GTC Human Welfare Conference V
Crisis? What Crisis? Human Welfare in the Balance
11 - 12 May 2012
Financial market turbulence, global health epidemics, the rolling back of welfare provision; there seem to be many pressing issues for human welfare at present.
But can our current situation be said to constitute a crisis? What moral or social imperatives are we claiming when we use the term? And do crises help or hinder the development of original strategies - be they personal, social, ecological, medical, technological, financial or anything else - designed to overcome and conquer them?
For more information about this year's conference, please visit the HWC's website.
The Conference
The annual Human Welfare Conference at Green Templeton College brings together leading student-scholars from Britain and Europe to debate important welfare issues that have real-world ramifications. The Conference seeks to encourage and recognise original work in human welfare, foster dialogue on current research and develop scholarly networks both within and outside the University of Oxford.
Its unique formula also offers participants a wide range of opportunities for personal and professional development. Prior to the conference, students are invited to develop their presentation skills with one of the UK's leading communications experts. In addition, all conference panels are chaired by distinguished academics, an esteemed group of judges award prizes to the best presentations and, following the conference, the best papers are published in an online collection.
The conference takes place in the historic Radcliffe Observatory at Green Templeton College, one of Oxford's newest and most dynamic colleges, and includes a conference dinner on the Friday night in the Observatory's dining room, where presenters, panel chairs and attendees can meet and mingle in a relaxed environment.