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Events

Nature vs Nurture

Hosted by LSE Festival: Shape the World

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building

Speakers

Professor Tom Dickins

Professor Eva Jablonka

Professor Sophie von Stumm

Chair

Dr Jonathan Birch

Scientists agree that nature and nurture are essential ingredients in human development. But if both the blank slate and genetic determinism have been rejected, why do researchers still disagree and what is it that they disagree about? Join us as we’ll explore the issues at stake, taking a wide variety of perspectives, from the philosophy of science to epigenetics, and behavioural science to developmental psychology.

Tom Dickins, Professor of Behavioural Science, Middlesex University & Research Associate, CPNSS, LSE

Eva Jablonka, Professor of Evolutionary Biology, Tel Aviv University & Visiting Fellow, CPNSS, LSE

Sophie von Stumm (@HungryMindLab), Professor of Psychology in Education, University of York

Jonathan Birch (@BirchLSE), Fellow, Forum for Philosophy & Associate Professor of Philosophy, LSE

Twitter hashtags for this event: #LSEFestival #ShapetheWorld

This event is part of the LSE Festival: Shape the World running from Monday 2 to Saturday 7 March 2020, with a series of events exploring how social science can make the world a better place.

Podcast

A podcast of this event is available to download from Nature vs Nurture.

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