Dolan Cummings

Dolan Cummings is an Associate Fellow of the Academy of Ideas, part of the committee that programmes the annual Battle of Ideas, and a regular participant at the festival and other IoI events. He has a particular interest in religion and politics, especially in the USA and India. He is also one of the co-founders of the Manifesto Club, a campaign group for freedom in everyday life, and has written widely on related subjects.

His novel, That Existential Leap: a crime story, will be published by Zero Books later this year. It is part bildungsroman and part psychological thriller; a second novel is also in progress. Aside from writing fiction, Dolan works as a freelance copywriter and editor and a speechwriter for social, political and business clients.

Related Sessions
Thursday 17 September 2015, 18.00 The Lighthouse, 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU
Tuesday 29 September 2015, 19.00 Hallmark Hotel, Midland Road, Derby DE1 1AA
Wednesday 7 October 2015, 19.00 The House of St Barnabas, 1 Greek St, London W1D 4NQ
Saturday 17 October 2015, 14.00 Garden Room
Sunday 18 October 2015, 10.00 Garden Room
Sunday 18 October 2015, 13.10 Hammerson Room
Sunday 18 October 2015, 16.00 Cinema 1
Saturday 31 October 2015, 14.00 The Barbican, Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS

Publications

Debating Humanism (ed.) (Imprint Academic, 2006)
Who’s Antisocial?: New Labour and the Politics of Antisocial Behaviour (ed.) (Academy of Ideas, 2005)
The Changing Role of the Public Intellectual (ed.) (Routledge, 2004)
In Search of Sesame Street: Policing Civility for the 21st Century (Perpetuity, 1999)

Feeding the world: can we engineer away hunger?

"Five debates a day sounds a bit daunting beforehand, but I really loved it. The speakers are so knowledgeable and passionate about their chosen topic, and the amount of time dedicated to questions from the audience was great as it really brought in alternative views."
Exeter University student

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