Join CAT students for a free lecture by Jean Boulton titled ‘The times they are a changing: finding the path towards a just, resilient future.’ Runs Wednesday 7 January at 7pm.
We are delighted to welcome Jean Boulton during our postgraduate teaching week for the ‘Theories of Social and System Change’ module.
In this lecture and Q&A, Jean will reflect on the notion that our communities are impacted by global shifts and catastrophes as well as what we do regionally and locally. She asks, “How do we work to create local resilience whilst taking into account these wider factors? “How do we decide how to act in the face of increasing fragility and polarisation – and how does the science of complexity help us in our considerations?”
Key information
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Date: Wednesday 7 January
Start and finish times: 7pm-8:30pm
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.
Donnelly’s bar open from 8.30pm.
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 contribution to the science of complexity and its application to the social world – leadership, personal development, sustainability and economics. She is keenly interested in global futures and transformational change, engages in local politics and place-based initiatives and links this to personal ‘cultivation’ and the centrality of relationships. Her recent book is The Dao of Complexity (2024:De Gruyter).
