The Von Hügel Institute is pleased to share details of the upcoming fourth session of the Research Engagement Dialogue Series (REDS), featuring Hon. Dr Ela Gandhi MP, who will speak on “Gandhian Values Today: Right versus Might in a Time of Power Politics.”
The talk will take place on Tuesday, 17 March 2026, from 10:00 am to 12:00 noon CAT (8:00-10:00 am GMT) in a hybrid format. On behalf of UNESCO Chair Prof. Alain Tschudin and Co-Chair Prof Dorcas Ettang, we would like to invite anyone interested in attending to register using this link
The event is proudly hosted by the Centre for Sustainability Transitions and co-hosted by St Edmund’s College in partnership with STIAS, the Gandhi Development Trust, and Public Squares.
At the present moment we are confronted head-on with the issue of violence. One approach is to gain or seize power in order to become as powerful as those with power; another is to look at the power of humanity, to build up value systems. What about the superpower of goodness? There is a spiritual power to values that transcends material power. In 1930, Gandhi famously wrote, “I want world sympathy in this battle of right against might.” In our fourth REDS session, Ela Gandhi, lifelong peace activist and granddaughter of Kasturba and the Mahatma, explores what Gandhian values can contribute to today’s battle to save the soul of humanity.
About Hon. Dr Ela Gandhi MP: Ela Gandhi is a qualified social worker, anti-apartheid stalwart and lifelong peace activist, who went on to serve as a Member of Parliament of the Republic of South Africa. Ela was previously Chancellor of the Durban University of Technology and continues to serve as Co-Executive President of Religions for Peace, the world’s biggest inter-faith body.