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((short description|Controversial intelligence research conference held at University College London))
((Use dmy dates|date=April 2022))
The '''London Conference on Intelligence''' (LCI) is an invitation-only conference for research on [[human intelligence]], including [[race and intelligence]] and [[eugenics]]. In 2018, ''[[Times Higher Education]]'' called it "an annual conference on eugenics and intelligence"<ref name=timeshigher/> and several news outlets have described the conference as having ties to [[white supremacy]], [[neo-Nazism]], and [[scientific racism]].<ref name=timeshigher/><ref name=the-scientist/><ref name=bennett/><ref name="Fazackerley"/><ref name="Der Merwe"/>

Founded in 2014, it was secretly held in the Pearson Building at [[University College London]] (UCL) in [[London]], [[England]], on four occasions.<ref name=timeshigher>((Cite news |url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ucl-launches-investigation-secret-eugenics-conference |title=UCL launches investigation into secret eugenics conference |date=2018-01-11 |work=[[Times Higher Education]] |access-date=2018-05-15))</ref> It was hosted by [[James Thompson (psychologist)|James Thompson]], an honorary UCL senior lecturer in psychology.<ref>((Cite journal |date=2018-01-19 |title=News at a glance |journal=Science |language=en |volume=359 |issue=6373 |pages=256–257 |doi=10.1126/science.359.6373.256 |pmid=29348213|bibcode=2018Sci...359..256. ))</ref> The existence of the conference, as well as the names of some of the attendees, was revealed by the ''[[London Student]]'' on January 10, 2018.<ref name=the-scientist>((Cite news |url=https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51323/title/Secret-Eugenics-Conference-Uncovered-at-University-College-London/ |title=Secret Eugenics Conference Uncovered at University College London |last=Daley |first=Jim |date=2018-01-12 |work=The Scientist |access-date=2018-05-15))</ref> In a statement released in response to news of the conference, UCL said that it had been unaware that the conference had occurred on its campus, and that the speakers there "were not approved or endorsed by UCL". Their statement also said that "We are an institution that is committed to free speech but also to combatting racism and sexism in all forms." The UCL also announced that it would investigate whether the organizers breached the University's room booking procedures as well as the circumstances that led to awarding of an honorary senior lectureship to Thompson.<ref>((Cite press release |title=UCL statement on the London Conference on Intelligence |date=2018-01-10 |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0118/100118-UCL-statement-on-London-conference-on-intelligence |access-date=2018-05-15 |website=www.ucl.ac.uk))</ref> Several conference attendees authored a letter defending the conference and disputing that it was mainly about eugenics.<ref name=woodley/>

LCI was moved from London to [[Skanderborg]], [[Denmark]], in May 2018. [[Helmuth Nyborg]] has said "we don't trust the media" to explain why conference organizers avoid public attention.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://hsfo.dk/oestjylland/Bandlyst-fra-universiteterne-Hemmelig-forskergruppe-moedes-i-Skanderborg/artikel/168645|title=Bandlyst fra universiteterne: Hemmelig forskergruppe mødes i Skanderborg|date=2018-05-14|access-date=2018-05-17|language=da))</ref>

==UCL investigation==
The LCI was investigated in January 2018 following the 2017 attendance of [[Toby Young]] (who was then involved in controversy over his past tweets and tenure on the board of the government-funded [[Office for Students]]) at these conferences, as well as their alleged [[eugenicist]] content, [[neo-Nazi]] links and clandestine nature.<ref name=bennett>((cite news |last1=Bennett |first1=Rosemary |title=University College London under fire over its conferences on 'eugenics' |url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/university-college-london-under-fire-over-its-conferences-on-eugenics-qq5z9vvgk |access-date=14 October 2018 |work=The Times |date=11 January 2018 |url-access=subscription ))</ref><ref name="LondonStudent">((cite news |last1=Van Der Merwe |first1=Ben |title=Exposed: London eugenics conference's neo-Nazi links |url=http://londonstudent.coop/exposed-london-eugenics-conferences-neo-nazi-links/ |access-date=8 September 2018 |work=London Student))</ref>  The Guardian reported that "Speakers included white supremacists and a researcher who has previously advocated child rape."<ref name="Fazackerley">((cite news |last1=Fazackerley |first1=Anna |title=UCL launches inquiry into historical links with eugenics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/dec/06/ucl-launches-inquiry-into-historical-links-with-eugenics |access-date=17 January 2019 |work=The Guardian |date=6 December 2018))</ref> Young later resigned over the controversy.<ref>((cite news |last1=Adams |first1=Richard |title=Toby Young quits New Schools Network, citing media pressure |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/mar/23/toby-young-quits-new-schools-network-citing-media-pressure |access-date=14 October 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=23 March 2018))</ref>

Thompson hosted the event without informing senior university officials. In response to an investigation by ''[[London Student]]'' revealing that the conference had taken place on UCL's campus, UCL announced it would be investigating how a conference on eugenics was able to occur on their campus without the university's knowledge. A UCL spokesperson told ''[[the Guardian]]'' that "UCL is investigating a potential breach of its room bookings process for events"; UCL also revoked Thompson's approval to organize future conferences.<ref name=guardian/><ref name="LondonStudent" /> The UCL issued a press release saying that it would investigate the circumstances that led to awarding of an honorary senior lectureship to Thompson, and reaffirmed that it is committed to combating racism. UCL has now cut all ties with Thompson and taken steps to avoid the possibility of such events taking place without the University's knowledge.<ref name="Fazackerley"/><ref>((Cite press release |title=UCL statement on the London Conference on Intelligence |date=2018-01-10 |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0118/100118-UCL-statement-on-London-conference-on-intelligence |language=en |access-date=2018-05-15 |website=www.ucl.ac.uk))</ref>

In response to the controversy, the journal ''[[Intelligence (journal)|Intelligence]]'' published a correspondence defending the conference authored by 15 of its attendees. The correspondence disputed that the LCI was a eugenics conference, saying that, among the 75 presentations given there over four years, only two had been on the topic of eugenics.<ref name=woodley>((Cite journal |last1=Woodley of Menie |first1=Michael A. |last2=Dutton |first2=Edward |last3=Figueredo |first3=Aurelio-José |last4=Carl |first4=Noah |last5=Debes |first5=Fróði |last6=Hertler |first6=Steven |last7=Irwing |first7=Paul |last8=Kura |first8=Kenya |last9=Lynn |first9=Richard |date=July 2018 |title=Communicating intelligence research: Media misrepresentation, the Gould Effect, and unexpected forces |journal=Intelligence |volume=70 |pages=84–87 |doi=10.1016/j.intell.2018.04.002|s2cid=150156004 ))</ref> One of the authors of the correspondence, psychologist [[Aurelio José Figueredo]], was subsequently reported to be the only academic receiving funding from the [[Pioneer Fund]], which is associated with [[scientific racism]] and eugenics. Figueredo told the [[Associated Press]] that the conference was not about eugenics, and that its overall theme could not be represented "by a few presentations".<ref>((Cite news |url=https://apnews.com/a9791e6174374437b3bbe17af8b76215 |title=APNewsBreak: University accepted $458K from eugenics fund |last=Kunzelman |first=Michael |date=2018-08-25 |work=AP News |access-date=2018-09-03))</ref>

This led to the university setting up an inquiry looking into its historical links with eugenics.<ref name="Andrew">((cite news |last1=Anthony |first1=Andrew |title=UCL has a racist legacy, but can it move on? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/aug/02/ucl-has-a-racist-legacy-but-can-it-move-on |access-date=16 December 2020 |work=the Guardian |date=2 August 2020 |language=en))</ref> Its report was published in February 2020, but nine of the 16 members of the team refused to sign it because it did not look into the conference meetings.<ref name="Fazackerley2">((cite news |last1=Fazackerley |first1=Anna |title=UCL eugenics inquiry did not go far enough, committee say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/feb/28/ucl-eugenics-inquiry-did-not-go-far-enough-committee-say |access-date=16 December 2020 |work=the Guardian |date=28 February 2020 |language=en))</ref> Three of its buildings, the  Galton Lecture Theatre, Pearson Lecture Theatre and the Pearson Building were renamed.<ref name="Andrew" />

==Attendees==
Notable attendees of at least one of the conferences include:
*[[Noah Carl]], then an academic at the University of Oxford.<ref name="Der Merwe">((cite web |last1=Van Der Merwe |first1=Ben |title=It might be a pseudo science, but students take the threat of eugenics seriously |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/education/2018/02/it-might-be-pseudo-science-students-take-threat-eugenics-seriously |access-date=7 December 2018))</ref>
*[[Aurelio José Figueredo]]<ref name=woodley/>
*[[Paul Irwing]]<ref name=woodley/>
*Emil Kirkegaard, founder of the website [[OpenPsych]], attended and spoke at the 2017 conference.<ref name=guardian>((Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jan/10/ucl-to-investigate-secret-eugenics-conference-held-on-campus |title=UCL to investigate eugenics conference secretly held on campus |last1=Rawlinson |first1=Kevin |date=2018-01-11 |work=The Guardian |access-date=2018-05-15 |last2=Adams |first2=Richard))</ref><ref name="Der Merwe"/><ref>((cite news |last1=Yorke |first1=Harry |title=UCL launches 'eugenics' probe after it emerges academic held controversial conference for three years on campus |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/2018/01/10/ucl-launches-eugenics-probe-emerges-academic-held-controversial/ |access-date=21 October 2018 |work=The Telegraph |date=10 January 2018))</ref>
*[[Richard Lynn]], a British psychologist, who attended the 2017 conference.<ref>((Cite news |url=http://www.newsweek.com/white-supremacists-eugenics-conference-london-778581 |title=White supremacists held secret eugenics conference at prominent London university for years |date=2018-01-11 |work=Newsweek |access-date=2018-05-15 |language=en))</ref>
*[[Gerhard Meisenberg]], Director of the [[Pioneer Fund]]<ref name=woodley/>
*[[Edward M. Miller]]<ref name=woodley/>
*[[Jan te Nijenhuis]]<ref name=woodley/>
*[[Helmuth Nyborg]], a Danish psychologist, who attended in 2015 and 2016.<ref>((Cite news |url=https://londonstudent.coop/exposed-london-eugenics-conferences-neo-nazi-links/ |title=Exposed: London's eugenics conference and its neo-Nazi links |date=2018-01-10 |work=The London Student |access-date=2018-08-02 |language=en-GB))</ref>
*[[Heiner Rindermann]]<ref name=woodley/>
*[[Andrew Sabisky]],<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/eugenics-andrew-sabisky-boris-johnson-downing-street-racism-dominic-cummings-a9341051.html|title=I warned about the spreading influence of eugenics – yet an advocate was able to work at Downing Street|date=2020-02-17|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17))</ref> subsequently advisor at No.10.<ref>((Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-51538493|title=No 10 adviser resigns over alleged race comments|date=2020-02-17|work=BBC News|access-date=2020-02-17|language=en-GB))</ref>
*[[Toby Young]], a British journalist, who also attended the 2017 conference.<ref name=guardian />

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
*[http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0118/100118-UCL-statement-on-London-conference-on-intelligence UCL statement on London Conference on Intelligence]

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