Date: Tuesday, 10 June
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Reception Room, Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol BS8 1RJ
This event is also available online.
You are warmly invited to attend an upcoming keynote lecture hosted by the SPA Social Harm Policy Group, titled: Global Billionaires and Geographical Justice: From Bonanza to Bust?
The keynote will be delivered by Professor Danny Dorling (1971 Professor of Geography at University of Oxford). Professors Vicky Canning (Lancaster University) and Roger Burrows (University of Bristol) will act as discussants.
In March 2025 it was reported that five of the world’s richest men, including those who had stood behind Donald Trump on his inauguration just two months earlier, had between them lost over $200bn of their wealth in around fifty days — almost a billion dollars a day per billionaire. That was not the plan. And there definitely was a plan. We see the plan being enacted every day on our news. In this short, illustrated talk, Danny Dorling quickly charts how the wealth of the extremely rich grew; how enough is never enough and you can always feel you are missing out; through to why the richest of all were so worried for their futures that they backed Trump so ferociously. What was it that the billionaires feared the most? How did they think they could secure that? And with almost all of the world looking on with horror at the USA — could their actions actually, if inadvertently, help accelerate progress towards a more equal planet?”
Danny Dorling is the 1971 Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford and his most recent book is The Next Crisis – published in May 2025.
The talk will be followed by a drinks reception.
The event will be held in hybrid format, with both in-person and online attendance options. However, we strongly encourage in-person participation where possible, as online capacity is limited and we cannot guarantee a seamless virtual experience.
Attendance is free, but booking is essential via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/global-billionaires-and-geographical-justice-from-bonanza-to-bust-tickets-1365517703209?aff=oddtdtcreator
We very much hope you can join us for what promises to be an engaging and thought-provoking evening.