Our Life Solved Live events are your chance to hear first-hand how research changes the world – and why people do it.
An Inaugural Lecture is one of the most prestigious Life Solved Live events. It’s a celebration of a newly promoted professor’s career and the difference they make.
Our lectures highlight two fascinating talks in one evening, followed by a drinks celebration to network and collaborate and facilitate exciting dialogues.
These events are free and open to everyone. We advise booking in advance to secure a seat.
Please note: Our Inaugural Lecture series for 2025/26 have finished but we have some exciting new lectures on the way for the next academic year. Keep your eyes peeled for our new series releasing later this year.
Previous Inaugural Lectures
Life Solved Live: Who Really Makes The Decisions? And Why
Wolfgang Luhan, Professor of Behavioural Economics and Sercan Ozcan, Professor of Innovation and Technology Management
Life Solved Live: Where We Came From, Where We’re Going
Ivan Jordanov, Professor of Computational Intelligence and James Darling, Professor of Earth and Planetary Material
Life Solved Live: Getting Violence Wrong: From Extremists to Incels
Ed Stoddard, Professor of International Security and Lisa Sugiura, Professor of Cybercrime and Gender
Life Solved Live: Discursive Dissonances: Tensions of Styles, Practices and Values in Music and Musicals
George Burrows, Professor of Music and Theatre
Life Solved Live: Surfing the Cosmos with Gravitational Waves
Tessa Baker, Professor of Cosmology
Life Solved Live: Multi-Objective Optimisation for Better Decisions
Banu Lokman, Professor of Operational Research
Life Solved Live: From Smartwatches to Endoscopy: The Reality and Hype of Motion Tracking Technology
Raymond Lee, Professor of Biomechanics
Life Solved Live: Better By Design: Modelling Materials for Healthcare and Environmental Applications
Paul Cox, Professor of Materials Chemistry
Life Solved Live: Metallurgy at the Heart of Engineering
Soran Birosca, Professor of Metallurgy and Advanced Manufacturing
Life Solved Live: When the Physics Behind Quantum Phenomena Meets Quantum Technologies
Vincenzo Tamma, Professor of Physics and Quantum Technology
Life Solved Live: Cultivated Invisibility and the Life Stories of Migrants Experiencing Homelessness in the UK
Simon Stewart, Professor of Sociology
Life Solved Live: Nature-Based Solutions: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts
Hom Nath Dhakal, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Life Solved Live: Seeing Hidden Pollution, Hearing Distant Stars
Laura Nuttall, Professor of Gravitational Waves Astronomy
Life Solved Live: Seeing Hidden Pollution, Hearing Distant Stars
Fay Couceiro, Professor of Environmental Pollution
Life Solved Live: Forecasting Floods and Engineering Net Zero
David Ndzi, Professor of Wireless Communication
Life Solved Live: Forecasting Floods and Engineering Net Zero
Victor Becerra, Professor of Power Systems Engineering
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