision is dependent, most of all, on our ability radically to democratise our politics and open up our core institutions to people of all backgrounds.
About the Speaker
Marc Stears
Director at UCL Policy Lab
Marc Stears is an internationally regarded academic, political strategist, speechwriter and executive educator, who specialises in creating dynamic collaborations between academic researchers and broader society. Currently the inaugural Director of the UCL Policy Lab, Marc has previously been Director of the Sydney Policy Lab at the University of Sydney, CEO of the New Economics Foundation, Professor of political theory at the University of Oxford and chief speechwriter to the UK Labour Party. He enjoy a worldwide reputation as a leadership coach and communications strategist, having supported Board and Executive Committee members for major organisations including for some of the world’s largest companies. He is the author of several books from the world’s leading presses, including Out of the Ordinary published by Harvard University Press in 2021. Along with his co-author Tom Baldwin, he is currently completing a new book entitled England, Whose England? due out from Bloomsbury next year