In conversation with Dr Azeem Ibrahim OBE
In this series, Humanists UK Chief Executive Andrew Copson hosts unscripted, one-on-one discussions over the course of 60 minutes with philosophers, scientists, campaigners, entertainers, and historians.
Dr Azeem Ibrahim OBE is a renowned scholar and author, serving as a Research Professor at the Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, and as Senior Director at the Newlines Institute for Strategy and Policy in Washington, DC. He earned his PhD from the University of Cambridge and has completed fellowships at Oxford, Harvard, and Yale universities.
Azeem has advised numerous world leaders on policy development and strategy. He has been recognized as a Top 100 Global Thinker by the European Social Think Tank, and named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. In 2022, he was awarded an OBE for his services to foreign policy.
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Location
The science of fate | The Rosalind Franklin Lecture 2026 | Dr Hannah Critchlow | chaired by Samira Ahmed
5 March 2026, 19:30
Conway Hall, 25 Red Lion Square, London, WC1R 4RL
For millennia, humanity has wrestled with the concept of destiny. To the ancients, it was the whim of the gods; to Enlightenment thinkers, it was a superstition to be swept away by the autonomous self. But as we venture further into the 21st century, a new kind of determinism is emerging – not written in the stars, but said to be inscribed in our DNA and our neural wiring.
Festival of Humanism 2026
12 June 2026, 19:00
Bournemouth International Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth, BH2 5BH