Issues Facing Our World

Casting a critical eye over popular depictions of people on the move, this course explores how categories of difference, deservingness and otherness are constructed and circulated - before considering possible alternative narratives.

Ideas about racial groups anddifferencesbetween peoplesare built on myths, lies and pseudoscience- yet they continue to shapepolitics and society. Join us to learnhow to debunk harmful narratives.

How do we remember queer lives-and what might it mean to experience time differently? This session explores queer time, memory, and the creative ways queer histories are remembered.

This course introduces decolonization as a theory and critical discourse and examines its intellectual debates. It critically examines intellectual and global discussions and contemporary efforts to undo colonial legacies. We will delve into the philosophical discussion of what it means to decolonize knowledge.

This Anthropology study day will focus on a critical examination of the politics and debates surrounding the decolonisation and repatriation of ethnographic collections at the British Museum. We will explore the changing role of museums, from 19thC collecting practices of indigenous material to consider how this cultural heritage is reframed and represented by and for whom today.

Explore the ideas that challenge conventional economics. Discover how green economists rethink growth, value and wellbeing and why their insights matter for climate, policy and the future of our economy.

Learn about how colonialism, industrial agriculture, and capitalist extraction have shaped global environmental injustices—driving hunger, displacement, and resource conflicts. Through case studies, we will examine resistance movements reclaiming land, water, and climate justice.

Join us to understand themes that have engulfed contemporary European Union politics in the past and are likely to place strain on the institutions and their ability to function cohesively in years to come.

Learn about the origins and purpose of land acknowledgements in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and beyond. Examine their role in racial justice, Indigenous sovereignty, and whether they create real change or remain symbolic gestures.