The THINK series

Wednesday 20 October: THINK Seminar: Citizen's Income: For or Against?

Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

2pm in LTB 5

Wednesday 27 October: THINK Debate: Citizen's Income: For or Against?

Speaker: Adam Fox - Labour Party

Speaker: Catherine Rowett - Green Party

2pm in Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall B

Wednesday 3 November: THINK Seminar: Climate Emergency: Is the UK's response sufficient?

Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

2pm in LTB 5

Wednesday 10 November: THINK Debate: Climate Emergency: Is the UK's response sufficient?

Speaker: Mike Childs - Friends of the Earth

Speaker: Jack Richardson - Conservative Environment Network

Speaker: Sir Bernard Jenkin MP - Conservative Party

2pm in Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall B

Wednesday 17 November: THINK Seminar: Climate Emergency: Should we consider Geoengineering?

Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

2pm in LTB 5

Wednesday 24 November: THINK Debate: Climate Emergency: Should we consider Geoengineering?

Speaker: Professor Matthew Watson - University of Bristol

Speaker: Silvia Ribeiro - ETC Group

2pm in Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall B

Wednesday 1 December: THINK Seminar: The Crown: Should we abolish the Monarchy?

Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

2pm in LTB 5

Wednesday 8 December: THINK Debate: The Crown: Should we abolish the Monarchy?

Speaker: Graham Smith - Republic.

2pm in Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall B

Wednesday 10 February: THINK Seminar: Regulating Big Tech?
Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

Wednesday 17 February: THINK Debate: Regulating Big Tech?
Speaker: Jessica Dheere - Ranking Digital Rights
Speaker: Christoph Schmon - Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)

Wednesday 24 February: THINK Seminar: Should nuclear energy play a part in the UK’s response to the Climate Emergency?
Host: Professor Wayne Martin

Wednesday 3 March: THINK Debate: Should we close all nuclear power plants ?
Speaker: Zion Lights from Nuclear For Zero Net
Speaker: Rupert Read a former Green Party Candidate

CANCELLED: Wednesday 10 March: THINK Seminar: The Sex Industry, legalise or abolish?
Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

CANCELLED: Wednesday 17 March: THINK Debate: The Sex Industry, legalise or abolish?
Speaker: Ida Elin Kock ProSentret
Speaker: Fiona - Space International

Wednesday 14 October: THINK Seminar: The Future of Work
Host: Professor Wayne Martin

Wednesday 21 October: THINK Debate: The Future of Work
Speakers: Fabian Wallace-Stephens from The Royal Society of Arts, Harrison Moore from Earwig and Nikki Pound from Trade Union Council

Wednesday 28 October: THINK Seminar: Democracy in America 2020
Host: Professor Wayne Martin

Wednesday 4 November: THINK Debate: Democracy in America 2020
Speakers: Nancy Abadu from Voting Rights Project, David Runciman from Cambridge University

Wednesday 11 November: THINK Seminar: Repairing UK Democracy
Host: Dr Ellisif Wasmuth

Wednesday 18 November: THINK Debate: Repairing UK Democracy
Speakers: Michela Palese from the Electoral Reform Society and Caroline Molloy from openDemocracy

• Costing the Earth: Is it time to ditch Capitalism? : Grace Blakeley, Emily Carver, Nathaniel Cooke
• Too many humans? Should we stop having kids? : Blythe Pepino, Robin Maynard and Tom Whyman
• Death on Demand? : Mark Jarman-Howe and Tom Davies
• Bad business and corporate responsibility : Anneke Van Woudenberg and Richard Murphy
• Freedom of Speech in an era of Hate: Jodie Ginsberg and Mark Oakley

• (No) Time to protest? Student activism in the age of tuition fees : Fasiha Hassan, Tancrede Chartier and Amelia Horgan
• Sexual assault: friend or foe, no means no : Tom Stranger, Bryony Rickard, Ciara Lally and Taran Baragwanath
• To V or not to V: the ethics of eating meat : Sophie Kennerley 
• Out-trumping Trump : Immigration and Detention in the UK: Rahaf Sallouta, Yasmine Chafai and Flora Wanyu
• Mental Health Uncut : What's going wrong? : Denise McKenna and Harry Watkins
• The Great British Rip Off : Corruption in the UK : Tamasin Cave and Rachel Davies 
• Apocalypse? Now? Your survival guide to climate change : Angela Terry, Larch Maxey and Chris Robertson

• Friend or Fone: Are smart phones out-witting us? : Geoff White and Glenn Wilkinson
• University education: woke or wake up! : Femi Nylander
• Shark-infested banking: A salary for your soul? : Kweku Adeboli
• Justice day: Fulfilment through forgiveness : Jacob Dunne and Joan Scourfield
• #sexiswork : Names not disclosed for privacy reasons
• Brexit: Bleak or On Fleek : Marie Leconte and Ian Dunt
• Body Image: Pride vs Prejudiceope Virgo and Martin Woodsford
• Eradicate Hate: A new look at extremism: Owen Jones and Isobel Kingscott

• Porn Stars Speak! Voices from inside the porn industry : Vex Ashley and Samantha Bentley
• Black Lives Matter : Wail Qasim and Tony Sewell
• The Gender Agenda : Helen Lewis and Jack Monroe
• Extremism, Radicalisation and the Politics of Hate : Matthew Collins, Abi Wilkinson and Haydar Zaki
• Refugees : Nina Murray and Martha Harding
• The War on the War on Drugs : Jason Reed, Neil Woods and Anne-Marie Cockburn
• Workplace Sexism : Shami Chakrabarti and Cathy Newman

• Should sex work be decriminalised? : Laura Lee
• Political violence or peaceful protest? : Jo Berry and Pat Magee
• Closing the borders? Migration in Britain : Steve Woofle, Sir Bob Russell and Johnathan Portes
• Death penalty: Does it deter crime? : Ben Gunn and Oliver Robertson
• Nothing to hide; nothing to fear: the balance between surveillance and privacy : Shami Charkrabarti and Julian Richards
• The Syrian refugee crisis: What to do? : Maurice Wren, Maria Wilby and Abdul Razouk
• War on drugs? Time for legislation? : Danny Kushlick