Mathematics of Planet Earth: Data Day
2020-03-11
Mathematics of Planet Earth Wednesday: Data Day
Alberto Carassi (NERSC)

Economics External Seminar: Melanie Jones
2020-03-11 12:15 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Melanie Jones, Cardiff Business School: Title TBC

License to Assemble: Theorising Brand Longevity
2020-03-12 08:00 - 17:00 | Henley Business School, G03
Henley Business School Marketing & Reputation Research Seminars
Dr Chloe Preece, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Royal Holloway, University of London
Finola Kerrigan, Professor in Marketing and Consumption, Birmingham Business School.

Postgraduate Research Presentations: Institute of Education
2020-03-12 13:00 - 14:00 | L24, G06
Institute of Education Research Programme
Postgraduate Research Presentations: Fatima Abbou, Stuart Bracewell, Linyao Wang, Suzy Tutchell

The Private Sector and Global Nutrition: Are Businesses Heroes or Villains?
2020-03-12 19:00 | Edith Morley Building, Van Emden Lecture Theatre, Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Alumni Lecture
Professor Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
The University of Reading is proud to announce that the next event in the inspirational Alumni Lecture Series will feature alumnus Professor Lawrence Haddad (BSc Food Science and Food Education, 1980).
Lawrence is a British economist who has forged an influential career in food, agriculture and nutrition. He is currently Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). In 2018 Lawrence was co-recipient of the prestigious World Food Prize for “extraordinary intellectual and policy leadership in bringing maternal and child nutrition to the forefront of the global food security agenda and thereby significantly reducing childhood stunting”.
One in three people globally are malnourished. If we keep doing what we are doing, we will fall far short of the global goals the world has set for 2030. How to change the dynamic? One glaring gap is the public sector’s failure to engage the private sector properly to help advance nutrition. Most people buy their food, even in poorer countries, and in doing so they are engaging the private sector. So ignoring businesses is not an option. But engaging them sensibly is also not easy. Which companies, in which circumstances, and for which population groups? How do maximise positives and avoid negatives? Businesses are part of the problem of malnutrition, but also have to be a bigger part of the solution. This talk outlines some of the ways to stimulate this transition of the private sector from sometime villains to frequent heroes.

Providing Mission Support to the Sentinel-3 Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer (SLSTR) at RAL Space​
2020-03-17 13:00 - 13:30 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Meteorology Tuesday Seminars
Caroline Cox

Hidden Connections: The Gender Gap in Personalised Campaigning
2020-03-17 16:30 - 17:45 | Edith Morley, 406
Politics and International Relations Research Seminars
Dr Caitlin Milazzo (University of Nottingham): Hidden Connections: The Gender Gap in Personalised Campaigning

Speaking to the World: East Germany's English-language publications
2020-03-17 17:00 - 18:00 | Edith Morley, 150
Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing Event
Dr Mary Frank (East German Studies Archive): Speaking to the World: East Germany’s English-language publications

Economics External Seminar: Arlan Brucal
2020-03-18 12:15 - 13:30 | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Arlan Brucal, Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment – Title TBC

Biscuits to Big Tech: Reading's rise to economic prosperity
2020-03-18 19:30
University Public Lecture Series
Professor Kathy Pain (Real Estate and Planning): Biscuits to Big Tech: Reading’s rise to economic prosperity
Reading was once a sleepy county town famed for its ‘beer, biscuits and bulbs’ but today it is a hub for high-tech industry with international links. How did it get that way and how can we make sure its economic success continues?
In this lecture, Professor Kathy Pain will explore the town’s rise to prosperity and the future sustainability problems facing densely developed urban regions like Reading. She will draw on her research which shows how investing in so-called ‘good density’ – well-designed and compact cities with affordable public transport; available jobs and talent; and ‘green and blue infrastructure’ such as hedgerows and waterways – could help secure Reading’s future success in a changing economic landscape.
Kathy Pain is Professor of Real Estate Development at the University of Reading, Henley Business School. Her research focuses on sustainable city and regional development, governance and planning in today’s interconnected world economy.
Admission free. Booking advisable.

Research Paper and Social - Dr Alan Floyd
2020-03-19 13:00 - 14:00 | L24, G06
Institute of Education Research Programme
Research Paper and Social – Dr Alan Floyd

POSTPONED: Attribution of Recent Changes in European Temperature Revisited
2020-03-23 12:00 - 12:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Meteorology Monday Seminars
Laurent Terray, CERFACS: Attribution of Recent Changes in European Temperature Revisited

POSTPONED: The Effect of Dry Air Intrusions and Land Surface on the Progression of the Indian Monsoon
2020-03-24 13:00 - 13:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Meteorology Tuesday Seminars
Arathy Menon: The Effect of Dry Air Intrusions and Land Surface on the Progression of the Indian Monsoon

POSTPONED: Biological Science Research Seminars
2020-03-24 13:00 - 13:50 | Chemistry LT2
Biological Science Research Seminars
Speaker TBC

POSTPONED: Politics and International Relations Research Seminars
2020-03-24 16:30 - 17:45 | Edith Morley, 406
Politics and International Relations Research Seminars
Dr Nadya Ali (Sussex)

POSTPONED: Economics External Seminar: Miguel Fonseca
2020-03-25 12:15 - 13:30 | Edith Morley, Room 406
Economics External Seminar
Miguel Fonseca, University of Exeter

POSTPONED: Economies of Destruction? Creating value by destroying valuables
2020-03-25 17:00 - 20:00 | Lecture Theatre, JJ Thompson Building
We regret that we have had to cancel the Richard Bradley lecture in the face of travel restrictions prompted by the spread of coronavirus.
Richard Bradley Lecture, Department of Archaeology
Professor David Fontijn, University of Leiden: Economies of Destruction? Creating value by destroying valuables

POSTPONED: Democratising Culture and Building a New Consciousness: The transformative female publishers of post-Franco Spain
2020-03-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Edith Morley, G57
Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing Events
Dr Marta Simó Comas (Department of Languages and Cultures): Democratising Culture and Building a New Consciousness: The transformative female publishers of post-Franco Spaine

POSTPONED: Breakfast Showcase: the University of Reading Chemical Analysis Facility
2020-03-30 08:30 - 17:00 | Lecture Theatre G, Chemistry, Whiteknights Campus, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom

POSTPONED: Representation Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences
2020-03-31 - 2020-04-01 | Agriculture Building, 1L08
Joint Workshop on Representation Uncertainty in the Earth Sciences

POSTPONED: Third International Conference on Gender Research
2020-04-02 - 2020-04-03 | Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading.
Welcome to ICGR 2020
Despite some advances being made in the area, topics related to gender research remain pertinent and are gaining momentum in a changing society. It is thus important to empower and to develop research on specific gender topics, in order to acquire a clearer understanding and to obtain important insights.
Now in its third year the International Conference on Gender Research intends to be established in the cutting edge of gender research and we welcome everyone researching in this area to present their work and to the scientific community.
ICGR 2020 is being held at the University of Reading, UK on 2-3 April and the Conference Chairs are Dr Karen Jones, Professor Grace James, Dr Madeleine Davies and Dr Marina Della Giusta.
CALL FOR PAPERS – DEADLINE 11 Sept 2019: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/icgr/icgr-call-papers/
Further information and registration details available on the ICGR website: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/icgr/

Celebrating Women in Mathematics at the University of Reading - 11.30-13.15 on Zoom
2020-05-06 11:30 - 13:15
6th May 2020, 11.30-13.15 hours : Online meeting
REGISTER HERE
Chair: Jennifer Scott, Professor of Mathematics, University of Reading
PROGRAMME
11.30: Welcome and introduction by Jennifer Scott
Talks:
11.35: “Finding my way from University into the, somewhat niche, catastrophe
modelling industry”, Katharine Stevens, Assistant Vice President, Client and
Consulting Group, AIR Worldwide
11.55: “My Journey in Statistics: Random Walks and Significant Events”, Sue Todd,
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Reading
12.05: “Stormy Maths”, Suzanne Gray, Professor of Meteorology, University of
Reading
12.15: “Working towards gender equality at the University of Reading”, Simon
Chandler-Wilde, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Former Dean of
Diversity and Inclusion, University of Reading
12.30: “How I stopped being afraid of Maths and learned a new language”,
Agnieszka Faulkner, Department of Meteorology PhD Student, University of
Reading
12.35: “Maths: the secret behind Data Science and AI”, Huizhi Liang, Lecturer in
Computer Science, University of Reading
12.45: “Maths, maps and me”, Tasmin Symons, Maths of Planet Earth Centre for
Doctoral Training Graduate, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Oxford Big
Data Institute
12.55: “Discovering new worlds while at my desk”, Ieva Dauzickaite, Maths of
Planet Earth Centre for Doctoral Training PhD Student, University of Reading
13.00: Closing summary and online networking, Jennifer Scott
13.15: Meeting closes

Salary Distribution and Team Performance in MLS Soccer (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-05-08 14:30 - 16:00
Salary Distribution and Team Performance in MLS Soccer
Dennis Coates, University of Maryland
Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade (@jjreade), Carl Singleton (@csingletonecon) and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Research Group at the University of Reading.
All Seminars take place on Fridays at 2:30 to 4pm, UK time, on Microsoft Teams.
Upcoming Seminars

15 May: Jorge A. Tovar, University de los Andes / University of Wisconsin, Madison, “Emotions and Performance: A Quasi Natural Experiment from the FIFA World Cup.”
22 May: Jamin Speer, University of Memphis, “The Consequences of Relegation and Promotion in European Soccer Leagues: A Regression Discontinuity Approach”
29 May: Johan Rewilak, Aston University, “The designated player policy rule and attendance demand in US Soccer”
5 June: Brad Humphries, West Virginia University, “Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports”

Joining instructions: Seminar via Microsoft Teams. Contact James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk
Past seminar recordings available on the ROSES website and on Youtube
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN NOW
We invite submissions to present on Fridays in the ten weeks between 3 July and 4 Sept (pdf). If you would like to present, submit a title and abstract via this form by 31 May:
https://forms.gle/SGEsLVyFw3CXVnqy9
.

POSTPONED: Methods for Random Matrix Theory and Applications: LMS-CMI Research School
2020-05-11 - 2020-05-15
LMS-CMI Research School
Methods for Random Matrix Theory and Applications
Organised by the London Mathematical Society and the Clay Mathematics Institute, this research school is aimed at postgraduate students and at interested mathematicians, both in the UK and abroad.
Random matrix theory (RMT) is a crossroad of modern mathematics. It brings together and provides a platform for fusing the ideas of such diverse areas as the theory of special functions, orthogonal polynomials, complex analysis, operator theory, representation of affine algebras and quantum group, enumerative topology, combinatorics, number theory, exactly solvable quantum models, quantum chaos and string theory. Simultaneously, RMT plays an increasingly important role in many applied sciences and technologies. Indeed, the distributions of random matrix theory govern statistical properties of the large systems which do not obey the usual laws of classical probability.
Though the random matrices have been long studied for their applications to multivariable statistics since the work of Wishart and in physics for its application to the level-spacing of highly excited energy levels of nuclei since the work of Wigner, Dyson and others, there has in recent years been a renewed significant interest in this subject. Some of the main reasons for this are: (a) The discovery that a large class of random matrix models are related to completely integrable systems of differential equations of both the Painlevé type and those of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP); (b) The relation of the theory of random matrices to the theory of Hankel and Toeplitz determinants; (c) The development of the novel technique – the Riemann-Hilbert method, which yields the solution of a number of the long-standing problems in the field; (d) The discovery of the remarkable fact that the random matrices and the nonlinear Hamiltonian PDEs demonstrate the same universal features at the relevant critical and transition regimes. These topics as well as some other important aspects of random matrix theory will be covered in the three lecture courses (five hours each) and in the invited lectures (one hour each).

11 to 15 May 2020 at the University of Reading
Funded by the London Mathematical Society, the Clay Mathematics Institute and the Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research
Organized by Igor Krasovsky and Jani A. Virtanen
Contact: j.a.virtanen@reading.ac.uk

Emotions and Performance: A Quasi Natural Experiment from the FIFA World Cup (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-05-15 14:30 - 16:00
“Emotions and Performance: A Quasi Natural Experiment from the FIFA World Cup”
Jorge A. Tovar, University de los Andes / University of Wisconsin, Madison
Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade (@jjreade), Carl Singleton (@csingletonecon) and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Research Group at the University of Reading.
All Seminars take place on Fridays at 2:30 to 4pm, UK time, on Microsoft Teams.
Upcoming Seminars

22 May: Jamin Speer, University of Memphis, “The Consequences of Relegation and Promotion in European Soccer Leagues: A Regression Discontinuity Approach”
29 May: Johan Rewilak, Aston University, “The designated player policy rule and attendance demand in US Soccer”
5 June: Brad Humphries, West Virginia University, “Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports”

Joining instructions: Seminar via Microsoft Teams. Contact James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk
Past seminar recordings available on the ROSES website and on Youtube
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN NOW
We invite submissions to present on Fridays in the ten weeks between 3 July and 4 Sept (pdf). If you would like to present, submit a title and abstract via this form by 31 May:
https://forms.gle/SGEsLVyFw3CXVnqy9
.

POSTPONED: Workshop on Integral Equations and Operator Theory
2020-05-18 - 2020-05-22
Workshop on Integral Equations and Operator Theory

Webinar: Indicators of changing climate risk in the UK - Professor Nigel Arnall
2020-05-20 12:00 - 13:00
Register to attend here
Abstract:
In order to increase resilience to climate change it is necessary to understand climate risks and how they are likely to change in the future. This seminar presents a summary of the Climate Risk Indicators project (involving the University of Reading, CEH Wallingford and the University of Leeds), which is calculating a series of indicators relevant to policymakers in the UK at national and local levels. The selected indicators represent a range of thresholds for decisions and consequences across many sectors, including water resources, flooding, transport, health, agriculture and emergency planning. The indicators are calculated with UKCP18 climate projections, and presented both for low and high emissions and at different levels of forcing, and are presented at a range of spatial scales. The seminar will describe the indicators and their uses in policy.
This is the first in a series of webinars organised by the UK Climate Resilience Programme – see the full programme.

The Consequences of Relegation and Promotion in European Soccer Leagues: A Regression Discontinuity Approach (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-05-22 02:30 - 16:00
The Consequences of Relegation and Promotion in European Soccer Leagues: A Regression Discontinuity Approach
Jamin Speer, University of Memphis
Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade (@jjreade), Carl Singleton (@csingletonecon) and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Research Group at the University of Reading.
All Seminars take place on Fridays at 2:30 to 4pm, UK time, on Microsoft Teams.
Upcoming Seminars

29 May: Johan Rewilak, Aston University, “The designated player policy rule and attendance demand in US Soccer”
5 June: Brad Humphries, West Virginia University, “Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports”

Joining instructions: Seminar via Microsoft Teams. Contact James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk
Past seminar recordings available on the ROSES website and on Youtube
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN NOW
We invite submissions to present on Fridays in the ten weeks between 3 July and 4 Sept (pdf). If you would like to present, submit a title and abstract via this form by 31 May:
https://forms.gle/SGEsLVyFw3CXVnqy9
.

The Designated Player Policy Rule and Attendance Demand in US Soccer (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-05-29 14:30 - 16:00
“The designated player policy rule and attendance demand in US Soccer”
Johan Rewilak, Aston University

Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade (@jjreade), Carl Singleton (@csingletonecon) and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Research Group at the University of Reading.

All Seminars take place on Fridays at 2:30 to 4pm, UK time, on Microsoft Teams.
Upcoming Seminars

5 June: Brad Humphries, West Virginia University, “Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports”

Joining instructions: Seminar via Microsoft Teams. Contact James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk
Past seminar recordings available on the ROSES website and on Youtube
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN NOW
We invite submissions to present on Fridays in the ten weeks between 3 July and 4 Sept (pdf). If you would like to present, submit a title and abstract via this form by 31 May:
https://forms.gle/SGEsLVyFw3CXVnqy9
.

Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-05-29 14:30 - 16:00
“Do Sporting Events Amplify Influenza Transmission? Causal Evidence from US Professional Team Sports”
Brad Humphries, West Virginia University

Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES): An online series of sport economics seminars, organised by James Reade (@jjreade), Carl Singleton (@csingletonecon) and Adrian Bell, part of the Football Research Group at the University of Reading.

All Seminars take place on Fridays at 2:30 to 4pm, UK time, on Microsoft Teams.

Joining instructions: Seminar via Microsoft Teams. Contact James Reade at j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk
Past seminar recordings available on the ROSES website and on Youtube
CALL FOR PAPERS OPEN NOW
We invite submissions to present on Fridays in the ten weeks between 3 July and 4 Sept (pdf). If you would like to present, submit a title and abstract via this form by 31 May:
https://forms.gle/SGEsLVyFw3CXVnqy9
.
