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[Conversations] Critical Conversations on Conflict & Peace: Epidemiology & conflict

When
13/12/2025
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

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CRITICAL CONVERSATIONS ON
CONFLICT & PEACE

Epidemiology and Conflict

Sandra Melone & Xavier de Radiguès

Conversations | Sat 13th Dec | 5-7pm

What can epidemiology tell us about war? And how can it help build peace? Join us for an eye-opening conversation on the powerful role of epidemiology in conflict zones - one that helps reveal the hidden toll of war, predict emerging crises, and shape life-saving responses.

Together with Sandra Melone and epidemiologist Xavier de Radiguès, we'll explore how epidemiologists measure the real impacts of conflict - excess mortality, famine, massive population displacement and outbreaks - and how this knowledge guides humanitarian action and global advocacy.

Our co-host, Xavier de Radiguès is a seasoned medical epidemiologist who has spent the majority of his career working in contexts of natural and/or man-made disasters with Médecins Sans Frontières/Epicentre, Médecins du Monde, and the World Health Organization.

Open to everyone | Booking required

Bar open

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ABOUT THE HOST

Hosting the Series is Sandra Djuvara Melone, CEO of Zancora Consulting, which she founded in 2021, with a strong expertise in peacebuilding, conflict resolution, crisis management, human rights and, not last, gender. With a vast experience on the ground, she has worked across Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. She knows first hand what living through civil war is like. Sandra is the Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Search for Common Ground, Europe, one of the world’s leading international non-governmental organisations working in peacebuilding and conflict transformation, where she's been involved in various roles since 1995. Sandra is a founding member of the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation (EPCPT), of the European Peacebuilding Liaison Office (EPLO), and of the Child Soldiers Initiative (CSI). Before dedicating her career to conflict transformation, Sandra worked in human rights advocacy with Amnesty International, and in international education.

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FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Bar & snacks	Small (10-20)	Available on request

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[Salon] Nick Lowles: Hope not hate

When
22/01/2026
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Full Circle House, 89 Ch. de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles

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HOPE NOT HATE

How to defeat the far right

A salon with nick lowles

Ideas / Salon | Thurs 22th Jan | 6.30-8.30 pm

*Doors open at 6.30pm. The speaker will start at 7pm.

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Many among us are shocked and disconcerted by the rise of intolerance and hate. Across Europe, several countries have been far from immune from far-right politics. What is going on within the well-organised groups that seek to undermine our social fabric? How do we resist the forces of extremism on the rise in our societies? Nick Lowles, founder of Britain’s leading antifascist organisation, HOPE not hate, joins us to discuss what must be done about it, calling for undeterred optimism and action.

Nick has spent his entire adult life organising against fascism - facing countless threats on the way. Drawing from 35 years of campaigning and journalism, he shows how anti-immigration, antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks have proliferated in the modern world. Speaking from experience, Lowles offers practical ways and powerful examples to defeat the far right. His findings are rightly challenging, but can't be ignored. When intolerance becomes protagonist, we come together across our differences to win real, positive change. Hard as it can seem, HOPE can triumph over hate.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Nick Lowles is chief executive of Hope not Hate, the UK's largest anti-racism and anti-extremism movement. He was the former editor of anti-fascist magazine Searchlight.

GOOD READS

How to defeat the far-right: Lessons from hope not hate (2025).

KEY LINKS

HOPE not hate website

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FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Bar & snacks	Medium (40-50)	Available on request

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[Salon] Leor Zmigrod: The ideological brain

When
12/03/2026
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Full Circle House, 89 Ch. de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles

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THE IDEOLOGICAL BRAIN

A salon with LEOR ZMIGROD

Ideas / Salon | Thurs 12th Mar | 6.30-8.30 pm

*Doors open at 6.30pm. The speaker will start at 7pm.

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In today’s atomised and polarised world, we need to zoom into the processes happening inside each of us. Why do some people become radicalised? And who is most susceptible to ideological thinking? Can we unchain our minds from toxic dogmas? Dr Leor Zmigrod is a pioneer in the field of ‘political neuroscience’, and drawing on her groundbreaking research she uncovers the hidden mechanisms driving our beliefs and behaviours.

Political beliefs and ideologies are not just transient thoughts in our minds, divorced from our bodies, but deeply connected to the biology of our brain, able to even change our neural architecture. Regardless of your political stance, Zmigrod will challenge you to reassess your convictions – and what they are doing to your brain. Find out about rigid thinking in ourselves and others, and how to recognise our ability to resist irrational rules and authority.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Dr Leor Zmigrod is an award-winning scientist and author, political psychologist and neuroscientist investigating why some brains are susceptible to extreme ideologies and how minds can break free from rigid dogmas. The Ideological Brain is her first book. Her research has also been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, TIME, New Scientist, Financial Times, The Times, amongst other international outlets. She was listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 in the Science & Healthcare category, and has received numerous awards in science. Her research explores the psychology of ideological extremism using methods from experimental psychology, cognitive science, political science, and neuroscience. In particular, she investigates the cognitive, emotional, and neurobiological characteristics that might act as vulnerability factors for radicalization and ideological behaviour.

GOOD READS

The Ideological Brain. A radical science of susceptible minds (2025).

KEY LINKS

Leor Zmigrod website

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FOOD & DRINK	EVENT SIZE	ACCESS
Bar & snacks	Medium (40-50)	Available on request

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[Salon] Lisa Herzog: The democratic marketplace

When
20/04/2026
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Full Circle House, 89 Ch. de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles

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THE DEMOCRATIC MARKETPLACE

HOW A MORE EQUAL ECONOMY CAN SAVE OUR POLITICAL IDEALS

A salon with LISA HERZOG

Ideas / Salon | Mon 20th Apr | 6.30-8.30 pm

*Doors open at 6.30pm. The speaker will start at 7pm.

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Democracy has been hollowed out by capitalism. A narrow view of markets and their aims—prioritizing efficiency, profit, and growth—now dominates thinking about democracy itself. Citizens are ignorant of the deep principles of self-governance, having long since adopted a facile equation between democracy and voting as a consumer choice. Lisa Herzog argues that democracy is still possible, but only if democratic values get embedded in everyday experience—including economic experience. That requires new ways of thinking about markets and their goals, and real reforms.

Lisa speaks about the foundational structures of a democratic economy, in which markets are not just tools for maximizing profit, but instead balance growth with goals like ecological sustainability and the preservation of time outside of work. These are not utopian dreams, Herzog contends. The proposals of democratic economics are already being tested around the world. And the shift in social norms that are needed is already under way.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Lisa Herzog is Professor of Political Philosophy at the University of Groningen. She works at the intersection of political philosophy and economic thought. Herzog has published on the philosophical dimensions of markets (both historical and systemical), liberalism and social justice, ethics in organizations and the future of work. She currently focuses on workplace democracy, professional ethics, and the role of knowledge in democracies. She is a co-editor of the interdisciplinary journal Review of Social Economy.

GOOD READS

The Democratic Marketplace: How a More Equal Economy Can Save Our Political Ideals (2025); Citizen Knowledge: Markets, Experts, and the Infrastructure of Democracy (2022).

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