1 - 30 June 2020, 12:00 - 17:00
Dr Sabina Akram, who was born and raised in England, highlights the struggles Asian women often face in their communities relating to expectations of getting married and starting a family.
8 - 12 June 2020, 10:00 - 17:00
Krisztián Hofstädter's research connects real-time EEG and generative music with neurofeedback to help meditation practices.
8 June 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Humans possess a distinctive suite of social skills. Dr Mike Wilby, ARU, discuss the nature of these skills and how we might develop them in artificial systems to create ‘benign AI’.
9 June 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
While age-related distinctions are very common in social and employment contexts, the question is whether reduced capabilities can be straightforwardly linked to chronological age. Dr Helga Hejny, ARU, helps you to see beyond that and to question ‘is age really just a number’?
9 June 2020, 16:00 - 17:00
Join Dr Dan Gordon, Former Paralympian and consultant physiologist to Team GB Paralympic runners, as he explains the science behind the sub 2-hour marathon.
10 June 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
What would aliens learn about gender form ads? Does it matter? Dr Magdalena Zawisza-Riley, ARU, analyses the representation, effectiveness and effects of gendered ads based on her new book.
11 June 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Dr Havovi Chichger, ARU, delves into the world of taste and discuss how and why our tissues, such as the kidney and lungs, can sense sweet and bitter substances.
12 June 2020, 14:00 - 15:00
Can science explain how we form relationships? Prof Viren Swami, ARU, looks at how factors such as geography, appearance, personality, and similarity affect who we fall for and why.
17 June 2020, 18:00 - 19:00
Kate Milner, ARU graduate, talks about the inspiration and background to her picture book ‘My Name is Not Refugee’. Kate talks about how she made the book as a reaction to the depiction of refugees in main stream media.
Coronavirus
We continue to closely monitor the rapidly evolving situation around coronavirus (COVID-19). So we can best protect the health and wellbeing of all members of the community we are closing our campuses and suspending all public-facing events on campus, from Monday 23 March, until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.