IAS Programmes

The IAS aims to support both focused and wide-ranging research initiatives across the breadth of the University.

Research Summits

The IAS presents a new programme launching in the 2024-25 academic year, Research Summits. These are opportunities for academic colleagues from both º¬Ðß²ÝÊÓƵ and London campuses to bring leading international scholars – academics, policy-makers, artists, activists and/or public intellectuals, for a week long research forum setting an international agenda in thought leadership.

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Africa Summit

Resilience and adaptability for climate changes: Lessons from Sub-Sahara Africa

Themes

From 2017 to 2024, the IAS ran a programme of annual themes. This was retired at the end of the 2023-24 academic year, to move to a Research Summit format as detailed above, however all previous Themes are accessible below.

Previous IAS Annual Themes

Past Themes

Spotlight Series / Roundtables / Festivals

The IAS has the opportunity to run a wide variety of Spotlights, Roundtables & Festivals through it's programming.

Details on Spotlights, Roundtables & Festivals, ocurring during the 2024-25 academic year, are currently being finalised and will be announced here shortly.

Previous IAS Spotlight Series / Roundtables / Festivals

Past Spotlight Series / Roundtables / Festivals