IAS workshops
The Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) facilitates a range of researcher-led interdisciplinary workshops.
Launching the MENA Health Research Network
18 - 20 November 2024
The workshop aims to establish a dynamic, interdisciplinary network dedicated to addressing the most pressing health challenges in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. By convening leading experts from a diverse range of fields, including medicine, public health, social sciences, clinical trials, bioinformatics, genetics and genomics, and molecular and cellular biology and pharmacology, we will foster collaboration, catalyse innovative research, and enhance the University of Birmingham's global impact.
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Workshop Leader: Professor Rachel Jordan, Institute of Applied Health Research.
This workshop will take place at our University of Birmingham Dubai campus. To find out more about this workshop please email V.T.Bejai@bham.ac.uk.
History of the Business of Slavery & Implications for Business Research
Thursday 28 November 2024
The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars to explore the influence of widely defined business practices from the perspective of business organisations or people in relation to the development of slavery, slave trade and enslavement.
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Workshop Leader: Professor Stephanie Decker, Birmingham Business School
This workshop will take place in Elm House, on our Edgbaston campus. To find out more about this workshop please email V.T.Bejai@bham.ac.uk.
Birmingham Bioethics Hub
Wednesday 18 December 2024, 9.00am - 4.00pm
Bioethics is an inherently interdisciplinary area of research. It draws heavily on several of the humanities and social sciences, whilst being applied to STEM disciplines. This interdisciplinarity is very much the strength of bioethics and is why collaborative research projects are so common. This workshop seeks to establish a fully interdisciplinary University of Birmingham Bioethics Hub which draws together existing areas of strength, to facilitate cross-pollination and collaboration.
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Workshop Leader: Dr Jordan Parsons, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences.
This workshop will take place at our Edgbaston campus. To find out more about this workshop please email V.T.Bejai@bham.ac.uk.
Using Nitrous Oxide to improve Symptoms in Treatment-Resistant-Depression
Tuesday 18 March 2025
Bringing together experts from various disciplines, including mental health, anaesthesiology, pharmacology, neurobiology, and clinical trial design, this workshop will be exploring potential funding sources and partnerships with healthcare institutions, ensuring a sustainable pathway for future research and application.
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Workshop Leader: Dr Kiranpreet Gill, Psychology
This workshop will take place in Elm House, on our Edgbaston campus. To find out more about this workshop please email V.T.Bejai@bham.ac.uk.