Join CAT students for a free lecture on ‘Thinking Big but Acting Small’, where Jean Boulton will explore how we can create local resilience. Runs Tuesday 7 January at 7pm.
We are delighted to welcome Jean Boulton during our postgraduate teaching week for the module ‘Theories of Social and System Change’, which can also be taken as a short course.
In this lecture and Q&A, Jean will reflect on how our communities are impacted by global shifts and catastrophes, by national public policy, and on what we do locally. She asks, “How do we work to create local resilience whilst taking into account these wider factors, and how does the science of complexity help us in our considerations?”
Key information
- Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Date: Tuesday 7 January
- Start and finish times: 7pm-8:15pm
- Location: Sheppard Theatre, WISE building
- Free entry but limited spaces so please sign up in advance
- Book an evening meal in CAT’s café and join our students to discuss and debate before the lecture begins.
- This can be prebooked for £10 alongside your public lecture booking below.
- Will be served at 6:00pm before the lecture begins.
- This can only be prebooked before the event and cannot be purchased onsite.
- Lecture is recorded for student learning purposes only and won’t be available publicly online. Book to join us in person.
- If you have any questions about this event please direct them to gsmo@cat.org.uk.
Speaker bio
Jean Boulton studied physics before turning to management and the social sciences. She has an international reputation for her contributions to the science of complexity and its application to the social world – leadership, personal development, sustainability and economics. She is keenly interested in global future and transformational change, engages in local politics and place-based initiates. Her recent book is titled The Dao of Complexity.
