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Debating Project

5 Programmes over the coming academic year

Often, we see people taking a position or stance contrary to their neighbours. Sometimes such a stance is based on ignorance, lack of understanding, social settings or influences, or misinformation. Sometimes it is simply the inability to listen, status quo or apathy.

Participants will be challenged by a controversial and current debate topic and receive lectures from passionate speakers for both opposing sides. Debating teams will be assigned at random and will provide the chance to engage with individuals of different backgrounds, cultures and values from across the world.

 

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The programme is expected to run over a total of 6 weeks - 4 weekly lectures with 2 weeks to prepare for the live debate. Participants will engage with these lectures without knowing which side they are assigned to debate until the lectures have all taken place. Participants will also be required to include productions to support their position, which could include legislation, research, newsclips or anything of some authority.

Upcoming Debates

Debates that have started or over subscribed have been excluded. Dates shown are week commencing. Actual dates will be given nearer the time

 

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Debate Rules are HERE

Speakers / Lecturers

Speakers for the 2023 / 2024 academic year

  • Nicholas Agar
  • University of Waikato
  • Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND
  • Professor of Ethics
  • Debate #2 - Is Genetic Modification The Same As Eugenics
  • Mark Bauerlein
  • Emory University
  • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Professor Emeritus of English
  • Debate #3 - Do Imposed Ideologies Prevent Freedom Of Thought
  • Raja Chatila
  • Sorbonne University
  • Paris, FRANCE
  • Professor Emeritus of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and IT Ethics
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Andrea S. Christopher
  • University of Washington School of Medicine
  • Seattle, Washington, USA
  • Internal Medicine Physician, Boise VAMC, Associate Program Director, UW Boise Internal Medicine Residency, Clerkship Site Director
  • Debate #5 (FULL) - Is Medical Care a Human Right- Whatever their Lifestyle Choice
  • Dirk De Bievre
  • University of Antwerp
  • Antwerp, BELGIUM
  • Professor, Department of Political Science
  • Debate #1 - Should The World Have Borders
  • Maria de Jesus Medina-Arellano
  • Legal Research Institute in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
  • Mexico City, MEXICO
  • Qualified lawyer, PhD in Bioethics and Medical Jurisprudence, research professor
  • Debate #2 - Is Genetic Modification The Same As Eugenics
  • Hank Greely
  • Stanford School of Medicine
  • Palo Alto, California, USA
  • Professor by courtesy of Genetics, Stanford School of Medicine; Director, Center for Law and the Biosciences; Director, Stanford Program in Neuroscience and Society; and Chair, Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Ethics
  • Debate #2 - Is Genetic Modification The Same As Eugenics
  • Genevieve Grey
  • Quebec Bar
  • Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
  • Lawyer, Member of the Quebec Bar
  • Debate #3 - Do Imposed Ideologies Prevent Freedom Of Thought
  • Olle Haggstrom
  • Chalmers University of Technology
  • Gothenburg, SWEDEN
  • Professor of Mathematical Statistics
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Jose Hernandez-Orallo
  • Universitat Politecnica de Valencia
  • Valencia, SPAIN
  • Professor, Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Valencian Graduate School and Research Network of AI
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Benjamin Hurlbut
  • Arizona State University
  • Tempe, Arizona, USA
  • Professor, School of Life Science
  • Debate #2 - Is Genetic Modification The Same As Eugenics
  • Benjamin Kuipers
  • University of Michigan
  • Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
  • Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Robin Lovell-Badge
  • The Francis Crick Institute
  • London ENGLAND
  • Scientist
  • Debate #2 - Is Genetic Modification The Same As Eugenics
  • Simon McCarthy-Jones
  • Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
  • Dublin, IRELAND
  • Professor
  • Debate #3 - Do Imposed Ideologies Prevent Freedom Of Thought
  • Calum MacKellar
  • Scottish Council on Human Bioethics
  • Edinburgh SCOTLAND
  • Director of Research
  • Debate #2 - Is Genetic Modification The Same As Eugenics
  • Berndt Mueller
  • Duke University
  • Durham, North Carolina, USA
  • Professor of Physics
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Raphael Oidtmann
  • State Parliament of Hesse
  • Wiesbaden, GERMANY
  • Parliamentary and Legal Advisor
  • Debate #1 - Should The World Have Borders
  • Antoine Pecoud
  • University of Sorbonne
  • Paris, FRANCE
  • Professor
  • Debate #1 - Should The World Have Borders
  • Marieke Peeters
  • HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht
  • Utrecht, NETHERLANDS
  • Researcher within the Artificial Intelligence (AI) research group
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Steve Petersen
  • Niagara University
  • Niagara Falls, New York, USA
  • Professor of Philosophy
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Bethany Shiner
  • Middlesex University
  • London, ENGLAND
  • Lecturer in law
  • Debate #3 - Do Imposed Ideologies Prevent Freedom Of Thought
  • Yannis Stivachtis
  • Virginia Tech, Center for European Union, Transatlantic & Trans-European Space Studies (CEUTTSS)
  • Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
  • Professor, Department of Political Science & Director
  • Debate #1 - Should The World Have Borders
  • Moshe Vardi
  • Rice University
  • Houston, Texas, USA
  • Professor, Karen Ostrum George Distinguished Service Professor in Computational Engineering
  • Debate #4 - Should AI be Feared
  • Leor Zmigrod
  • University of Cambridge
  • Cambridge, ENGLAND
  • Researcher and Writer. Political neuroscientist and psychologist
  • Debate #3 - Do Imposed Ideologies Prevent Freedom Of Thought

Speakers / Lecturers

Speakers for the 2022 / 2023 academic year

  • Aysha Akhtar
  • Center for Contemporary Sciences
  • Maryland, USA
  • Neurologist. President & CEO, Center for Contemporary Sciences.
  • Debate #3 - Are we Eating Ourselves into Extinction
  • Roberto Andorno
  • University of Zurich
  • Zurich, Switzerland
  • Professor, Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Zurich
  • Debate #2 - Should the Selling of Human Organs be Legal
  • Martin Binder
  • University of Reading
  • Reading, England
  • Associate Professor, University of Reading, Departent of Politics and International Relations
  • Debate #4 - Is the UN still Relevant
  • Jeremy Chapman
  • Westmead Hospital
  • Sydney, Australia
  • Transplant surgeon
  • Debate #2 - Should the Selling of Human Organs be Legal
  • Theodoros Diasakos
  • University of Stirling
  • Stirling, Scotland
  • MSc Dissertation Coordinator, Scottish Graduate Programme in Economics. Programme Director, M.Sc. Digital Banking and Finance & M.Sc. Finance and Economics. Economics Division, Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, Scotland, U.K.
  • Debate #5 - Should Emerging Economies have Freedoms Opposed to Developed Countries
  • Alistair Edgar
  • Academic Council on the United Nations System
  • Waterloo, Canada
  • Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University and Executive Director, Academic Council on the United Nations System (ACUNS)
  • Debate #4 - Is the UN still Relevant
  • Kyle (Kai) Elliot Fees
  • Connecticut, United States
  • Yale Law School
  • Debate #1 - Does Fuelling the Economy Create Human Exploitation
  • Benjamin Ferguson
  • University of Warwick
  • Warwick, England
  • Associate Professor, University of Warwick Department of Philosphy
  • Debate #1 - Does Fuelling the Economy Create Human Exploitation
  • Carrie P. Freeman
  • Georgia State University
  • Atlanta, Georgia, USA
  • Professor, Department of Communication at Georgia State University, Atlanta
  • Debate #3 - Are we Eating Ourselves into Extinction
  • Emily Kenway
  • The University of Edinburgh
  • Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Lecturer
  • Debate #1 - Does Fuelling the Economy Create Human Exploitation
  • Sovaida Ma'ani
  • CPGG
  • Washington DC, USA
  • Director, Center for Peace and Global Governance (CPGG)
  • Debate #4 - Is the UN still Relevant
  • Gregory Moorlock
  • University of Warwick
  • Coventry, England
  • Associate Professor, University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School - Health Sciences
  • Debate #2 - Should the Selling of Human Organs be Legal
  • Dan Saladino
  • BBC Radio 4
  • England, UK
  • Journalist
  • Debate #3 - Are we Eating Ourselves into Extinction
  • Sally Satel
  • Yale University School of Medicine
  • Washington, D.C., USA
  • Lecturer
  • Debate #2 - Should the Selling of Human Organs be Legal
  • Bridget Shirvell
  • Freelance
  • New York, USA
  • Freelance journalist & social media editor
  • Debate #3 - Are we Eating Ourselves into Extinction
  • Nicole Siller
  • Deakin Law School
  • Geelong, Australia
  • Lecturer
  • Debate #1 - Does Fuelling the Economy Create Human Exploitation
  • Bonnie Venter
  • University of Bristol
  • Bristol, England
  • PHD Candidate in Law at University of Bristol, Advisory Board Member: NYU Transplant Ethics and Policy
  • Debate #2 - Should the Selling of Human Organs be Legal
  • Thomas Weiss
  • The CUNY Graduate Center
  • New York, USA
  • Distinguished Fellow, Global Governance, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Presidential Professor of Political Science, The CUNY Graduate Center
  • Debate #4 - Is the UN still Relevant
  • Anda Zahiu
  • University of Bucharest
  • Bucharest, Romania
  • PhD Candidate, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Bucharest; Member: Research Center in Applied Ethics
  • Debate #2 - Should the Selling of Human Organs be Legal