Loughborough IAS

Institute of Advanced Studies, Dr Gemma Sou, IAS Residential Fellow, Monash University Gemma is a human geographer based at Monash University, Australia. Her research sits in the broad field of critical disaster geographies and seeks to understand how disasters are experienced, navigated and tackled across different scales - with a geographical focus on small islands in the "global south".

Dr Gemma Sou's inspirational presentation on 'Worldmaking the global climate order' @lboroias.bsky.social is now available online ⬇️

www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

A superb opportunity to join us for a Residential Fellowship @lboroias.bsky.social! www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias... Does your work resonate with areas of specialism in @lborogeog.bsky.social? Get in touch with our academic colleagues to explore further: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS Emerita Professor Marsha Meskimmon - From the Star of Bethlehem to a Cool Yule...

As a lovely send off into the holiday period, we had our Inaugural IAS Festive Lecture last week, delivered by Emerita Professor and Former Director of the IAS, Marsha Meskimmon - youtu.be/XWRQkVyBqqc
Enjoy with a mince pie for the full benefit!

Intergenerational genealogies: Feminist Art History and the legacy of the avant-garde Hybrid - International House & Zoom Webinar, 26 November 2025, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

🌺 Thx to the @lboroias.bsky.social, today I'll be delivering a modest talk on how some of Social and Feminist Art History's normative concerns can be traced in Rosa Luxemburg, Lu Märten and Hannah Höch:

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We have a packed calendar for the run up to Christmas, covering a wide variety of topics as always, including - democracy in sport, collective effervescence, feminist art history and environmental exposure for health. Book your place now! - bit.ly/ias-events

Academics from both institutions are welcome to join an online sandpit session about the Fellowship at 10am on 29th Oct to learn more - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

We're delighted to announce a new funding opportunity - A joint Fellowship between both @lboroias.bsky.social and Leicester IAS. More details on the Opportunity page here - bit.ly/3VksLJY

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS Professor Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi - Integrating NEETs into economic and social life

It's a been a pleasure to have Professor Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi here with us this week from the West Ukrainian National University. His talk "Integrating NEETs into economic and social life: challenges and opportunities" is now uploaded here - youtu.be/mPQ-fpLrWFs

IAS Spotlight - Women in Sport 2025-26 - YouTube

A fantastic way to kick off the new academic year, the IAS Spotlight 'Women in Sport' ran on Monday & Tuesday of this week, all three sessions were recorded and are now on our IAS YouTube Channel here - www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

We may be heading into the summer break, but that doesn't mean we don't have a great program of events ahead! See details on our Women in Sport Spotlight Series, Graphic Reportage during the Arab Spring, Integrating NEETs, Reproductive Justice and more -
bit.ly/ias-events

@kschmutina.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social

Current Loughborough Doctoral Researchers, come and work with us at the IAS!
A fixed term role for one year, at six hours per week, supporting our visiting Fellows, their events, and ongoing Legacy, more details here -
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We have plenty of varied events coming up at the IAS, all free to attend, covering Peatland Streams, Research Culture, Petrine Russia, Droplet-Droplet Collisions, the use of Sports in International Law, and Storytelling for Inclusion and Development! - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

Welcome back from your Easter Break, we hope you are well rested and ready to join us at a wide variety of talks in the coming months, all detailed on our event page here - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

@kschmutina.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social

Another week, another funding deadline at the IAS!

@lborouniversity.bsky.social colleagues - Applications for the next quarter of Open Programme Fellows closes this Friday, more details here - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

Treat yourself to an early egg once you've submitted! 🥚🍫

Reminder for @lborouniversity.bsky.social colleagues - This Friday is the deadline for applications to host an IAS Research Summit!
More details here - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

Read this book! 🔥
You can also watch Sophie Lewis about this book - and her other amazing work - at our @lboroias.bsky.social seminar last year: youtu.be/MBGkeY4z-IU?...

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS Dr Ranit Chatterjee - Building Ecosystem Service Resilience through Customary Regulatory Mechanism..

Another great talk added to our Video Library from this week, Dr Ranit Chatterjee discusses Customary Regulations in the Indian Sundarbans - youtu.be/4S6ViLaWZts?...

@bedforms.bsky.social @kschmutina.bsky.social @lboropr.bsky.social

International Researchers! Only 1 month left to the deadline for our Residential Fellowship programe - Friday 25th April. Stay @lborouniversity.bsky.social for a month, spend time collaborating, writing, and meet a wide variety of other Fellows doing the same!
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Great to note that our IAS Residential Fellow Dr Ranit Chatterjee, here with us now for March, is Guest Editing 2 Special Issues - www.mdpi.com/journal/sust...
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www.mdpi.com/journal/arch...

Reminder for any international researchers interested in a month long Residential Fellowship with us @lborouniversity.bsky.social - The deadline is Friday 25th April, for visits occurring in the 2025-26 academic year. More info and application details here -
www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

Of Disruptions, Fragmented Realities, and Fluid Boundaries... International House, 27 March 2025, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Upcoming session for Lboro Post Grads, with IAS Residential Fellow Dr Maria Carinnes Alejandria, "Of Disruptions, Fragmented Realities, and Fluid Boundaries"-

📆 - 27th March
🕒- 3pm
📍- International House

Lboro Post Grads - Book your place now!

www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS Dr Anshuman Sharma - Role of human factors in microscopic traffic flow models

For our final IAS seminar of February, Visiting Fellow Dr Anshuman Sharma discusses "The Role of human factors in microscopic traffic flow models", now available on our YouTube Channel - youtu.be/SmCV2n6a8lQ?...

Research Seminar - Dr Anshuman Sharma Hybrid - International House & Zoom Webinar, 27 February 2025, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm

Don't miss your chance to join us this Thursday at 12 noon, for a research seminar by IAS visiting Fellow Dr Anshuman Sharma, who specialises in Transportation Engineering, and is hosted by Lboro's Dr Yasir Ali, more details here - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

The first of our outputs from Tanja's visit to @lboroias.bsky.social is a blog post considering the role that data plays, for better and worse, in disaster risk reduction and response.

Thanks to @disastersradix.bsky.social for hosting us!

Bridging academic research and practices in disaster management International House, 28 March 2025, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon

Upcoming session for Lboro Post Grad Researchers, with IAS Residential Fellow Dr Ranit Chatterjee "Bridging academic research and practices in disaster management"-

📆 - 28th March
🕚 - 11am
📍 - International House

Book your in-person place now - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

We have plenty of exciting events with visiting Fellows planned in for the next few months here at the IAS, book your place to join us now! www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

YouTube video by Loughborough University IAS Dr Carla Baptista - Imagining Democracy in Television: Portugal 1974-1976

A great IAS talk yesterday, using fascinating archival footage, from Residential Fellow Dr Carla Baptista - 'Imagining Democracy in Television. Portugal 1974-1976' - youtu.be/a5h2luXf8_c?...