Connecting Research

Breaking the Class Ceiling in UK Publishing: Online talk with Professor Katy Shaw
2020-06-05 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)
Join us for this talk on class in contemporary publishing with Professor Katy Shaw (Northumbria University)
A Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing event
The under-representation of British working-class writers in UK publishing has been identified as a major social and economic challenge by major publishers and the British government. In 2018 Arts Council England funded the first ever writing development programme aimed at redressing the balance for working-class writers. This talk evaluates the impact of this unique initiative on both creatives and the creative industries in the UK, as well as on wider industry awareness of the presence and impact of the class ceiling in UK publishing. It assesses for the first time the impact of a targeted class-based writing development programme on creatives and the creative industries in the UK, as well as on professional awareness of the challenge posed by the class ceiling in the wider UK creative industries today, and proposes new initiatives and recommendations arising from the research through implications for writers, readers and the future sustainability of British publishing in a post-Brexit context.
Please join the conversation here through Microsoft Teams with video off and on mute. We will use the chat function for questions and debate.

Symposium in Quantitative and Modelling Skills in Ecology and Evolution
2020-06-11 15:30 - 17:30
The annual Symposium in Quantitative and Modelling Skills in Ecology and Evolution in a wholly online format (ergo, the “QMEE CDT Webposium”). First session is 11 June 2020 (three more sessions one day a week for the next three weeks).
This is part of our Training and Cohort building program, providing an opportunity for CDT students, supervisors, and other academics to interact, and for students to get feedback on their projects.
In particular, the latest CDT cohort will present the results of their Training Mini-Project in a series of talks, while a set of students from previous cohorts will present posters.
The detailed program includes the links to join the online sessions.

The College Admissions Contribution to the Labour Market Beauty Premium (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-06-12 14:00 - 15:30
‘The College Admissions Contribution to the Labour Market Beauty Premium’
David Ong, Jinan University-University of Birmingham Joint Institute,

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.
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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

British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase Featuring University of Reading researchers Yasmine Shamma and Vaibhav Singh
2020-06-19 08:00 - 2020-06-20 17:00
The British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase will take place on Friday 19 June and Saturday 20 June.
Featuring live and pre-recorded talks, performances and demonstrations, our Summer Showcase brings the best new humanities and social sciences research to life for audiences at home.
A 10-Minute Talk from Professor Sir David Cannadine, President of the British Academy, will launch the festival at 11:00. Ready-to-watch content from our Fellows and funded researchers will be available to view from 11:10 and do keep an eye out for other live content throughout the day.
Most Friday content will be hosted on the British Academy’s YouTube channel, with videos added on Friday 19 June. Saturday’s content will be added on Saturday.

Dr Yasmine Shamma (English Literature)
https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-virtual-summer-showcase/friday-programme/
Last year, the UN Refugee Agency revealed that the number of people fleeing violence was the highest recorded since World War II. Many have found their temporary shelter has become a more permanent home, with ongoing conflict preventing their return. Reflecting on what ‘home’ looks like for those forcibly displaced for years Yasmine Shamma shares poetry that has inspired her while interviewing refugees.
Venue: The British Academy on YouTube (the link will be added on 19 June)
Free, no booking required

Dr Vaibhav Singh (Typography)

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-virtual-summer-showcase/

Have you ever wondered why we use a ‘keyboard’ for typing? What do typewriters without a keyboard look like? Vaibhav Singh takes us on a tour of his collection of vintage typewriters, exploring how we have thought about text and technology, how the keyboard we use today has been one of many alternatives and how the processes and tools for writing have been adapted, modified and challenged.
Venue: The British Academy on YouTube (the link will be added on 20 June)

All content is free. Most events require no booking, apart from two, Culture in crisis? and the Digital dinner party, which will be hosted on Zoom Webinar. Booking links for these two events can be found below.
If you have any questions about the British Academy Virtual Summer Showcase please refer to our Public Events FAQs. If your question is not answered, please email events@thebritishacademy.ac.uk.
#forcuriousminds #cultureathome

https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/british-academy-virtual-summer-showcase/

Critical Performativity in an Alternative Football Club: The case of FC United of Manchester (Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars)
2020-06-19 14:00 - 15:30
Critical Performativity in an Alternative Football Club: The case of FC United of Manchester

Daniel Torchia, Università degli Studi di Torino

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.
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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

Conference on Multilingualism (COM) 2020
2020-06-23 - 2020-06-25
WELCOME TO COM2020!
The 2020 Conference on Multilingualism will be hosted by the Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism at the University of Reading to explore the many different aspects of multilingualism in the fields of linguistics, psychology, neurology, sociology and educational sciences.
Keynote speakers
Rowena Kasprowicz (University of Reading)
Joao Verissimo (University of Potsdam)
Minna Lehtonen (University of Oslo)

The conference will take place in the form of a Zoom webinar and is now FREE OF CHARGE.
The number of participants will be capped at 1000 as this is the most we can accommodate with our webinar license. At the time of writing (28 May 2020) we already have in excess of 800 registrations so hurry while places last!

Registration will automatically close once we have reached 1000 bookings. Register here.

Please note that only registered attendees will receive the link to access the webinar. We will email you the link a couple of days before the conference with detailed instructions on how to access the talks.

If you are a presenter, find out more on the CELM website
For talk presenters
For poster presenters

Insights into winning (and losing) grants as an early career researcher
2020-06-24 13:00 - 14:00
Insights into winning (and losing) grants as an early career researcher
Phil Davies
Henley Research Grant Webinar
Phil Davies has recently won an EPSRC grant worth ~£100k alongside an industrial partner and has recently seen his ESRC New Investigators Grant (worth roughly ~£300k) pass review and make it to panel. Whilst Phil has now had a success and passed the first round of another grant, Phil also has a few losses from which he can share his experience. The purpose of this webinar is therefore to give ECRs, or anyone new to grant writing, insight into the grant writing process, what makes a successful grant and what doesn’t and some lessons learnt from winning and losing grants to support your grant bids going forward. Phil will also highlight a number of resources he found particular useful in writing his grants.
The webinar will be roughly 20-30 minutes of presentation following by 30-40 minutes of Q&A

If you wish to join the webinar, please contact Jana Oslejova for an invite in Teams.

Jana Oslejova
Department Administrator—International Business and Strategy
Henley Business School, University of Reading
j.oslejova@reading.ac.uk

Web 2.0 Team Relationships: An Actor-Network Perspective
2020-06-25 13:00 - 14:00
Web 2.0 Team Relationships: An Actor-Network Perspective
Dr Lebene Soga, Henley Business School
Research Seminar, Leadership, Organsiations and Behaviour Research Division
Date: Thursday 25 June 2020
Time: 1pm – 2pm (with time included for a Q&A)

If you are external to the University and are interested to join, please contact
Ellie Done, Department Support Administrator, for an invitation (e.done@henley.ac.uk)

Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour
Greenlands Campus | Henley | RG9 3AU

The landscape of new Brazilian cinema
2020-06-30 15:00 - 17:00
The Institute of Global Cinema and Creative Cultures at the University of St Andrews
is organising a workshop on The Landscape of New Brazilian Cinema with scholar – and now filmmaker – Lúcia Nagib and others, on Tuesday, 30 June 2020.
Participants will be invited to see, in advance, Lúcia Nagib and Samuel Paiva’s 94-min long film PASSAGES: Travelling In and Out of Film Through Brazilian Geography (2019, Portuguese, English subtitles), which was presented at the most recent International Film Festival at Rotterdam and other festivals around the world. We will make available the link for viewing for attendees during the weekend preceding the event, so that you can see the film in your own time.
Then, on 30 June 2020, Tuesday, we will convene for a 75 min-long online meeting and discussion with Lúcia Nagib (University of Reading), Samuel Paiva (Federal University of São Carlos), and Tiago de Luca (University of Warwick).
The event will be moderated by Dina Iordanova (University of St Andrews) and the access information will be sent to you in advance.
The discussion will take place at 3pm BST (Please take note of your own time zones respectively, for example 11am São Paulo, 10am NYC, 4pm Paris, Hong Kong/Shanghai 10pm, Tokyo 11pm).
This is a free event requiring registration. Everybody welcome (for the Zoom meeting we will admit up to 45 participants; we will send the link to the film to all that register). Faculty and students of the University of St Andrews will have priority, and the rest will be registered on a first come-first served basis.
To register, please send a note with your name and affiliation to Julia Lennon at jil@st-andrews.ac.uk. We will be in touch once the list is finalised.
We will close registrations on 25 June and will send out the link to the film to those registered on 26 June, Friday, for viewing over the weekend.
The film’s official trailer can be viewed here:
https://youtu.be/QGVAYRlcBNA

New Food Solutions for Cancer Patients: study participants needed
2020-07-14 - 2020-07-27
The Sensory Science Centre is conducting a research study that investigates the food needs and expectations of cancer patients during or after cancer treatment. The main aim of the study is to design and develop new innovative food solutions for cancer patients, taking into account not only their nutritional requirements but also their sensory changes, thereby promoting eating pleasure.

What will it involve?
The study will involve attending an online interview session where discussions will be focused on increasing our understanding of the food needs of cancer patients, barriers to current available foods and expectations from new solutions.
Target audience / Specific criteria:

Cancer Patients (18 -65 years old) that have experienced taste & smell alterations in the last 12 months due to their treatment
Cancer Patients (18 -65 years old) that have required texture-modified foods in the last 12 months due to their treatment
Relatives or carers of adult cancer patients that require texture-modified foods; or have taste & smell alterations
Healthcare workers of adult cancer patients that need texture-modified foods; or have taste & smell alterations

For more information or if you would like to sign up contact us at SensoryScienceCentre@reading.ac.uk
Closing date: Monday 27 July
Location: Online, Anywhere
Payment and Expenses: No expenses will be incurred during the study. However, you will be remunerated for your time
Time commitment: On-off online interview lasting up to 1 hour 30 minutes.

Methods to assess puberty and adolescent growth in human skeletal remains-Professor Mary Lewis
2020-07-14 14:00 - 15:00
This workshop provides the background and methods for recording puberty in archaeological skeletal remains. It is designed for researchers, students, professional osteoarchaeologists and other academics interested in exploring adolescence in the past.

Professor Mary Lewis will give three 20-30-minute lectures over 3 sessions:
1. Introduction to puberty and adolescence; (14 July 14.00h, BST)
2. Age and sex estimation in older non-adults; (15 July, 14.00h, BST)
3. Methods – outlining the individual features used to address puberty stages in archaeological skeletal remains. (16 July 14.00h, BST)
Attendees can ask questions at the end of each lecture or post queries before or after the session.
Register to attend
Sessions will be recorded live and will be available on a dedicated webpage
http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/research/Projects/arch-ML-adolescence.aspx

Ask an archaeologist your questions in Q&A on Twitter
2020-07-15 13:30 - 16:00
Four of Reading’s archaeologists will be answering your questions on Twitter on Wednesday 15 July.
1pm-1.30pm Professor Mike Fulford: Roman Archaeology; Romans in Britain
1.30pm-2pm Dr Gundula Meuldner: Bioarchaeology; archaeology of food; isotope and chemical analysis of bones; dietary change and social identity in Britain
2pm-3pm Professor Mary Lewis: Human osteology; child skeletal remains; diseases in the past
3pm-4pm Dr Alex Pluskowski: The Crusades; castles; medieval Europe; zooarchaeology; environmental archaeology
Questions can be submitted in tweets by tagging @UniRdg_Arch and using the hashtag #AskAnArchaeologist in the lead up to and during the sessions.

Methods to assess puberty and adolescent growth in human skeletal remains-Professor Mary Lewis
2020-07-15 14:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-16 14:00 - 15:00
This workshop provides the background and methods for recording puberty in archaeological skeletal remains. It is designed for researchers, students, professional osteoarchaeologists and other academics interested in exploring adolescence in the past.

Professor Mary Lewis will give three 20-30-minute lectures over 3 sessions:
1. Introduction to puberty and adolescence; (14 July 14.00h, BST)
2. Age and sex estimation in older non-adults; (15 July, 14.00h, BST)
3. Methods – outlining the individual features used to address puberty stages in archaeological skeletal remains. (16 July 14.00h, BST)
Attendees can ask questions at the end of each lecture or post queries before or after the session.
Sessions will be recorded live and will be available on a dedicated webpage
http://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/research/Projects/arch-ML-adolescence.aspx

Applying to run a UROP project - staff information session
2020-09-16 13:00 - 14:00
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) is the University of Reading scheme that gives undergraduate students the chance to build their research experience, and staff an extra pair of hands to support their research work over the summer.
We have two sessions coming up for staff interested in finding out more about the scheme:
Wednesday 16 September, 13:00-14:00, Webinar
Wednesday 4 November, 13:00-14:00, Webinar
Session details
This session is intended for staff who are new to the scheme, whether they are new to the University or just haven’t been involved before. It will give staff a chance to find out all about the UROP programme and how the application process works.
Staff applying to be a Principal Investigator (PI) should be a permanent staff member or a member of staff on a fixed-term contract that runs until after Nov 2021. PDRAs can apply as a PI (with their supervisor as a Co-I) and PhD students may co-supervise projects (but not lead them).
Applications to run a project will open in October 2020 and details can be found via www.reading.ac.uk/UROP
Please register:
If you would like to join one of the webinars please add your details to this form. You will then be emailed a link to join the webinar closer to the time.
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Tom McCann, Projects Officer
Careers & Employability, Student Services
1st Floor, Carrington Building, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6UA

Meteorology Masterclass: Synoptic storms in the North Atlantic
2020-09-16 15:00 - 16:30
SPEAKER | Helen Dacre, Professor in Dynamical Meteorology, University of Reading
Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate

Winter storms are one of the main forecasting challenges for the UK and Europe, with many like those over the last winter season leading to significant loss of life and property. In this masterclass series, you will have the opportunity to learn about current cutting-edge research on winter storms from three University of Reading experts.
The three webinars are free of charge and will be held on Wednesdays from 3pm to 4.30pm with a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. While the webinars are part of a series you can choose which to attend and attendance at all three is not compulsory.
Wednesday 16 September: Synoptic storms in the North Atlantic
Helen Dacre: University of Reading Professor Lecturer in Dynamical Meteorology
Webinar video now available here

Wednesday 30 September: The impact of climate change on winter storms
Len Shaffrey: University of Reading / NCAS Professor of Climate Science
Register here
Wednesday 14 October: Sub-seasonal predictions for European winter
Rob Lee: University of Reading / NCAS Research Scientist
Register here

MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW SOON

HCL Webinar: The Leaders Secret Code: The Belief Systems That Distinguish Winners
2020-09-29 10:00 - 11:00
Date and time: 29 September 2020 at 10am-11am
Location: Held virtually on Zoom, details TBC
Name of organiser: Ben Laker
What makes a great leader? Why are some leaders more successful than others? Is there a formula that one can follow to emulate the best of the best?
Join our webinar, ‘The Leaders Secret Code’, where we will divulge findings from the recently published book of the same name, and gain insights that answer these very questions. Discover how a leader’s focus should be less on what they do and how they behave, but more centred on what causes them to behave in the way they do – their beliefs and values.

Meteorology Masterclass: The impact of climate change on winter storms
2020-09-30 15:00 - 16:30
SPEAKER | Len Shaffrey: University of Reading / NCAS Professor of Climate Science
Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate

Winter storms are one of the main forecasting challenges for the UK and Europe, with many like those over the last winter season leading to significant loss of life and property. In this masterclass series, you will have the opportunity to learn about current cutting-edge research on winter storms from three University of Reading experts.
The three webinars are free of charge and will be held on Wednesdays from 3pm to 4.30pm with a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. While the webinars are part of a series you can choose which to attend and attendance at all three is not compulsory.
Wednesday 16 September: Synoptic storms in the North Atlantic
Helen Dacre: University of Reading Professor Lecturer in Dynamical Meteorology
Webinar video available here

Wednesday 30 September: The impact of climate change on winter storms
Len Shaffrey: University of Reading / NCAS Professor of Climate Science
Register here
Wednesday 14 October: Sub-seasonal predictions for European winter
Rob Lee: University of Reading / NCAS Research Scientist
Register here

MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW SOON

Oxford Science and Ideas Festival
2020-10-01 08:00 - 2020-10-31 17:00
The Beware: Floods Ahead! exhibit is going online at the Oxford Ideas Festival.
Mixing maths with poetry and climate science with geography: be the flood judge, create your ‘climate stripes’, build a rain gauge and compose a weather poem. You’ll discover how research is helping predict tomorrow’s weather, today, so when floods are forecast, we can avert disaster.

Join us on Saturday 17 October at the ExplorerZone Digital – from 8am to 8pm from the comfort of your own home.

Archaeology Seminar Series – Autumn 2020
2020-10-01 16:00 - 17:00
Archaeology Seminar Series – Autumn 2020, Science and Archaeological Materials
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please email Gabor Thomas (gabor.thomas@reading.ac.uk) for more information.
Sessions:
1 October 2020 at 4pm – ‘Recycling : Rethinking the most controversial and/or anodyne topic in archaeometallurgy’, Peter Bray, University of Reading
8 October 2020 at 4pm – ‘ Molecular evidence for funerary rituals in ancient Egypt’, Kate Fulcher, British Museum
15 October 2020 at 4pm – ‘The Chemical Analysis of Roman Gold Coins: XRF, LA-ICP-MS and the Identification of Major Gold Sources’, George Green, Ashmolean Museum; Lincoln College, Oxford

ROSES Sport Economics Research Seminars
2020-10-02 14:30 - 16:00
Below is a list of the Reading Online Sport Economics Seminars (ROSES). All Seminars take place on Fridays at 2:30-4pm, UK time, on Microsoft Teams. Contact James Reade (j.j.reade@reading.ac.uk) for an invite.
Sessions:
2 October 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘On the Incidence of an Ad Valorem Tax: The adoption of VAT in the UK and cost pass through by English football clubs’ – Stefan Szymanski, University of Michigan
9 October 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘A Bright Spot for a Small League: Social Media Performance in a Football League without a COVID-19 Lockdown’ – Daniel Weimar, University of Duisburg-Essen
16 October 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Uncertainty in Competitive Balance: A model-based approach’ – Dimitris Karlis, Athens University of Economics and Business
23 October 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Reference Dependence and Monetary Incentives: Evidence from Major League Baseball’ – Reio Tanji, Osaka University
30 October 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘The Financial Impact of Financial Fair Play Regulation: Evidence from the English Premier League’ – Mobolaji Alabi, University of Reading
6 November 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Broadcasting La Liga’ – Juan D. Moreno-Ternero, Universidad Pablo de Olavide
13 November 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Beyond Ghost Games: The value of attendance with masking and social distancing in US professional sports’ – John Whitehead, Appalachian State University
20 November 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Job Change and Productivity: The effect of high performance expectations’ – Petr Parshakov, Higher School of Economics
27 November 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Special Ones? The effect of head coaches on football team performance’ – Alex Farnell, Lancaster University
4 December 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Referee Bias and International Relations’ – Sofia Paklina, Higher School of Economics
11 December 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘England’s First Football Boom 1872-1914 and its Twenty-first Century Parallels’ – Roger Titford
18 December 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Substitution Effects between International Soccer Telecasts’ – Georgios Nalbantis, University of Tübingen

Coming of Age with Empire: Performing Colonisation at the Inns of Court
2020-10-05 13:00 - 14:00
Early Modern Research Centre seminar series: ‘Coming of Age with Empire: Performing Colonization at the Inns of Court’
Lauren Working, University of Oxford
Mondays at 1pm via Zoom. To join, please email emrc@reading.ac.uk.

Programme – Autumn Term 2020
26 October: ‘Biting one’s tongue: agency and autoglossotomy in The Spanish Tragedy’, Alanna Skuse, University of Reading
9 November: ‘Where is the warrant in “I warrant thee”?’, Derek Dunne, University of Cardiff
23 November: ‘Performing Domesticity at Cromwell’s Court 1653-1658′, Beth Bourne-Williams / ‘Women Writing About Women: Tracing a 17th Century Feminist Heritage’, Kate Shaw
7 December: ‘Illness and Recovery in the Early Modern World’, Hannah Newton, University of Reading

Research Seminar Series - School of Biological Sciences - Autumn 2020
2020-10-06 13:00 - 14:00
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please email Helen Yeshayahoo (h.yeshayahoo@reading.ac.uk) for an invite.
6 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Insect herbivory in tropical forests – a community level perspective’, Sophia Gripenberg, University of Reading
13 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Designing Technologies for an Ageing Population’, Prof Faustina Hwang, University of Reading
20 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Altered electrical activity in the dementia brain: from preclinical research to clinical applications’, Francesco Tamagnini, University of Reading
27 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Genes underlying the evolution of vertebrate testes size’, Jo Baker, University of Reading
10 November 2020 at 1pm – ‘Bile acid-based therapeutics for liver disease and beyond’, Dannielle Kydd- Sinclair, University of Reading
17 November 2020 at 1pm – ‘Arthropods as evidence in human crimes, case work from around the world’, Alejandra Perotti, University of Reading
24 November 2020 at 1pm – ‘Maths, engineering, and biochemistry – an interdisciplinary insight into novel platelet biology’, Chris Jones, University of Reading
8 December 2020 at 1pm – ‘Colonization beyond the colon: plants and animals as alternative environmental hosts for pathogenic enterobacteria. Implications in disease transmission and biocontrol’, Glyn Barrett, University of Reading

ICMA Research Seminars
2020-10-07 13:00 - 14:00
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Additional research seminar titles will be added in due course. Please email Andrew Urquhart (a.j.urquhart@icmacentre.ac.uk) for further information.
Sessions:
7 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Board characteristics, external governance and the use of renewable energy: International evidence’, Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin
14 October 2020 – Bartosz Gebka, Newcastle University
21 October 2020 – Vu Tran, ICMA
11 November 2020 – Ludovico Rossi, Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financieros
18 November 2020 – Thanos Verousis, University of Essex
25 November 2020 – John Goodell, University of Akron
2 December 2020 – William Quinn, Queen’s University Belfast
9 December 2020 – Andrew Urquhart, ICMA

ICMA Research Seminars: 'Board characteristics, external governance and the use of renewable energy: International evidence’
2020-10-07 13:00 - 14:30
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Additional research seminar titles will be added in due course. Please email Andrew Urquhart (a.j.urquhart@icmacentre.ac.uk) for further information.
Sessions:
7 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Board characteristics, external governance and the use of renewable energy: International evidence’, Brian Lucey, Trinity College Dublin

Food and Nutritional Sciences Research Seminars
2020-10-07 13:00 - 17:00
All sessions will be held on Teams. Please email Tiffany Lau (t.lau2@reading.ac.uk) for more information.
Sessions:
7 October 2020 at 1pm – Jackie Skinner and Julie Glenn Colette, University of Reading
14 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘UoR REDCap: a secure web application for managing data collection in human subject research’, Robert Derby, University of Reading
21 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Research Integrity and ethics in university’, Angelika Kristek, University of Reading
28 October 2020 at 1pm – ‘Effect of dietary iron on gut microbiota’, Andrea Monteagudo-Mera, University of Reading
11 November 2020 at 1pm – ‘Evaluating the influence of harvest maturity upon the aroma of two celery (Apium graveolens) genotypes’, Lucy Turner, University of Reading
18 November 2020 at 1pm – ‘Consumer perception of quality and food waste of salad’, Jake Jasper, University of Reading
25 November 2020 at 1pm – ‘A Nutrigenetic Approach to Investigate the Relationship between Metabolic Traits and Vitamin D Status in an Asian Indian Population’, ‘Metabolic Traits and Vitamin D Status in an Asian Indian Population’, Buthaina Alathari and Shin Soyama, University of Reading
2 December 2020 at 1pm – ‘Impact of a dietary fat exchange model on lipidomics profiles’, Laury Sellem, University of Reading
9 December 2020 at 1pm – ‘Impact of whey protein on glycaemia and role of branched chain amino acids in mediating the effects on fasting and postprandial glucose control’, Yianna Chatzidiakou, University of Reading

Economics Research Seminars
2020-10-07 14:30 - 15:30
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Additional research seminar titles will be added in due course. Please email Simonetta Longhi (s.longhi@reading.ac.uk) for further information.
Sessions:
7 October 2020 at 2:30pm – ‘Tax enforcement using a hybrid between self- and third-party reporting’, Sarah Clifford
7 October 2020 at 3:15pm – ‘Learning in a Small/Big world’, Benson Tsz Kin Leung
14 October 2020 at 2:30pm – Victoria Prowse
21 October 2020 at 2:30pm – Youwei Li
28 October 2020 at 2:30pm – Ghazala Azmat
4 November 2020 at 2:30pm – Philip McCann
11 November 2020 at 2:30pm – Deepita Chakravarty
18 November 2020 at 2:30pm – Jaap Bos
25 November 2020 at 2:30pm – Miguel Fonseca
2 December 2020 at 2:30pm – Astrid Kunze

Archaeology Seminar Series: ‘Molecular evidence for funerary rituals in ancient Egypt’
2020-10-08 16:00 - 17:00
Archaeology Seminar Series – Autumn 2020, Science and Archaeological Materials
All sessions will be held on Microsoft Teams. Please email Gabor Thomas (gabor.thomas@reading.ac.uk) for more information.
Sessions:
8 October 2020 at 4pm – ‘Molecular evidence for funerary rituals in ancient Egypt’, Kate Fulcher, British Museum

Beware Floods Ahead!
2020-10-11 08:00 - 17:00
Join us at in the ExplorerZone Digital of the Oxford Science and Ideas Festival on Saturday 17 October – from 8am to 8pm from the comfort of your own home.

The Beware: Floods Ahead! exhibit is going online. Mixing maths with poetry and climate science with geography: be the flood judge, create your ‘climate stripes’, build a rain gauge and compose a weather poem. You’ll discover how research is helping predict tomorrow’s weather, today, so when floods are forecast, we can avert disaster.
And find out more about our climate poetry competition here:

Meteorology Masterclass: Sub-seasonal predictions for European winter
2020-10-14 15:00 - 16:30
SPEAKER | Rob Lee: University of Reading / NCAS Research Scientist
Royal Meteorological Society / University of Reading webinar series on Winter Storms in European Weather and Climate

Winter storms are one of the main forecasting challenges for the UK and Europe, with many like those over the last winter season leading to significant loss of life and property. In this masterclass series, you will have the opportunity to learn about current cutting-edge research on winter storms from three University of Reading experts.
The three webinars are free of charge and will be held on Wednesdays from 3pm to 4.30pm with a presentation followed by the opportunity for questions and discussion with the speaker. While the webinars are part of a series you can choose which to attend and attendance at all three is not compulsory.
Wednesday 16 September: Synoptic storms in the North Atlantic
Helen Dacre: University of Reading Professor Lecturer in Dynamical Meteorology
Webinar video available here

Wednesday 30 September: The impact of climate change on winter storms
Len Shaffrey: University of Reading / NCAS Professor of Climate Science
Register here
Wednesday 14 October: Sub-seasonal predictions for European winter
Rob Lee: University of Reading / NCAS Research Scientist
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