In this landmark live event, world-renowned evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins takes the stage to mark fifty years of The Selfish Gene: the book that reframed our understanding of life, behaviour, and human nature. Reflecting on its revolutionary ideas, the global debates it ignited, and five decades of subsequent research, this is a rare opportunity to hear one of the most influential scientific minds of our time discuss the work that defined his career.

Richard Dawkins, one of the most consequential scientific communicators of our time, returns to Australia and New Zealand this November to celebrate fifty years since The Selfish Gene first transformed the scientific landscape.

Since its publication in 1976, The Selfish Gene has remained a cornerstone of modern science, introducing the gene-centered view of evolution and coining the now-uniquitous concept of the ‘meme’. In this exclusive live event, Dawkins reflects on the book’s revolutionary legacy, explores what fifty years of science have confirmed or challenged, and explains why its core questions are more urgent today than ever before.