Elettra Plati

Hey! I'm a second-year History student, and I am nominating myself for the position of welfare officer of the Society for Global Prosperity. 

Throughout the course of my degree, I found myself getting increasingly passionate about intellectual and political history. The more I engage with the changing political and social landscapes of the past, the more I become aware of the pressuring need for change in the present. This change is precisely what the Society for Global Prosperity aims at, and I want to do all that is possible to help the society achieve it. 

With our launch event, our goal was to introduce more people to the Institute of Global Prosperity and to its aims. Dr Angus Armstrong and Professor Robert Costanza engaged in an open discussion representing different perspectives, which nevertheless aimed to answer the same question: what can we do to change our socio-economic system for the better? We brought together students from all disciplines, and from both an undergraduate and postgraduate level. This immediately made us one of the most diverse societies at UCL, stimulating debate by bringing together different viewpoints. 

This is what I hope the society will achieve in the future: encourage everyone to recognise the need for change, and make us reflect on what approaches we can take. Through activities ranging from panel-talks to guest-speaker events, my hope is for this society to unite people under a common goal: improving our present and future.