IAI Live Events:
IAI Live takes place on the first Monday of the month. Each programme includes interviews, talks and a headline debate with the world's leading thinkers, getting at the big radical ideas shaping our world and future.
There is also a chance to meet and question our speakers directly in live audience Q&As.
Upcoming Events:
Cashing Out On Erotic Capital - April 7th
Should cashing out erotic capital be recognised as a legitimate feminist tool?
Attention in the Age of Distraction - May 11th
speakers
Programme
Debates & Talks
Opening Interview
Love and Sex in the Marketplace
Join Carrie Jenkins for a groundbreaking account of love as a social practice in this live, interactive interview. Jenkins explores how cultural scripts shape intimacy and desire, and how we should therefore rethink the stigma of sex work.
Headline Debate
Cashing Out On Erotic Capital
Our speakers debate whether sex work represents empowerment or exploitation. As sexual content becomes widely monetised online, the discussion asks whether commodifying intimacy challenges patriarchy or deepens it.
Solo Talk
Sex Work and Structural Power
Chanel Contos explores the ethics of sex work through the lens of consent and power. She argues that while some individuals may experience agency and income, structural inequalities and patriarchal pressures shape who enters the industry and under what conditions.