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GRAND CHALLENGES LECTURE SERIES
Professor Iyiola Solanke
A PUBLIC HEALTH
NARRATIVE FOR ANTI-
DISCRIMINATION LAW
28 NOVEMBER 2018 6.00PM-7.00PM
KEELE HALL, THE SALVIN ROOM
Despite over 50 years of anti-discrimination law in the
UK, reports demonstrate that discrimination has not only
endured but in some areas worsened. Why is this? In this
talk, Professor Solanke suggests that a problem lies in
the individualised approach inherent in anti-discrimination
law, where an individual victim brings a case against
an individual organisation/ employer. Further, that if this
were to be complemented with a social approach, where
public action was a norm alongside individual action,
anti-discrimination law could be more effective. Drawing
upon literature in critical social psychology and methods
adopted in public health campaigns, she will propose
a way to do this.
Iyiola Solanke, is a Professor in the Centre for Law and
Social Justice at the University of Leeds where she holds
the Chair in EU Law and Social Justice. Her research
focuses on discrimination law and EU Law. Her most
recent book, Discrimination as Stigma was published
by Hart in 2017. Professor Solanke is an Academic
Bencher of the Inner Temple, and was recently a Fernand
Braudel Research Fellow at the European University
Institute in Florence. In 2017, she set up the Black Female
Professors Forum (blackfemaleprofessorsforum.org)
to promote the presence and visibility of Black women
in the Academy.
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