What should we learn from Britain’s race riots?

Anti-immigration riots broke out in cities across Britain following a knife attack that killed three children in Southport. What were the underlying causes of the unrest? Is further unrest inevitable? And what can be done, by government and civil society, to address far-right extremism and reduce the risk of future violence toward immigrants? This Policy & Practice event will bring together experts from academia and civil society to discuss these critical questions.

Meet the speakers

Dr Leor Zmigrod is a political neuroscientist and psychologist. She investigates the psychology of ideological extremism and group identity formation. Her research has been published in leading academic journals and featured in international outlets including The New York Times, New Scientist, and the Financial Times. 

Jill Rutter is an Associate Fellow at British Future and co-author of a new paper, After the Riots. She helped set up the Together Coalition and led Talk Together, the UK’s biggest conversation about what divides us and what brings us together, in the wake of COVID-19. Jill also led the National Conversation on Immigration, which engaged more than 20,000 people. She has previously worked in academia, for the Refugee Council and at the Institute for Public Policy Research. 

Nick Daines is a counter-extremism expert specialising in violent extremism, ideological radicalisation, gang and group behaviour. He is Director of SAFEN3T, a consultancy that provides safeguarding support and mentoring for people who are vulnerable to radicalisation and forms of exploitation.

Chair: Dr Elizabeth Ralph-Morrow, Lecturer (Teaching) in the UCL Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy. 

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