To explore root causes and solutions to organised crime ahead of the International Day for the Prevention of Organised Crime, the University of Bristol brings together a best-selling author and globally celebrated public intellectual, an award-winning anti-crime civil society activist in Bristol and the Lebanese artist behind Al-Jazeera's new true crime show. 

This event is led by the Peace Conflict and Violence Research Group at the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS), in collaboration with the Global Insecurities Centre and The Bristol Cable.

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Programme of events

10am - 11am
The Past, Present and Future of Organised Crime
Keynote speech by Misha Glenny (author and producer of BBC series McMafia, rector of the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna).
Room 4.10, School of Education

11.30am -12.30pm
How to turn street skills into legitimate business skills
A Q&A with Clayton Planter (Bristol-based civil society activist and Creative Entrepreneur, Founder of Streets2Boardroom) and Priyanka Raval (Reporter at The Bristol Cable).  Room 4.10, School of Education

1.00pm - 2.30pm
The Republic of the Outlaws: How Gangs Took Over a City in 1970s Lebanon
Premier screening of the documentary and Q&A with director Fatma Shehadeh (award-winning Lebanese filmmaker, head of production company Roarpark Films) and producer Raphaël Lefèvre (Senior Lecturer in International Relations and co-lead of the Peace Conflict and Violence research group at the University of Bristol). 
Helen Wodehouse Lecture Theatre, School of Education

You can book an 'all day' ticket to attend all three events or a 'film only' ticket to attend only the film screening - book your ticket now.

This event is supported by the ESRC Festival of Social Science at the University of Bristol.