Online Zoom Forum: An Evening with Prof Paul Rogers.
Date: Wednesday 20 November 2024.
Time: 7pm-9pm (UK time).
Event Description:
Chair:
Simon Barrow.
Speaker:
Prof Paul Rogers.
Prof Paul Rogers will speak for an hour on some of his new research, followed by an hour of Q & A with the audience, both taking question on the talk and across the span of his research.
Bio:
Prof Paul Rogers:
Paul Rogers is Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University and an Honorary Fellow of the Joint Service Command and Staff College (JSCSC). He trained originally as a biologist, lecturing at Imperial College and subsequently working as a plant pathologist in Uganda and Kenya on a regional crop research programme. After returning to the UK in 1970 he lectured first in environmental science before joining the Peace Studies programme at Bradford University in 1979 to work on environmental security and then peace research.
Paul has a long-term research interest in the changing drivers of international conflict, especially the connection between socio-economic divisions and global heating. He has written or edited thirty books including Losing Control: Global Security in the 21st Century (4th edition 2021) and Irregular War: The Threats from the Margins (2017) and his work has been translated into many languages including Chinese, Japanese, Russian and Farsi. His new book, The Insecurity Trap: A Short Guide to Transformation, will be published by Hawthorn Press in November 2024.
Bio:
Simon Barrow:
Simon Barrow is a writer, commentator, educator and researcher with wide experience in politics, public issues, media, organisational change and religion/beliefs. He was director of the think-tank Ekklesia from 2005-2024. His next book, Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope and Labour's Challenge, co-edited with Gerry Hassan, will be published by Biteback on 26 November 2024. This will be followed by Beyond Our Means: Poetry, Prose and Blue Runes (Siglum, December 2024) and Against the Religion of Power: Telling a Different Christian Story (Ekklesia Publishing, March 2025). His new newsletter is called Illuminations: https://simonbarrow.substack.com
An archive recording will be made for the EICSP archive.
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