2021 Lectures

15thDecember2021

Eugenics: A Dark History and Troubling Present
Dr Adam Rutherford

8thDecember2021

The making, keeping and losing of memory
Prof. Richard Morris

1stDecember2021

The Gendered Brain: Do you have a female brain or a male brain? Or are we asking the wrong question?
Professor Gina Rippon

17thNovember2021
Dr Erica McAlister

The changing shape of flies
Dr Erica McAlister

20thOctober2021

What has the pandemic taught us about human nature?
Professor Stephen Reicher

1stSeptember2021

Bestriding the world stage like a Colossus? Or "Doomed, we’re all Doomed!"
Baroness Young

11thAugust2021

Nature and Climate: an Emergency Response
Francesca Osowska

28thJuly2021

The climate emergency in Scotland – what can we do about it?
Pete Smith

17thMarch2021

Is vitamin D the ‘sunshine superstar’ or is it all media hype?
Professor Susan Lanham-New

10thMarch2021
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The EU without Britain: Never Closer Union?
Professor Vernon Bogdanor

3rdMarch2021

Mission Economy : a moonshot guide to changing capitalism
Professor Mariana Mazzucato

10thFebruary2021

The human scale: technology and leadership in times of crisis
Misha Glenny

27thJanuary2021

The Mind of the Bee
Professor Lars Chittka

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