It is our great privilege to invite you to join WIN for breakfast on the 23rd of May, with the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Professor Louise Richardson.
Professor Richardson will be sharing thoughts on her career and journey to her current role, with a Q&A to follow. Without further introduction, we include her fascinating biography below.
We note that due to Professor Richardson's schedule on the day that the breakfast must start early, at 7.30am. We do expect tickets to sell quickly, so advise booking promptly to avoid disappointment.
The order of the morning will be:
7.30am - Arrival, mingle and the Corrigan's famous breakfast
8.00am - Talk by Professor Louise Richardson
9.00am - Event finish
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Professor Louise Richardson became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford on 1 January 2016, having previously served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of St Andrews for seven years.
A native of Ireland, she studied history in Trinity College, Dublin before gaining her PhD at Harvard University where she spent twenty years on the faculty of the Harvard Government Department and latterly as Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. She served on Scotland’s Council of Economic Advisers and currently sits on the boards of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Booker Prize Foundation and numerous other charities.
A political scientist by training, Professor Richardson is widely recognised as one of the world’s foremost experts on terrorism and counter-terrorism. Her publications include Democracy and Counterterrorism: Lessons from the Past (2007), What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat (2006), The Roots of Terrorism (2006), and When Allies Differ (1996). She has also written numerous articles on international terrorism, British foreign and defence policy, security institutions and international relations, lectured to public, professional, media and education groups and served on the editorial boards of several journals and presses.
Her awards include the Sumner Prize for work towards the prevention of war and the establishment of universal peace, Harvard’s Centennial Medal, and honorary doctorates from MGIMO University, Queen’s University Belfast and the University of Aberdeen. In 2015 she became an Honorary member of the Royal Irish Academy. In 2016 Professor Richardson was elected to the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, and to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Our many thanks to Tourism Ireland for sponsoring the event.