Public Lectures and Conferences

6-8 June 2013 – Bamberg, Germany – 4th European Congress on Family Research: The Future of the Family – Demands on Family Policy and Family Science – lecture on Erotic Capital on Friday 7 June 15.00-15.30

26-27 May 2013 – Hay Festival – How The Light Gets In Festival of Ideas, several solo talks and panel events on erotic capital and sexuality

28-29 May 2013 – Paris – OECD Forum

16 April 2013 – Brussels, Belgium - Flemish-Dutch House deBuren, public lecture on Erotic Capital and how it affects all aspects of life, plus interview by Nadia Dala, 7.30pm

4 April 2013 – Vienna, Austria - WIENERIN Summit in the Federation of Austrian Industries, public lecture on ‘Children and Career – Solving the Conflict’

22 November 2012 – Cambridge – speaker in The Cambridge Union Society debate on ‘This house believes genders exist to oppress’, at 8.30pm in the University of Cambridge, along with Anne Moir, Susan Brownmiller, Judith ‘Jack’ Halberstam, and Milton Diamond.

20 November 2012 – London – British Parliament, Commons Select Committee on Business, Innovation and Skills – called to give evidence for their enquiry into Women in the Workplace, 11am

6-8 November 2012 – Prague and Brno, Czech Republic – four public lectures on the theory of erotic capital – on 6 and 7 November at Masaryk University in Brno, for the Social Science Department, and on 8 November at Charles University in Prague, for the Demography Department (Faculty of Natural Sciences) and the Social Sciences Department, at 12.30 and 18.30 respectively.

22 October 2012 – London – Keynote speaker on ‘Feminist Myths’ in the BSA’s  Work, Employment and Society 25th Anniversary conference, British Library

17 October 2012 – London – speaker on a panel event discussing ‘The Secrets of Success: Women in Power’, held at the Tower of London, at 18.15, along with Tracy Borman and Ceri Goddard

16 October 2012 – Oxford – talk and discussion on the theory of erotic capital at Balliol College, Oxford University, at 7.45pm, organised by the Cerberus Society

11 October 2012 – London – lecture and discussion on Erotic Capital at the University of London Union, Malet Street, 6.30pm

5 October 2012 – Helsinki – Keynote paper on ‘Erotic capital, sexual pleasure and sexual markets’ in the NACS conference, Finland, 5-7 October 2012, at 12.30

27 September 2012 – Berlin – Internet Dating and Playfairs: A New Trend, public lecture at WZB research institute, Berlin, Germany, at 4pm.

31 August 2012 – Manchester – panel event on the impact of attractiveness in public and private life in the 21st century in the Abandon Normal Devices (AND) festival at the Cornerhouse Art Centre

5 June 2012 – Brussels – speaker at seminar on social policy in the European Parliament

3 June 2012 – Hay-on-Wye, England - speaker on erotic capital at two events in the philosophy festival How the Light Gets In of the Institute of Art and Ideas

23 April 2012 – Bergen, Norway – speaker on erotic capital theory at the University of Bergen

18 April 2012 – Maastricht, the Netherlands – lecture on ‘Why Aren’t Women the Heroes?’ at University of Maastricht

7 March 2012 – Brussels – speaker on employment and social policy at European Parliament seminar

5 December 2011 – St Andrews – speaker on erotic capital theory at St Andrews University

18 November 2011 – Stockholm – keynote speaker at HARO conference on family and childcare policies

12 September 2011 – Berlin – WZB public lecture on Erotic Capital plus Q+A

27 August 2011 – Edinburgh Book Festival – A talk on How We Use our Sex Appeal to Get Ahead – Scottish Power Studio Theatre

Almedalen policy fair in Visby, Sweden – 5 July 2011 Axess Foundation seminar on social policy and its outcomes – 6 July 2011 HARO seminar: What family policies parents want