A PROFESSOR of Peace Studies at Bradford University is due to give a lecture at Skipton Girls High School on Wednesday, October 30.

Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor, and global security consultant with Oxford Research Group, will deliver the 15th annual peace lecture of the Grassington and District Peace Group in conjunction with Skipton Quakers.

He has lectured regularly at senior UK defence colleges for almost 40 years and has been an external examiner for the MA programmes at the Royal College of Defence Studies and JSCSC. He lectures on changing drivers of international conflict with particular interests in the Middle East and paramilitary violence, and also has a long-term research interest in the interaction between socioeconomic marginalisation, climate disruption and security.

Prof Rogers is a regular broadcaster on radio and television networks worldwide, averaging at least 150 interviews a year for more than 30 years. He also writes a weekly column on international affairs for www.opendemocracy.net and a monthly analysis on international security issues for www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk.

His lecture at Skipton Girls High School on October 30, The World in 2030?, will start at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £7 from The Grassington Hub or ticketsource.co.uk