Looking Ahead...
2011-12 Futures II Themes
Life of the Frontier Exaptation
Uncertainty and Technological Change
The IAS plans to build on its achievements in the first five years to ensure that research at Durham continues to be enhanced by interdisciplinary thinking; that the work of Durham University continues to be showcased on an international stage; that the IAS is seen as a leading Institute of Advanced Study internationally among natural scientists, social scientists and scholars in the arts and humanities; that Durham University is on the map nationally and internationally as a venue and forum for high-level policy debates; and that cutting-edge research and ideas continue to be communicated to the public.
The IAS has continued to focus on these aims with its 2011-12 theme on Futures II. This will bring to Durham the very best up-and-coming and established researchers, artists, and intellectuals from across the globe and from all disciplines. They will develop a programme that includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary seminars, workshops, conferences and public lectures that covers a spectrum of ideas. The Futures II year, 2011-12, will therefore develop the Fellowship programme around intra- inter- and multi-disciplinary ventures that could become centres of excellence for Durham. This includes a programme considering a number of key research areas (see box out, right).
The annual theme continues to allow the IAS to engage a very wide range of subject areas, build core strengths, and develop novel synergies and innovative programmes of work at the interface of established specialisms at Durham. The theme will also act as a catalyst for new research.
New Story Lines for Living with Environmental Change: Citizens' Perspectives Hearing the Voice The Recovery of Beauty
Translating Cultures: Purpose, Process and Consequence Biofuels
Science and Society
Quantifying Output Uncertainty in Models used for Climatic Change Research
Evolutionary Medicine Future-proofing Eye Function
2012-13 Time Themes
The Geometry of Time Reconstructing Time Time and the Present Scaling Time Experiencing Time Narrating Time
For information on the IAS’s forthcoming annual themes, see:
www.durham.ac.uk/ias/themes/
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