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44 ArtsKeele Lecture Series GRAND CHALLENGES LECTURE SERIES Institute of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Keele: Grand Challenges Keele Hall, Keele University Free Entry The Grand Challenges lecture series offers an exciting range of interdisciplinary perspectives on today’s major intellectual and societal question From the social and environmental effects of climate change to the impact of technology on humans and their relationships, we face challenges that endanger basic human needs, disrupt the ways we organise and live in our communities and influence life chances and opportunities. The choices we make, the priorities we choose and the ways that we seek to deliver them, shape lives and futures. Traditional disciplines alone cannot provide the answers and so we look towards the innovative activity on the boundaries of fields across the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and health Our speakers are invited to share their research, expertise and experience to provoke, and inspire fresh thinking for the problems facing us in the world today. Find out more about the Institute and the Grand Challenges programme keele. ac.uk/ilas/grandchallenges