How Can Sociology Engage with the Major Challenges of our Time?

UCL Sociology Network Annual Debate 2024
How Can Sociology Engage with the Major Challenges of our Time?
6 June 2024 (6pm to 7.30pm)
As wars rage and the climate crisis looms, what can sociology offer? Four eminent sociologists tackle this question, drawing on their own expertise and experience to consider how our discipline can be relevant in times of crisis

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Chair: Professor Katherine Twamley, Chair, UCL Sociology Network / Professor of Sociology Thomas Coram Research Unit, Social Research Institute, IOE, UCL

Panellists

• Professor Sam Friedman, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, Co-Editor, British Journal of Sociology
• Dr Ali Meghji, Associate Professor in Social Inequalities, Department of Sociology, Cambridge
• Professor Lucinda Platt, Professor of Social Policy and Sociology, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, President European Academy of Sociology
• Professor Sylvia Walby, Professor of Criminology, Department of Law and Criminology School of Law and Social Sciences, Royal Holloway, University of London, Co-President, TG11 Violence and Society, International Sociological Association

The discussion will be followed by a drinks reception: Room 1.20, First Floor, Engineering Building, UCL, Malet Street