Inaugural Lecture Series

Inaugural Lectures are an essential feature of faculty life, providing an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our distinguished academics who have recently been promoted to professorial positions, and to showcase the breadth and depth of the faculty’s outstanding research.

The Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences (FELS) continues to value the tradition, encouraging new Professors to deliver them, and all staff and students to attend.

Inaugural Lectures are a public event and open to everyone - you do not have to be an expert in the field to attend. The University extends the invitation to these lectures to all members of staff, students and their guests as well as our campus partners, and the local community.

Upcoming Inaugural Lectures

There are currently no upcoming lectures. Please see all our lecture videos from 2025 here.

Previous Inaugural Lectures

Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Amputees: research at the interface between engineering and health

Professor Pete Worsley (School of Health Sciences)


20 June 2025

 

Beyond the medical model: How neurodivergent voices changed the way I do autism research

Professor Hanna Kovshoff (School of Psychology)


20 June 2025

 

Using chemistry to unveil the hidden lives of fishes

Professor Clive Trueman (School of Ocean and Earth Science)


18 June 2025

 

Food aid and fish fingers: towards a fairer food system

Professor Dianna Smith (School of Geography and Environmental Science)


18 June 2025

 

TLS: Telling Landscape Stories (or playing with laser patterns in deserts)

Professor Jo Nield (School of Geography and Environmental Science)

10 April 2025

 

Protein crystallography, a journey into time and space

Professor Ivo Tews (School of Biological Sciences)


10 April 2025