Previous Inaugural Lectures

Concrete thinking: from ancient foundations to future frontiers?

Professor Sergio Cavalaro

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 17 September 2025
- 5pm
How does diagnostic overshadowing influence experiences and treatment of eating disorders?

Professor Paula Saukko

School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- 17 September 2025
- 5pm
How will quantum technologies and ultra-precise timing change our world?

Professor Alessia Pasquazi

Department of Physics
- 11 June 2025
- 5pm
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
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
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
What use are magnetic materials when trying to reach Net Zero?

Professor Kelly Morrison

Department of Physics
- 9 April 2025
- 5pm
What can (ultra)sound waves tell us about mayonnaise and aircraft wings?

Professor Valerie Pinfield

Department of Chemical Engineering
- 9 April 2025
- 5pm
Are corporations ruling the world or serving society?

Professor Anna Grosman

Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship
- 12 March 2025
- 5pm
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

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