Gordon Brown: The Future Starts With Us
Join us to hear former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown discuss his new book The Future Starts With Us with John Smith Centre Director Eddie Barnes.
Glasgow Social Sciences Hub
Date: Wednesday 02 September 2026
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Venue: Saltire Lecture Theatre, James McCune Smith Learning Hub
Category: Student events, Alumni events, Community events
Speaker: Gordon Brown
Drawing on decades of experience at the heart of politics, alongside new research and original polling of nearly 100,000 people across forty-five countries, Gordon Brown reveals how global instability and civic decline are connected.
The Future Starts With Us is more than a guide to our present turmoil. By uncovering and targeting the root causes, Brown offers a practical and hopeful roadmap to bring us back together, renew the global order, and set us on a more equitable and sustainable course.
Hear him in conversation at this unique University of Glasgow event with Eddie Barnes, Director of the John Smith Centre.