Previous Inaugural Lectures

The apparent and hidden burdens of pharmaceuticals: Are we witnessing the dawn of Net Zero in pharma?

Professor Brahim Benyahia

Department of Chemical Engineering
- 18 September 2024
- 5pm
Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: How can we create more responsible supply chains?

Professor Jan Godsell

Business School
- 18 September 2024
- 5pm
Breaking out of boxes: can undisciplined designers create better futures?

Professor Rebecca Cain

School of Design & Creative Arts
- 12 June 2024
- 5pm
How will emerging systems, technologies and cultures shape the future of construction?

Professor Chris Gorse

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 12 June 2024
- 5pm
How sticky is Earth – and does it matter?

Professor Dan Parsons

School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- 15 May 2024
- 5pm
Disaster risk reduction or disaster risk production? The folly of devising a technocratic solution to a socio-political problem

Professor Ksenia Chmutina

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 15 May 2024
- 5pm
Sex, gender and sex differences: How can we make the world a more inclusive and equal place?

Professor Surya Monro

School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- 1 May 2024
- 5pm
Working identities: A new perspective on the future of work

Professor Eva Selenko

Business School
- 1 May 2024
- 5pm
How will microbes and electrons help us to achieve a circular economy?

Professor Eileen Yu

Department of Chemical Engineering
- 10 April 2024
- 5pm
Drugs, pollution and (avoiding) explosions: combining chemistry and technology to solve problems

Professor Steven Christie

Department of Chemistry
- 10 April 2024
- 5pm

All 2024 lectures

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