Kate Pickett Christmas lecture From Inequality to Future Wellbeing: unlocking human flourishing and planetary health

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  • Date and time: Monday 2 December 2024, 5.30pm to 7.45pm
  • Location: In-person only
    Merchant Taylors' Hall, Aldwark (Map)
  • Audience: Open to staff, students, the public
  • Admission: Free admission, booking required (Sold out)

Event details

Please note this event is sold out

The Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity examines how the relationship between humanity and the natural world is changing, and how we might develop and maintain a sustainable Earth. 

At the heart of the climate crisis are inequalities in income, wealth, and political power.  All must be reduced to achieve transformative change and a just transition towards sustainability. When nearly 8 billion people and 5 billion species share the Earth’s resources, they need to be fairly shared.  This lecture will examine the role of consumerism as a major threat to sustainability, the unequal impacts of climate change, the need for political and social cohesion, the determinants of health and wellbeing and the links between these and economic inequality.  As we think about moulding the future, what are the key solutions that can  safeguard our planet and guarantee wellbeing.

17:30-18:00 - Arrival
18:00-19:00 - Lecture with welcome be Professor Charlie Jeffery, University of York Vice Chancellor
19:00-19:45 - Mulled wine and mince pies

About the speaker

Professor Kate Pickett OBE FRSA FFPH FAcSS

Kate is Professor of Epidemiology and Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity at the University of York. She is also an academic co-director of Health Equity North.  Kate is a Fellow of the RSA, the UK Faculty of Public Health and the British Academy of Social Sciences.  Kate’s research focuses on the wider determinants of health and inequalities in wellbeing.  She is co-author, with Richard Wilkinson, of the bestselling and award winning The Spirit Level (2009) and The Inner Level (2018).  In 2023, she received an OBE in the King’s New Year’s Honours List for services to societal equality.

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