Julian Baggini Keynote Speaker

Dr Julian Baggini is the author, co-author or editor of over 20 books including The Sunday Times bestsellers The Pig that Wants to be Eaten and How The World Thinks, and, most recently, How to Think Like a Philosopher (all Granta).

He was the founding editor of The Philosophers’ Magazine and has written for numerous newspapers and magazines including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Prospect and the Guardian, as well as for the think tanks The Institute of Public Policy Research, Demos and Counterpoint.

He given talks and run training for companies such as TotalEnergies, BNP Paribas, the UN’s World Intellectual Property Organization and has given keynotes at events such as the conferences of SOLACE (Society of Local Authority Chief Executives and Senior Managers), the National Union of Teachers, and the Dutch Bioethics Association; and at events such as The Sustainable Food Summit, The Sustainable Cosmetics Summit and Food Matters Live. His Tedx talk Is There a Real You has had over 1.7 million views on TED.com.

Julian has a broad range of philosophical interests which he brings to bear on real-world issues and problems. He is especially interested in cross-cultural thinking, identity, critical thinking and ethics.

He has served as Academic Director of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent and has been a member of the Food Ethics Council since 2016. His website is JulianBaggini.com.