Panel Two: The Compassionate Society
How do we work together to create a healthier, more equitable and mutually supportive society?
This cross-disciplinary, big-picture discussion is the second in a series of three international online events exploring the role of compassion in the New Normal. Hosted by the award-winning ABC/SBS journalist Sana Qadar, this panel will focus on ways in which to achieve a more compassionate society.
Our panel of experts are:
Jennifer Nadel is Co-founder of Compassion in Politics, UK, which lobbies for kinder and more equitable values to drive governmental decision-making. She is a qualified barrister, author, political strategist, activist and award-winning television journalist, reporting extensively on how the law discriminates against women. Her most recent book, ‘WE: A Manifesto for Women’, proposes practical ways to effect individual and societal change.
Greg Marston is a Professor and Deputy Executive Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of Queensland. He is a social policy researcher with an interest in poverty and unemployment, work and technology, and economic security.
Jolanda Jetten is Professor of Social Psychology and an ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Psychology, The University of Queensland. Her research is concerned with group processes, social identity, economic inequality, and intergroup relations, exploring how these processes play a role in mental health and wellbeing.
This event is presented free of charge. Please register your attendance by 5.00PM (UTC +10) on the Monday prior to each panel.
A webcast link will be sent to you by email prior to the event.
Streaming times by time zone (UTC to UTC +13)
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Tuesday 16 and 23 February; 2 March
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end
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New Zealand
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NZDT
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21:00
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22:30
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NSW; Victoria; Tasmania
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AEDT
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19:00
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20:30
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Queensland
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UTC +10
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18:00
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19:30
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Japan; Korea
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UTC +9
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17:00
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18:30
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WA; Singapore; Philippines; China
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UTC +8
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16:00
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15:30
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Vietnam; Jakarta
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UTC +7
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15:00
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16:30
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India
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UTC +5.5
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13:30
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15:00
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Moscow
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UTC +3
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11:00
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12:30
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Eastern Europe; South Africa
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UTC +2
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10:00
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11:30
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Western Europe
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UTC +1
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9:00
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10:30
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UK
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UTC
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8:00
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9:30
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Repeat streaming for the Americas
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Wednesday 17 and 24 February; 3 March
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São Paolo; Montevideo; Buenos Aires
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UTC -3
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20:00
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21:30
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EST; Toronto; NYC; Bogotá; Lima
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UTC -5
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18:00
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19:30
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CST; Winnipeg; Houston, Mexico City
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UTC -6
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17:00
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18:30
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MST; Edmonton; Denver
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UTC -7
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16:00
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17:30
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PST; Vancouver; Los Angeles
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UTC -8
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15:00
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16:30
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About Compassion and the New Normal
The Faculty of Medicine in partnership with the Compassionate Mind Research Group of the School of Psychology presents Compassion and the New Normal with Sana Qadar.
2020 began with drought and bushfire, rapidly segueing into global pandemic. Meanwhile, movements such as #MeToo, Black Lives Matter and Extinction Rebellion highlight the most basic flaws in our sociopolitical systems, and a tiny minority rich elite continue to extract more and more wealth to themselves forcing the majority into precarity and poverty. In such conditions there is much need for compassion: for ways to rethink the how we live and reimagine the structures by which we share the planet.
As 2021 begins, we present a series of international, online discussions hosted by the award-winning ABC/SBS journalist Sana Qadar. Each expert panel will explore the important role of compassion in shaping the new normal: in our communities, in society and globally. Panellists include the celebrated philosopher, Peter Singer; the co-founder of Compassion in Politics, Jennifer Nadel; the CEO of Youngcare, Anthony Ryan; author of ‘How Compassion Made Us Human’, Penny Spikins; and the president of the Compassionate Mind Foundation, Paul Gilbert. These panels are presented free of charge, please register to receive the webcast streaming link.