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Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastFormer Director of the IAS, Emeritus Professor Marsha Meskimmon, honoured with University MedalJoining Loughborough in 1998, Marsha has been a driving force behind many of the University’s initiatives, including the incredible Institute of Advanced Studies, which she became the Director for in 2018. The Institute sits at the heart of our research, innovation, and internationalisation strategies, and its evolution and impact are direct reflections of Marsha’s leadership, creativity, and unrelenting commitment to excellence. In less than a decade, the facility has welcomed more than 420 Fellows from over 45 countries. Last year, Masha’s dedication was honoured when she was awarded the title of Emeritus Professor. This University Medal adds to h...2025-07-2504 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Vickie Shim - When is the Brain Most at Risk? Predicting Vulnerability After Head Impacts Using..IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Vickie Shim delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled "When is the Brain Most at Risk? Predicting Vulnerability After Head Impacts Using Multimodal MRI and Mouthguard Sensors" - How long does the brain remain vulnerable after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI)? This critical question remains largely unanswered. The current 23-day stand-down period for clinically diagnosed concussions is under scrutiny, as it's unclear if this duration is truly sufficient for recovery. Furthermore, individuals experiencing repetitive subconcussive head impacts, such as contact sport players, face risks of long-term neurological damage, yet clear guidelines fo...2025-07-2345 min

Experts in SportE93: Beyond the Baseline: Why Women’s Sport Needs More Research & InnovationIn this episode of Experts in Sport, host Dr Hannah Fox Dugdale is joined by Dr Verity Postlethwaite to explore the groundbreaking launch of Loughborough University’s Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub. Discover how this initiative is set to transform women’s sport from grassroots to elite, tackling real-world challenges with cutting-edge research.We also hear from special guest and former England international, Karen Carney OBE, as she shares powerful insights on athlete health, equity in sport, and what this hub means for the future.A must-listen in the build-up to the 2025 Summer of W...2025-07-2331 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAssoc. Prof. Cecilia González Tokman - A Journey into Random Dynamical Systems and Multiplicative Ergodic TheoryIAS Residential Fellow Associate Professor Cecilia González Tokman delivers a seminar on their research - Random and non-autonomous dynamical systems are flexible mathematical models for the study of complicated systems whose evolution is affected by external factors, such as seasonal influences and random effects. Multiplicative ergodic theory provides fundamental information for the study of transport phenomena in such systems, including long-term behaviour, mixing rates and coherent structures. In this talk, we will take a journey into random dynamical systems and multiplicative ergodic theory, guided in part by questions arising from the investigation of oceanic and atmospheric f...2025-07-0944 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Jens Martin Turowski - When rivers kiss the valley walls...IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Jens Martin Turowski delivers a seminar on their research - The width of channel belts and fluvial valleys and its temporal evolution is important for the hydraulics, hydrology, and ecology of landscapes, and for human activities such as farming, protecting infrastructure, and natural hazard mitigation. The width of a fluvial valley is set by the river undercutting valley walls and evacuating the resulting sediment. We have recently developed a model for the temporal evolution and steady-state valley width on the assumption of a non-standard one-dimensional random walk of channel migration. The model connects...2025-07-0853 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Bruno Charbonneau - Future-making Politics: Planning for Low-Carbon WarfareIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Bruno Charbonneau delivers a seminar on their research - Discussions about the consequences of climate change for security have so far emphasized how the climate crisis multiplies security threats or how it might lead to instability and war. They do not consider how war and military operations themselves might change or must change, given the socio-technological transformations that also come with climate change. The strengthening of net-zero emissions targets and the energy transition to renewables in response to the deepening climate crisis is forcing militaries to find answers to the question of how...2025-07-0430 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastMs Ananya Bhattacharya - Storytelling for Inclusion and DevelopmentIAS Visiting Fellow Ms Ananya Bhattacharya (UNESCO Global Network of Facilitators) delivers a seminar on their research - Traditional knowledge systems, shaped by generations of ecological coexistence, offer critical insights into sustainability, ethical living, and sustainable resource management. Transmitted through oral traditions, rituals, crafts, and performances, these systems embody values and practices essential for ecological resilience. As global discourse delves into the post-2030 development agenda, integrating living heritage into sustainability frameworks is increasingly urgent. Storytelling, both live and digital, emerges as a vital tool in this process—preserving cultural memory, fostering intergenerational learning, and enabling communities, especially yo...2025-07-0331 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Carmen Pérez González - Leveraging the playing field: harnessing sport as a tool to ensure compliance with international lawIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Carmen Pérez González (UNESCO Chair in Educational Linkage Through International Sports) delivers a seminar on their research - Traditionally, the international community has not fully recognized the capacity of sports as an enforcement tool within the realm of international law. Despite sporadic instances of sports-related boycotts and sanctions, its complete potential remains largely unrealized. However, the traditional notion of sports as apolitical has been challenged by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In response, sports organizations and public authorities have adopted a variety of coercive measures whose legal basis is complex and con...2025-07-0345 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Yolandi Burger - Urban Places as Narrative SpacesReturning IAS Alumni Fellow from the 2023-24 academic year, Dr Yolandi Burger, organises a panel discussion featuring esteemed colleagues Professor Mike Wilson, Dr Robert Harland, Dr Taimaz Larimian, and Melinda Swift. This panel examines the intricate relationship between urban places and the narratives through which they are experienced, remembered, and reimagined. It explores how cities are not only physical environments but also repositories of collective memory, identity, and meaning. Discussion will focus on the ways in which spatial structures, visual communication, storytelling practices, and data representation contribute to shaping the narratives of urban life. Attention will be given...2025-07-0158 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Peng Zhang - Dynamics of Droplet-Droplet Collision - Advancing Predictive Spray Combustion Models for a Net-Zero FutureIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Peng Zhang delivers a seminar on their research - Droplet-droplet collision is a fundamental process in both natural phenomena and industrial applications, serving as a microcosm of multi-scale fluid dynamics. This talk unravels the intricate physics governing collision outcomes—coalescence, bouncing, and separation—beginning with the canonical case of identical droplets. We highlight the interplay between macroscopic droplet kinematics, internal flow dynamics, and microscale interfacial interactions (e.g., rarefied gas films and van der Waals forces), which collectively define the system’s multi-physics behaviour. Expanding beyond symmetric collisions, we explore complex scenarios involving unequal...2025-06-261h 01

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Andrey V. Ivanov - Birth of an Empire: Feofan Prokopovych and the Metamorphosis of Petrine RussiaIAS Residential Fellow Dr Andrey V. Ivanov delivers a seminar on their research - What is an empire? Prior to 1721, the Latin title of “imperator” belonged exclusively to the Western, Eastern or Holy Roman political entities This monopoly ended with the Petrine proclamation of the world’s first non-Roman imperium, and later, with similar proclamations by Napoleonic France, Iturbide’s Mexico, Braganza Brazil, and Wilhelmine Germany. “Empire” lost its narrow legal connotation, acquiring broader multivalent meanings. But it was Ukrainian archbishop Feofan Prokopovych (1677-1736), who initiated the concepts that got us to this point. An erudite polymath, Feofan served as...2025-06-2543 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Jeffrey A Nittrouer - Geomorphic Evolution of Peatland Streams: Uniquely Boring but Ecologically Critical Landscape SystemsIAS Residential Fellow Professor Jeffrey A. Nittrouer delivers a seminar on their research - Peatland environments cover 3% of the planet’s land surface, yet possess 30% of its terrestrial organic carbon. The hydrology of peatlands is critical to establishing carbon-storage capabilities. The surface-water system consists of lakes and bogs connected by low-sloping streams that transport minimal amounts of inorganic sediment. Over time, peatland streams aggrade due to accumulation of organic matter, thereby filling their valleys. We use remote-sensing techniques and field observations to quantify rates of lateral mobility, and these data inform a numerical modeling framework that evaluates mig...2025-06-1957 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Alberto Doretto - Siltation in rivers: Causes, impacts, and new approaches for biomonitoringIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Alberto Doretto delivers a seminar on their research - Siltation (i.e. the excessive accumulation of fine sediment on the riverbed) is globally recognized as one of the greatest impacts in lotic ecosystems due to the intensification of hydro-morphological (i.e. sediment flushing from dams) and land-use (i.e. deforestation, agriculture, urbanization) pressures. However, the ability to identify general cause-effect mechanisms of biological and morphological impairment are often limited by the context-dependency of individual studies. This seminar will consider a range of different studies and experimental approaches dealing with the response of stream...2025-06-0536 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Gregory Pearcey - Decoding motoneuron firing to illuminate diversity in human movement controlIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Gregory Pearcey delivers a seminar on their research - Movement is fundamental for human life, yet little is known about the neural code of human movement. Due to their direct connection to muscle fibres, which collectively form the motor unit, alpha motoneurons are the only cells in the central nervous system that can be routinely recorded in humans. Until recently, it was quite difficult to examine motoneurons in humans due to the invasive procedures required to sample their behaviour. Now, we can routinely record tens of motor units at a time, which has...2025-05-2342 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Ardila Hayu Tiwikrama - A novel generation of sorbents capable of capturing carbon dioxide using ionic liquids and deep eutectic solventsIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Ardila Hayu Tiwikrama delivers a seminar on their research - In large-scale industrial applications, the high cost and energy associated with CO2 capture from flue gases is a significant obstacle. Therefore, it is crucial to develop a technically and economically efficient technology for CO2 capture. In this study, the CO2 absorption potential of functionalized DESs and ILs is investigated. The improvement of the absorption capacity of ILs can be achieved by incorporating CO2-philic functional groups, such as amine, into the cation and/or anion moiety. The anion component of ILs is more ef...2025-05-2349 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Pınar Kibar - Exploring the Intersection of Learning, Visualisation and Infographic DesignIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Pınar Nuhoğlu Kibar delivers a seminar on their research - Infographics serve as a powerful medium for integrating textual and visual elements to convey complex information in a structured and comprehensible manner. Beyond static forms, we increasingly encounter infographics in dynamic and interactive formats, such as AR-integrated infographics, animated video-based graphics, and data-driven dashboards. As Generation Alpha (Gen A) navigates an increasingly digital and visually intensive world, exposure to these evolving formats makes developing the skills to critically analyze and design infographics essential for effective communication. This seminar, led by Dr. Nu...2025-05-1939 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Josef Fahlén - The social organisation of sport...IAS Residential Fellow Professor Josef Fahlén delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled "The social organisation of sport – investigating separatist and integrative ambitions in Indigenous sport and their implications for participation, organisation and society" - In Sport, participants need to be separated into opponents so that they can compete. This has traditionally been made along national, regional and local boundaries and avails for phenomena such as national teams and World Championships but also for the Mercyside and the Kentucky Derby. Simultaneously, this principle creates problems for Indigenous people worldwide as they seldom subscribe to colonialist jur...2025-04-3044 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Arnoud Arps - Academic Career Q&AIAS Residential Fellow Dr Arnoud Arps delivers an Academic Career Q&A - This seminar is aimed at postgraduate researchers to better understand their own position within academia by sharing the academic career experiences of an early career researcher. In this seminar I will briefly talk about my academic career path, including the challenges and opportunities that have led me to an Assistant Professorship at the University of Amsterdam. This will, however, merely be an opening to whatever is most instructive for Loughborough University’s Postgraduate Research Community. May it be questions concerning the impact of research fu...2025-04-2456 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Ranit Chatterjee - Building Ecosystem Service Resilience through Customary Regulatory MechanismIAS Residential Fellow Dr Ranit Chatterjee delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled "Building Ecosystem Service Resilience through Customary Regulatory Mechanism: Case Study of Indian Sundarbans" - Sundarbans is the largest river delta in the world, spread over 200 islands, separated by nearly 400 interconnected tidal rivers and creeks, at the confluence of Ganga, Meghna, and Brahmaputra (GBM) in the Bay of Bengal, spanning across India and Bangladesh. A world heritage site where biodiversity and physiology are intertwined with the lives and livelihoods of the people. In recent years, a change in the natural hazard intensity coupled with...2025-03-2727 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Maria Carinnes Alejandria - Localizing Resilience in Urban Communities in Southeast Asia: Community-based Knowledge and Responses to Flooding during the COVID-19 PandemicIAS Residential Fellow Dr Maria Carinnes Alejandria delivers a seminar on their research - Between 2020-2022 the Southeast Asian subregion of Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines experienced unprecedented flooding in urban areas which impacted thousands of residents while stringent lockdowns due to securitized management of the COVID-19 pandemic were in place. For most affected communities, managing the impacts of compounded disasters entailed engaging new modalities of resilience as conventional processes and sources of aid became inaccessible. In this seminar, I am to nuance the concept of resilience by situating flooding narratives during the pandemic from four...2025-03-2147 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra - MAITEC: A Digital Twin for Sustainable Urban Mobility and Environmental PlanningIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Luisa Fernanda Chaparro Sierra delivers a seminar on their research - This seminar presents MAITEC, a decision-support platform utilizing digital twin technology to evaluate the effects of urban mobility strategies on energy usage, air quality, and public health in Monterrey. MAITEC is built on a GIS platform that combines various information layers, such as demographics, road infrastructure, vehicle usage, meteorology, and models for traffic, pollutant dispersion, and flooding. A notable innovation is the use of GPS data from mobile devices, which allows tracking urban travel mode distribution by monitoring the routes of a...2025-03-1922 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Renato de Oliveira Moraes - Responsible Generative AI in Higher Education: A Brazilian PerspectiveIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Renato de Oliveira Moraes delivers a seminar on their research - This study explores the use of generative AI (GenAI) in Brazilian higher education, focusing on its responsible use and unique challenges in Brazil. Despite global advancements, Latin America lags in establishing GenAI policies, which may deepen educational inequalities. While it is possible to categorise Brazilian HE institutions (HEIs) into two main groups, doing so can obscure the presence of many high-performing private HEIs, such as numerous religious institutions, as well as public HEIs of lower quality, particularly those located in isolated regions...2025-03-1246 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Anshuman Sharma - Role of human factors in microscopic traffic flow modelsIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Anshuman Sharma delivers a seminar on their research - Traffic flow models have long been driven by physics-based principles, yet the key orchestrators of traffic—human drivers—bring a layer of complexity that traditional models often oversimplify. This talk explores the crucial role of human factors in microscopic traffic flow models, emphasizing the cognitive, perceptual, and behavioral intricacies that shape driving decisions. In addition, as transportation evolves into a connected ecosystem, understanding and integrating human factors becomes even more critical to accurately mimic driver behavior. This talk will delve into modeling techniques that brid...2025-02-2732 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Carla Baptista - Imagining Democracy in Television: Portugal 1974-1976IAS Residential Fellow Dr Carla Maria dos Santos Filipe Baptista delivers a seminar on their research - The seminar presents the regime of televisuality following the military coup of April 25/1974 in Portugal. Our focus is on how the informative programs represented the repressive practices of the past, including forms of intimidation and persecution based on political dissent. By analysing selected excerpts from programs, we seek to map the political project which made RTP (the sole public channel existent in 1974) the key media to shatter the lines of interpretation formerly imposed by the dictatorship. The “coming” of revolutionary tele...2025-02-1247 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Petr Siegl - Advances in Spectral Theory for Non-Selfadjoint OperatorsIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Petr Siegl delivers a seminar on their research - Many physical systems can be described by partial differential equations which in turn generate operators between Banach spaces. A well-known illustration of such interplay is quantum mechanics together with the spectral theory of self-adjoint operators in a Hilbert space. However, in several branches of physics like hydrodynamics, damped systems, quantum resonances, superconductivity or balanced loss/gain materials, the occurring PDEs contain non-symmetric terms and thus lead to non-self-adjoint operators. Due to the lack of powerful self-adjoint tools like the spectral theorem or variational principles...2025-02-0545 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Giulia Borriello - Examining relations between patterning, cognition, and achievement in reading and mathematicsIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Giulia Borriello delivers a seminar on their research - This talk focuses on a meta-analytic study investigating the magnitude of associations between patterning skills and academic achievement. Patterning (the ability to detect and extend a predictable sequence like ABB-ABB or 4-8-12) is purported to be a critical indicator of academic achievement trajectories, but this claim is based on a somewhat small literature of correlational studies. Results from this meta-analysis, which examined 71 papers and over 16,000 participants, demonstrate substantial associations between patterning and achievement in math and reading, even after accounting for effects of o...2025-01-3042 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Xiaoya Xun - Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Juvenile Delinquency: Comparing Moral Frameworks in China and the UKIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Xiaoya Xun delivers a seminar on their research - This lecture examines the feasibility of cross-cultural comparisons in the study of juvenile delinquency, focusing on China and the United Kingdom. It explores how cultural contexts shape moral understanding and influence responses to ethical dilemmas. Drawing on data from moral questionnaires administered to adolescents in both countries, the study highlights key differences in reactions to identical moral scenarios. Furthermore, it investigates the impact of these cultural variations on the prevalence and nature of youth crime. By analysing the interplay between moral frameworks and delinquent b...2025-01-3056 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Liberato Ferrara & Dr Estefania Cuenca Asensio - Forging the path to a Sustainable Built Environment: Shifting perspectives and practices in Concrete StructuresIAS Visiting Fellows Professor Liberato Ferrara & Dr Estefania Cuenca Asensio each deliver a seminar on their research, in a session fully titled “Forging the path to a Sustainable Built Environment: Shifting perspectives and practices in Concrete Structures" - Prof Liberato Ferrara - “A holistic approach to sustainability of concrete: upgrading the perspective from material to structural design and life cycle assessment.” The talk introduces a novel conceptual design approach for concrete structures within a holistic life cycle framework. Key to adopting material innovations in the construction industry, this conceptual design approach breaks from the traditional struct...2025-01-2455 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Tanja D. Hendriks - Disasters, Duties and Dependencies: Malawian civil servants in disaster relief interventionsIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Tanja D. Hendriks delivers a seminar on their research - Malawi is a donor-dependent country in southern Africa, at the forefront of experiencing the intensifying impacts of climate change. Its Department of Disaster Management Affairs (DODMA) is responsible for the coordination of disaster governance and relief interventions, but profoundly reliant on donor-funding to do so. Based on 20 months of ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the aftermath of Cyclone Idai (2019), Cyclone Freddy (2023) and an El Niňo-induced drought (2024), I zoom in on different characteristics of disaster governance, to show how despite its lack of resources a...2025-01-1555 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAn introduction to Research Summits for Loughborough Academics (Dec 2024)Recorded as part of a sandpit session for the new Research Summits, Director fo the IAS, Professor Ksenia Chmutina, outlines how the IAS can help support a week-long Research Summit, gathering international Fellows around key topics, to provide high quality legacy outcomes. This more recent session in December 2024 has greater context, as by then we had then hosted the Africa Summit - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/programmes/africa-summit/ For more details on Research Summits and how to apply to host one, please visit - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/opportunities...2024-12-1812 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Sarah Jewett & Professor Mike Wilson - Re-envisioning International PartnershipsFulbright Scholarship Fellow Dr Sarah Jewett and their host Professor Mike Wilson (SDCA) deliver a seminar on their research - International partnerships have often been lauded for fostering diverse perspectives and collaboration across global networks. Yet they often become best intentions embedded in signed artifacts and fixed institutional mechanisms. How can we envision and enact them as fluid sets of responsive practices that deepen both relationships and knowledge, and continuously draw on emerging priorities, aspirations and expertise? Come join Prof. Michael Wilson and Dr. Sarah Jewett as they discuss the ways they are rethinking traditional forms of...2024-12-131h 01

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Arnoud Arps - Memori Melompat: Jumping Memory, Popular Culture, and the Indonesian War of IndependenceIAS Residential Fellow Dr Arnoud Arps delivers a seminar on their research - This seminar uses Indonesian popular culture (film, historical re-enactment, and online music videos) about the Indonesian War of Independence (1945-1949) in its aim to understand ‘colonial histories’ from the decolonial non-Western perspective of the formerly colonised. In this seminar, I would like to critically scrutinise the idea that memory travels freely and discuss how a straightforward mobility of cultural memory does not apply to every local context. Memory in Indonesia travels temporarily, briefly, and not far. As a demonstrative semantic device, the Indonesian term memo...2024-12-1148 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Amrita Jash - China in the Middle East: Trends, Drivers and ImplicationsIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Amrita Jash delivers a seminar on their research - China’s evolving role in the Middle East is crucial for several reasons. While China’s growing influence in the Middle East is a recent but a significant trend with far-reaching consequences. Especially, against the China-brokered Saudi-Iran peace deal, the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, the tensions in the Red Sea and growing competition between China and the US, it has become imperative to understand how China is influencing the geopolitical landscape of Middle East. Once a distant observer, China has emerged as a key player in the...2024-12-1141 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastMs Maura Della Flora Flores - The User Experience in Design EducationIAS Visiting Fellow Ms Maura Della Flora Flores delivers a seminar on their research - Design education is undergoing constant evolution, keeping pace with the rapid availability of technological innovations and contemporary societal changes, which also necessitate new pedagogical approaches. In this sense, undergraduate design courses must be revised to meet these demands. An ongoing research project is investigating how professors and students interact in these new contexts, with preliminary results indicating that the relationship between professor and student goes beyond the simple transmission of knowledge, valuing personal and collaborative experiences. The research suggests that design education...2024-12-0232 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Achituv Cohen - Walkability: Geo-informatic Tools for Sustainable Urban MobilityIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Achituv Cohen delivers a seminar on their research - Walkability is a key element in modern urban planning, shaping cities' environmental, social, and economic dynamics. Factors such as street design, destination proximity, connectivity, and subjective perceptions like safety and comfort influence walkability. However, measuring it effectively remains challenging, particularly when combining both objective and subjective factors. In this seminar, Dr Cohen will share insights from his research and other studies on walkability measurement using Geographic Information System (GIS) and geospatial data science. He will explore how innovative methodologies, like machine and dee...2024-11-2747 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Terry Tao Ye - Passive Sensing and Battery-less Devices for e-Textile ApplicationsIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Terry Tao Ye delivers a seminar on their research - eTextile have been an active research focus in wearable electronics, where fabric-based sensors and devices are interconnected into Body Area Networks (BANs) to enable multi-dimensional, long-term, and real-time monitoring for athlete training, rehabilitation, and patient care applications. With numerous eTextile devices integrated into BANs, energy sourcing and data transmission have emerged as major challenges. Passive sensing techniques and battery-less embedded devices offer ideal solutions to these issues. By utilizing backscatter modulation or mutual electromagnetic (EM) coupling methods, sensing information can be efficiently extracted...2024-11-1850 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastCassie Thornton - Care in the RuinsRoundtable Discussion with IAS Visiting Fellow Cassie Thornton, guest speakers Dr Valeria Graziano, Evie Muir and Loughborough colleagues Dr Victoria Browne (International Relations, Politics and History), Dr Jade French (English and the Health Humanities) and Dr Catherine Coveney (Criminology, Sociology and Social Policy), moderated by Radar Curator Dr Lucy Lopez. As part of Cassie Thornton’s IAS fellowship, this roundtable discussion focuses on strategies for practicing care amidst the ruins: how can we engage in acts of solidarity, of rest, and of vital healthcare, when societal infrastructures fail? In addition to artist Cassie Thornton, we wi...2024-11-182h 19

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Vibrant and Inclusive Communities - Morning Session 2For the fourth day of the Africa Summit, we address the strategic theme area of Vibrant and Inclusive Communities. We have a panel discussion titled "Preserving cultural heritage and community identity in rapidly changing environment", chaired by Professor Ksenia Chmutina (ACME & IAS). Panel members will include IAS Visiting Fellows Dr Janet Febisola Adeyemi, Women In Mining Nigeria, Professor Cheryl Potgieter, Durban University of Technology, Nana Badu (Founder, Badu Sports) and Dr Jessica Noske-Turner (LUL). For more information about the IAS, please visit - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias 2024-11-041h 33

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Vibrant and Inclusive Communities - Morning Session 1For the fourth day of the Africa Summit, we address the strategic theme area of Vibrant and Inclusive Communities. We have a keynote speech from IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Cheryl Potgieter, Durban University of Technology, titled "Building vibrant and inclusive urban spaces: The role of inclusion in sustainable development". For more information about the IAS, please visit - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias 2024-11-0443 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Climate Change and Net-Zero - Afternoon SessionFor the third day of the Africa Summit, we address the strategic theme area of Climate Change and Net-Zero. We have a panel discussion titled "Exploring climate resilience", chaired by Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Climate Change and Net Zero, Professor John Downey, featuring panel members Professor Paula Griffiths (SSEHS), Dr Helen Osiolo (SSH and MECS), Dr Yasmeen Khalifa (SSH and MECS) and IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, University of Ghana. For more information about the IAS, please visit - https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias 2024-11-042h 00

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Climate Change and Net-Zero - Morning SessionFor the third day of the Africa Summit, we address the strategic theme area of Climate Change and Net-Zero. This session will be opened by Associate Pro Vice Chancellor for Climate Change and Net Zero, Professor John Downey. We have a first keynote speech titled "Status and pathways to net-zero in SSA: Strategies & challenges" by guest speaker Professor Matthew Leach (Emeritus Professor - University of Surrey) and then a second keynote speech titled "Impact of Extreme Weather Conditions on Healthcare Provision in Urban Ghana" by IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe. For more...2024-11-041h 48

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Sports, Health and Well-being - Afternoon SessionFor the second day of the Africa Summit, we address the strategic theme area of Sports, Health and Wellbeing. We have a panel discussion, titled "Gender and inclusion in sports - Strategies for enhancing inclusivity and empowerment through sports.", chaired by Dr Oliver Hooper (SSEHS), and featuring panel members Dr Mark Doidge (SSEHS), Dr Rachel Sandford (SSEHS), Dr Lombé Mwambwa (Research Director, Global Observatory for Gender Equality & Sport), Peter Musembe (BBC World Service) & IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Cheryl Potgieter (Durban University of Technology). For more information about the IAS, please visit - https://www.lboro.a...2024-11-041h 58

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Sports, Health and Well-being - Morning SessionFor the second day of the Africa Summit, we address the strategic theme area of Sports, Health and Wellbeing. This session is opened by Pro Vice Chancellor for Sport, Professor Jo Maher. We then have a keynote speech titled "The power of sports in shaping societies & community resilience – Lessons from the African continent", delivered by IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Lin Cherurbai Sambili-Gicheha, Advisor for Sport, Development and Peace at The Commonwealth Secretariat. Following this Dr Sambili-Gicheha will join a panel discussion, titled "Integrating sports with national health programs—Examining policy, sustainable sports facility infrastructure, and comm...2024-11-041h 58

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAfrica Summit - Launch & ExhibitionWe open with an introduction from Director of the IAS, Professor Ksenia Chmutina & Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Professor Daniel Parsons. Following this, Summit Co-Leads Dr Oluwasola (Sola) Afolabi (ABCE) & Dr Hibbah Araba Osei-Kwasi (SSEHS), give an overview of the week and also introduce two of our four IAS Visiting Fellows - Professor Samuel Nii Ardey Codjoe, University of Ghana and Professor Cheryl Potgieter, Durban University of Technology Our other two IAS Visiting Fellows join us later in the week - Dr Lin Cherurbai Sambili-Gicheha, The Commonwealth Secretariat and Dr Janet Febisola...2024-11-041h 06

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Sara Bonati - (Re)producing nature in climate change: examples from ItalyIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Sara Bonati delivers a seminar on their research - Climate change is reconfiguring the ways in which society relates with nature and conceptualises it. The challenges posed by climate change ask for innovative ways to approach ‘nature’, ‘work with’ it and ‘save’ it. The proposed presentation will focus on the ways nature is used, re-used, re-assembled, and re-conceptualised in the ongoing climate change debate, producing new socioecological relationships that shape new forms of ‘nature’. By proposing examples from Italy, as a country in the Mediterranean climate change hotspot, the presentation aims at critically reflect upon con...2024-10-1435 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAssociate Professor Christopher M. Campbell - Time will tell: Examining the potential effects of pre-arrest diversion efforts for drug offences using interrupted time-series analysesFulbright Scholarship Fellow Associate Professor Christopher M. Campbell delivers a seminar on their research - To combat drug use and possession while reducing systemic social harm (e.g., conviction records and incarceration) some localized jurisdictions in England have made an effort to divert some of the lowest-level offences to treatment, away from system sanctions. In an effort to gauge the aggregate impact of pre-arrest (police-led) diversion, we employ a synthetic control design in an interrupted time series analysis. Relying on quarterly data over the last 10 years from several policing areas in England, we compare jurisdictions that engaged i...2024-09-2534 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Ilya Chevyrev - Rough objects in probabilityIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Ilya Chevyrev delivers a seminar on their research - Probability theory frequently involves the study of very rough stochastic objects, such as Brownian motion, to which the usual rules of calculus do not apply. In the last 20 years, there have been significant developments in probability theory which allow us to make sense of such rough objects and study their properties. These developments in particular have given us methods to rigorously solve a wide class of stochastic (partial) differential equations. In this talk, Dr Chevyrev will give a brief introduction to this topic, describe...2024-09-1858 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAssociate Professor Janet Lawson - Classification as a factor that affects the quality of disabled athletes’ sport experiencesIAS Guest Speaker Associate Professor Janet Lawson delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled "Classification as a factor that affects the quality of disabled athletes’ sport experiences: Insights from a research program guided by the Knowledge to Action Framework" - An assistant professor at the University of Manitoba (Canada), Dr. Lawson’s research program seeks to understand the quality of disabled athletes’ experiences in sport. Specifically, she is interested in classification, the process by which ‘parasport’ competitions are organized, and the impact this can have on the overall quality of an athlete’s sport experience. This talk wil...2024-08-1643 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Ye Zhou - Tactile sensing deviceIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Ye Zhou delivers a seminar on their research - The imitation of tactile perception, synaptic processing, and neural coding functions in human sensory nerves has become an important development direction in neuromorphic electronic technology. The tactile perception system can be applied in multiple aspects and has enormous application prospects in fields such as human-computer interaction systems, intelligent robots, and mobile healthcare. Developing neuromorphic devices with tactile perception and processing capabilities, simulating the functions of biological brains and perception systems at the hardware level, is expected to achieve compatibility with biological neural signals, and...2024-08-1447 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Mariana Araujo Lamego & Professor André Reyes Novaes - Geographical Knowledge Mobilities in Brazil: one exhibition and one conferenceIAS Visiting Fellows Professor Mariana Araujo Lamego & Professor André Reyes Novaes deliver a seminar on their research - In our presentation, we delve into two compelling case studies that illuminate the mobility of geographical knowledge in Brazil. Our first case study examines how a Portuguese historian navigated geographical imaginations related to exploration and colonialism while curating a historical geographical exhibition in São Paulo in 1954. The second case study focuses on the circulation of academic travellers to the Rio de Janeiro 1956 International Geographical Conference. Our overarching goal is to unveil the intricate process behind the formation of Bra...2024-08-1352 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Zhen Wen - Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Self-powered SensingIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Zhen Wen delivers a seminar on their research - Tactile sensors have attracted much attention for their potential applications in health monitoring, wearable devices, electronic skin and smart robots, etc. A new generation of self-powered tactile sensor based on triboelectric nanogenerator has been developed in terms of its incomparable advantages in power consumption and potential performance. Based on the coupling effect of contact-electrification and electrostatic induction, it enables to obtain the information on the mechanical input, e.g., magnitude and frequency, by analysing electrical output signals. Intensive efforts have been devoted to improve...2024-07-2448 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Yolandi Burger & Ms Zandile Myeka - 'Named after Nelson' & digital creativity within archival practicesIn the lead up to International Nelson Mandela Day (18th July), IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Yolandi Burger & IAS Residential Fellow Ms Zandile Myeka deliver a dual seminar - Dr Yolandi Burger - Measuring Mandela: Co-designing his legacy and impact on urban places The "Named after Nelson" (NaN) project is a collaborative Global South and Global North project that utilised a co-design approach to integrate contributions from diverse stakeholders to memorialise Nelson Mandela's legacy in the metropolis. This initiative benefitted from the complexities inherent in co-design, including understanding the varied needs of diverse stakeholders, navigating power dynamics, and...2024-07-1548 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Erik P. Bucy - Learning from Media Scandal: How Coverage of Press Crises Primes...Fulbright Scholarship Fellow Professor Erik P. Bucy delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled "Learning from Media Scandal: How Coverage of Press Crises Primes Accountability and Reaffirms Faith in a Socially Responsible Press" - Can we learn from media scandal? This talk argues we can, by studying how coverage of scandal in the wake of crisis primes accountability and other press values, shaping attitudes about media performance generally and offending organizations more specifically. The broader project from which this work is derived examines media scandals and news dilemmas in cross-national perspective beginning with disclosures of the...2024-07-1046 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Rudabeh Shahid - Geopolitics and Statelessness in South AsiaIAS Residential Fellow Dr Rudabeh Shahid delivers a seminar on their research - This keynote speech addresses the issue of statelessness in South Asia, emphasizing the region's geopolitical dynamics. It begins by defining statelessness and discussing its impact on human rights. It continues by exploring historical factors that have contributed to statelessness, including the Partition of India and the legacy of colonialism. The talk additionally presents case studies from Myanmar and Sri Lanka, demonstrating how national policies and ethnic conflicts have resulted in large populations of stateless individuals, leading to severe socio-economic and political challenges. Additionally, the...2024-06-2637 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Alison Barnes - Graphic heritage: Politics, power & placemakingIAS Residential Fellow Dr Alison Barnes delivers a seminar on their research - Retail streets are full of graphic communication such as signage, imagery, pattern, and colour. This can be defined as a form of everyday urban graphic heritage that not only enables people to experience or be informed about heritage, but also informs our understanding of, and relationship with, place. This seminar will primarily focus on two very different shopping areas within Walthamstow in London, one of which has, in part, been the recipient of a planned National Lottery funded Townscape Heritage Regeneration scheme. By applying...2024-06-2054 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAssociate Professor Lisanne du Plessis - “Break free, grow tall, reach far” – a systems approach for STUNTING reductionIAS Visiting Fellow Associate Professor Lisanne du Plessis delivers a seminar on their research, fully titled "“Break free, grow tall, reach far” – a systems approach for STUNTING reduction" - The nutritional status of young children in South Africa is of great concern. Stunting in a quarter of children under five is particularly alarming, since it poses significant costs on health, cognitive development, schooling, and economic performance in future. Overweight and obesity in this age group is also on the increase. The multiple burdens of malnutrition reflects a food system that is failing. This stems from inequalities of the pa...2024-06-1944 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Helena D Cooper-Thomas - The trials and tribulations of entering a tournament workplace: The case of new Members of ParliamentIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Helena D Cooper-Thomas delivers a seminar on their research - Workplace tournaments are characterized by competitive environments where individuals vie for resources and advancement. Tournaments are particularly prevalent at senior levels, yet little is known about how elite newcomers experience and respond to such adversarial contexts. To address this gap, we conducted qualitative research with new members of New Zealand’s Parliament, drawing on interviews and media case studies. Our findings shed light on both the key tournament challenges faced by elite newcomers and how these newcomers use promote and protect reputational strategies to n...2024-06-1131 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Niels Ørtenblad - Muscle failure: the role and mechanisms of energy in skeletal muscle fatigueAs part of the IAS Festival of Failure, IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Niels Ørtenblad delivers a seminar, with an introduction on sporting failure from Pro Vice-Chancellor for Sport, Professor Jo Maher. Skeletal muscles have an impressive force and power generating capacity. However, with intense or prolonged activation muscle function is reduced, termed fatigue. Despite a broad interest of the scientific community, fundamental questions remain unsolved about how activation per se is affected by exercise or disuse and how metabolism affects muscle regulation. It is herein remarkable how precise skeletal muscle fibers with a high and fluctuating energy-turnover, b...2024-06-0754 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Ruqiang Yan - Physics-Informed Deep Learning Empowering Intelligent Fault DiagnosisAs part of the IAS Festival of Failure, IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Ruqiang Yan delivers a seminar - The Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) system revolutionizes the management of complex high-end equipment throughout its entire lifecycle, enabling intelligent operation and maintenance in the era of Industry 4.0. Within this system, fault diagnosis plays a pivotal role and is undergoing significant transformation. Presently, data-intensive science, propelled by deep learning, has surpassed the constraints of physics-based models in handling big data, emerging as a crucial approach for diagnosis. However, the lack of intuitive comprehension of physics models presents challenges to...2024-06-0751 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastAssociate Professor Wyke Stommel - (Resolving) failure in interaction with a robotAs part of the IAS Festival of Failure, IAS Visiting FellowAssociate Professor Wyke Stommel delivers a seminar on their area of research - In this presentation, I argue that failure is an endogenous phenomenon, something participants establish locally and collaboratively in social interaction. Failure in social interaction may consist of misunderstandings, disagreement or some other social problem, reaching the interactional level in retro-sequences (Schegloff, 2007) of ostensibly noticings, either overtly or indirectly (e.g., laughter, initiation of repair). I examine fragments of interaction between a robot, a nurse and an elderly person, in which the participants notice some...2024-06-0741 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Antulio J. Echevarria II - Conflict & strategic policy failureAs part of the IAS Festival of Failure, IAS Visiting Fellow Professor Antulio J. Echevarria II delivers a seminar on their area of research - This presentation draws from a monograph (under development) that contributes to debates concerning the West's failure to deter Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the implications for Integrated Deterrence. First, it describes the deterrence policy and supporting strategy the US and NATO implemented vis-à-vis Ukraine. If the West had no deterrence strategy in place, there's no point critiquing it. Second, it offers an alternative to the West's risk-averse approach t...2024-06-0749 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastFestival of Failure Launch - Dr Michael ShawThe opening plenary session of the Festival of Failure is an opportunity for all to meet, connect and discuss notions of failure across the university’s disciplines; to consider how its disadvantages can be minimised and some of its potential benefits exploited. Recent events show how failure can affect entire nations as well as individuals be it physically, socially or mentally. From the world’s conflict zones and the migration of peoples, to the welfare of athletes and management of crime, across society and countries there is a pattern of failure to act or failure from acting. With...2024-06-0714 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastFestival of Failure Launch - Professor Lisa JacksonThe opening plenary session of the Festival of Failure is an opportunity for all to meet, connect and discuss notions of failure across the university’s disciplines; to consider how its disadvantages can be minimised and some of its potential benefits exploited. Recent events show how failure can affect entire nations as well as individuals be it physically, socially or mentally. From the world’s conflict zones and the migration of peoples, to the welfare of athletes and management of crime, across society and countries there is a pattern of failure to act or failure from acting. With...2024-06-0719 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastFestival of Failure Launch - Dr Mark BurnleyThe opening plenary session of the Festival of Failure is an opportunity for all to meet, connect and discuss notions of failure across the university’s disciplines; to consider how its disadvantages can be minimised and some of its potential benefits exploited. Recent events show how failure can affect entire nations as well as individuals be it physically, socially or mentally. From the world’s conflict zones and the migration of peoples, to the welfare of athletes and management of crime, across society and countries there is a pattern of failure to act or failure from acting. With...2024-06-0712 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastFestival of Failure Launch - Dr Afzal AshrafThe opening plenary session of the Festival of Failure is an opportunity for all to meet, connect and discuss notions of failure across the university’s disciplines; to consider how its disadvantages can be minimised and some of its potential benefits exploited. Recent events show how failure can affect entire nations as well as individuals be it physically, socially or mentally. From the world’s conflict zones and the migration of peoples, to the welfare of athletes and management of crime, across society and countries there is a pattern of failure to act or failure from acting. With...2024-06-0714 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastFestival of Failure Launch - Introductory RemarksThe opening plenary session of the Festival of Failure is an opportunity for all to meet, connect and discuss notions of failure across the university’s disciplines; to consider how its disadvantages can be minimised and some of its potential benefits exploited. Recent events show how failure can affect entire nations as well as individuals be it physically, socially or mentally. From the world’s conflict zones and the migration of peoples, to the welfare of athletes and management of crime, across society and countries there is a pattern of failure to act or failure from acting. With...2024-06-0715 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Joel Stillerman - Identity Investments: Middle-class Responses to Precarious Privilege in Neoliberal ChileIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Joel Stillerman delivers a seminar on their research - This presentation provides an overview of conceptual and empirical arguments from the book, Identity Investments. It uses the concepts of identity investments and precarious privilege to understand Chile’s middle classes in contrast to other studies that emphasize opportunity hoarding and social mobility. Identity investments are deeply held values that motivate middle class market behaviour. The presentation will explore the identity investments of four middle class groups – activists, moderate Catholics, youngsters, and pragmatists, which differ in ideological orientation, age cohort membership, economic position, and resi...2024-05-3043 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Ana Isabel Zermeño Flores - Rethinking Research Practices: Artificial Intelligence, Epistemic Biases, and Decolonization of KnowledgeIAS Visiting Fellow Professor Ana Isabel Zermeño Flores delivers a seminar on their research - The Institute for Media and Creative Industries and the Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) at Loughborough University are delighted to host an IMCI Speaker Series talk by Prof. Ana Isabel Zermeño Flores This discussion explores the intricacies that arise when individuals interact with artificial intelligence and digital technologies in the process of knowledge generation. Using a recent literature review as a case study, the potential presence of biases that might distort the studied reality and contribute to epistemic in...2024-05-3035 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation - IMCI Speaker Series: Gestation and StorytellingThe Institute for Media and Creative Industries (IMCI) and the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) at Loughborough University are pleased to present a Speaker Series on Gestation and Storytelling. During this great round of conversations, three great women share their experience about how stories about gestation, reproduction, birth, and parenting are transmitted through generations and communities, framing the way people deal with carrying and caring life. They also discuss how mainstream channels (media, health systems, government, NGOs etc) proliferate stories about gestation that help (or not) the situation in the community level. Our speakers are...2024-05-181h 56

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Justice - Dr Sophie LewisAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Sophie Lewis delivers their thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary field, sp...2024-05-1818 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Justice - Dr Burçe ÇelikAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', guest speaker Dr Burçe Çelik devliers their thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary field, span...2024-05-1817 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Justice - Ms Nompumelelo GumedeAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', IAS Visiting Fellow Ms Nompumelelo Gumede devliers their thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary field, sp...2024-05-1818 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Justice - Introductory RemarksAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', Theme Co-Lead Dr Pandora Syperek introduces this roundtable session. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary field, spanning sport, health an...2024-05-1807 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Ecologies - Dr Luiza PradoAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Luiza Prado delivers their thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary field, sp...2024-05-1818 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Ecologies - Dr Lindsay Jane BarnesAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Lindsay Jane Barnes delivers their thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary fi...2024-05-1817 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Ecologies - Dr Åsa Virdi KroikAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Åsa Virdi Kroik delivers their thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary fie...2024-05-1816 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Ecologies - Professor Barry BoginAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', guest speaker Professor Barry Bogin delivers his thoughts on the topic. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and practices that extend beyond the flesh. Gestation forms an inherently interdisciplinary field, spanning sp...2024-05-1818 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastGestation: Ecologies - Introductory RemarksAs part of the IAS Annual Theme for 2023-2024 'Gestation: Bodies, Technologies, Ecologies, Justice', Associate Dean for Research and Innovation Professor Aidan McGarry, and Theme Co-Leads Dr Pandora Syperek and Dr Ana Christina Suzina introduce this roundtable session. Gestation is an incontrovertibly universal yet deeply varied experience, with complex concerns arising recently through the rollback of women’s rights, gestational inequalities and neo-natal trajectories, imbrication in neo-fascist discourse and novel methods for reproduction, kinship and care. It is a complex negotiation of culture, technology, biology and politics constituted relationally through entanglements of human and non-human agents and pr...2024-05-1814 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastEnemy Feminisms: Sophie Lewis in conversation with Victoria Browne and Jilly Boyce KaySophie Lewis, author of the forthcoming book Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation, is in conversation with Victoria Browne and Jilly Boyce Kay. The book presents a left, transfeminist takedown of the notion that feminism is an inherent political good. It identifies a wide range of feminisms – from 19th century imperialist feminism to contemporary anti-abortion and TERF feminisms - that must be understood as enemies of liberatory feminism, and fought against as such. The respondents will offer reflections on the significance of the book for contemporary left feminism, as well as for their own work on reproductive polit...2024-05-181h 19

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Marina Cino Pagliarello - Universities as informal diplomatic actors?IAS Visiting Fellow Dr Marina Cino Pagliarello delivers a seminar on their research - In today's world, 'knowledge' is key to providing the foundation for informed decision-making and creative solutions to global challenges. As universities extend their impact beyond traditional academic roles, they emerge as informal diplomatic actors, wielding their knowledge-driven initiatives to contribute to global cooperation and address shared challenges, including public health crises, climate change, and geopolitical tensions. However, very little is known about how universities achieve their diplomatic aims beyond conventional diplomacy approaches and engage in informal diplomacy through teaching and learning, research, student ini...2024-05-1739 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Adam Heathcote - From diatoms to DNA: lakes as sentinels of global changeIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Adam Heathcote delivers a seminar on their research - Although lakes make up a relatively small proportion of the Earth' surface, they are optimally situated in the landscape to serve as sentinels of natural and human-induced global change. Lakes sit at the base of terrestrial catchments and integrate information which flows into them through stream networks or is deposited from the atmosphere. Using a variety of biological and geochemical proxies, we can use lakes to reconstruct everything from the historic and ongoing impacts of anthropogenic eutrophication to the effects of an increasingly warm plan...2024-05-0843 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastProfessor Jane Chin Davidson - Environmental Performance: Art, Science, and Trans Terminology for Ecological Justice in the Global ContextIAS Residential Fellow Professor Jane Chin Davidson delivers a seminar on their research - Artists since the 1960s-70s have used performance to restore environmentally fragile sites and to stage activist events in locations impacted by anthropogenic climate and species devastation. An archival effort to document these works, this project seeks to develop trans-disciplinary methodologies for studying environmental art; including the past and present activism of artists, such as for the Fruit Routes project here at the Loughborough campus, revealing the ways in which art and science can be used to engage communities at the grassroots level....2024-04-2452 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Ben Robinson - Engaging the Entire Humanitarian Clean Cooking System: Unlocking Institutional ScaleIAS Residential Fellow Dr Ben Robinson delivers a seminar on their research - The vast majority of the 110 million forcibly displaced people on our planet do not have access to modern, reliable, and sustainable energy systems and services. Currently, access energy across the humanitarian system relies on diesel powered generators – yet, this is not sufficient. People are forced to take matters into their own hands relying on polluting, often unsustainably sourced, and unhealthy fuels for their heating, lighting, and cooking needs. Despite the cost of renewable energy technologies falling, the uptake of these “cleaner” solutions has been low acros...2024-03-2051 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Yoel Asseraf and Professor Kalanit Efrat - Manifesting Chutzpah in business: How Chutzpadik behaviour affects advertising effectiveness and export performanceIAS Visiting Fellows Dr Yoel Asseraf and Professor Kalanit Efrat deliver a seminar on their research - Chutzpah helps you stand out. This is particularly evident in advertising (through differentiation), and exporting (increasingly predicated on entrepreneurship). Yet, knowledge of Chutzpadik behavior in business in general, and advertising and exporting in particular, is fragmented. We present the results of studies that a) define and delineate Chutzpadik behaviour in business, and b) examine its consequences for advertising effectiveness and export performance. Three sets of in-depth interviews with advertising executives, general public, and export managers reveal three Chutzpadik dimensions: norm viol...2024-03-1538 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Jonny Hansen - Electric Vehicle (EV) Tribology & TechnologyIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Jonny Hansen delivers a seminar on their research - This talk explores the key role of tribology in advancing electric vehicle (EV) mobility. Emphasizing the intricate connection between the electrical and lubrication regimes in EV bearing contacts, the presentation highlights the challenges posed by electrified conditions to the traditionally considered relative safety of the elasto-hydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) regime. Accurate assessments of the EHL to mixed lubrication (ML) transition are urgently needed. However, conventional methods like Tallian’s lambda ratio prove inadequate, potentially leading to false indications of ML and the absence of el...2024-03-1251 min

Loughborough Institute of Advanced Studies PodcastDr Daniel Boateng - Being active in Ghana: A CLiMB Ghana studyIAS Visiting Fellow Dr Daniel Boateng delivers a seminar on their research - The Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) is collaborating with colleagues from institutions in Ghana (CLiMB-Ghana), to conduct a descriptive cross-sectional study in six regions of Ghana, with two regions each selected from the southern, middle, and northern parts of Ghana. In 2022, 19% and 25% of the adult male and female populations respectively, in Ghana were physically inactive. However, efforts to address physical inactivity in the population lags behind other health priorities. Using a survey, the study aims to assess a range of feasible physical act...2024-03-0435 min