For the past 30 years, I have been involved with colleagues in the UK and abroad in understanding the psychological dimensions of social injustices in our society.

Exploring the Use and Misuse of Race in the Clinical Encounter, Annual Cultural Diversity Conference Contemporary Freudian Society, 21st October 2018, Washington D.C. 

Who or What is being killed in a Terrorist State of Mind ? : Contemporary Freudian Society, 12th February 2017, Washington D.C

License to Hate: Exploring the Perversion of Thinking and Curiosity in Racism, Contemporary Freudian Society, 16th February 2017, New York City. 

License to Hate : Understanding Racist States of Mind, Thinking Space Special Event, Tavistock Clinic,  6th October 2016, London.   

In the Face of Unreason : Engaging with Racist States of Mind, British Psychoanalytic Council Conference : Between Mind and Culture, 19th November 2016, London.

The Racial ‘Other’ : Hatred or Curiosity ? Why the Mainstream Needs it’s Margins : The Function of the Marginalised in Psyche and Society, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies Annual Conference, 13th November 2010,  University of Essex.

Mythical Enclaves of the Mind : Understanding the Psycho-Social Geography of Racism, Self Psychology Group of Cape Town, 24th April 2008, South Africa.

Racism as Living Brutality. Journey through the Generations : Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma, The Trauma Centre Conference, 19th March 2008, Cape Town, South Africa.

Understanding the Internalised Culture of Brutality in the New South Africa.  Community Healing Network Conference: Skin Deep or Scar Deep, 20th March 2007, Grassy Park Civic Centre, Cape Town, South Africa.

Understanding the Trauma of Racial Violence : A Psychoanalytical Model. Guest Lecture, Psychology Department, 8th October 2007, University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.

Can the Study of Totalitarian States of Mind in the Consulting Room tell us anything about Race Relations in Post-Apartheid  South  Africa ? Psychology Department, 25th May 2007, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Repairing the Fabric of Communal Life in the Aftermath of  Trauma. The Direct Action Centre for Peace and Memory, Community House, Salt River, 11th September 2007, Cape Town, South Africa.

Loss of Identity: Migration and Persecution, Reintegration Through Psychotherapy. European Federation of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Sector, 27-29 March 1998, Cologne, Germany.

Cultural Identity : Thinking Beyond the Skin. Understanding Cultural Identity, Freud Museum Day Conference, 6th December 1997, London. 

Mapping the Unconscious Dynamics of Racism. Psychoanalysis and the Public Sphere: Thinking  Under Fire Conference, 25-26th November 1994, University of London.