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4​Upcoming Events:

Can We Love Nature? Public Lecture
18th of February, 2025. 
Barnes Philosophy Society. Barnes, London.
Book tickets and information here.

​Rights of Nature: Recognizing Natural Entities - Panel Event
7th of November. Panelist. 
Simmons and Simmons, London.
Register and learn more here. 

A Meeting of Rivers: Workshop 1 - "Rights"
19th and 20th of September, 2024. Organizer. 
Cambridge. 
Part of the A Meeting of Rivers project. 
The event is open to any groups in the UK developing rights of nature initiatives in their area. Contact me for more details. 

Connecting with Nature - Rights and Responsibilities
27th of August, 2024. Organizer. 
Plymouth Hoe and Barbican Theatre, Plymouth.
​Part of the Connecting with Nature project.
Details here.

The River Plym Project - Celebration and Exhibition
23rd and 24th of August, 2024. Speaker.
Plymouth, Barbican Theatre. 
Details here. 

A Fools Journey Through the Lagoon
17th of August, 2024. Speaker.
Crossness Nature Reserve, Belvedere. 
Details here.

Interdisciplinarity in Social Sciences and Humanities
4th of July, 2024. Panelist. 
SENSS Annual Conference (Royal Holloway)

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Against my better judgment, I am on Twitter. You can find news about events, projects, and publications in the feed below (@Neil_W_Williams). 

Previous Events (selected)

​Academic Events
  • "I am the River" - Identity-Formation and Relational Values. University of Nottingham, Dec 2024
  • The Rights of Nature - Interdisciplinary Approaches. Sustainability: Sharing Values, Creating Communities, Roehampton, June 2022. 
  • Religious Belief as Vague Hypothesis. University of Roma Tre/Roehampton - online. May 2022. Details here.
  • ​The Moral Grounding of the Legal Rights of Ecosystems. University of Durham, March 2021. 
  • The Moral Grounding of the Legal Rights of Ecosystems. IDEA Centre, University of Leeds. March 2021.
  • The Role of Temperaments in Philosophical Inquiry. University of Nottingham. February 2020
  • Temperament in Philosophy Workshop. University of Roehampton. July 2019. Funded by the Society for Applied Philosophy​. 
​Public Engagement:
  • Connecting with Nature: Religion and Environment. 15th June, 2024. Organizer. Richmond Park and Roehampton Uni. Part of the Connecting with Nature project.
  • Rights of Nature in the UK - Panel. ​14th June. Speaker and Panelist. Part of the Garden of Tomorrow Festival. 
  • Wandsworth Park Eco-Fair. ​11th May 2024. Details here. 
  • Wandsworth Net Zero Summit. 12th March 2024. Battersea Arts Centre. Details here. 
  • Rivers Summit - Rights for the River Ouse. Lewes. 24th November, 2023. Recorded presentation here. 
  • Curating a Conversation on the Rights of Nature in the UK. Dartington hall, Totnes. June 2023. 
  • ​​Rights of Nature video - a public-facing output of the Future of the Rights of Nature project. View here.
  • An Evening with a Philosopher Event Series. Sponsored by the Royal Institute of Philosophy. University of Roehampton, Spring Term 2021. Details here. 
  • How to Value Nature (Before it's Too Late). Wimbledon BookFest Event. October 2020. Details ​here. 
  • Class, Identity, and Alienation. Royal Institute of Philosophy Talk. Barnes Philosophy Group. March 2020. Details here
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