Events
The Foreign Policy Centre holds events to engage the public in debates around key international affairs issues. These include seminars, conferences, keynote speeches and expert roundtables. The majority of events will take place in London but the FPC will work with partners to hold events in other UK Cities and internationally. To listen to recordings of previous events visit our YouTube page or click on past events. For general enquiries about our events, please email: events@fpc.org.uk.
Rhetoric, Disorder, and the Crisis of Democracy
This is a parliamentary event co-hosted by the Global Disorder Group at City St George’s, University of London, the Foreign Policy Centre, the APPG on Political and Media Literacy and Shout Out UK. Please find registration details below. Rising polarisation and inflammatory rhetoric in the public realm from political members across the left-right spectrum is placing strain on democratic institutions, deepening societal divides, and diverting attention away from ...
More infoChair: Matt Bishop MP, Chair of APPG on Political and Media Literacy
Dr Sasikumar Sundaram, Senior Lecturer at the Department of International Politics at City St George’s, University of London, and FPC Research Fellow
Professor Inderjeet Parmar, Professor of International Politics at City St George’s, University of London
Susan Coughtrie, Executive Director of the Foreign Policy Centre
Effie Webb, Reporter at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism (TBIJ)
Closing intervention from floor: Matteo Bergamini MBE, Founder and CEO of Shout Out UK
Palace of Westminster
Please RSVP to events@fpc.org.uk including your full name, job title, and organisation.
Media Under Attack: Transnational repression on the rise in the UK and Europe
As part of World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Foreign Policy Centre (FPC), the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) at the University of Sheffield, and the Centre for Journalism and Democracy at City St George’s, University of London, with the support of Wiggin, invite you to join the second webinar of the ‘Media Freedom Under Threat’ series. This series brings together leading experts to examine the most ...
More infoBasma Mostafa, Egyptian human rights defender living in exile. Director of Programs, Law and Democracy Support Foundation; Co‑Spokesperson, Coalition Against Transnational Repression in Germany.
Emily Patterson, Co-Executive Director of the State Capture Accountability Project.
Siena Anstis, Senior Legal Adviser at The Citizen Lab.
Chaired by Dr Lucia Ardovini, Director of The Richardson Institute, Lancaster University, and FPC Research Fellow.