Contact us

The IAS is located in International House, at the centre of the Midlands campus, where we enjoy high-quality, bespoke accommodation for seminars, networking events and co-working.

General enquiries

International House and Facilities

The home of the IAS on our Loughborough campus

The IAS Flat

Enabling longer stays for Residential Fellows, in close proximity to International House.

Our team

members of the IAS Team
The IAS Team (left to right): Connor Higgins, Kieran Teasdale, Laura Dale, Ksenia Chmutina

Ksenia Chmutina

Professor of Disaster Studies

Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies

Laura Dale

Research Development Associate

Planning and Legacy

Kieran Teasdale

Senior Administrative Officer

Events and Communications

Connor Higgins

Administrative Officer

Travel and Accommodation

IAS Academic Advisory Board

Wael Bahsoun

Professor of Mathematics

Duncan Depledge

Lecturer in Geopolitics and Security

Arianna Maiorani

Reader in Linguistics and Multimodality

Martin Sykora

Senior Lecturer in Information Management

Headshot of Professor Thomas Tufte

Thomas Tufte

Professor of Communication and Social Change

Samantha L Winter

Senior Lecturer

Doctoral Leaders – the IAS Postgraduate Internship Programme

Umer Jadoon

Doctoral Leader 2023-24

Sophie Milnes

Doctoral Leader 2023-24

Ghazaleh Mazaheri Tehrani

Doctoral Leader 2023-24