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The Institute of Advanced Studies’ Visiting Fellowship programmes bring outstanding academics and researchers from global leading institutions to our campus. The IAS welcomes nominations of Distinguished Fellows and Vanguard Fellows, with follow-on funds available to support future research ideas. For further information please contact Sue Gilligan.
IAS Workshops Enabling the development of new ideas; bringing together expertise from across the breadth of our University.
Research Investment Scheme: For further development of ideas following an IAS workshop or visiting fellowship.
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IAS Children and Childhoods Network
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The Call is now open for applications for Junior and Senior Fellowships 2019 on ‘Parliaments and Democracy in Africa’ at the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA), University of Ghana. Fellowships would be from September to December 2019, and the deadline is November 30, 2018. More detailed information can be found at their website.
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Congratulations to our UBIAS Network colleagues ZiF
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50 years ago the Center for Interdisciplinary Research was founded as the nucleus of the new University at Bielefeld, inspired by the institutes in Princeton and Stanford. This month the ZiF celebrates 50 years of organising and supporting cross-disciplinary international research, including the work of several Nobel Laureates.
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Upcoming Workshops and Events
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13 December, 12:30 – 14:00
Robotics-enabled Sustainable Manufacturing
Speaker: Dr Wenjun Xu, IAS Vanguard Fellow, Wuhan University of Technology
Sustainable manufacturing is a novel manufacturing model for balanced development. This lecture will cover exciting developments in this crucial field such as in industrial cloud robotics, energy-efficient robotised manufacturing, and human-robot collaboration in disassembly. All staff and students are welcome to attend.
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February
Humour and Resilience in the Face of (everyday) Global Challenges
Workshop Leader: Dr Laura Martin, History and Cultures, and Dr Stephen Forcer, Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music
Humour is universal; it has been fundamental to some of the greatest feats of human creativity and experience, from major works of culture to survival in concentration camps. This IAS workshop will discuss: How is humour understood and engaged with in different areas of study? How can humour be used to resist or alleviate live real-world problems?
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7 February
The Citizen in Citizen Science
Workshop leader Dr Vanessa Heggie, Institute of Applied Health Research.
Citizen science has become a significant form of scientific practice with interdisciplinary voices. This workshop will go beyond current analyses by bringing together practitioners, participants & critics for an interdisciplinary interrogation of the word ‘citizen’ in the phrase ‘citizen science’.
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Call for Papers
Anonymity: Past, Present and Futures unknown
Workshop Leaders: Prof Jonathan Reinarz, , and Dr Rebecca Wynter, Institute of Applied Health Research
Anonymity has become a defining feature of twenty-first century culture. This workshop will explore how one lives in a world without anonymity, how and why some people lived anonymously in the past and others try to continue to do so today. Abstracts are warmly invited from subjects including (but not limited to): Philosophy, Politics, Law, Literature, Medicine, Media, Business, History, Sociology, Architecture and Engineering.
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