Connecting Research

Economics External Seminar: Climent Quintana-Domeque
2019-11-27 12:15 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Climent Quintana-Domeque

Engaging audiences online: Is it an art and a science?
2019-11-27 12:30 - 14:00 | Palmer Building, Room 106
Public Engagement with Research network
Join us for an informal gathering of like minds as we explore the myriad of ways we can engage people online and discuss what works and how we can stay ahead of the curve as audiences preferences change.
Speakers include Vince Trakulphadetkrai (Institute of Education), Tim Watkins (Social Media Manager, MCE), Erinma Ochu (WT digital society fellow working with Dr Hilary Geoghegan on NERC Engaging Environments project) and Amy Smith (Ure Museum, Classics)
Tea and coffee provided
Themes for future meetings will include working with children and young people, and co-creating research.
Email c.e.cross@reading.ac.uk if you have an idea for a discussion topic or if you’d like to speak about your own activities.
Please forward this message to anyone who might be interested and join the PER network list here.

Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar: The influence of mycorrhizal symbioses on soil carbon cycling processes under cadmium stress
2019-11-27 13:00 - 14:00 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar
The influence of mycorrhizal symbioses on soil carbon cycling processes under cadmium stress
Gilka Da Silva

Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar: Professor Jonathan Metzger, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2019-11-27 13:00 - 14:00
Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar
Professor Jonathan Metzger, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Doing Business Better: Should Reading Firms Have a Social Purpose?
2019-11-27 19:30 | Palmer Building, Room G10, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
University Public Lecture
Business delivers society’s wants and needs: from goods and services, to wealth creation and employment. But businesses also enjoy a range of benefits from society: access to an educated workforce; reliable transport links; and the protections of the legal system.
This lecture will explore the nature of this complex relationship between business and society from the perspective of what is called ‘social contract theory’ in philosophy.
Using evidence from her own research, Professor Emma Borg will ask what a ‘social purpose’ is, and whether companies should specify and fulfil such a purpose to earn their place in society.
She will explain how ethical business behaviour can result in happier, healthier and more productive employees, greater loyalty from customers and suppliers and ultimately boost a company’s bottom line.
Emma Borg is a Professor of Philosophy and leads the University of Reading’s Centre for Cognition Research. She specialises in the philosophy of language and the mind, and the study of the relationship between business and society.
Admission free. Booking advisable.

MERL: Poultry Mania Past and Present
2019-11-28 10:00 - 17:00 | Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX, United Kingdom
Museum of English Rural Life
Poultry Mania Past and Present

Institute of Education Research: PGR Presentations – Meilun Yan followed by Zeynep Bütün
2019-11-28 13:00 - 14:00 | L24, G06
Institute of Education Research Programme
PGR Presentations – Meilun Yan followed by Zeynep Bütün

Meteorology External Seminar: Climate extremes at 1.5°C vs 2°C of global warming: The role of land processes
2019-12-02 12:00 - 12:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Meteorology External Seminar
Climate extremes at 1.5°C vs 2°C of global warming: The role of land processes
Sonia Seneviratne
ETH Zurich

School of Biological Sciences Seminar: TBC
2019-12-03 13:00 - 13:50 | Chemistry LTG, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
School of Biological Sciences Seminar
TBC

Books by Mail: Britain’s first celebrity book club
2019-12-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Palmer Building, Room G06
Dr Nicola Wilson, Department of English Literature
A Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing Event

ICMA Research Seminar: Carol Padgett
2019-12-04 08:00 - 17:00 | ICMA G09, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BA, United Kingdom
ICMA Research Seminar
Carol Padgett

CCLFR Research Seminar: Securitisation and Capital Markets Union
2019-12-04 11:00 - 13:00 | Chancellor’s Building, G13
CCLFR Research Seminar
Securitisation and Capital Markets Union
Dr Vincenzo Bavoso, Senior lecturer, University of Manchester, School of Law
Chair: Dr Andrea Miglionico

Economics External Seminar: Sandra McNally
2019-12-04 12:15 - 13:30 | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Sandra McNally

Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar: The effect of a flooding event on the mobility of potentially toxic elements from the Loddon floodplain
2019-12-04 13:00 - 14:00 | Room 102A, Russel Building
Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar
The effect of a flooding event on the mobility of potentially toxic elements from the Loddon floodplain
Jess Ponting

Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar: Professor Jan Rouwendal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2019-12-04 13:00 - 14:00
Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar
Professor Jan Rouwendal, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Institute of Education Research: Dr Alan Floyd – Research Paper and Social
2019-12-05 13:00 - 14:00 | L24, G06
Institute of Education Research Programme
Dr Alan Floyd – Research Paper and Social

Meteorology External Seminar: Recent trends and future prospects for the assimilation of observations in Earth System prediction
2019-12-09 12:00 - 12:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Meteorology External Seminar
Recent trends and future prospects for the assimilation of observations in Earth System prediction
Stephen English
ECMWF

Chemistry Seminar: Designing better household products using the computer modelling skills that make graduates very employable (Dr Ian Stott, Unilever)
2019-12-09 15:30 - 16:30 | Chemistry LTG, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Chemistry Seminar
Designing better household products using the computer modelling skills that make graduates very employable
Dr Ian Stott, Unilever

Spatial variation in phenology and its impact on trophic interactions
2019-12-10 13:00 - 13:50 | Chemistry LTG, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
School of Biological Sciences Seminar
Dr Ally Phillimore, University of Edinburgh: Spatial variation in phenology and its impact on trophic interactions
Hosted by Prof Tom Oliver

ICMA Research Seminar: Ding Rong University of Warwick
2019-12-11 08:00 - 17:00 | ICMA G09, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BA, United Kingdom
ICMA Research Seminar
Ding Rong University of Warwick

Economics External Seminar: Mauro Costantini
2019-12-11 12:15 - 13:30 | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Mauro Costantini

Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar: Impact of biochar on micronutrient availability and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions
2019-12-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar
Impact of biochar on micronutrient availability and volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions
Alfonso Rodriguez-Vila

Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar: Dr Sarah Payne, University of Sheffield
2019-12-11 13:00 - 14:00
Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar
Dr Sarah Payne, University of Sheffield

O Christmas Tree! Children's Christmas Lecture 2019
2019-12-17 16:30 | Palmer Building, Room G10, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Dr Jonathan Mitchley, Associate Professor in Field Botany
Join us on a botanical adventure as we discover Christmas plants from around the world, with special focus on a festive favourite – the Christmas tree! In this fun and interactive lecture, we will take a journey up and down the Christmas tree, revealing the amazing science hidden beneath the tinsel and baubles. Prepare to engage your senses as we explore the sights, smells and behaviour of these familiar plants – but be prepared, there are botanical surprises in store!
Admission free. Booking essential. Suitable for children 7–12 years.
This event is now fully booked. Please email events@reading.ac.uk if you would like to be added to the waiting list.

The Future of the Planet in Twelve Objects: Addressing Climate Change and Material Consumption
2020-01-15 16:00 - 17:30 | Nike Lecture Theatre, Agriculture Building, Agriculture Building, Whiteknights Campus, Earley Gate, RG6 6AR, United Kingdom
The Global Development Research Division invites you to a Special Lecture by Professor Jules Pretty, Professor of Environment and Society at the University of Essex
This Lecture will explore dilemmas about material consumption, non-material consumption, and what we can (must) do about climate change, using an engaging narrative approach of twelve objects to reflect on the future of the planet. This is a topic relevant to us all.

All welcome. Booking will be required – information coming soon

Simulating Mesoscale Convective Systems in Convection-Permitting Climate Models - Meteorology Monday Seminars
2020-01-16 12:00 - 12:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Simulating Mesoscale Convective Systems in Convection-Permitting Climate Models – Meteorology Monday Seminars
Andreas Prein
NCAR

CCLFR Research Seminar: Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services
2020-01-21 14:00 - 16:00 | EM 189
CCLFR Research Seminar
Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services
Dr Francesco De Pascalis, Lecturer, Brunel University, School of Law
Chair: Dr Andrea Miglionico

‘Extralegal Groups in Post-Conflict Liberia - How Trade Makes the State’ - Politics and International Relations Research Seminars
2020-01-21 16:30 - 17:45 | Edith Morley, 406
Politics and International Relations Research Seminars
Dr Christine Cheng (King’s College London)

Economics External Seminar: Alessandra Guariglia
2020-01-22 12:15 - 13:30 | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Alessandra Guariglia

Soil Biogeochemistry Group Seminar: Understanding the plant root uptake of [14C]-1,2,4-Triazole
2020-01-23 00:00
