Why are more unequal societies socially dysfunctional? Darwinian insights

Wednesday 31st March 2010   Time: 10.00 – 5.00 (followed by drinks)

Venue: G06 Sir Ambrose Fleming Lecture Theatre, Roberts Building, UCL

Co-sponsored by the UCL International Institute for Society and Health (IISH)

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PROGRAMME

Morning: Chair: Paul Coombes, London Business School

10.00 Welcome and Programme Overview

10.05 –11.05 Professor Richard Wilkinson and Professor Kate E Pickett

More unequal societies are socially dysfunctional: the evidence

11.05 –11.20 Questions

11.20–11.30 Short break

11.30–12.30 Professor Martin Daly

The unequal effects of inequality: Darwinian explanations

12.30–12.45 Questions

12.45 –1.45 LUNCH (available to purchase from Roberts Building Foyer café)

Afternoon: Chair: Dr Richard Webb, Darwin@LSE

1.45–2.45 Professor Stephen Suomi

Early life mediators of inequality

2.45–3.00 Questions

3.00–3.15 Short break

3.15–5.00 Discussion; Questions and Answers Session

Discussants: Professor Jay Belsky, Dr Oliver Curry, Professor Mark van Vugt

Panel: Richard Wilkinson, Kate E Pickett, Martin Daly, Stephen Suomi

5.00 Drinks  - Roberts Building Foyer