Human Rights and Equality - Philosophy

Public Autumn Series 2026

Europe is facing choices it hasn't had to confront in a generation. As Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the EU, the School of Social Sciences and Philosophy brings together leading voices from Economics, Philosophy, Sociology and Political Science. Across four evenings, we ask what Europe stands for, how it is responding, and what the decisions being made now will mean for all of us.

01 Oct 2026

'Human Rights and Equality'

🗓️ Thursday 1 October 2026
🕖 7.00–8.30pm
📍 Synge Theatre, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
🎟️ Free - registration required
🎙️ Professor Adina Preda, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College Dublin

Overview

Human rights and equality. Two of Europe’s founding values, but are they as connected as we think?

Both are central to what the EU stands for. Most of us assume the two go hand in hand. But the relationship, it turns out, is less straightforward than it appears. Join Professor Adina Preda as she examines the link between these two values and makes the case for putting equality at the heart of how we think about human rights.

About the Speaker

Adina Preda is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College Dublin and founding Director of the Trinity Centre for Justice and Values. Her research sits at the intersection of political philosophy and human rights theory. She holds a PhD in Political Philosophy from the University of Manchester and has held positions at the University of Montreal, the Catholic University of Louvain and University College Dublin. She was awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant for her project on rights and egalitarianism.

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