How far can we and should we go in reading the mind? Gary Green, York University, will discuss what is currently possible and debate associated ethics.

The right blames the poor; the left blames the government. Social scientist Barry Knight will argue that solving the problem requires a radical approach to child poverty

Acclaimed international artist Christine Borland discusses her research which focuses on medical institutions, including her observations and participation in their practices.

Jackie Leach Scully, PEALS, Newcastle University, will address the scientific and ethical issues regarding the increasingly common use of cochlear implants.

Professor Patricia Waugh , Durham University, will investigate the pathologies, mental and physical, epidemic and imagined, that have particular resonance in postmodern culture

Angela Woods, Durham University, will investigate the pathologies, mental and physical, epidemic and imagined, that have particular resonance in postmodern culture

Chris Stephens will explore with us what we have learned so far, at TWRI Policy and Research, from the 2011 Census

Miles Larmer, Sheffield University, will discuss whether Africa's new populists are the answer to decades of economic and political crises.

Noel Jackson is Head of Education at the Centre for Life and asks - Is it important for the public to have a basic, moderate or even a deep understanding of scientific concepts? Does it matter if they don’t?

Playing fast and loose with Max Weber's famous observation that people are animals, suspended in webs of meaning they themselves have spun, John Given of narrativeworks.co.uk invites us to track the 'narrative turn' taken by social sciences