Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture 2023

Political 'Realism' in an Election Year

This year’s Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture will be delivered by Gary Younge FAcSS, author, broadcaster, and Professor of Sociology at University of Manchester.

As a general election approaches in 2024, Britain's politicians have a number of urgent challenges to address, from the cost of living crisis and rising rents to an underfunded NHS and public infrastructure that is unfit for purpose.

In this lecture Gary will argue that not only will the main parties fail to offer solutions to these problems but, in the name of 'realism', they will also avoid any substantial engagement with the issues causing them.

Currently a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, an Honorary Fellow of the British Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Gary Younge is also an Alfred Knobler Fellow of Type Media in the US and an editorial board member of the Nation magazine.

Read more about Gary Younge and register here.