Posts tagged with ‘public lecture’
Pops and promos: speech and silence in professional wrestling
Dr Claire Warden, De Montfort University, presents the lecture, ‘Pops and promos: speech and silence in professional wrestling’.
Tags: culture, De Montfort University, popular culture, Popular Culture Lecture Series, public lecture, sport, television, wrestling
The Benefits of Fungal Sex
In this inaugural lecture, Professor Paul S Dyer, BA, MA, PhD, will speak on the topic of ‘The Benefits of Fungal Sex’. Professor Dyer is Professor of Fungal Biology, School of Life Sciences.
Tags: biology, fungus, inaugural lecture, Paul Dyer, public lecture, reproduction, School of Life Sciences
Can high-speed rail transform a region’s economy? HS2 in the East Midlands
Professor Roger Vickerman, University of Kent, will deliver the talk ‘Can high-speed rail transform a region’s economy? HS2 in the East Midlands’. Presented by the Aerospace and Transport Technologies Research Priority Area.
Tags: aerospace, Aerospace and Transport Technologies, Aerospace and Transport Technologies Research Priority Area, public lecture, rail, RPA, transport, travel
Who pays to avoid climate change, and how much does it cost?
Climate change economics predominantly frames climate policy as an inter-generational problem, which requires current generations to sacrifice their own material well-being for the future, and makes environmental outcomes dependent on ethical, economic, and geo-physical considerations. In this lecture, Professor Armon Rezai will review the assumption and arguments underlying Utilitarian cost-benefit analysis and present mechanisms of avoiding the climate sacrifice. Refocusing the climate debate in this manner emphasizes conflicts within rather than between generations.
Tags: Armon Rezai, climate, climate change, environment, ESRC, public lecture
Transition to low carbon: the role for nuclear in a UK low carbon economy – large reactors and SMRs
New nuclear power stations could form an important part of an affordable UK transition to a low carbon economy by 2050. However there is a range of constraints which could impact their rate of deployment and their ultimate capacity limit in the UK. The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has completed two projects intended to better understand the constraints and opportunities for new nuclear. In this lecture, Mike Middleton of the ETI will summarise the results from these projects and the insights gained into the potential deployment of both large nuclear power stations and Small Modular Reactors in the UK.
Tags: carbon, carbon emissions, energy, Energy Technologies Institute, Energy Technologies Research Institute, public lecture, sustainability
Liquid children: reflections on the movements forced migrant children towards their ‘best interests’
The University of Nottingham Children and Childhood Network is pleased to announce its 2016 annual lecture to be delivered by Professor Ravi KS Kohli. The lecture will be followed by a reception at Highfield House.
Tags: children, Children and Childhood Annual Lecture, Children and Childhood Network, health, public lecture, Ravi Kohli, Rights and Justice, welfare
The 2016 presidential election in Taiwan: new wine in a new bottle?
The Taiwan Studies Programme is delighted to announce that Professor Jason Hu, of the Want Want Group and former Mayor of Taichung, will present the Taiwan Studies Programme Lecture on ‘The 2016 Presidential Election in Taiwan: New Wine in A New Bottle?’.
Tags: China Policy Institute, public lecture, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, Taiwan, Taiwan Studies Programme
Couple mobility in societal context
Join Professor Mark Smith, Grenoble Ecole de Management, for the talk ‘Couple mobility in societal context’.
Tags: Centre for Identity Citizenship Equalities and Migration, ICEMiC, Nottingham University Business School, public lecture, School of Sociology and Social Policy
The past and future role of organic synthesis in drug discovery
In this Science Public Lecture, Dr David Lathbury, Astute Chemical Development Consultancy, will discuss ‘The past and future role of organic synthesis in drug discovery’.
Tags: Chemistry, public lecture, School of Chemistry, School of Physics, science, science public lecture series
Social class in the 21st century
The School of Sociology and Social Policy are delighted to welcome Professor Mike Savage, Department of Sociology at LSE, to talk on ‘Social class in the 21st century’.
Tags: class, Mike Savage, policy, public lecture, School of Sociology and Social Policy, social, sociology