Previous Inaugural Lectures

We were promised killer robots. We got ChatGPT. What does that mean for digital trust?

Professor Oli Buckley

Department of Computer Science
- 22 April 2026
- 5pm
Preserving our intellectual heritage: Does open access go far enough?

Professor Jenny Fry

School of Design & Creative Arts
- 22 April 2026
- 5pm
How does communication enhance social change and social justice? Unpacking and redeveloping critical communication research

Professor Thomas Tufte

Institute for Creative Futures
- 11 March 2026
- 5pm
How can the relationship between international economic law and planetary (in)justices be reconceived?

Professor Donatella Alessandrini

Loughborough Law
- 11 March 2026
- 5pm
A disturbance in the forge: manufacturing awakens

Professor Moataz Attallah

Department of Materials
- 11 February 2026
- 5pm
Tales of competition, regulation and market power – and other stories economists tell their children and graduate students

Professor Farasat Bokhari

Business School
- 11 February 2026
- 5pm
Is it time to rethink who leads and how they emerge through the lens of power and empowerment?

Professor Zeynep Aycan

Business School
- 19 November 2025
- 5pm
Traditions of Practice in Physical Education and Why We Need New Ones

Professor Ashley Casey

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
- 19 November 2025
- 5pm
How environmental flows are shaping a sustainable energy transition

Professor Robert Dorrell

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
- 8 October 2025
- 5pm
How do we improve the effectiveness of assistive technology with a human factors approach?

Professor Mike Fray

School of Design & Creative Arts
- 8 October 2025
- 5pm

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