In the final part of his three-part lecture series, Craig Calhoun explores how pursuing human rights is challenged not only by physical transformations of human beings but also changing relationships to each other through complex systems and technologies including artificial intelligence.

Meet our speaker and chair

Craig Calhoun (@craigjcalhoun) is Professor of Social Sciences at Arizona State University and Centennial Professor at LSE. He is also a previous Director of LSE.

Monika Krause is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and co-Director of LSE Human Rights.

More about this event

A podcast of the first lecture is available to download from The Human in Human Rights.

A podcast of the second lecture is available to download from The 'Human' in Human Rights Part II - Transformations.

LSE Human Rights (@LSEHumanRights) is a trans-disciplinary centre of excellence for international academic research, teaching and critical scholarship on human rights.

The Department of Sociology (@LSEsociology) seek to produce sociology that is public-facing, fully engaged with London as a global city, and with major contemporary debates in the intersection between economy, politics and society – with issues such as financialisation, inequality, migration, urban ecology, and climate change.

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Podcast & Video

A podcast of this event is available to download from The Human in Human Rights - Part III.

A video of this event is available to watch at The Human in Human Rights - Part III.

Podcasts and videos of many LSE events can be found at the LSE Public Lectures and Events: podcasts and videos channel.