Date: June 10 2024
Time: 16:30-18:30
Location: Project Space Level 2, Kingston University Town House Or Online (register below for an email with a link on the day of the event)
Panel:
·Chair: Pete Finn
·Stephanie Hare
·Timandra Harkness
About the Speakers
Stephanie Hare researches technology, politics, history, and the world of work and shares her findings through writing, radio, television, and keynotes. Her most recent book, Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics, was selected as one of the best books of summer 2022 by the Financial Times and as one of the best books of 2022 so far by FT readers.
Timandra Harkness has just published her latest book, Technology is Not the Problem. Her previous book was Big Data. She has presented programmes extensively on BBC Radio, including six series of Future Proofing (not just technology, but big ideas that are shaping the future). With a BA in Film & Drama with Art & Art History, a BSc in Maths and Statistics; an MA in Philosophy and further research ongoing, she describes herself as a ‘presenter, writer and lapsed comedian’.
About the Host
Peter Finn is a multi-award-winning Senior Lecturer in Politics at Kingston University, London. He is interested in multiple elements of democracy, including US and UK elections and how oversight of national security operations occurs in a democratic context. He is Web Team Lead for the American Politics Group, and was the Lead Applicant in the successful American Politics Group application to be the Political Studies Association Specialist Group of the Year 2023-24. He is Co-Editor of The Official Record: Oversight, National Security and Democracy (Manchester University Press, 2024).
This talk is part of a series, titled ‘Unfolding Our Shared Future’, which is delivered by the American Politics Group of the Political Studies Association and the host universities with the support of the British Association of American Studies and US Embassy in London.
