Will Jennings will be giving a lunchtime seminar entitled, 'Governing the Games in an Age of Uncertainty: London 2012 and Risk'.

Will Jennings is ESRC / Hallsworth Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, and a Research Associate at the ESRC Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation at the London School of Economics and Political Science, working on a research project titled "Going for Gold: The Olympics, Risk and Risk Management" (ESRC Reference: RES-063-27-0205).

His research interests include responsiveness of government to public opinion, agenda-setting and the politics of attention, blame avoidance and blame management by public officeholders and the politics and management of risk in mega-projects and mega-events, such as the Millennium Dome and London 2012. His research applies both quantitative (e.g. time series analysis, network analysis) and qualitative (e.g. archival, interview) methods.

This event is open to the public, if you would like to attend, please contact Sarah Hewes at sarah.hewes@youngfoundation.org