8th Annual Student / Young Pugwash Conference on Peace and Disarmament

8th Annual Student / Young Pugwash Conference, 15 March 2025

The venue is King’s College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building (Room 1.10). Registration will take place from 9.30am and the first session will start at 10am. The event will end at 5.30pm followed by a social at a nearby pub.

The conference theme is ‘Stepping back from the brink of nuclear war: fresh thinking on peace and disarmament’

We want to encourage critical discussion of the legal, political and technical questions associated with nuclear weapons, with a focus on ethical science.

—Conference registration—

You can attend the conference in-person or online via Zoom.

To attend in-person please register using this form.

To attend online please register via Zoom here.

NB i) Please only register for either online or in-person attendance.

ii) All are welcome, but please only register for this conference: if you are a student or young professional (under 35); OR if you are a Pugwash member.

iii) There are limited tickets available: 100 in-person places and 100 online places. Places will be allocated to those who register first. If the event is oversubscribed, priority will be given to Student / Young Pugwash members: join for free here.

Drinks and snacks will be provided. Please bring your own lunch.

—Speakers and panels—

Confirmed speakers for the opening expert panel include: Dr Becky-Alexis Martin (University of Bradford); David Cullen (BASIC)

Following the expert panel there will be three student / young professional panels, with three speakers on each. Key questions that will be explored in these panels include:

• How to create a more inclusive and impactful debate on peace and disarmament
• The effect of emerging and disruptive technology on nuclear weapons
• The regional and global politics of nuclear weapons today

There will be opportunities for attendees to discuss issues raised and to network with other guests and speakers.

The final timetable for the day will be sent out before the event.

—About Student / Young Pugwash—

Student / Young Pugwash (SYP) is a network of students, researchers and younger people interested in a wide range of peace and security issues. We are the youth wing of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs, founded in 1957 by Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell, Joseph Rotblat, and other prominent public figures and scientists.

Our annual conference is an opportunity for younger people to share their ideas and research from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds. Conference attendees will be a mix of established experts from the Pugwash community (e.g. diplomats, scientists, academics, campaigners) and students / young researchers.

For examples of our past conferences click here.