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Humanities & Social Sciences inaugural lecture series

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is relaunching its inaugural lecture series in 2024.

Timetable

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Come along to one of our inaugural lectures, showcasing research across our six departments.

Our recently appointed professors from across our six departments will be presenting the story of their route to professor, and the achievements that have brought them to this point. Between them, they will provide insight into the many different ways academics can demonstrate their contributions to academic life across the spectrum of research, teaching, and management and leadership activity.

2024/25 lectures

We will update lecture titles when they're available; please check this page regularly as details may change.

March

Joint lecture, Department of Economics and Institute for Policy Research - POSTPONED

Please note: due to unforeseen circumstances, this lecture has been postponed. We will update this web page with the new date, time and location in due course.

Join us for this joint inaugural lecture from Professor Eleonora Fichera and Professor Matt Dickson from the Department of Economics and Institute for Policy Research. There will be time for questions and discussion and the lectures will be followed by a drinks reception.

  • Professor Eleonora Fichera: 'The wider determinants of health: applied economics and big data for policy-relevant research'
  • Professor Matt Dickson: ‘Education, Education, and Education – is it really worth it?'

June

Progress, Peril, & Polarisation: Mechanisms of Mobilisation in the Digital Age

  • Host: Professor Laura Smith
  • Date: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
  • Time: 4.15 - 5.15 pm (BST)
  • Location: 10 West, Room 2.47

People and groups use networked digital technologies to communicate with - and influence - each other. Whilst these technologies can be useful for social change and political engagement, their use also carries risks – and a plethora of social, political, and psychological harms can result. Indeed, phenomena such as online polarisation, radicalisation, and mobilisation are intricately connected – to each other and to the affordances of digital networked devices.

This talk examines risks and threats that arise from digital communication, and the opportunities for anticipating and mitigating harms and encouraging political engagement. It highlights how human psychology and behaviour interact with the affordances of digital communication technologies – and how this can produce both progress, and peril.

You'll be able to book your free space shortly. Please keep checking this page for updates.

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September

Sugar, Dice, and all things Precise

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October

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November

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December

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January 2025

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February 2025

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