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Inaugural Lecture Series

Inaugural Lectures have been an essential feature of university life for centuries.

Loughborough University continues to value the tradition, encouraging new Professors to deliver them, and all staff and students to attend.

Inaugural Lectures are a public event and open to everyone - you do not have to be an expert in the field to attend. The University extends the invitation to these lectures to all members of staff, students and their guests as well as our campus partners, based on LUSEP, and the local community.

17 September 2025

  • 5pm
  • EHB110b, Edward Herbert Building
Professor Sergio Cavalaro

Concrete thinking: from ancient foundations to future frontiers?

Professor Sergio Cavalaro

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Professor Paula Saukko

How does diagnostic overshadowing influence experiences and treatment of eating disorders?

Professor Paula Saukko

School of Social Sciences and Humanities

8 October 2025

  • 5pm
  • EHB110b, Edward Herbert Building
Professor Mike Fray

How do we improve the effectiveness of assistive technology with a human factors approach?

Professor Mike Fray

School of Design & Creative Arts

Professor Robert Dorrell

How environmental flows are shaping a sustainable energy transition

Professor Robert Dorrell

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

19 November 2025

  • 5pm
  • EHB110b, Edward Herbert Building
Professor Zeynep Aycan

Is it time to rethink who leads and how they emerge through the lens of power and empowerment?

Professor Zeynep Aycan

Business School

Professor Ash Casey

From foundation stone to footnote: What has happened to Physical Education in Higher Education?

Professor Ashley Casey

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Previous Inaugural Lectures

Professor Alessia Pasquazi

How will quantum technologies and ultra-precise timing change our world?

Professor Alessia Pasquazi

Department of Physics

  • 11 June 2025
  • 5pm
Professor Sheryl Williams

How can we change the face of academia by how we educate the future engineer?

Professor Sheryl Williams

School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

  • 11 June 2025
  • 5pm
A head and shoulders shot of Marco Peccianti

Emergent Photonics: How do ant colonies and crystals hold the key to seeing the invisible with Terahertz eyes?

Professor Marco Peccianti

Department of Physics

  • 14 May 2025
  • 5pm
A wait up shot of Professor Joanna Szmelter

What are the sources of complexities in fluid flows and how to simulate them

Professor Joanna Szmelter

School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

  • 14 May 2025
  • 5pm
Professor Kelly Morrison

What use are magnetic materials when trying to reach Net Zero?

Professor Kelly Morrison

Department of Physics

  • 9 April 2025
  • 5pm
Professor Valerie Pinfield

What can (ultra)sound waves tell us about mayonnaise and aircraft wings?

Professor Valerie Pinfield

Department of Chemical Engineering

  • 9 April 2025
  • 5pm
Anna Grosman

Are corporations ruling the world or serving society?

Professor Anna Grosman

Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship

  • 12 March 2025
  • 5pm
Gerhard Schnyder

From state to market and back? A teleological history of my research to date.

Professor Gerhard Schnyder

Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship

  • 12 March 2025
  • 5pm
Professor Adrian Spencer

Can transportation Net Zero goals be achieved?

Professor Adrian Spencer

Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

  • 19 February 2025
  • 5pm
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