Professor Danny Dorling: Selected Lectures

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  • Dorling, D. (2010). Tackling social inequality. Will your vote make a difference?. Lecture first given at the Eila Campbell Lecture, Birkbeck University, London, March 3rd 2010.
    Powerpoint presentation (slides by Benjamin Hennig)

  • Dorling, D. (2010). Statistical clues to social injustice. Lecture first given at the Radical Statistics Annual Conference, London, February 27th 2010.
    Powerpoint presentation (slides by Benjamin Hennig)

  • Dorling, D. (2010). Hello World: Worldmapper for Children. Presentation first given at Lydgate Primary School, Sheffield, 24th February 2010.
    Powerpoint presentation (slides by Benjamin Hennig)

  • Dorling, D. (2010). Why are inequalities in health greater now than at any times since the 1920s?. Lecture given at the University of Sheffield (Talking Points Lecture organized by Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Public Health Network and co-hosted by the School of Health and Related Research [ScHARR]), 10th February 2010.
    Powerpoint presentation (slides by Benjamin Hennig)
    Interactive Multimedia Videostream (fast internet connection recommended, requires Flash player)

  • Dorling, D., and Hennig, B. (2010). Preparing for "Peak Population": how the UK fits within world demography. Talk given at the The Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, London, 4th February 2010.
    Powerpoint presentation

  • Dorling, D. (2010). Injustice: why social inequality persists. Lecture first given at the Lancaster Environment Centre and Royal Geographical Society Seminar, University of Lancaster, 27th January 2010.
    Powerpoint presentation (slides created by Benjamin Hennig)
    Interactive Multimedia Audiostream recorded at Sheffield Humanist Society meeting, 3rd February 2010
    (fast internet connection recommended, requires Flash player)

  • Dorling, D. (2010). If lions could talk: attempts at mapping over the borders. Keynote address, given at the Borders and Identities Conference Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 8th January 2010. Slides by Benjamin Hennig.
    Powerpoint presentation (split for better access, full version at Slideshare):
    Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V

  • Dorling, D., and Hennig, B. (2009). Social mobility does not matter where it is high, because the size of the gap from top to bottom is so low. Lecture first given at the Social Research Association Annual Conference, 15th December 2009.
    Powerpoint presentation

  • Dorling, D. (2009). World inequality and resources: thinking outside the goldfish bowl. Lecture first given at given at the Hay Festival/Zurich 2009.
    Powerpoint presentation

  • Dorling, D. (2009). The geography of health inequalities. Lecture given at the Peter Townsend Memorial Conference, London, November 20th, 2009.
    Powerpoint presentation, PDF Script

  • Dorling, D. (2009). Ten reasons why migrants are not the problem. Lecture first given at conferences in July 2009.
    Powerpoint presentation
Danny Dorling