KISHWER FALKNER

Baroness Falkner of Margravine

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Kishwer Falkner is a Liberal Democrat Peer in the House of Lords. She is Spokesman for the Ministry of Justice. The first Muslim peer for the Lib Dems, she speaks extensively on public policy issues relating to foreign affairs, counter-terrorism and civil liberties Muslims in the West, multiculturalism and integration (see public speaking). In 2006, she was a Fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. She was appointed Chancellor of the University of Northampton in 2008 and serves as a board member on several non-profit organisations (see bio).

Forthcoming:

  • Participant in Forum "Charting Change, Challenging Power: Woman Leadership in Muslim Contexts", Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Stanford University, 15 April 2009.

  • High Sheriff's Lecture at the University of Northampton, March 2009.

 

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