Professor Amartya Sen, Thomas W. Lamont University Professor and Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University
Baroness Williams of Crosby, Liberal Democrat peer
Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
Aryeh Neier, President, Open Society Institute
Richard Reeves, Director, Demos (Chair)

Demos is delighted to announce its Annual Lecture 2010, a keynote speech by Professor Amartya Sen, exploring the themes of power, justice, and capabilities.

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These themes currently dominate policy agenda-setting in the UK, and has recently been explored in Professor Sen's new book, 'The Idea of Justice'. A short address on these issues will be provided by Professor Sen, with responses from Baroness Shirley Williams, Ed Miliband MP and Aryeh Neier of the Open Society Institute. A public Q&A chaired by Demos' Director Richard Reeves will follow.

 

Contact seminars@demos.co.uk or 0207 367 6333 for more information or to inform us of any access needs. Please note that spaces are limited and strictly invitation-only.

 

We want to share this event with as many people as possible, so we're live streaming it in high quality on the Demos website.  Even better, we're giving away the embed code to anyone who wants to stream it on their website.  Email beatrice.burks@demos.co.uk to find out how.

 

We are grateful to the Open Society Institute for its generous support of this event.