The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies

Virtual seminars

Meet associate members and fellows from the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) and discover their unique passion for curiosity-driven research. Learn why interdisciplinary, open-ended research is more important than ever as the world seeks new solutions and breakthrough ideas. Through the seminar series, we spotlight the unique opportunities provided by LIAS and learn more about the research and experience of our members. 

Forthcoming seminars

Speakers and topics to be confirmed

Previous seminars

Our Shared Research Journey

LIAS Fellow Alumna Professor Linda Theron and LIAS Associate Member Dr Diane Levine discuss their research aiming to understand what helps Africa(n) children and young people cope well when life is hard, including their journey to success with a newly awarded Wellcome Trust Discovery grant.

Understanding Phanerozoic Mass Extinctions: How Mathematical Modelling Can Contribute?

Professor Sergei Petrovskiy (School of Computing and Mathematic Sciences) discusses his model which demonstrates how species extinction or survival following a climate change depends on the interplay between the magnitude of the climate change and the rate of species' adaptive evolution.

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