Author of The Upside of Down and internationally renowned academic, Professor Thomas Homer-Dixon will be guest speaker at a free public event being hosted by the UQ School of Political Science and International Studies tomorrow (August 28).
Professor Homer-Dixon’s recent research has focused on threats to global security in the 21st Century, including climate change, population growth, poverty and conflict. He examines how societies adapt to complex economic, ecological, and technological change.
He will speak at the UQ Art Museum, located in the Mayne Centre, from 3pm.
Professor Homer-Dixon holds the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto.
He has spoken about his research at numerous universities as well as at the World Bank, the World Economic Forum and the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.
Media: For more information, phone (07) 33652858.
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