The strategic partnership is delighted to announce a new series of seminars intended to highlight and support collaborative, interdisciplinary research on global environmental challenges.
Six cross-institutional keynote seminars aiming to raise the profile of interdisciplinary research in areas of sustainability, biodiversity, and environmental challenges have been scheduled for 2024. They will be presented by researchers from UoR and NHM who have successfully designed proposals for large, interdisciplinary projects and received funding, including Dr Tim Littlewood (DeWorm3) , Professor Carol Wagstaff (FoodSEqual), Dr John Tweddle (Centre for UK Nature), Prof. Tom Oliver (SysRisk), Dr Vincent Smith (DiSSCo UK) and Professor Jacopo Torriti (CREDS/EDRC).
These seminars, delivered in hybrid mode, will be open to all staff and postdocs from both institutions. The physical locations will be the UoR London Road Campus and the NHM Flett Events Theatre (South Kensington), and talks will be filmed with the videos curated online. The seminars will run once every two months throughout 2024 starting at 11.30am and lasting an hour.
Event dates: Wed 24 January @ Reading; Thu 14 March @ NHM; Thu 9 May @ Reading; Thu 11 July @ NHM; Wed 11 September @ Reading; Thu 14 November @ NHM.
Seminar Five
Creating science-informed advocates for the planet through research, education and engagement
Wednesday 11th September, 11.30-12.30
Slingo Lecture Theatre, LTG02, JJ Thomson Building, UoR Whiteknights Campus and Online
Please sign up here to register your place (please note that this will be held at the University of Reading, but a hybrid option is available). For any queries please contact UoR-NHM-partnership@nhm.ac.uk
John Tweddle, Head of the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Nature, & Lucy Robinson, Citizen Science Manager, NHM
Watch the third seminar in the series, Tackling Global Helminth Diseases – a Veritable Can of Worms, Dr Tim Littlewood, Executive Director of Science at NHM.