Sensory Supermarket by Sensory Street
2022-08-19 00:00 - 2022-08-20 00:00 (Europe/London) | PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory, UCL), Yew Tree Avenue, Dagenham, RM10 7FN
Sensory Street is a research project from the Universities of Oxford and Reading, funded by the Wellcome Trust. Since 2021, we have been working with autistic people to learn more about their everyday sensory experiences and what environments they find either disabling or enabling, and why.
On Friday 19 and Saturday 20 August we are holding our Sensory Supermarket event at the PEARL building in Dagenham. This is an opportunity for you to discuss and learn from our research findings which are entirely informed by the autistic people’s sensory experiences and their perspectives.
At the Sensory Supermarket you can show your commitment to inclusivity and:

Take part in our immersive supermarket experience (designed in partnership with Sensory Spectacle) to see for yourself how supermarkets can be disabling sensory environments
Discover the small adaptations you could make to your business to create a more inclusive, accessible environment for people with autism and other disabilities
Find out how you can support people with autism in your business environment
Learn more about our research with the autistic community through videos, displays and more.

You can book free tickets for an allocated 45-minute time slot at sensorysupermarket.eventbrite.com. For more information on our research, please visit sensorystreet.uk.

AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2023 applicant webinar
2022-08-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Online event
AHRC and the BBC have announced the latest call for their New Generation Thinkers scheme, which offers early-career researchers the opportunity to develop programmes for the BBC. Finalists in the competition will be able to workshop ideas with BBC producers, get media and public engagement training, and a platform for informing and influencing public opinion, policy and practice. 60 applicants will be invited to BBC workshops, from which 10 will be selected as New Generation Thinkers and will then experience a year of focused activity and development from the BBC and AHRC.
This webinar run by AHRC is for everyone interested in applying to the AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2023 scheme.
The webinar will cover:

an overview of the scheme and what to expect
some hints and tips for making your application
how to use the online application system
a chance to ask questions about applying, the scheme, and more.

To register please visit the AHRC New Generation Thinkers 2023 applicant webinar sign up page. Once you register, you will be sent joining instructions so you can take part in the webinar.
About AHRC and BBC New Generation Thinkers 2023
Eligible candidates are:

UK residents
Current PhD students who have made considerable progress on their research (e.g. within one year of submission)
Academics within 8 years of award of PhD (excluding career break)
Academics within 6 years of first academic appointment (excluding career break)

Your research does not have to be AHRC-funded but must have a primary focus in the arts and humanities. The main topic areas are: archaeology; classics; cultural and museum studies; development studies; history; information and communication technologies; law and legal studies; library and information studies; philosophy; political science and international studies; theology, divinity and religion; dance; design; drama and theatre studies; media; music; languages and literature; linguistics; visual arts.
The deadline for applications is 22nd September 2022.
If you are interested in applying, one-to-one advice and guidance on your draft pitch/submission is available from the Research Communications team. The Press Office will also provide bespoke media training and interview prep to potential applicants, plus a possible slot on BBC Radio Berkshire to talk about their work (as media/interview practice).
All applications must be made via the new UKRI Funding Service. You can find full information on the UKRI website

The Past as Nightmare
2022-09-06 - 2022-09-07
The Past as Nightmare
An interdisciplinary conference from the Centre for Health Humanities
6-7 September 2022, University of Reading (UK)
Keynote speakers: Dr Ailise Bulfin & Professor Laurence Talairach
The gothic has a complex relationship with the past, and with history as a discipline. Much of the early body of gothic fiction is set in the past, often in the form of ‘found’ historical documents, whilst the past also functions as an inescapable nemesis, returning to haunt modernity. How is the past as a concept and as haunting interpreted in gothic horror literature? How is the discipline of history itself, and the historian or antiquarian as an individual, portrayed in the gothic mode?
Registration is open.
For further details on the event, please contact a.s.mangham@reading.ac.uk

Seminar: Religious contexts of women’s vulnerability to HIV in Ghana
2022-10-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Sorby Room, Wager Building
The seminar entitled ‘Religious contexts of women’s vulnerability to HIV in Ghana‘ will be delivered by Dr Yaw Adjei-Amoako on Thursday 6 October from 1-2pm. Join us at the Sorby Room in the Wager Building on Whiteknights Campus. This seminar is open to all University staff and students.
Abstract:
HIV continues to exact its toll in sub-Saharan African countries, including Ghana, distorting their demographics, and weakening their economies and institutions. Little is known about the role that religious denominations play in the spread or control of HIV in Ghana. Using semi-structured interviews and focus group discussion data collected in various Christian congregations in rural and urban areas in Ghana, this paper explores how women’s vulnerability to HIV are mediated by type of Christian denomination – ‘mainstream’ churches or ‘healing’ churches. The results point to differences in women’s exposure to HIV-related information, knowledge, attitudes and behaviour to the disadvantage of women who attended healing churches, particularly in the rural area. The study concludes that interventions aimed at initiating behavioural change and reducing women’s vulnerability to HIV must be comprehensive, broadly oriented in the communities and take into consideration the many complex personal and contextual factors, including religious affiliation and participation.

Reading Pathological Society and the University of Reading collaboration meeting
2022-10-06 18:15 - 21:00 | Meadow Suite, Park House, Meadow Suite, Park House, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
The Reading Pathological Society and the School of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Reading are pleased to announced a joint research meeting between the Royal Berkshire Health Trust and the University of Reading.
Venue: The Meadow Suite, University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6AH.
Date: 6 October 2022
Programme
18.15-18.20 Welcome speech by Dr Carl Waldmann
President of Reading Pathological Society
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Royal Berkshire Hospital

18.20-18.50 ‘An alphabet of gut microbiology’ by Professor Glenn Gibson
Professor of Food Microbiology, University of Reading

18.50-19.20 ‘ProKIDNI Study: The use of machine learning to identify patients with rapidly declining chronic kidney disease’ by Dr Nitin Bhandary
Consultant Physician and Nephrologist, Berkshire Kidney Unit and University Department of Renal Medicine

19.20-19.50 The aetiology and treatment for common and rare complications following snakebite envenomation in humans by Professor Sakthivel Vaiyapuri
School of Pharmacy, University of Reading

19.50-21.00 Pizza and drinks

To reserve your place at this free event please contact Ketan Patel at ketan.patel@reading.ac.uk

Download the event poster

ID Seminar: Examining and supporting holistic management of risks by smallholder farmers
2022-10-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
The Department of International Development is pleased to have Doctoral Researcher, Nuru Kipato, delivering a hybrid seminar entitled: ‘Examining and supporting holistic management of risks by smallholder farmers’.
The seminar is taking place on Monday 10 October from 1-2pm in the Frank Parkinson Room, Agriculture Building. You can also join via Teams here.

A Room of One’s Own on the High Street: Women and Personal Bookshops, 1916-1939
2022-10-13 17:00 - 18:00
Dr Matt Chambers, CBCP Research Fellow

This research seminar is free and open to all. Join us in person in the Edith Morley Building, Room G74. To join via Zoom, register here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/423971097967

From 1916 onwards, a new form of bookselling became progressively more visible. Variously labelled “personal bookshops” or “bookshop salons,” small bookselling businesses, opened and operated often by women, offered a different kind of retail experience. Stock was tailored to fit a certain theme or vision; the shop was imagined as a social space and could hold events; the owners would publish books, periodicals, and pamphlets which became synonymous with the shop; and in general, the bookshop became the centre of a literary or political community. In reviewing The Sunwise Turn and the Harlem People’s Book Shop (New York City), as well as Bermondsey Books and Collet’s (London), and Shakespeare and Company and Les Maison des Amis des Livres (Paris), I will discuss how more than just a notable demographic shift, these women-led bookshops represented a change in what was possible in book retail, and permanently altered the bookselling landscape in the early twentieth century.

This research seminar is free and open to all.

ID Seminar: School feeding and the home grown in the Malawian context
2022-10-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Agriculture Building, Seminar Room 1L10
The Department of International Development is pleased to have Doctoral Researcher, Miki Gilbert, delivering a seminar entitled: ‘School feeding and the home grown in the Malawian context’.
The seminar is taking place on Monday 17 October from 1-2pm in the 1L10 Seminar Room, Agriculture Building.

‘Gender and the Archaeology of Medieval Nunneries’
2022-10-21 13:00 - 14:30 | Online
Close to 30 years ago Prof Roberta Gilchrist published ‘Gender and Material Culture: The Archaeology of Religious Women’. This influential book has been a cornerstone of gender and medieval archaeological research and studies of women religious more broadly. Its continued impact is evident in the recent book by Dr Tracy Collins, ‘Female Monasticism in Medieval Ireland: An Archaeology’, which is the first gender archaeology of medieval nunneries in Ireland. In this virtual event, we bring together these two scholars to speak to the context in which their books were created –both times of renewed feminist activism.
This talk is the first in a new series of virtual events by the Society for Medieval Archaeology.
Register your place for free here.

ID Seminar: Using evidence in policy and practice
2022-10-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
The Department of International Development is pleased to have Prof Ian Goldman from University of Witwatersrand, South Africa delivering an online seminar entitled: ‘Using evidence in policy and practice’.
The seminar is taking place on Monday 24 October from 1-2pm on Teams. You can join the seminar here.

Ghandhi Research Seminar Series: Prof Duncan French
2022-10-26 12:30 - 13:30 | Palmer Building, Room 108
Global Law at Reading (GLAR) is one of the leading groups of expert staff researching and teaching global law at any university in the UK. As Reading’s research hub for public international law, EU law and human rights law it has a proud international reputation for research excellence in these areas. The series was launched in 2015. It is named in honour of Professor Sandy Ghandhi, who taught at the School of Law from 1978 to 2013 and remains an emeritus professor at Reading.
Anyone is welcome to attend this seminar, and attendance is free.
Wednesday 26 October
12:30-1:30pm
Palmer 108 Professor Duncan French (University of Lincoln)
Envisioning Post-Holocene (Anthropocene) Global Commons

Performing the Digital Humanities in contemporary academia
2022-10-26 14:00 - 16:00 | Edith Morley Building, G25, University of Reading, Shinfield Rd, Reading, RG6 6EL, United Kingdom
In this talk I interrogate the position of Digital Humanities in the contemporary university, particularly (but not exclusively) in British academia. I open up the question of what the role of Digital Humanities might be in this conjuncture, which sees the arts and humanities often marginalised by academia. At the same time, though, the contemporary world presents a number of wider social, political and technological challenges that the arts and humanities may be well equipped to address. I draw on my recent work on the importance of feminist theories of performativity (particularly Karen Barad’s and Judith Butler’s) to unpack the functioning of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and data-driven methods and policies, as well as the injustices and inequalities they generate. I invite the Digital Humanities to enter in a critical dialogue with contemporary technology by taking into account at least two aspects. Firstly, technology has always been central to the constitution of what we call “the human”. Secondly, Digital Humanities can itself be a generator of social and political inequalities or, conversely, an important tool for redressing such inequalities. I conclude by considering the role of feminist performativity in rethinking what it means to perform Digital Humanities responsibly today.
Federica Frabetti is Principal Lecturer in Digital Media at the University of Roehampton. She has a diverse professional and academic background in the humanities and ICT and has worked for a decade as a software engineer in telecommunications companies. She is the author of Software Theory (2015). She is also an editor and translator of The Judith Halberstam Reader (Italian). In 2011 she edited the special issue of the academic journal Culture Machine, “The Digital Humanities Beyond Computing” 12.
14.50 Break
15.00 Roundtable:
Dr Eugene McSorley (Associate Professor of Experimental Psychology
Head of the Active Vision Lab | Director of the Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Lab)
Dr Dominic Lees (Associate Professor of Filmmaking, AI research group)
Dr Mara Oliva (Associate Professor in US History, DH Champion, Digital Humanities Quarterly Editor)
15.30 Q&A
15.55 What’s next (DH CoP and Hub – future events) & close
To book your place (online or in person) please contact the Hub’s DH Champion, Dr Mara Oliva – m.oliva@reading.ac.uk

The Rush of the Orinoco: The English Dream of El Dorado
2022-10-26 16:00 - 17:30 | Miller G05, Whiteknights Campus, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Wednesday 26th October, 4-5.30pm, in-person (Miller G05, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading) and online (please register below for zoom link)
Reading Latin American and Caribbean network (R-LAC) and the Department of Languages and Cultures Research seminar series are pleased to invite you to a seminar with Dr Tomás Straka, Director of the Research Institute of History, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas. Venezuela.
The current trial in The Hague about Venezuela’s claim of the Essequibo is another inheritance that remains from the old times of the British Empire throughout the world. Whilst Venezuela and Guyana await the verdict of the International Court, many people have started to think about the historical roots of the problem. A long history of all the imperialisms in the Caribbean – Spanish, Dutch, English and American – and slavery is in the background of the Venezuela-Guyana dispute, as well as the Cold War and the oil economy during the last decades. This talk focuses on the intellectual aspect of this process.
Alongside the British penetration in the Orinoco area (Orinoquia in Spanish), among the British developed a real fascination about this area as a realm of two types of utopias: the endless wealth of El Dorado, and the place where Noble Savages live without troubles. From the adventures of Walter Raleigh to the fantastic novel of Arthur Conan Doyle, the British Orinoquia literature was an inspiration to traders, explorers, filibusters, slavers, and poets. Not for nothing the most world-famous novel of the Orinoco is a classic of the English literature: Robinson Crusoe.
To register for zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-rush-of-the-orinoco-the-english-dream-of-el-dorado-tickets-443273913207

Open Research Forum
2022-10-27 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
Everything you want to know about Open Access but were too afraid to ask

Book your place at this Open Research Forum using this link
Talks will be delivered by the Research Engagement Team from the Library.
Stay for the full programme or just drop in for the sessions that you are interested in.

Programme
10.00-10.05 Introduction to the event and outline of the sessions
10.05-10.20 What is Open Access?
What is Open Access?, What’s the difference between Green and Gold Open Access?, why is it important?, who benefits?, what’s in it for me?
10.20-10.35 CentAUR and the Green Open Access Route
How the University’s institutional repository can help you make your outputs Open Access via the Green route
10.35-10.50 Going for Gold – what does publishing Gold Open Access involve?
What are Pure Gold and Hybrid Gold journals, Creative Commons Licences, finding Gold Open Access journals.
10.50-11.00 Short break for questions/catch-up
11.00-11.15 Paying for Gold Open Access at University of Reading
What is funded, who can apply for funding, how to apply for funding, finding journals in our publisher deals via the new SciFree tool.
11.15-11.30 Funder requirements for Open Access
UKRI funder requirements and how to comply with them, finding suitable journals, navigating the Green Open Access route for funder compliance
11.30-11.40 Avoiding the Sharks – how to choose a reputable Open Access journal
Basic checks to make sure that the journal you are submitting your manuscript to is a reputable one.
11.40-11.50 Open Access for PhD theses
How you can make sure your (or your students’) research is open once the PhD is completed.
11.50-12.00 Time for questions and closing remarks

Natural History Museum Research Open Day
2022-11-02 10:00 - 16:00 | Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading.
Wednesday 2 November, 10:00-16:00, Palmer building, Whiteknights campus
Research colleagues are invited to attend an open day to learn how the University and Natural History Museum are aiming to develop research and training together.
The University and Natural History Museum will jointly launch the first phase of a long-term research collaboration. They will present initial ideas on how we might develop research and training together, as well as using the day as a forum for seeking others’ ideas.
The collaboration provides significant opportunities for researchers in all disciplines, whether it be new arts research, ensuring food security, tracking genetic responses to climate change or the emergence and spread of infectious diseases. While a link to natural history and/or the NHM collections will be a requirement, work could involve any discipline.
As well as anticipating partnerships across Reading’s scientific research themes, the Museum’s researchers are enthusiastic about Reading’s expertise in creative approaches to collections and their histories and engagement with intangible cultural heritage.
Senior figures at the University will be joined at the event by members of the Museum’s senior leadership, researchers, laboratory heads and members of their digital, data and informatics team.
Plans to move 28 million specimens and research capability to the University’s Thames Valley Science Park were announced in May 2022. Its potential scope is across all NHM collections and research.
Reserve your place
Open to University of Reading colleagues only.
Please note that spaces are limited so please book your place by 12pm Wednesday 19th October using this online form. Much of the event will be recorded and made available online. Lunch will be provided.
For further information, visit the NHM’s page about their new science and digitisation centre.
Research Open Day schedule
10.00 – 10.30 Refreshments on arrival
10.30 – 10.45 Welcome and opening remarks (Robert Van de Noort, Vice-Chancellor)
10.45 – 11.30 Vision for NHM research and collections, and the TVSP, followed by Q&A (Tim Littlewood, Director of Research, NHM)
11.30 – 12.15 Building collaborative research followed by Q&A (Ken Norris, Deputy Director of Science, NHM & Phil Newton, Research Dean)
12.15 – 12.30 Partnership with University of Reading (Doug Gurr, Director, NHM)
12.30 – 13.30 Networking lunch
13.30 – 14.30 Parallel Session 1: Science Facilities (NHM Laboratory Heads)
13.30 – 14.30 Parallel Session 2: Heritage & Creativity: Collections & Culture (John Gibbs / Roberta Gilchrist, Research Deans & Sandra Knapp, Collections & Culture Research Lead, NHM)
14.30 – 15.15 Opportunities in Digital and Data Science (NHM / University of Reading)
15.15 – 16.00 Networking opportunity with refreshments
16.00 Close

Beckett at Reading - 50th Anniversary
2022-11-04 - 2022-11-05 | Minghella Studios, Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Beckett at Reading 50th Anniversary
Celebrating the Beckett Exhibition of 1971
Organised by the Beckett International Foundation and the Beckett Research Centre
Minghella Studios, University of Reading, 4-5 November 2022
Friday 4 November 2022
13.30-14.15 Coffee and Registration
14.15-14.30 Opening Words
14.30-15.15 The Billie Whitelaw and Katharine Worth Collections
(Jonathan Heron and Matthew McFrederick)
15.15-16.00 Academic Projects I: Staging Beckett (Anna McMullan and Trish McTighe) and Beckett’s Doodles (Jonathan Bignell and Bill Prosser)
15.45-16.15 Coffee Break
16.15–17.15 Three Dialogues: The Beckett Archive (TBC)
17.15-18.00 Barry McGovern: The Archive – ‘it’s another of my resources’
[Break]
19.15-20.30 Beckett Fellowship Premiere: Hannah Khalil’s ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Son’ (followed by a Q&A with Hannah Khalil and Maureen Beattie)
20.30-21.30 Wine Reception and Launch of the Mary Bryden Collection

Saturday 5 November 2022
12.30-13.00 Coffee and Registration
13.00-14.15 Company
Trinity College Dublin (Julie Bates with Creative Fellows)
The Beckett Circle of Japan (recording)
The Beckett Society (Laura Salisbury)
The Happy Days Beckett Festival (Sean Doran)
14.15-15.00 Academic Projects II: Beckett Digital Manuscript Project (Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon) / The Samuel Beckett Letters Project (recording)
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-16.00 The Beckett Archive through the Years (Anna McMullan / Mark Nixon) A Message from Berlin (Walter Asmus; recording)
16.00-17.30 Roundtable: Beckett Studies
(Chair: Trish McTighe; Participants: Daniela Caselli, William Davies, Hannah Simpson, Katherine Weiss, Shane Weller)
[Break]
19.00-20.00 The Knowlson-Beckett Interview Tapes (James Knowlson)
20.00-21.00 Closing Remarks and Wine Reception

Exhibitions
‘Let us do something, while we have the chance.’ The Origins of Reading’s Samuel Beckett Collection, University of Reading Library, University of Reading, 27 September 2022 – 13 January 2023: https://tinyurl.com/origins-of-Beckett-at-Reading
‘A glimpse of the surface’: Samuel Beckett and Avigdor Arikha, The Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, 4 October 2022 – 27 January 2023: https://tinyurl.com/Beckett-and-Arikha

Registration: https://tinyurl.com/Beckett-at-Reading-50
Donations: https://tinyurl.com/donate-to-Beckett-at-Reading
Please support the activities of the Beckett International Foundation and the Beckett Research Centre by giving as much or as little as you can! Thank you.
If you have any queries, please contact Mark Nixon (m.nixon@reading.ac.uk)

ID Seminar: Relationships between climate change, adaptation strategies and productive and efficiency in agriculture
2022-11-07 13:00 - 14:00 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
The Department of International Development is pleased to have Associate Professor, Dr Sanzidur Rahman, delivering a seminar entitled: ‘Relationships between climate change, adaptation strategies and productive and efficiency in agriculture’.
The seminar is taking place on Monday 7 November from 1-2pm in the Frank Parkinson Room, Agriculture Building. You can also join via Teams here.

Tackling the Grand Challenge of consumer trust in the food supply chain
2022-11-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
The Grand Challenge Consumer Trust project team at the University of Reading invite you to a conference on industry consumer trust initiatives “Tackling the Grand Challenge of consumer trust in the food supply chain”, on Wed 9 November 2022 at 10:00 – 12:00 GMT.
The conference is online and free of charge. For more information and to register, please click here for the conference eventbrite page. (Please note: registration closes 18:00 GMT Tue 8 Nov 2022.)
Please join us to learn more about consumer trust initiatives facilitated by the Grand Challenge project team at the University of Reading and consumer insights from the project, which is funded by EIT Food co-funded by the EU.
The event will feature presentations about consumer trust initiatives undertaken by a range of companies and organisations, including:

SRUC/Waitrose: “Tracking animal emotional well-being on farms”
Farmforce: “Farmforce: Food’s first mile challenges, solved by software.”
Connecting Food: “Tracking food journeys” (provisional title)
McDonald’s: “Consumer Trust, Sustainability and Healthy Food Choices”
Mimica: “Have expiry dates expired? Introducing the intelligent way to know it’s fresh”
Little Hearts Preschool: “Healthy-eating education for young families”
Walker’s Shortbread: “Towards label clarity and sustainable packaging”

The conference chair is Professor Kevin Money, Henley Business School.
If you would like further information or have any questions about this event, please contact Michelle Felton: m.a.felton@reading.ac.uk.

Digital Humanities as a Discipline & Oxford Summer School
2022-11-09 14:00 | Palmer 106
This event is for the Digital Humanities Community of Practice members.
If you are interested in joining the conference, please email m.olivia@reading.ac.uk.
Programme

14:00
Welcome tea and coffee

14.05 to 14.15

Introduction and reflection on Digital Humanities in contemporary academia by Dr Mara Olivia (Digital Humanities expert)

14.15 to 14.50

“Digital Humanities and my research” – Presentations from colleagues who attended the Oxford Digital Humanities Summer School:

Dr Jumbly Grindrod (Philosophy)
Dr Rachel Foxley (History)
Professor Teresa Murjas (Film Studies)
Dr Marjorie Geherhardt (Languages)
Q&A session

14.50
Break

15.00 to 15.50

“Digital Humanities and my job” – Presentations from colleagues who attended the Oxford Digital Humanities Summer School

Dr Rachel Lewis (Heritage and Creativity Research Development Manager)
Olivia Thompson (Digital Humanities Hub Project Officer)
Guy Baxter (Associate Director of Archives Services, University Museum and Special Collections)
Fiona Melhuish (University Museum and Special Collections Librarian)
Sharon Maxwell (Archivist, University Museum and Special Collections)
Q&A session and discussion

15.50 to 16.00
What’s next for Digital Humanities? Closing talk by Dr Mara Olivia

Ghandhi Research Seminar Series: Prof Yuval Shany
2022-11-09 14:30 - 15:30 | Palmer Building, 107
Global Law at Reading (GLAR) is one of the leading groups of expert staff researching and teaching global law at any university in the UK. As Reading’s research hub for public international law, EU law and human rights law it has a proud international reputation for research excellence in these areas. The series was launched in 2015. It is named in honour of Professor Sandy Ghandhi, who taught at the School of Law from 1978 to 2013 and remains an emeritus professor at Reading.
Anyone is welcome to attend this seminar, and attendance is free.
Wednesday 9 November
2:30-3:30pm
Palmer 107 Professor Yuval Shany (Hebrew University)
Digital Rights and the Outer Limits of International Human Rights

GEAR quarterly lecture: Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks
2022-11-10 14:00 - 15:30 | LO22 G01 London Road Campus
The Group for Economic Analysis at Reading (GEAR) is pleased to announce the 4th GEAR Quarterly Lecture on “Firm Heterogeneity and Imperfect Competition in Global Production Networks”, to be delivered by Professor Kalina Manova, UCL and CEPR, on Thursday 10 November at 2-3:30pm in a hybrid format.
Attendance is free. To register your interest, please e-mail Ms Jenna Gardner at j.gardner@reading.ac.uk or Dr Alexander Mihailov at a.mihailov@reading.ac.uk.
For more details, please see the poster on the GEAR Quarterly Lectures webpage (the MS Teams link to join online can also be found here).
There will be a drinks reception after the lecture from 3.30-4.30pm, we look forward to seeing you there!

DSA2023 Conference: The Anthropocene workshop
2022-11-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading.
The Global Development Research Division is holding a themed workshop from 2–4pm on Thursday 10th November in the Palmer Building.
There are six great talks lined up, all related to the Anthropocene, which is the primary theme for the DSA2023 Conference. The talks will be delivered by researchers from across the University, including:

The School of Law
The School of Agriculture, Policy and Development (SAPD)
The School of Geography and Environmental Science (SAGES)
The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL)
The Institute of Education (IoE)

Programme
Human Rights and Pandemics in the Anthropocene, Rosa Freedman (Law)
Encountering the Anthropocene: Reconfiguring Human-Nature Relations, Alex Arnall (SAPD)
Museums, Heritage and the Anthropocene, Ollie Douglas (MERL) – title TBC
Education in the Anthropocene: the Harawayan Bee Hotel as an interdisciplinary catalyst, Jo Johnson (IoE)
Responsible Research: Ethics and Controversies in the Anthropocene, Andrew Ainslie (SAPD)
Critical Geographies of Disaster: New Network Launch, Sophie Blackburn (SAGES)
Please RSVP by Thursday 3rd November to Dr Alex Arnall (a.h.arnall@reading.ac.uk), notifying of any dietary requirements.

Research for Impact: How to design research
2022-11-14 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
The Department of International Development is pleased to host Professor Duncan Green (Editor of the influential blog From Poverty to Power‘, Strategic Adviser for Oxfam GB, and Professor in Practice at LSE). The title of his talk will be: ‘Research for Impact: how to design research’.
The seminar is taking place on Monday 14 November from 1-2pm on Teams. You can join here.

Posters in the Library
2022-11-15 - 2022-11-18 | Library Foyer
Discover how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges
Winners and finalists from the University’s Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will be discussing their outstanding work during a series of short talks from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November.
The talks will take place in the library foyer and will be followed by a short Q&A session. Each event will last no longer than 30 minutes.
The Engagement and Impact Awards celebrate excellence in our research, highlighting projects that address real world problems and change the world around us. They recognise individuals and teams at the University who make an outstanding contribution to engaging the wider world with their work and making an impact. In 2022 we received 28 entries from across a wide spectrum of disciplines and from researchers at different stages of their careers. Eleven high-quality applications were selected and four winners chosen.
Each of the projects that will be presented during Posters in the Library week address a significant challenge and engage individuals, organisations or communities to bring about positive change locally, nationally and internationally.
Details of the programme are shown below with links to further information on each topic:
Tuesday 15 November
12pm and 1pm
Wednesday 16 November
12pm and 1pm
Thursday 17 November
12pm and 1pm
Friday 18 November
12pm and 1pm

Reducing risk of glacial floods in Central Asia (Posters in the Library)
2022-11-15 12:00 - 12:30 | Library Foyer
On Tuesday 15 November at 12pm, Maria Shahgedanova will be discussing her research which has helped to mitigate the potentially catastrophic effects of climate change in Central Asia.
As part of our Posters in the Library series, from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November, you can learn more about how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges.
Each day, in an informal ten-minute presentation, one of the finalists from the University’s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will present their life‑changing work and answer any questions you might have

We Make Film: filmmaking, creativity and disability in urban India (Posters in the Library)
2022-11-15 13:00 - 13:30 | Library Foyer
On Tuesday 15 November at 1pm, Shweta Ghosh will be discussing her practice-led research which is being used to highlight the urgent need for more inclusive and accessible filmmaking practices in India and beyond.
As part of our Posters in the Library series, from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November, you can learn more about how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges.
Each day, in an informal ten-minute presentation, one of the finalists from the University’s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will present their life‑changing work and answer any questions you might have.

Reducing missed outpatient appointments and health inequalities through AI (Posters in the Library)
2022-11-16 12:00 - 12:30 | Library Foyer
On Wednesday 16 November at 12pm, Weizi (Vicky) Li will be discussing how she and a team of researchers developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system which is being used by the NHS to tackle health inequalities by reducing the number of missed hospital appointments.
As part of our Posters in the Library series, from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November, you can learn more about how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges.
Each day, in an informal ten-minute presentation, one of the finalists from the University’s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will present their life‑changing work and answer any questions you might have.

Uncovering hidden stories from Oxford Road (Posters in the Library)
2022-11-16 13:00 - 13:30 | Library Foyer
On Wednesday 16 November at 1pm, Sally Lloyd-Evans, Alice Mpofu-Coles, Robyn Woronka and Toby Barlow will be discussing their work with local communities and artists to reveal and celebrate the heritage of one of the town’s most diverse and multicultural streets.
As part of our Posters in the Library series, from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November, you can learn more about how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges.
Each day, in an informal ten-minute presentation, one of the finalists from the University’s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will present their life‑changing work and answer any questions you might have

Tackling air pollution through citizen science (Posters in the Library)
2022-11-17 12:00 - 12:30 | Library Foyer
On Thursday 17 November at 12pm, Hong Yang and Marta O’Brien will be discussing how they are helping communities to breathe healthier air by equipping schools and families with tools and skills to identify and tackle air pollution.
As part of our Posters in the Library series, from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November, you can learn more about how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges.
Each day, in an informal ten-minute presentation, one of the finalists from the University’s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will present their life‑changing work and answer any questions you might have.

Improving ethnic diversity in higher education (Posters in the Library)
2022-11-17 13:00 - 13:30 | Library Foyer
On Thursday 17 November at 1pm, Ciara McCabe and colleagues will be discussing their work with students from under-represented ethnic backgrounds which is being used to support fair access to higher education.
As part of our Posters in the Library series, from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November, you can learn more about how research at Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges.
Each day, in an informal ten-minute presentation, one of the finalists from the University’s Research Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will present their life‑changing work and answer any questions you might have.
