Previous Inaugural Lectures

Can the same person be both a pharmacologist and an engineer?

Professor Karen Coopman

Department of Chemical Engineering
- 27 November 2024
- 5pm
Delivering net-zero, quality and productivity: will the future of construction be shaped by 3D concrete printing?

Professor Richard Buswell

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 27 November 2024
- 5pm
Can children and young people change (future) societies through their sociality? Examining the immersive geographies of schools.

Professor Louise Holt

School of Social Sciences and Humanities
- 30 October 2024
- 5pm
Easy as 1, 2, 3? Uncovering the challenges of early mathematics

Professor Camilla Gilmore

Mathematics Education Centre
- 30 October 2024
- 5pm
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

All 2024 lectures

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