Battle of Ideas Stockholm 2018

Saturday 17 November, 11.00-18.30

The Battle of Ideas is coming to Stockholm for our fifth annual day of debates at Kulturhuset Stadsteatern covering contemporary politics, culture and society. The debates are free and open to all.

PROGRAMME

11.00-12.15
IS SOCIAL MEDIA BAD FOR SOCIETY?

12.30-13.45
#METOO, ONE YEAR ON: WHERE NEXT FOR FEMINISM?

14.30-15.45
ONLY JOKING? SATIRE AND POLITICS TODAY

16.00-17.15
IMMIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP: IS THERE A FUTURE FOR FREE MOVEMENT?

17.30-18.30
FROM BREXIT TO SWEDEN: WHAT’S BEHIND TODAY’S ANTI-ESTABLISHMENT REVOLT?

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

Nina Åkestam, writer
Andrew Doyle, writer and comedian
Kajsa Ekis Ekman, journalist, Dagens Nyheter; author, Being and Being Bought
Carl-Michael Edenborg, publisher
Aron Flam, comedian and provocateur
David Goodhart, author, The Road to Somewhere
Madeline Grant, editorial manager, Institute of Economic Affairs
Carl Miller, author, The Death of the Gods: The New Global Power Grab
Karin Pettersson, director of public policy, Schibsted
Fredrik Segerfeldt, author
Bruno Waterfield, Brussels correspondent, The Times