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Fix our futures: welcoming refugees

  • The British Academy 10-11 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AH (map)
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This event is part of the British Academy's season on Utopia or Dystopia - Imagining Futures

At the end of 2017 the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reported that 68.5 million people were displaced across the globe. With the the number of displaced people increasing year on year, this fix our futures event brings together experts from different fields to explore what more we can do to welcome and integrate refugees into UK communities.

Speakers:
Dr Mark Doidge, Senior Research Fellow, School of Sport and Service Management,Centre of Resilience for Social Justice, University of Brighton
Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge, Professor of Humanities and Human Rights, University of Birmingham 

*Dr Mark Doidge was a British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award holder for his project 'Refugees Welcome': Football fans and community in Europe.

Chair:
Bidisha, writer and broadcaster

Booking required 
£5, £3 concessions

The concession rate applies to: unwaged / retired / students / disabled. Free entrance is offered to companions or carers of disabled visitors.

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