Keynote Speakers

We are delighted to have attracted such visionary and engaging keynote speakers. 

Ulrich Beck

Renowned German sociologist best known for his work on ‘risk society’ and ‘cosmopolitanism’/author of ‘World at Risk’ and ‘Cosmopolitan Europe’. See full details.

Christine Delphy

Acclaimed French feminist sociologist/co-founder with Simone de Beauvoir of the review ‘New Feminist Issues’ and author of 'Close to Home: A Materialist Analysis of Women's Oppression'.  See full details.

Paul Gilroy

Path-breaking UK social theorist of race, racism and culture/author of ‘There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack’ and ‘Darker Than Blue: On The Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture’.  See full details.

Arlie Hochschild

Influential sociologist with international acclaim.  Author of books including The Managed Heart, The Second Shift and The Time Bind.  See full details.

George Steinmetz

Acclaimed US sociologist addressing the history of sociology and legacies of colonialism/author of ‘The Devil’s Handwriting’, editor of ‘The Politics of Method’ and co-director of the film ‘Detroit: Ruin of a City’.  See full details.

Laurie Taylor

Renowned UK sociologist and criminologist, founding member of The National Deviancy Conference, now public sociologist and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Thinking Allowed’ programme.

Sylvia Walby

UNESCO Chair in Gender Research and Professor of Sociology at Lancaster University, UK.  She is an Academician of the UK Academy of Social Sciences, a Fellow of the RSA and has an OBE for services to equal opportunities and diversity.  See full details.

Watch this space for further details!

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