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[[Image:JamesPanton.jpg|right|thumb|James Panton on BBC Newsnight, 20 August 2007]] | [[Image:JamesPanton.jpg|right|thumb|James Panton on BBC Newsnight, 20 August 2007]] | ||
James Panton is "lecturer in politics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and chair of the Post-Graduate Forum" -- a group related to the Institue of Ideas. | James Panton is "lecturer in politics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and chair of the Post-Graduate Forum" -- a group related to the Institue of Ideas. | ||
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| + | :In 2006 James was involved with PROTest, the pro animal research campaign in support of the Oxford University bio-medical research facility. Work on the issue of animal rights and the arguments around animal research led James to look more broadly at the issue of contemporary society’s attitudes to science, and his preliminary thoughts on this issue found their expression in the book he co-edited with [[Oliver Hartwhich]] of the think tank Policy Exchange - ''Science vs Superstition'': the case for a new scientific enlightenment (Policy Exchange, 2006).<ref>Battle of Ideas 2007, [http://www.battleofideas.org.uk/index.php/site/speaker_detail/46/ James Panton biography], biography for the 2007 BoI festival.</ref> | ||
==Affiliations== | ==Affiliations== | ||
Revision as of 15:20, 3 September 2007
James Panton is "lecturer in politics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, and chair of the Post-Graduate Forum" -- a group related to the Institue of Ideas.
Panton's Battle of Ideas biography states:
- In 2006 James was involved with PROTest, the pro animal research campaign in support of the Oxford University bio-medical research facility. Work on the issue of animal rights and the arguments around animal research led James to look more broadly at the issue of contemporary society’s attitudes to science, and his preliminary thoughts on this issue found their expression in the book he co-edited with Oliver Hartwhich of the think tank Policy Exchange - Science vs Superstition: the case for a new scientific enlightenment (Policy Exchange, 2006).[1]
Affiliations
- Manifesto Club
- Institute of Ideas Chair of their Postgraduate forum
- Spiked Online, has written articles
- Battle of Ideas
Resources
Contact
- College: St Johns College
- Office Details: Rm 11, 46 St Giles
- Phone No: +44 (0) 7792 795 462
- Website: www.sjc.ox.ac.uk
- Online biography
