Templeton Fellows podcast

Following the Templeton fellow's lectures Professor Craig Smith caught up with some of the Templeton Fellows to discuss more about Smiths, ideas and how Smith influences our lives today. 

Professor Dierdre McCloskey

Professor Dierdre McCloskey highlights the influence of Adam Smith, his views as a deeply egalitarian man, and why she considers him the first true liberal.

Professor Jacob T. Levy

Professor Jacob T. Levy (McGill University) delivered a thought-provoking lecture on Adam Smith as a political scientist.

Professor Lisa Hill

Professor Lisa Hill, of the University of Adelaide, delivered her lecture at the University of Chile on Adam Smith, happiness, welfare and inequality.

Professor Ryan Hanley

Ryan Hanley, Professor of Political Science at Boston College, discussed ‘Adam Smith: War and the Laws of Nations’ at the University of Tokyo’s Library of Economics Templeton Lecture.

Professor Emma Rothschild

Professor Emma Rothschild delivered a talk discussing how some markets function effectively and how others do not while highlighting how we can learn from that today through Adam Smith.

Professor Christel Fricke

Professor Christel Fricke, of the University of Oslo, Norway, delivered her lecture at the University of Glasgow discussing Smith's approach to ethics, sympathy and impartiality.

Professor Chandran Kukathas

Professor Chandran Kukathas, Dean and Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Political Science at the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University, delivered the Fringe Tercentenary Lecture on 21 August at Panmure House in Edinburgh.