Felicity Callard – The Social Self Professor of Social Research and Director of the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research.

Author with Des Fitzgerald of “Rethinking Interdisciplinarity across the Social Sciences and Neurosciences” and editor @Histhum www.bbk.ac.uk/bisr/

The Prelude Talks are a bespoke online series celebrating scientific and creative investigation into the determinants of a healthy brain. Speakers are ambassadors from diverse disciplines. They indicate the territory of Creating A New Old San Francisco and HeadSpace2018 whose twin ambitions of approaching complex issues with innovation and seeking knowledge from a diversity of expertise, bring fresh insight to enduring challenges. In their own practice each speaker examines the relationship between information gathering, decision making, and delivery. The Prelude Talks introduce this landscape to real world and online audience, recognizing that we are all working towards a legacy of caring communities, effective research and cultural solutions addressing the complex issue of living longer lives with healthier brains.