INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES

Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 2 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Institute of Advanced Studies Team

Professor Michael J Hannon Sue Gilligan Sarah Jeffery

Director Institute of Advanced Studies Deputy Director and Manager IAS Administrator

ADVISORY BOARD

Matthew Eugenia (Éva) John Hilton Valsami-Jones Bridgeman

Professor of Social History Chair in Environmental Nanoscience Professor of Environmental Engineering

Damien Kiran Trehan Walmsley

Professor of Leadership and Professor of Restorative Dentistry Enterprise Development Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 3

Introduction

1900 the visionary civic leader and British stakeholders including health providers allow us to explore novel ways to foster statesman Joseph Chamberlain brought and patients, carers, athletes, policy makers, creative intellectual environments and valuable Birmingham’s academic institutions together artists and funders, to create new thinking around opportunities for new research collaborations. to create the University of Birmingham as ‘A important challenges. Workshops have drawn school of universal instruction, not confined to on knowledge from across all academic Schools Sue Gilligan, IAS Deputy Director and Manager, any particular branch of knowledge but taking and Colleges and, complemented by public has shaped and planned the work of the Institute all knowledge into its province.’ Chamberlain lectures and engagement events,which have and IAS Administrator Sarah Jeffery has organised recognised that knowledge did not reside solely allowed Birmingham to both develop new lines and supported all our events and activities. They in isolated disciplines but that knowledge and of research and strengthen our external profile. are regularly nominated by academic colleagues its pursuit should transcend those disciplines. Events around key societal themes have anticipated for our University Professional Services Awards, and positioned staff for wider national and and won Best Support for Research 2015. In the years since, the University of Birmingham international opportunities and we have initiated has grown into one of the most comprehensive collaborations that have led to large grants, Our five IAS Associate Directors provide a Universities in the UK, and the physical publications and policy influences. key sounding-board for new ideas and how co-location of the different disciplines on to implement them. the Edgbaston campus gives Birmingham New links have been forged with partners around a unique capability to address today’s major the world through the University-Based Institutes Mike Hannon global challenges that fall between and across for Advanced Study (UBIAS) network. These links IAS Director disciplines; The Birmingham Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) was launched in 2013, by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sir David Eastwood, and founding IAS Director, Pro Vice-Chancellor About the Director Professor Malcolm Press, to further nourish and Mike is Professor of Chemical Biology at Mike was appointed IAS Director in April 2015, enhance our intellectual environment and to Birmingham. His prize-winning research lies after seven years experience in creating and promote and foster interdisciplinary endeavour. at the interface between chemistry and the supporting interdisciplinary research as founding life sciences, focused on metal complexes Director of two award-winning, interdisciplinary The IAS is a key part of Birmingham’s research in biology and medicine as both imaging research training Centres at the interface environment, showcased here in this, our first, agents and therapeutics. He is President of between physical sciences and biomedicine. activity report. Over twenty leading international the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, He has a particular interest in the ways people academics have already visited The Institute as an international learned society with over one from different countries, cultures, and disciplines Distinguished Visiting Fellows and around one thousand members, and will co-chair the create stimulating intellectual environments hundred interdisciplinary workshops have taken European Biological Inorganic Chemistry that promote paradigm-shifting research. place, bringing together not only our own and conference in Birmingham in 2018. external academics but a wider community of 4 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 5

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Distinguished Visiting Fellows

The Institute of Advanced Studies Distinguished Visiting Fellowship (DVF) Programme brings to Birmingham outstanding academics from global leading institutions around the world to enable research collaborations and the enrichment of campus life.

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Professor Professor Said Sidki Sergey Shpectorov

PROFESSOR SAID SIDKI Said’s public lecture ‘Higher University of Brasilia (UnB), Education in Brazil: Evolution March–June and April 2016 and Challenges’ was a fascinating insight for staff and students into Professor Sidki is one of the most Higher Education of a rapidly prominent Brazilian algebraists, developing economy and the founder of the biannual Escola seven million higher education de Algebra and is a Member of students in Brazil’s public and the Brazilian Academy of Sciences. private universities. This lecture was circulated widely and Said’s collaboration with Sergey broadcast at UnB. Shpectorov and Justin McInroy (University of Bristol), focused on After Said’s first visit, Sue Gilligan a problem in Group Theory, which accompanied a delegation to Brasilia was proposed by Said some thirty where she met with the Institute years ago and has stimulated him to of Exact Sciences chaired by think and write about the problem the Director Norai Rocco. from different perspectives. The work has resulted publications in the Journal of Algebra and Math. Zeitschrift. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 7

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Professor Professor Professor Pete Alcock Adalbert Third Sector Michael Professor Evers Research Centre Biehl Wiebke Arlt

ADALBERT EVERS (Welfare Innovations In Local PROFESSOR MICHAEL BIEHL patients with adrenal tumours. He Justus Liebig University in Welfare Systems in Support of Professor of Computing Science, also interacted with the Centre for Giessen, March and April 2014 Social Cohesion) at the Cooperative University of Groningen, Translational Inflammation Research Research Unit at the Open University, April–June 2014 (CTIR; Dagmar Scheel-Toellner, Adalbert Evers is Professor for Edinburgh University Business Karim Raza, Chris Buckley), applying Comparative Health and Social School and the ImPRovE Mid-term Michael Biehl is an internationally his methods to outcome prediction Policy at the Justus Liebig University Conference in Antwerp. leading expert in the fields of and early diagnosis of chronic in Giessen; he works there in the Scientific Computing and Machine inflammatory disease. Links were Institute for Political Sciences at the Professor Evers gave an IAS Learning. His current research also established with Peter Tino from Department for Social and Cultural public seminar ‘Building from the focuses on the design of efficient the School of Computer Science, Sciences and in the Institute for bottom: How is social innovation similarity-based methods for through a strong interest in machine Household Economy and Consumer transforming social policy?’ classification, clustering and learning, modelling techniques and Research at the Department visualization of complex and their inter-disciplinary applications. for Agrarian Sciences, Ecology high-dimensional data sets, systems Collaborative projects are now under and Environmental Management. science approaches to biomedical way with the Systems Science for large-scale data. The visit served to Health Initiative, the NIHR Trauma During his time as an IAS enhance inter-disciplinary interaction, Centre and MRC/ARUK Centre Distinguished Visiting Fellow, created broad exposure to cutting for Musculoskeletal Ageing. Professor Evers gave lectures, edge bioinformatics strategies as presenting concepts and results innovative research tools, explored Professor Biehl is not only a cutting from his research project, WILCO, Michael’s significant expertise edge computer scientist but an regarding multi-disciplinary outstanding communicator of integration of bioinformatics and science, which has enabled him the exchange of ideas on how to to overcome boundaries and engage The time spent by Professor Evers, as an IAS enhance embedding of bioinformatics in truly productive inter-disciplinary Distinguished Visiting Fellow was of great value. to facilitate highly synergistic collaboration and during his visit As a leading figure in the international third sector multi-disciplinary interactions IAS hosted two an interdisciplinary research field his visit was instrumental in helping to and the generation of translational workshops ‘Data analysis, machine strengthen our international reputation and in broadening outcomes of systems science. learning, and modelling in the bio-medical domain’ and ‘Intelligent collaborative research activity, in particular within Europe. In collaboration with Wiebke Arlt, computation meets bio-medical Pete Alcock Professor Biehl has applied novel research: recent developments machine learning approaches to in computational biology’. steroid metabolome data from 8 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

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Jeff Professor Elizabeth Professor McMahan Heather Widdows Gardiner Steve Watson

PROFESSOR JEFF MCMAHAN During his time with IAS, Professor DR ELIZABETH GARDINER to examine how uncontrolled Rutgers and now University McMahan gave a keynote lecture, John Curtin School of Medical platelet activation as seen in human of Oxford. May and June 2014 ‘Proportionate Defense,’ at the Research at the Australian autoimmune-based diseases such 5th Braga Meeting on Ethics and National University, as immunothrombocytopenia Professor McMahan is White’s Political Philosophy, University of May and June 2014 (ITP) and heparin-induced Professor of Moral Philosophy Braga, Portugal; a public Lecture, thrombocytopenia (HIT), influences at the University of Oxford and ‘How to Think About the Morality Dr Elizabeth Gardiner is Associate surface levels of both platelet visited as part of the IAS ‘Saving of War,’ Stockholm Centre for the Professor at John Curtin School of receptor GPVI and the related Humans’ theme. Ethics of War and Peace, Stockholm Medical Research at the Australian ITAM-containing FcgRIIa University; made a presentation National University and at the time receptor levels. Jeff McMahan studied at Oxford ‘Human Dignity, Assisted Suicide, of her visit was an NHMRC Senior and Cambridge and works in and Euthanasia,’ at a conference Research Fellow at the Australian Dr Gardner’s visit made a number normative and applied ethics, on Analytic Bioethics in Europe, Centre for Blood Diseases, Monash of significant contributions to both political philosophy, and legal theory. University of Ghent, Belgium, and University, Melbourne, Australia. Her the Platelet and Translational Published work includes ‘The Ethics even managed to do some writing, core expertise is in the biochemical Inflammation Groups, as well as of Killing: Problems at the Margins ‘Liability, Proportionality, and the and molecular analysis of immune- establishing the basis of a funding of Life’ (Oxford University Press, Aggregation of Harm,’ Saba based platelet disorders. application between Steve Watson 2002) and ‘Killing in War’ (Oxford Bazargan and Samuel Rickless, and Mike Tomlinson in Biosciences. University Press, 2009). He has eds., The Ethics of War (New Dr Gardiner has expanded her several other books forthcoming York: Oxford University Press). studies of platelet receptor regulation from Oxford University Press, including a collection of essays In Birmingham Jeff gave the opening called ‘The Values of Lives’, a book lecture, ‘Proportionate Defense,’ at We were extremely fortunate to bring over a leading on war intended for both academic a ‘Saving Humans’ conference on figure in platelet research through the IAS. We and non-academic readers called The Ethics of War and Intervention ‘The Right Way to Fight’, and and a public lecture ‘The Ethics of benefited considerably from the in depth knowledge a sequel to his 2002 book Humanitarian Intervention, with and expertise of Dr Liz Gardiner, she did a wonderful job called ‘The Ethics of Killing: comments on Syria’. in nurturing the students and postdoctoral researchers, and Self-Defense, War, building links with other groups in the University. This has and Punishment’. enabled us to establish new methods in and to map out several new collaborative grants with colleagues in the Colleges of CMDS and LES. Steve Watson Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 9

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Jeffrey Professor Nadine Dr Boore John Colbourne Akkerman Hugh Adlington

PROFESSOR JEFFREY BOORE genomics facility and in establishing DR NADINE AKKERMAN correspondence with a far-reaching University of California Berkeley, the ‘Community Sequencing University of Leiden, May–July 2014 network of powerful statesmen May–July 2014 Program’, which allocates $20 million and women, politicians, diplomats, per year to genomics projects. Jeffrey Dr Akkerman is internationally churchmen and scholars. Professor Boore is a world has led 22 grant-funded projects recognised as an outstanding recognized genome biologist totalling over $12 million, overseen researcher, regularly publishing During the visit, the late Professor returning full time to academia, after numerous whole genome sequencing on early modern literary and Lisa Jardine and Dr Akkerman held many years at the US Department of projects, authored over 100 scientific historical studies. Volume 2 of a lively public discussion on the Energy’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI, publications, delivered over 230 Dr Akkerman’s three-volume Oxford cultural and historical significance Lawrence Berkeley National Lab). scientific presentations, and served University Press edition of ‘The of Elizabeth Stuart, ‘Challenges for Jeffrey is also Founder, Owner, and on numerous advisory boards and Correspondence of Elizabeth Stuart, Early Modern Women’s History’ Chief Executive Officer of Genome panels, including those to the National Queen of Bohemia’ was published and Nadine also gave a keynote Project Solutions, Inc. He holds a Science Foundation, US Department in 2011, with Volumes 1 and 3 address at a one-day international Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Agriculture, National Evolutionary scheduled to appear in 2014 and colloquium, Shakespeare Institute. of Michigan and a B.S. in Biology Synthesis Center, and National 2015. Dr Akkerman’s is the first from Penn State University. He retired Institutes of Health. complete edition of Elizabeth IAS was also delighted to support at the rank of Lt Colonel after more Stuart’s letters: the edition not only the publication of ‘Rival women at than 20 years in the US Air Force As well as developing further presents a fascinating portrait of a the Court of The Hague’, written by and Air National Guard. research collaborations with pivotal cultural, political and religious Dr Nadine Akkerman to accompany Professor Colbourne’s group, figure in early modern Europe, it also the exhibition on Elizabeth Stuart At JGI, he was instrumental in guiding Professor Jeff Boore gave an IAS provides a mass of new information and Amalia von Solms at the the transition from human genome public Lecture ‘What can we do related to Elizabeth’s Historical Museum of The Hague. sequencing to being a comparative with the genomics data deluge?’

Dr Nadine Akkerman’s tenure as a Distinguished Visiting Fellow was an extremely productive one for the University. Scholars working on current research projects in manuscript studies, literary editing, Shakespeare, women’s studies and early modern politics all benefited from consultation and research meetings with Dr Akkerman.

Nadine Akkerman photogrpah courtesy of Kick Smeets (c) ’15 Hugh Adlington 10 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

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Russell Professor Dr Death David Hannah Mark Ledger

RUSSELL DEATH The team undertook research to The IAS Fellowship succeeded in enhancing our Massey University, determine how extreme hydrological global position as a centre for hydrological research July–November 2014 events, floods and droughts affect the ecology of river systems. on drought and hydrohazards, helping us to better link Climate change is expected to Whilst in Birmingham, Russell the pure and applied elements of water science research, increase the future occurrence of hosted a very successful IAS and also strengthened our international links and profile extreme hydrological events, such workshop which led to the in this rapidly evolving field as severe droughts with potentially development of a new modelling devastating effects on ecosystems, toolkit to predict drought impacts Mark Ledger yet to date most ecological research in rivers at spatial scales and effort has centered on the impacts timeframes relevant to water of gradually shifting ‘average’ managers and policy makers. conditions, not extremes. Droughts This work greatly enhanced the are difficult to study in natural management relevance of our work systems because they are, by in Birmingham. He also gave a definition, infrequent. Experiments number of seminars on the theme have been advocated recently as of water management issues ‘down useful tools to explore the ecological under’, highlighting what we in the impact of climate extremes, and UK can learning from New Zealand research at the University of experience. The visit also led Birmingham is at the leading to a major position paper on edge of this new trend. During his the effects of extreme climatic visit, Dr Death a world leading events on riverine ecosystems, ecohydrologist facilitated significant and an interesting commentary advances in these key areas. on emerging themes in water Russell is a senior figure in the environmental management. field of disturbance ecology with high-level expertise in the artificial Dr Death also gave an IAS Public intelligence modelling approaches Seminar ‘Predicting the Effect that allowing colleagues to make the of Drought on River Ecology’. leap to a more predictive science. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 11

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DR JOSEF RUPPENHOFER of lexical resources. Beginning with The expertise of Dr Ruppenhofer’s work on political conflict here in Hildesheim University, his graduate studies at UC Berkeley, hosts at the University of Birmingham Birmingham with the Institute for July and August 2014 Dr Ruppenhofer has been intensely in the areas of metaphor and Conflict, Cooperation and Security. involved with the FrameNet project metonymy on the one hand, and Dr Ruppenhofer, a researcher in the and Frame Semantics, a key evaluation on the other, facilitated Dr Ruppenhofer’s visit coincided department of information science theoretical cornerstone of FrameNet. key directions for joint research, with the IAS Workshop ‘Figurative and Natural Language Processing More recently, he has focused on such as an investigation of patterns language: its patterns and meanings at Hildesheim University, Germany, sentiment / subjectivity analysis with of sentiment and figurative language in domain-specific discourse’ works on corpus linguistics and the goal of extending the FrameNet in political discourse. Discourses of computational linguistics, with a resource with information relevant political conflict were the focus of special interest in the development for sentiment analysis. joint analysis efforts interacting with

National University before her with Antarctic vegetation and her ‘Environmental effects of ozone appointment as a Lecturer at the research group has provided the depletion: 2014 assessment: Professor University of Wollongong. Sharon first evidence that climate change Interactions of ozone depletion Sharon is currently a member of the United is affecting East Antarctic terrestrial and climate change’, wrote for the Robinson Nations Environment Programme communities. Professor Robinson’s Conversation and is now writing Environmental Effects Assessment research examines how plants regularly with moss biologists Juliet Panel (UNEPEEAP), the Australian respond to climate change with Coates and Dan Gibbs (Biosciences) PROFESSOR SHARON ROBINSON Research Council College of an integrated systems approach University of Wollongong, Experts, the Australian Antarctic using molecular to ecological Professor Robinson also gave an October–December 2014 Science Advisory Committee and techniques. Most recently this IAS lunchtime seminar, ‘Monitoring an Editor for the journal Global includes developing techniques temporal and spatial change in Professor Sharon Robinson is a Change Biology. She first visited to map plant health and productivity Antarctic terrestrial communities’. plant ecophysiologist and climate Antarctica in 1996 and has since from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). change biologist. After completing been on expeditions to Casey, her PhD at University College Davis, King George Island and During her time in Birmingham London in 1990, she held Macquarie Island. She is a custodian Sharon finalised her report for postdoctoral positions at Duke for the only Antarctic State of the the UNEP EEAP, United Nations University (USA) and the Australian Environment Indicator concerned Environment Programme, 12 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

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Gernot Professor Professor Dr Stroth Chris Parker Katia Rubio Jonathan Grix

PROFESSOR GERNOT STROTH our understanding of the subject. PROFESSOR KATIA RUBIO A leading expert on the Olympic University of Halle, February and In addition to research successes, University of São Paulo, Games and Olympians in particular, March 2015 and March 2016 Stroth has also contributed to February–April 2015 Professor Rubio has the largest the mathematical community, collection of in-depth life histories Gernot Stroth is an internationally from 1996 to 2001 he served Professor Rubio is Associate of Olympians (Brazilians) globally. leading algebraist who is acclaimed on the executive committee of the Professor at the School of Sports Combining insights from history, for his incisive contributions to the Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung and Physical Education at the sport psychology and politics, Katia finite simple group classification. (the major professional society for University of São Paulo. Graduating made significant contributions to the The mathematics behind the German mathematicians) and from in Journalism at Cásper Líbero research of the Sport Policy Centre classification of the finite simple 2000 to 2001 he served as its College (1983), she then went and took part in an IAS Workshop, groups represents one of the major president. Stroth has been an editor on to graduate in Psychology at ‘Looking Forward to Clean Sport: achievements of mathematicians of the Journal of Algebra since 1985 Catholic Pontific University of The Future of Education-and over the last sixty years. Current and is an editor of the book series São Paulo (1995). She obtained Detection-Based Deterrents to advances focus on understanding Mathematik Kompakt’. a Masters in Physical Education Doping’ and gave an IAS public the local structure of groups and at University of São Paulo (1998) seminar ‘Memory and History: how that structure influences Since Professor Stroth’s visit a and a Ph.D. in Education at Understanding contemporary global properties. joint paper with Chris Parker, which University of São Paulo (2001). Olympism in an individual and was researched and written during social context’. Stroth’s most recent work with Stroth’s IAS tenure, ‘A 2-local Katia was also president of Brazilian Meierfrankenfeld (Michigan, USA) identification of’ has appeared Sport Psychology Association and Stellmacher (Kiel, Germany) on-line. (2003-2007) and editor of Brazilian is a monumental contribution to Journal of Sport Psychology (2004 – 2012). She is member of the Brazilian Olympic Academy and she lectured at the International Olympic Academy (Olympia – The IAS DVF programme provided us with a focussed Greece) in 2012 and 2013. period of research where we could work intensively on our projects related to the finite simple group classification. This allowed us to complete months of research in a matter of weeks. Without the support of the DVF programme, our work on this research would not yet be completed. Chris Parker Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 13

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Caroline Professor Michael Professor Essers Monder Ram OBE Apple David Gillborn

DR CAROLINE ESSERS social constructivist approaches like PROFESSOR MICHAEL APPLE into additional languages, including Radboud University Nijmegen, the narrative/life-story approach. John Bascom Professor, many landmark publications. May and June 2015 University of Wisconsin, Madison, Her work has been published in the May and June 2015 Professor Apple was named as Dr Essers is an Assistant Professor Organization Studies, Organization, one of the 50 most influential writers of Strategic Human Resource Human Relations, Gender, Work Michael W. Apple is widely in education in the 20th Century. Management at the Radboud and Organization, British Journal recognised as one of the world’s He has won numerous awards, University Nijmegen, Faculty of of Management, Entrepreneurship leading critical educators. His including a Lifetime Achievement Management and Associate and Regional Development, reputation is built on an exceptional Award from the American Professor Entrepreneurship at VU and International Journal of body of scholarship that extends Educational Research Association University Amsterdam. Caroline’s Entrepreneurial Behaviour & from the 1970s to the present day. (AERA) and the UCLA medal research focuses at the social Research. She is an Associate Professor Apple’s standing is equally for Distinguished Academic dynamics of entrepreneurship, such Editor for Gender, Work and strong in numerous parts of the Achievement. Several universities as the identity constructions of Organization, and is organizing the world, including North America, have honoured him internationally female migrant entrepreneurs stream on Critical Entrepreneurship Europe, South America (especially and had two books (Ideology and and their networking. Studies (CES) on the Critical Brazil and Argentina), South Africa Curriculum and Official Knowledge) Management Studies (CMS) and Asia (particularly China). His named in a list of the most important She uses diverse perspectives in her conference for the fourth time truly global impact can be gauged books of the 20th Century. research on entrepreneurship, such this year. by the many translations of his books as postcolonial feminist theory and and by the constant international Professor Apple views Birmingham demand for his services as a speaker as a key site for the development Dr Caroline Essers exceeded our expectations from and collaborative progressive of critical perspectives on the the Distinguished Visiting Fellowship scheme. She educator. intersections of class, race and gender in the late 20th Century and participated enthusiastically in a range of scholarly As John Bascom Professor he is extremely supportive of the work activities, including: seminars and workshops; the mentoring holds one of the most prestigious of the Centre for Research in Race of early career researchers; the development of research bids; university-wide chairs at the & Education. His visit played a crucial and the preparation of articles. Our work with Dr Essers University of Wisconsin, Madison: role in raising the profile of critical continues, and we have plans to collaborate on major European In addition to more than 300 journal educational research at Birmingham, research bid. I am grateful to IAS for introducing us to the articles, Professor Apple has helping to cement its growing authored and edited more than reputation as an internationally DVF initiative and facilitating a productive and enduring 40 books, many of them translated important centre for such work. research collaboration with an excellent European scholar. Monder Ram 14 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

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Debbie Professor Hemming Rob MacKenzie

DR DEBBIE HEMMING Since joining the Met Office Hadley Scientific Manager, Vegetation- Centre in 2004 her work has Climate Interactions group, focussed on large-scale Earth Met Office Hadley Centre, System Modelling and its application February–May 2015 and to climate risk management, April–May 2016 contributing to and leading on a wide range of national and Dr Hemming is Scientific Manager international projects. During this for the Vegetation-Climate time she spent 8 months working including contributing author to negotiations. Debbie’s Interactions group within the at the UK Department for the 4th Assessment Report of measurements strongly connect Met Office Hadley Centre. Her Environment, Food and Rural Affairs the Intergovernmental Panel on to the core objectives of the BIFoR group is focussed on improving (Defra) and Climate Change Climate Change, and led on many FACE facility and form the backbone the understanding and modelling Committee Secretariat providing non peer-reviewed reports for of the characterisation of the of vegetation in the climate/earth climate science advice during the customer projects. woodland before beginning to apply system. Debbie’s background passing of the UK Climate Change extra carbon dioxide to the system. integrates ecosystem research and Bill. She also led the World For BIFoR, Debbie studied the Colleagues in Birmingham who have climate/earth-system modeling, with Meteorological Organisation’s Task ratio of carbon to nitrogen (C:N) in benefitted directly from Debbie’s the focus of improving understanding Team on Climate Risk Management the leaves of mature trees, as the visit include Rob MacKenzie, Francis of ecosystem functioning and the between 2011 and 2014. leaves develop through the growing Pope, Zongbo Shi, James Bendle potential impacts of environmental Currently, she is on the Steering season. Leaves have high protein (GEES); and Scott Hayward changes on ecosystem services. Group for the UK Biodiversity content when young, and rely on (BioSciences). Those who benefited She completed a PhD on ‘Stable Impacts of Climate Change stores of last-year’s carbohydrates through interdisciplinary dialogue isotopes in tree rings: Biosensors Observation Network (BICCO-net), for energy until the photosynthetic include: Iain Johnston (BioSciences); of environmental change’ at the and is a Review Editor for the apparatus is re-established and Frank Uekötter, Corey Ross University of Cambridge Plant Intergovernmental Science-Policy fresh carbon can be drawn into the (History); and Louise Hardwick Sciences department, followed Platform for Biodiversity and plant. The measurements Debbie (Modern Foreign Languages). by post-doctoral research on Ecosystem Services (IPBES) has made with BIFoR identify the Debbie has brokered key research vegetation-climate interactions report that is currently in preparation plants’ priming for summer growth, relations not just with her own in arid systems at University of on ‘Modelling impacts of drivers and are an important ‘known agency, the Met Office, but also Arizona, USA, and Weizmann on biodiversity and ecosystem unknown’ in the climate/Earth- with key groups at Exeter University, Institute of Science, Israel. functioning’. She has over 50 system models the Met Office Swansea University, and the Centre peer-reviewed publications, runs for UK input into climate for Ecology and Hydrology. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 15

Professor David Ellsworth

PROFESSOR DAVID ELLSWORTH During his visit David had substantial Hawkesbury Institute for the input into the design of the BIFoR Environment (HIE) Australia FACE experiment; developed a April–September 2015 complementary research agenda between HIE and BIFoR and began Professor Ellsworth was also hosted collaborations for joint BIFoR-HIE by Professor Rob MacKenzie, European funding proposals. David’s School of Geography, Earth and engagement with key academic and Environmental Sciences, (GEES) non-academic stakeholders in BIFoR IAS public seminar, ‘Mature trees Director, Birmingham Institute of was invaluable to help build the and climate change – why have Forest Research (BIFoR) and perception of the two forest-FACE they been overlooked and why Professor of Atmospheric Science. facilities as a single, globally leading, are they important?’ experimental facility. Talks and The Birmingham Institute of Forest seminars during the visit included: ‘Forest FACE and P limitations

Research (BIFoR) is forging close – is there a constraint on CO2 links with other world-leading ‘Research engagement with fertilisation?’ Justus von Liebig institutes of forest research, including Australians: the ARC view’. Part University, Giessen Germany. the Hawkesbury Institute for the of a series of talks given by Australian Environment (HIE). Close links researchers at the University of ‘Can subtropical woodland respond between BIFoR and HIE are Birmingham, organised by University to elevated atmospheric [CO2]? especially important because of Queensland Research Office and An Australian free-air experiment’. these two institutes will run the only University of Birmingham’s EU and Sheffield University examples of forest-scale Free-Air International funding team. Carbon Dioxide Enrichment (FACE) experiments for the next decade. ‘Effect of drought and elevated

Professor David Ellsworth leads CO2 on volatile carbon emissions the HIE forest-FACE experiment for Eucalyptus in a peri-urban and is a leading environmental forest’ IUFRO Conference ‘Global biologist with a worldwide reputation. Challenges of Air Pollution and Climate Change to Forests’, Palais de la Méditerranée in Nice (France). 16 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

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Professor Professor Professor Dr Becky Loo John R. Bryson Katja Goebs Martin Bommas

PROFESSOR BECKY LOO School at The University of Hong PROFESSOR KATJA GOEBS her areas of interest exploring new University of Hong Kong, Kong. Her current research interests University of Toronto, evidence for the existence of ancient June 2015 focus on sustainable transport, June and July 2015 Egyptian myths related to kingship e-technologies and society and she which have been identified recently Professor Becky Loo was hosted has been working on understanding Professor Katja Goebs is an by M. Bommas, Das ägyptische by a cross-disciplinary group, infrastructure in high-density cities. Associate Professor of Egyptology Investiturritual, 2013, and a leading Professors David Dickinson, in the Department of Near and expert in myth and mythography, Joanne Duberley, Chris Rogers, During her visit Professor Loo Middle Eastern Civilisations at Professor Ken Dowden. The Miles Tight, and Dr Phil Jones, worked with Birmingham academics the University of Toronto and in Birmingham Memory Group, working alongside Professor on different aspects of sustainable Birmingham, worked closely with run by Dr Joanne Sayner offered John R. Bryson from Birmingham urban transportation and intermodal the Birmingham Memory Group. a well-established platform for Business School. integration and encouraged the evaluation of memory related cross-disciplinary research between Katja’s research focuses primarily on research ready to accommodate Professor Loo is one of the foremost the Colleges of Social Sciences the history of Egyptian religion and this new research focus. Asian scholars working in the area (Business School), Engineering and the institution of the kingship with of infrastructure, transportation and Physical Sciences (Civil Engineering) a special interest in ‘myths’ of the Professor Goebs gave a fascinating urban transformation. She is Director and Life and Environmental Sciences kingship and the shared iconography and thought provoking public lecture of the Institute of Transport Studies, (Geography). of gods and kings, etc. Professsor ‘Psychology of Egyptian Myth’ which Professor of Geography and Goebs is one of the leading scholars bridged the gap between Science Associate Dean of the Graduate in this field of research and her recent and the Humanities and participated publications, for instance ‘Crowns in in a workshop with colleagues from early Egyptian Funerary Literature: the UK, Europe and USA, ‘Memory I must compliment the University of Birmingham on the Royalty, Rebirth, Destruction’ have Myth and Performance’. establishment of IAS to support excellence in research pushed the borders of the discipline. and foster active research exchange both within the Systematic religious studies in University and internationally. This initiative has been unmatched Egyptology are well established by many other leading Universities and has attracted me to but research on the relation between the king and myth including rituals visit your esteemed University. The IAS has the potential is more recent, which benefit from to be a real leading edge of the University of Birmingham. an interdisciplinary and broad Becky Loo methodological approach.

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I was able to enjoy wide-ranging conversations with Hosted by a large number of colleagues and students, whether socially in larger groups or one on one. I was hoping

Professor Professor for exactly this level and variety of active intellectual exchange Geoff Eley Matthew Hilton when I originally accepted the invitation. The accompanying sociability in the form of existing and newly created PROFESSOR GEOFF ELEY the as part of the Vice-Chancellor’s friendships, opportunities for enjoyable and enlightening University of Michigan, Distinguished Lecture Series; conversation, dinners and lunches, a generally warm and June and July 2015 participated in an IAS conference welcoming climate is for me also an essential ingredient. ‘Making Resources Speak: Geoff Eley Geoff Eley is the Karl Pohrt Themes and Methods of the Distinguished University Professor New Materialism’ and even gave of Contemporary History, as well a very well received talk on German as being a faculty member of the history to a student audience German Department, at the at King Edward VI Sixth Form University of Michigan. College in Stourbridge.

Geoff Eley is an internationally Geoff also spent time in discussion renowned scholar with broad developing an essay for the research interests including German published volume from a 2014 and British history, global history, conference edited by Kieran Connell the European Left, nations and and Matthew Hilton, ‘Cultural nationalism, citizenship, social Studies 50 Years On’ (Rowman theory, and the relationship of history and Littlefield International) and to theory and the social sciences. ‘Conjuncture and the Politics of Knowledge: The Center for In a varied and active month Contemporary Cultural Studies Professor Eley’s visit was timed to (CCCS), 1968-1988’ and also coincide with a major conference on planned a new and updated edition ‘Rethinking Modern British Studies’ of ‘Forging Democracy: The History at which he gave a keynote address; of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000’ he gave a public lecture as part of (Oxford University Press, 2002). 18 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Professor Craig’s visit to Birmingham enabled him to Hosted by share his expertise with the Behn project more readily and fully than would have been possible by email or

Professor Dr Skype; he was able to meet other members of the Behn Hugh Craig Gillian Wright project, and also to advise on the drafting of a successful major Research Grant application: a collaborative application PROFESSOR HUGH CRAIG playwright Ben Jonson. The results with Loughborough University, which has subsequently been University of Newcastle, Australia, are presented in his 2009 co-edited approved by the AHRC. This was an exceptionally successful July and August 2015 book ‘Shakespeare, Computers and visit which has already helped to generate important and the Mystery of Authorship’. foundational work for the Behn edition and should Renaissance literature expert Professor Craig’s research builds herald several years of research collaboration between Professor Hugh Craig is a man of on the work of the centre’s founder, letters. But the computational stylist Emeritus Professor John Burrows, Professor Craig, Dr Wright, and Dr Evans. is equally a man of numbers. Hugh who was the first to establish that Gillian Wright is the Director of the Centre for simple function words such as Linguistic and Literary Computing ‘he’, ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘if’ were rich in at the University of Newcastle, stylistic information when analysed Australia. He has been an advocate using computational techniques. of computer-assisted analysis of In a novel cross-disciplinary exercise, can be applied in the health sphere. Attribution: Traditional and Non- language in literature since the he employed the expertise of Professor Craig’s visit supported Traditional Approaches in the Digital controversial field began to emerge Professor Pablo Moscato, who Dr Gillian Wright and Dr Mel Evans Age’ in which colleagues from the in the 1980s and has devoted heads the University’s bioinformatics in preparatory work towards a Departments of English Literature decades of research to proving program, to assist in the analysis new Cambridge edition of the and Language, the Shakespeare that statistics can help us analyse of texts. The pair undertook a joint Works of Aphra Behn and worked Institute, Aston University, Bangor and appreciate literary texts. Hugh’s project comparing the structure of closely mentoring colleagues in the University, Loughborough University, work is based largely on frequency language in Shakespeare’s plays techniques of computational stylistics. and the University of Sheffield took data and has led to several and poems, which returned Professor Craig and Dr Evans part, and which was live-streamed breakthrough findings in regard interesting evidence of a vast identified, designed and are now on the internet. He led a training to Shakespearean works. Using disparity in style between the developing a pilot study on drama session for postgraduates and computational techniques he found two literary disciplines. doubtfully attributed to Behn. staff on computational stylistics, that Shakespeare was the likely and took part in numerous informal author of a number of scenes from Craig also linked with University Professor Craig was the keynote conversations with staff in English the play ‘The Spanish Tragedy’ that speech pathology researchers to speaker at a one-day IAS colloquium Literature, many of whom work on had previously been attributed to the study how computational linguistics on attribution and stylistics, ‘Authorial issues of attribution. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 19

Professor Martha Fineman

PROFESSOR MARTHA FINEMAN disciplines including Law, Social Problem: Exploring the Paradox in an ontology shaped by political Robert W. Woodruff Professor Policy and Philosophy. Doctoral of Professional Independence in aspirations and theory, these models of Law at Emory University students in Birmingham Law School Large Law Firms’ by Emma Oakley centre corporeality and our shared September and October 2015 also organised an author meets and Steven Vaughan which vulnerability to suffering and harm reader session with Professor originated from the workshop that as a way of figuring a new ethic Martha Fineman is an internationally Fineman, where she commented has taken place during Professor of responsibility and how theories renowned scholar of the highest directly on presentations of their Fineman’s visit. of vulnerability, precarity, capability, standing, whose work addresses theses and she also held follow corporeal altruism, social flesh, complex and boundary-transcending up meetings with them about their A panel organised by Fox (UoB) and provide a means of articulating the themes of human vulnerability doctoral research. Birmingham Thomson (Leeds) has been accepted responsibilities of the state to its and resilience. colleagues and Postgraduate for the Law and Society Association citizens, distant (and not so distant) Researchers also participated in an Annual Conference in New Orleans, others, and non-human beings. Professor Fineman paid an extremely afternoon round panel session at the June 2016 on the theme of ‘New The papers by legal scholars from productive visit to the University University of Leeds on ‘Vulnerability Corporeal Humanisms: Law & the UK and US address how the of Birmingham in Autumn 2015. & Disability Theory’ organised by Social Change I & II’ which will new corporeal humanisms have During her visit she delivered Professors Michael Thomson (Leeds) explore the emergence of a new been responded to in legal studies. a well-attended public lecture and Marie Fox (Birmingham). humanist discourse in feminist theory They seek to test the utility of ‘Vulnerability and Resilience’ which beginning with the body and its these theories for legal projects discussed the relevance of her The visit cemented existing and vulnerability. It will address how for social change. work on vulnerability theory and how nascent research links and states should promote resilience in collaborations between the global and local contexts. She also University of Birmingham, Emory, participated in an international and Lund and Leeds and follow up interdisciplinary Institute of Advanced events include a research workshop Studies research workshop entitled hosted by the Gender@BLS ‘Employing Vulnerability Theory: Research cluster on ‘Power, Challenges and Opportunities?’ Vulnerability and Care’ in February with Birmingham Law School (BLS) 2016 which engaged with themes in conjunction with the Centre for from Martha Fineman’s pioneering Law and Social Justice at the work. Birmingham Law School held University of Leeds. This attracted a staff work in progress seminar participants and speakers from the in January 2016 which discussed USA, UK and Europe, spanning a paper entitled ‘The Poodle 20 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Professor Professor Bob Martin McKelvey Grossmann

PROFESSOR BOB MCKELVEY and particularly Vietnam. Prior to PROFESSOR MARTIN Grossmann’s research discusses November 2015 entering medicine, he served as GROSSMANN the transition of material culture to a Captain in the US Marine Corps December 2015 and June 2016 a culture in virtuality, the relationship Professor Robert (Bob) S. McKelvey during the Vietnam War and it between contemporary art, its was hosted by Professor Sabine was that experience that stimulated Professor Grossmann is the former agents and institutions, the Lee, History his interest in both medicine and Director of the Institute of Advanced processes of artistic and cultural cross-cultural psychiatry. Studies, University of São Paulo mediation and the development During his fellowship Professor (IEA USP) and full Professor of the and maintenance of information McKelvey worked with Professor Professor McKelvey has written School of Communication and Arts systems for art and culture. Lee to develop the study of the two books based on his personal at USP. He was the director of history of wartime gender-based experiences as U.S. Marine Corps Centro Cultural São Paulo from During his visits here Martin will violence and children born of war. civil affairs officer during the Vietnam August 2006 to May 2010 and be developing his current research War: ‘The Dust of Life: America’s deputy director of USP’s Museum project ‘Stranger’s Guide to the Obtaining his undergraduate degree Children Abandoned in Vietnam’ of Contemporary Art (MAC) from Paradoxical Museum’ an outline from Harvard University in 1966 and ‘A Gift of Barbed Wire: 1998 to 2002. He is the creator of which he presented at a public Professor McKelvey then graduated America’s Allies Abandoned and coordinator of Fórum seminar in December 2015, and will from Dartmouth Medical School in South Vietnam’. Permanente: Between Public and also develop synergies and research in 1974. He completed his Private, a mediation and cultural collaborations with The Barber general psychiatry training at the Professor McKelvey also has a action platform. Martin has a degree Institute; Ironbridge International Cambridge Hospital, Cambridge, strong interest in youth suicide in Fine Arts from Fundação Armando Institute for Cultural Heritage; and Massachusetts in 1977 and his prevention and has received a Alvares Penteado (FAAP) and holds The History of Medicine Unit; child and adolescent psychiatry grant to develop a training program a Master’s from USP’s School of University Cultural Collections and training at McLean Hospital, Belmont, in the diagnosis and treatment of Communication and Arts (ECA) colleagues in the Centre for the and Massachusetts in 1979. He adolescent depression and suicide and a PhD from the University of Study of Cultural Modernity and is board-certified in Psychiatry and in conjunction with the Department Liverpool. He is the creator and the Department of Art History, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of Paediatrics. coordinator of the first USP website Curating and Visual Studies. and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian (USP Online, 1995–1998). and New Zealand College of Professors Lee and McKelvey have Psychiatrists. He is especially received a Wellcome Trust Seed interested in the care of persons Award for a pilot study relating to from other cultural traditions, an Children born of the Vietnam War outgrowth of many years of clinical who settled in the US or remained and research involvement with in Vietnam respectively. refugees from Southeast Asia, Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 21

Hosted by Hosted by Dr Professor Theresa Professor Eóin Professor Blume Stefan Krause Killackey Stephen Wood

DR THERESA BLUME Unit on ‘Catchments As Organized PROFESSOR EÓIN KILLACKEY Professor Killackey is widely known German Research Centre for Systems (CAOS)’. With an extensive Associate Director, Research and for his research in helping young Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam. monitoring network in Luxembourg Head of the Functional Recovery people with mental illness recover March–May 2016 she is pioneering the design and Research program at Orygen, the well, with a particular focus on development of sensor networks National Centre of Excellence in physical and vocational outcomes. Dr Theresa Blume was hosted and the use of novel sensing Youth Mental Health, University The visit allowed the development by Professor Stefan Krause and approaches that allow us to start of Melbourne. of existing collaborations with the Birmingham Institute of Forest understanding the non-linear Professor Wood concerning the role Research (BIFoR). dynamics in water, solute and The main activity for Professor of social cognition in maximising the energy fluxes and interactions at Killackey’s first visit in April 2016, success of vocational interventions Dr Blume is leading the Hillslope the interface between aquatic hosted by Professor Stephen Wood and the exploration of new and Ecohydrology research group systems and forest ecosystems. (Professor of Adolescent Brain possibilities around physical within the Section of Hydrology at This spans from vegetation Development and Mental Health) health with clinical-facing colleagues the German Research Centre for influences on subsurface storage, was to give a keynote address at at the University of Birmingham. Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam. to runoff generation processes, the IAS workshop ‘Transitions in The work of her group has been connectivity analyses and mental health: Individual, social, at the forefront of developing groundwater-surface water cultural, and political’ distributed environmental sensor interactions. networks for ecohydrological monitoring in particular in forested Dr. Blume’s expertise linked directly watersheds. As a leader of the to a recently awarded NERC Pilot TERENO observatory NorthEast project with Professor Krause as Germany (TERENO is a network well as his research group’s activities of Terrestrial Environmental within the INTERFACES ITN and Observatories in Germany similar the UoB BIFoR which facilitated to the CZO network in the US) Dr. Blume’s research activities. The DVF programme allowed me to bring an expert and a PI on the DFG Research to Birmingham who could catalyse a conversation about research plans with colleagues across various disciplines. Without that, I don’t doubt that the conversations would have happened but they would take longer to bring to the same level. Stephen Wood 22 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Hosted by Professor

Michael Professor Herzfeld Mike Robinson

PROFESSOR MICHAEL HERZFELD Australian National University and Harvard. Ernest E. Monrad the University of Sydney (1985), Professor of the Social Sciences at the University of Adelaide, and Director, Thai Studies Program, at the Université de Paris-X Asia Center, Curator of European (Nanterre) (1991). Ethnology, Peabody Museum Harvard University Major lectures include the inaugural May and June 2016 Distinguished Lecture in European Anthropology at the University of Michael Herzfeld was educated at Massachusetts, Amherst (1996), the Universities of Cambridge (B.A. the Munro Lecture at the University in Archaeology and Anthropology, of Edinburgh (1997), the Journal 1969), Athens (non-degree program of Anthropological Research in Greek Folklore, 1969-70), Distinguished Lecture at the Birmingham (M.A., Modern Greek University of New Mexico (2001), the Studies, 1972; D.Litt., 1989); and Einaudi Lecture at Cornell University Oxford (Social Anthropology, D.Phil., (2004), the keynote address to the 1976). Before moving to Harvard, he Association of Social Anthropologists taught at Vassar College (1978-80) of the British Commonwealth (2008), and Indiana University (1980-91) three lectures hosted by the Korea (where he served as Associate Chair Research Foundation (2009), the of the Research Center for Language Kimon Friar Lecture (Deree College, and Semiotic Studies, 1980-85, Athens, 2009), and the Eilert Sundt and as Chair of the Department of Lecture (University of Oslo, 2009). Anthropology, 1987-90). Lord Simon Michael’s cross-disciplinary work continues to provide a Visiting Professor at the University In addition to participating in an rich and inspirational resource for all scholars engaged of Manchester in 1994, he has also IAS workshop, ‘Resisting Global with deepening our understandings of the cultural taught at the Ecole des Hautes Hierarchies of Value in Cultural heritage field. For staff and PhD students working with the Etudes en Sciences Sociales (1995), Heritage: No Escape?’ Professor Ironbridge International Institute for Cultural Heritage at the Paris, at the Università di Padova Herzfeld gave a very well attended University of Birmingham we were delighted to have him (1992), the Università di Roma ‘La and received public seminar Sapienza’ (1999-2000), and the ‘Deploying Culture and History in as Distinguished Visiting Fellow and are indebted to the University of Melbourne (intermittently the Age of ‘Asian Values’: Material Institute of Advanced Studies for inviting him. since 2004), and has held a visiting Debates on Heritage in Thailand Mike Robinson research appointments at the and Elsewhere’ Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 23

Hosted by Professor

Professor Dr I Glenn Nile Green Simon Jackson Cohen

PROFESSOR NILE GREEN publication suggestive of the reach PROFESSOR GLENN COHEN is the William Andrews Clark of his scholarship and interest in Harvard Law School Professor of History at the interdisciplinary exchange with 22–29 June 2016 University of California Los cognate disciplines such as Angeles, USA. comparative literature and theology. Professor Cohen was hosted He has also written articles in by Professor Jean McHale of the Professor Green joined us at the the leading journals of his fields: Birmingham Law School and the University of Birmingham as an American Historical Review, Centre for Health Law Science Institute of Advanced Studies’ Past & Present, the Journal of and Policy. Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Global History, Comparative Studies June 2016, hosted by Dr Simon in Society and History, and the Professor I. Glenn Cohen is a full Jackson, History. International Journal of Middle professor of Harvard Law School East Studies, among many others. who while still being a young scholar A world-renowned historian of global He is director of the UCLA Program has blazed a trail in the area of and colonial South Asia, Islam and on Central Asia; serves on the health law and bioethics. Professor the Middle East, Professor Green is Association of Asian Studies’ South Cohen works at the cutting edge distinguished both by his ability to Asia Council; on the Executive of health law and bioethics and has straddle early modern and modern Committee of the American Institute engagement with a range of issues history, and by the way his work is of Afghanistan Studies; and on the critical to national and international informed both by anthropological editorial boards of the South Asia priorities and cross-disciplinary approaches and globally networked Across the Disciplines book series boundaries in relation to the approaches, notably to Muslim and, formerly, the International interface between law, bioethics diaspora. Journal of Middle East Studies. and health and social care.

Green is author of seven During Professor Green’s visit, During this visit Professor monographs, most recently ‘The IAS hosted a multi-disciplinary Cohen delivered a public lecture Love of Strangers: What Six Muslim workshop, ‘The Global Middle East showcasing some of his recent Students Learned in Jane Austen’s in the Age of Speed’ and Nile gave research and also participated London’ (Princeton: Princeton a public lecture, based on his recent in a day long IAS interdisciplinary University Press) and Terrains of book ‘The Love of Strangers: What workshop ‘Patient Mobility and Exchange: Religious Economies Six Muslim Students Learned in Globalisation’. of Global Islam (New York: Oxford Jane Austen’s London’. University Press, 2015), a double 24 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 25

Workshops 26 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Loss, Recovery, Workshops Reclamation: Re-thinking the Modern World

IAS workshops, which are one or two days in length, are WORKSHOP LEADER multi-disciplinary, aiming to bring together expertise from Dr Kate Smith, Lecturer in across the breadth of our University to address major Eighteenth-Century History cross-cutting ideas that are important, relevant and timely. Recent interventions in debates on climate change, by post-humanist scholars such as Timothy Morton and Donna Haraway, have placed renewed focus on questions of extinction, loss and absence. Such discussions have highlighted how individual and Human Brain Health group responses to loss have important, and imminent, ramifications for contemporary society. They also indicate the pressing need for a fuller WORKSHOP LEADER understanding of historical responses to different Dr Andrew Bagshaw, School of types of loss. Seeking to address questions of Psychology, Reader in Imaging extinction, loss and absence, this workshop created Neuroscience, Director of a community of scholars from different disciplines, the Birmingham University career stages and institutions to interrogate Imaging Centre processes of preservation, reclamation, reinvention and repair across time. Participants were asked to In December 2015, this workshop consider how responses to loss and absence developed plans for a Centre for might be identified in their own disciplines and Human Brain Health at the University challenged them to examine the spaces and of Birmingham. This represented an moments in which the insights of others could opportunity to combine the considerable prove productive. and varied expertise in brain science across the University and in the local Health to create a coherent and inclusive area. The Centre will bring together researchers presence in brain science. The workshop in the colleges of Life and Environmental investigated how the Centre might be Sciences (LES), Medical and Dental Sciences structured, identifying core themes that (MDS), Engineering and Physical Sciences the work of the Centre could be organised (EPS) and Social Sciences (CoSS) with into, and the mechanisms, equipment and clinicians from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital facilities that will be needed to encourage and the Barberry National Centre for Mental and develop research collaborations. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 27

In Collaboration: Arts and Science: In Collaboration’, brought together artists, scientists, Arts and Science and interested academics from around the UK (and beyond), and from WORKSHOP LEADERS within the University, to discuss the Professor Bill Chaplin, Professor challenges and opportunities presented of Astrophysics, Birmingham by art-science collaborations. In addition Professor Geoffrey Crossick, to providing superb organisation and University of London and Director AHRC Cultural Value Project logistics, the IAS team were instrumental Professor Barry Smith, Director in ensuring we had key representation Institute of Philosophy, University from interested stakeholders across of London and Leadership Fellow the University, and participation from AHRC Science in Culture Theme Seduced: Sex and Art from Antiquity to Now, representatives from other Institutes of Barbican Art Gallery, London, 2007. He was also Advanced Study in Europe. Without their The workshop began with a keynote presentation guest curator for Circa 1492 at the National from Martin J Kemp, Emeritus Research Professor Gallery of Art in Washington in 1992. enthusiastic, skillful and knowledgeable in the History of Art at Oxford University who has support, the workshop would not have written and broadcasted extensively on imagery Professor Kemp’s keynote on the process of been the great success it was. The in art and science from the Renaissance to the collaboration, focussed on how this works when many delegates who came from present day. Leonardo da Vinci has been the individuals from very different disciplines and outside Birmingham left with a very subject of books written by him, including backgrounds come together, be that by design or Leonardo (Oxford University Press 2004) and by chance. The talk set the context for a series of strong impression of the University he has published on imagery in the sciences discussions involving all participants centred on and its commitment to supporting of anatomy, natural history and optics, including brief presentations by collaborating artists and and encouraging dialogue in the The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western scientists. Nominated rapporteurs reflected on the interdisciplinary domain. Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat (Yale University presentations, and in the final phase of the workshop Bill Chaplin Press). He was trained in Natural Sciences and there was a roundtable discussion to further tease Art History at Cambridge University and the out the key issues and dynamics at play. Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He was British Academy Wolfson Research The key issues explored were: Professor (1993-98). For more than 25 years n What are the processes that shape how he was based in Scotland (University of Glasgow arts-science collaborations are initiated and and University of St Andrews). He has held fostered, and what is needed to ensure they visiting posts in Princeton, New York, North develop and prosper? Carolina, Los Angeles and Montreal. He has n How do arts-science collaborations actually curated a series of exhibitions on Leonardo and work? How can they develop new ways of other themes, including Spectacular Bodies at thinking in each discipline? the Hayward Gallery in London, Leonardo da n What environmental, institutional and Vinci: Experience, Experiment, Design at the sociological barriers are there to such Victoria and Albert Museum in 2006 and collaborations. to such collaborations? 28 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Making Resources Speak: A Body of Crime: themes and methods of the New Materialism Conceptualising the Dead

WORKSHOP LEADER WORKSHOP LEADERS meanings, labour problems, and environmental Dr Imogen Jones, Birmingham Law School Professor Corey Ross and Dr Frank repercussions. However, recent publications Uekötter (Department of History) show a notable disconnect between those The deceased body occupies unique socio-cultur- who theorize about a “new materialism” and al, historical, and ethico-legal spaces. This legacy Resources are receiving growing attention those who actually study specific resources. means that the treatment of the body after death across the humanities. Scholars have penned can be controversial; so much so that certain acts ambitious calls for a ‘new materialism’ and The workshop explored paths towards done to the deceased body trigger the involvement criticized a free-wheeling cultural history; theoretically informed but empirically grounded of the criminal law (eg, organ retention, the preven- the recent boom of commodity prices and studies and provided a platform for reflections tion of burial, and necrophilia). Moreover, the dead fears of resource exhaustion (peak oil, peak on the proper place of the material among can become part of the criminal process when phosphorus, peak uranium, etc) have the range of social actors. Presentations they are used as criminal evidence (i.e. for forensic highlighted the dubious neglect of Western combined familiar fields of research with purposes). The aim of the workshop was to bring societies as to their resource base. reflections on methodological underpinnings. together an interdisciplinary group to examine the While resources have received growing socio-cultural, ethical, and historical factors which There is also a growing disaffection with attention in recent years, this was the first have impacted on the formation of the relevant legal traditional, production-centered views of interdisciplinary conference that specifically offences and processes. resources. Today’s scholars seek to look sought to put methods and approaches into production and consumption, into cultural of the new materialism to the test. The group considered how ethical arguments regarding the treatment of the dead body should influence the relationship between the deceased and the criminal law. Such an examination is important because hitherto this confluence of areas has received scant attention. By bringing together those who approach the deceased body from different perspectives, enabled a mapping of the current landscape, identification of pressing challenges, and evaluation of whether the current criminal legal frameworks deal with the deceased body appropriately.

The workshop featured presentations by experts from within and outside the University, spanning the fields of medical and criminal law, history, phi- losophy, medicine, forensic pathology, and criminal justice officials. This workshop was funded by the Wellcome Trust and organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 29

Charities and their Publics continue to dominate this ‘social market’. While most people don’t appear to mind whether public or private sector provides – they do however, WORKSHOP LEADERS want to know that values remain integral to the Professor Saul Becker, Pro-Vice Chancellor business model. and Head of the College of Social Sciences and Sukhvinder Kaur-Stubbs, MD of Engage-Us, This context poses particular challenges for which supports cross sector integration of public charities. Generally, charities continue to enjoy services across health, housing and social care. high levels of trust with their ‘publics’ – their volunteers, members, staff, donors and users/ Expectations that individuals have of the services customers/clients and the latter group in particular, around them are changing. Technology has maintain high levels of gratitude. On the one hand, enabled citizens to be better informed of the this provides opportunities for charities to participate ‘choices’ available and, consumer empowerment more fully in local provision and to imbue the social This roundtable brought together a post- programmes strengthen recourse to redress when market with their values. On the other hand, disciplinary team of experts, academics and minimum standards are eschewed. Moreover, sustaining a culture of dependency, especially practitioners to understand how the sector rising demographic demand set against the cold among the most disadvantaged and those at risk relates to its publics and, the way in which economic climate, has intensified outsourcing by of vulnerability, run counter to the call for respect they can ameliorate both short and long-term local authorities. Private companies and spin-outs and dignity advocated by the sector. circumstances for the ‘beneficiaries’.

Exploring the dimensions of change in the professions and the implications for education and training: an inter-disciplinary approach

The assumptions underpinning the global and public sectors at the same time that knowledge economy thesis which has dominated increasing participation in higher education strategic thinking on the role of higher education has led to substantial changes in the would appear to assure the role of universities socio-demographic composition of such as Birmingham in preparing their graduates aspirant professionals. to enter high status and well-rewarded. However, much of the recent work in labour market analysis This series of workshops identified scholars on and the sociology of work unsettle these professions across campus and established a WORKSHOP LEADERS assumptions. Changes in public policy and market cross-university research network/consortium Professors Hilary Sommerlad, Birmingham Law conditions in Health and Social Care, the Law on professional transformation, building research School and Professor Mark Exworthy Health and Education (among other parts of the public capacity and the group have since secured to Services Management Centre Professor of sectors) have disrupted established professional hold an ESRC Festival of Social Sciences event: Health Policy and Management boundaries, and the relationship between private Professions in Crisis. 30 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Music and Alabaster

WORKSHOP LEADER view: while precise archaeological and (Glasgow) and Nottingham Castle Museum, Professor Andrew Kirkman, Music archival knowledge offers valuable signposts, with a view to developing online and museum- these phenomena operated within a context of based displays of individual alabasters in their Scholars, museum professionals and musicians typology and exemplarity that allowed for a wide collections, along with thematically linked motets, explored the interaction of the sounding and range of musical-visual juxtapositions within explanations and so on. A first visual/musical the visual in the English late Middle Ages, any given context. This typological frame, display was mounted In May 2016 in Beaumaris, with a particular emphasis on polyphonic based on contemporary functionality, allowed Wales, and further displays are planned in the music and Midlands religious alabasters historical insights from the combination coming year. A symposium is being planned and their devotional contexts in the long of its component elements. for Birmingham in November 2016, with a fifteenth century (c.1380-1520). recording (by the Binchois Consort) and further Since the workshop in December, 2014 Andrew symposium at Nottingham planned for 2017. While scholarship has traditionally addressed Kirkman and Philip Weller from the University In addition to panned further grant applications, these artistic phenomena in isolation, each of Nottingham have won a grant from the Professor Kirkman is in discussion with Routledge originally relied for its full meaning on the context Birmingham-Nottingham Strategic Collaboration with a view to publishing papers arising from provided by the other, and on the larger spatial Fund. This has been used this to begin a the symposia. and devotional setting. The evanescent – audible, collaboration with the Burrell Collection olfactory, gestural – was expected, in specifically tailored ritual circumstances, to act on the permanent – in the form of carefully assembled Hypoxia and Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Disease images within appropriate architectural spaces – to create a heightened atmosphere of mystical meaning. Music of the period is widely recognised WORKSHOP LEADERS clinical procedures that rely on cessation or as a phenomenon of major international influence; Dr Daniel A Tennant (Cancer Sciences) reduction in the blood supply, such as surgery by contrast, attention to alabaster carving, coevally and Professor Jane McKeating (Immunity or organ transplantation, elicit a hypoxic a focus of large-scale international interest and and Infection). response in the tissue. Recent studies show trade, has been limited and closely circumscribed. that several viral pathogens hijack the hypoxia The project thus offered an important cultural The cellular response to low oxygen (hypoxia) is signalling network and this may play an active parallel which will function as a showcase for central to our survival as multicellular organisms, role in viral-associated pathologies and provide national and local patrimony as well as a potential both in normal physiological processes and in new therapeutic targets. The cellular phenotype boost in (national and international) profile for response to trauma and disease. However, we elicited by hypoxia represents a common link important, but neglected, regional collections. understand only a fraction of how this response between all of these diseases. is co-ordinated. Accessing the shared meaning of these The workshop promoted the development phenomena has traditionally been hampered Hypoxic phenotypes are observed in diverse of new ideas between research groups into by the fact that it is almost never possible to pathologies including cancer, diabetes, strong funding applications and developed recover all elements necessary to enable an cardiovascular disease, obstructive sleep a new understanding of hypoxia biology and exact historical match between audible and visual apnoea and inflammatory diseases like disease pathogenesis. elements. Historical documentation is suggestive, rheumatoid arthritis. Indeed, even standard but limited. This discussion took a different Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 31

Russia’s Place in the World in the last 100 years: Culture, Society and Environment

WORKSHOP LEADERS Dr Rose Whyman (Department of Drama and Theatre Arts); Dr Jeremy Morris (Department of Modern Languages: Russian Studies); Dr Richard Connolly (Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies); Dogs, Owners and Responsibility: Law in the Doghouse Dr Natalya Rulyova (Centre for Russian, European and Eurasian Studies) WORKSHOP LEADER This inter-disciplinary workshop brought Professor Marie Fox, Birmingham Law School reveals a shocking 111,986 stray and abandoned together expertise from across four colleges in dogs were picked up by Local Authorities the University, building capacity in the area of The past decade has revealed a crisis in human across the UK over the last 12 months, equating Russian studies and extending current research relationships with dogs – a relationship which to a staggering 307 stray dogs being found agendas through collaboration. Researchers is increasingly mediated by law. Dogs are every day. Significant numbers end up being are now developing new dialogues, in collabo- celebrated in popular television shows such as euthanised. Media campaigns have fuelled the ration with scholars from other UK universities ‘The Wonder of Dogs’ and ‘The Secret Life of stigma attached to certain breeds making them and from Russia. Keynote lectures and panels Dogs’ and increasingly viewed as companion – and their owners - particularly vulnerable to addressed the topics of Russian Culture and species more akin to family members than to legal stigmatization and fuelling a particular crisis in Literature: the poetic word, Dwelling in Rus- property (albeit that this is a heavily commodified bull breeds and so-called status dogs, while sia-Geopolitical concerns, and Russian Society relationship with owners spending vast sums of making them perversely attractive to the ‘wrong’ and Environment/Russia as People and Place, money on accessories and vets are faced with sort of owners. finding connections and resonances. the ethical problems posed by ever more extreme medical interventions to prolong their lives). With participants from Dog’s Trust, Birmingham Simultaneously, however, media headlines reveal City Council, the RSPCA and Wood Green a crisis in which the number of stray dogs has Animal Charity, this workshop explored the reached an all-time high, and dogs are depicted problematic relationship between humans and as out of control weapons and killers. Against dogs, and law’s role in its governance with the this backdrop the heavily criticized and largely aim to disseminate academic work on the dog/ ineffective Dangerous Dogs Act 1991, which human nexus and how it is legally regulated to key has itself contributed to the issue with bull stakeholders involved in the regulation of social breeds, remains in force. problems attributable to dogs and anti-social behaviour, including local authorities, the police Thus, the 2013 annual Stray Dogs Survey by and a range of dog charities/rescues, both in Dogs Trust, the UK’s largest dog welfare charity, Birmingham and nationally. 32 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

An Evidence-Based Approach to Crime Prevention and Reduction

WORKSHOP LEADERS all researchers of crime reduction and prevention to the debate on gathering evidence on policies Dr Jessica Woodhams, School of Psychology, across the University.The quality of expertise we that best contribute to crime reduction. Funding and Dr Siddhartha Bandyopadhyay, have at the University of Birmingham became successes since the workshop include: Birmingham Business School. apparent in a cross-College bid to the ESRC and College of Policing Joint Call for a What Dr Woodhams As well as individual academics there are a Works Centre in Crime Reduction. Dr Woodhams Research, Development and Training in number of groups in the University that reflect led the bid for Birmingham which included Evidence-Based Policing. an underlying interest in tackling crime and representatives from the Schools of Psychology, Co-I and Lead of Research Work Package antisocial behaviour: The Centre for Forensic Birmingham Business School, Law, and Social College of Policing Innovation Fund Grant, Co-I and Criminological Psychology, The Birmingham Policy with Dr Bandyopadhyay also playing a key and Lead for University of Birmingham to set Criminal and Community Justice Group; role in preparing the application. up a consortium involving five police forces, Formal Verification and Security Group; four universities and Skills for Justice which The Accountability and Governance Cluster, The workshop enabled members of the University will engage in knowledge-exchange activities Birmingham Business School. The workshop to develop new research collaborations, as well and research planning. was held at an opportune time for to maintain as making potential funders and partners in the the momentum to build this cross-College, multi- criminal justice system aware of our research. Dr Bandyopadhyay disciplinary collaboration, develop a cohesive This was also an opportunity to develop links, Co-I (lead from UOB), College of Policing, Police and recognised presence in the field of crime computer science and medicine who have Knowledge Fund, Better Policing Collaborative, prevention and reduction and endeavour to link specialised expertise and skills to contribute 2015-17. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 33

Hybridity: Exploring Powders for Structural and Functional Applications power, social structures, and institutions beyond WORKSHOP LEADER This includes the understanding of their Professor Moataz Attallah, School of characteristics, properties, and the development the liberal west Metallurgy and Materials, Professor of of models that describe their production

Advanced Materials Processing and processing.

WORKSHOP LEADERS Interest in the applications of powders has been Research on powder processing is performed Dr Rosa Freedman, Law, and Dr Nicolas growing in various industrial sectors over the across various schools and colleges. Significant Lemay-Hébert, International Development past decade. Powders are heavily utilised in the activity on powder processing exists in the manufacture of structural and functional materials Schools of Metallurgy and Materials and In an era of globalisation, superdiversity and applications, for instance using 3D printing Chemical Engineering. In addition, research transnationality the traditional mono-disciplinary, Western-centric, approaches to understanding (additive manufacture), powder netshape on nano-powder characterisation is performed power, social structures and institutions have sintering (eg, powder hot isostatic pressing), in GEES and School of Chemistry. The been questioned and calls been made for new gelcasting of ceramics, and other manufacturing workshop brought together all of the interested approaches to be developed to help increase processes. They provide various advantages, researchers on this topic to discuss potential understanding of various fields, ranging from specifically their capability to reduce waste collaborations on this strategic topic. Since the peace-building, sovereignty and state recognition (making it a resource efficient manufacturing workshop in May 2014 there have been several to human rights paradigms. Building on the approach). In addition, the powders and developments from this group including an success of the past IAS workshop on Territorial particulates, on their own can be used for Innovate UK project on powder processing: and Non-Territorial Autonomies, this workshop various applications, in the fields of biomaterials, SLIMMER; funding from Caterpillar for a project developed an innovative research agenda around catalysis, and surface functionalisation. Their on the use of laser powder additive techniques theories of hybridity, which are being increasingly use faces a number of challenges that need for repair of engine blocks and an enhancement discussed at the academic level. to be addressed through advanced research. of the group’s research activity with MBDA.

The workshop bridged the theoretical gap that divides the different disciplines by bringing together scholars and practitioners from political sciences, sociology, development studies, philosophy, international law, and archaeology, in order to focus on hybridity and its potential impact and challenges over the coming years. The workshop provided an interdisciplinary forum for discussions that will fuse the theory and practice of hybridity during its embryonic phase. There was exploration of issues of contested sovereignty and supervised independence, human rights paradigms and other law traditions, and peace-building and local resistance. In Autumn 2016 Routledge will publish Drs Freedman and Lemay-Herbert’s edited volume in the Law, Development and Globalization series; Hybridity: Law, Culture and Development. 34 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Responding to Uprising: Urban Security Between Resilience and Resistance

WORKSHOP LEADER life, communities and built environments, and of resilience, and their relation to localised Dr Sara Fregonese, Geography, focused on responses to these events given by resistance, in cities that are experiencing crisis Earth and Environmental Sciences different state and non-state actors. Participants and transition. By combining multidisciplinary came from across disciplines and fields – and multi-context expertise, the workshop With the urban population now exceeding those including Geography, Law, International Sciences, produced comparative knowledge about urban of rural areas, security in the twenty-first century Resilient Urban Infrastructures – and from various responses to crisis, across the accepted binaries is an urban matter: it concerns urban spaces, geographical contexts including the UK, Egypt, of global north/global south and developed/ infrastructures and communities as much as it Greece and Spain. In particular, it explored the developing cities. concerns global politics. While terrorism has development of different notions and practices shaped urban security in the last decade, since 2011 cities have been at the centre of protest, riot, and even widespread uprising. Beyond the “Arab Spring”, these events are leaving deep Consent: A capacious and contentious concept in marks in cities worldwide, triggering strong, often feminist, legal, philosophical, and queer contexts violent responses from governments. If terrorism was the key for understanding urban security in the past decade, uprising is a crucial key for WORKSHOP LEADER The workshop drew on the expertise of a range understanding urban security in the current one. Professor Lisa Downing, Professor of Birmingham scholars, from postgraduate Protest and uprising have produced solidarity of French Discourses of Sexuality researchers to senior professors, as well as and organised resistance at urban, national inviting selected world-leading international and transnational scales, hence the importance ‘Consent’ is one of the most heavily debated scholars working on the problem. of researching the phenomenon transcending concepts in feminist activism and regional divides. Since late 2010 the Arab academia, in law and social policy- In addition, professionals uprisings, European and US anti-austerity making, and in sexual sub- from the legal and psychiatric protests and occupations, and the UK riots have cultural politics. The remit fields, and activists and suggested the presence of a new political moment of the concept of ‘consent’ writers who have made of mass disaffection, disobedience and resistance is very broad, including public interventions into that has in cities its symbolic and physical terrains. questions of medical ethics the debates around ‘rape Beyond the specificities of individual events, urban and varied legal applications culture’ and ‘consent dissent worldwide shares broader concerns about of ‘informed consent’. culture’, contributed. social justice, human rights, and democracy and This workshop, however, The workshop laid the their exercise in the city. addressed the usefulness groundwork for a several and limitations of the concept external funding bids and This one-day multi-disciplinary workshop gathered of specifically sexual consent, established the cross-University academic experts from across and beyond the interrogated from a range of academic Sexuality and Gender Studies Network University of Birmingham to exchange knowledge disciplinary perspectives and by participants at Birmingham as a leading national and with practitioners on the broad question of how to with varying degrees of commitment to, or international centre for research and agenda- manage cities in times of uprising. It explored the scepticism of, the ethos of consent. setting on the question of sexual consent. impact of protest and uprising on everyday urban Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 35

Bio-Social Methods for a Vitalist Social Science

WORKSHOP LEADERS Dr Jessica Pykett, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dr Lindsey Appleyard ,Social Policy, Dr Catherine Durose, Dr Beth Grunfeld , Dr Will Leggett Government and Society, Catherine Mangan INLOGOV and Dr Catherine Needham, Health Services Management Centre.

Societies face several contemporary governmental challenges ranging from climate change to obesity, which are said to require ‘bio-social’ solutions. That is, solutions which take into account the biological, ecological, psychological and sociological underpinnings of human behaviour. Insights from behavioural science, emotion science and neuroscience are now used to develop more effective and sophisticated mechanisms for open up new questions about the democratic of social intervention. Several key issues remain governing the self and societies. This trend has legitimacy and public permissiveness of mobilising to be fleshed out concerning what the methods, perhaps been most notable with the incarnation of psychological prompts and primers to ‘improve’ conceptual apparatus and objects of enquiry for the ‘behaviour change agenda’ which spans policy public policy and implementation. Existing social this new bio-social science might look like. areas as diverse as public health communication, scientific research has sought to demonstrate household energy consumption, parenting how particular forms of disciplinary knowledge Researchers from the biological, behavioural classes, personal pensions policies and tax have come to be valued by policy strategists, and social sciences across the University of compliance. Neuroscientific, behavioural economic how certain kinds of evaluative methods such as Birmingham together with external speakers and psychological research knowledges, and Randomized Controlled Trials have become more considered the potential for integrating critical biomedical research methods are part and parcel wide-spread outside of the medical field, and how and applied approaches contemporary ‘bio-social’ of these explicit attempts to govern through policy and research expertise has been reframed. challenges. Examining what kinds of languages, affective means. Traditional social scientific principals, methods and theoretical frameworks approaches have been taken to task for failing The sociologist, Nikolas Rose (2012) has arguably might be required for a genuinely transformative to adequately recognise the inherent biological pioneered critical approaches which have sought approach to ‘vitalist’ social science and giving vitalism, materiality and complexity of human a rapprochement between social theoretic consideration to how to hold on to crucial behaviour in light of advances in the biological perspectives and developments in the biological political and ethical questions concerning the and behavioural sciences. and life sciences, in parallel with scholars from the potential impact of biologically-infused accounts field of Science and Technology Studies (STS) of the human condition on our conceptions of From a critical perspective, it has been widely who have radically interrogated the application and governance and citizenship. argued that new affective forms of governance translation of laboratory science into various forms 36 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Best-Practice for Patient Since 2013, in addition to publications generated by the workshop, Professor Calvert and Dr Kyte Reported Outcomes have had funding successes from a wide range (PROs) in Randomised of organisations and funding bodies; Welcome Trust; QE Kidney Patient’s Association; The Clinical Trials NIHR Clinical Research Network: West Midlands; (CRN-WM); Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (for an Impact of PRO WORKSHOP LEADERS trial data on health policy and clinical practice); Melanie Calvert Professor of Outcomes Macmillan Cancer Support; Metchley Park Methodology and Dr Derek Kyte, Institute Medical Society and The Health Foundation. of Applied Health Research

Patient reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly assessed in clinical trials and Researching Africa and joint research projects, funding applications, provide ‘the patient voice’ in evidence on and teaching cooperation; collaboration with treatment effectiveness. PROs commonly evaluate the development of the African universities, student exchange programs, health-related quality of life, symptoms such and distance learning. as pain or fatigue, health utility, adherence and Africa Hub Website patient satisfaction and may be used to influence Faculty from fifteen different departments, clinical care and decision-making, predict WORKSHOP LEADER with a broad range of interests, who are long-term outcomes and inform health policy. Dr Benedetta Rossi Department of African working on Africa: its geography, society, Despite this, processes relating to PRO trial Studies and Anthropology arts, history, flora, fauna, diseases, problems. design and data collection are suboptimal and the The multi- disciplinary Africa Hub now promotes results are often poorly reported. These practices This IAS workshop facilitated the exchange the outward dissemination of Africa-related devalue important patient-centred data, diluting of information on common interests, research knowledge produced at the University the impact of PRO results in the clinical setting. and identified opportunities collaboration; of Birmingham.

Researchers at the University of Birmingham (chaired by Professor Calvert) are lead a IAS support was crucial to the development of a UoB-wide network of programme of work, which aims to enhance the design, implementation, analysis and reporting Africa-focused researchers. The ‘Researching Africa’ brought together of PROs in trials, to improve the way that results about fifty researchers from eleven UoB departments at all levels of research, are used to inform clinical care. This two-day from undergraduate students to emeriti research fellows. External scholars workshop brought together leading experts in and alumni also contributed. Thanks to the workshop, a network that had only PRO trials methodology with key personnel within existed on paper and in email lists has turned into a reality. IAS provided vital the Birmingham Clinical Trials Units, UHB clinical leads, researchers involved in PRO data collection institutional support, and we are building on initial achievements to create and patient representatives, who collectively new opportunities for continued Africa-focused dialogue and research. worked on a strategy to improve standards of Benedetta Rossi PRO trial measurement and reporting. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 37

Translational Biomaterials – from Scientific The Birmingham Hand Innovation to Clinical Translation WORKSHOP LEADER Dr Rustam Stolkin WORKSHOP LEADER funding in this area now requires that the Liam Grover, Professor in Biomaterials researchers involved are able to demonstrate that The hand is Science, School of Chemical Engineering their novel technologies will have a real economic scientifically and and societal benefit, which is a major challenge. culturally iconic. Although scientific advances have meant that we The human hand can extend the lifetime of individuals, we are still The University of Birmingham has a significant is intimately unable to stem the tide of ageing and successfully amount of expertise spread across the colleges intertwined with regenerate diseased and damaged tissues in of Engineering and Physical Science, Medical human evolution and individuals who may be of working age. This and Dental Sciences and Life and Environmental cognition. A robotic hand and associated ageing of the UK population is placing a Sciences in the area of medical device algorithms to control grasping and significant economic burden both on the taxpayer development and characterisation. The workshop manipulation, that can achieve the dexterity (musculoskeletal injuries are thought to cost the aimed to realise the full potential of this expertise of a human, is an important, but still far from UK economy £7 billion alone) and on the National through IAS’s co-ordination between researchers attained, goal of automation engineering. Health Service. Although there is significant across the colleges. The University now finds itself Such a hand would have numerous research in regenerative medicine in the UK, there uniquely positioned in the UK with one of the applications, represent a pinnacle in tends to be little dialogue between researchers largest teaching hospitals in Europe, the Centre mechatronic technology and AI, and form working on fundamental science, end-users for Defence medicine and the NIHR Centre for a major milestone in the development of (clinicians and medical technology companies), Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology all real-world intelligent machines. This workshop and the regulatory authorities. Securing research located on one site. explored the development of a robotic hand with a highly interdisciplinary, range of expertise from many schools across the University of Birmingham, Mechanical Engineering; Computer Science; Electrical Electronic and Computer Engineering; Psychology; Chemical Engineering as well as the Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics and the Centre for Human-Computer Interaction.

Dr Stolkin now leads one of the largest robotics projects in Europe, The RoMaNS (Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation) which will advance the state of the art in mixed autonomy for tele-manipulation, to solve a challenging and safety-critical “sort and segregate” industrial problem, driven by urgent market and societal needs. 38 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Complaining about Medicine, c.1700-2000

WORKSHOP LEADER knowledge exchange and promoted networks for Professor Jonathan Reinarz future discourse across disciplines.

At a time when complaining about medicine is Since the workshop Professor Reinarz and revealing shortcomings and shaping health care, Dr Rebecca Wynter have edited a volume in this workshop brought together local, national Routledge’s Historical and Social Sciences and international scholars working in the modern Series, ‘Complaints, Controversies and and contemporary history of medicine in ethics, Grievances in Medicine’ law, philosophy, politics, policy, biography and With Birmingham medicine to explore how complaint cultures Business School’s have been formed and have influenced medicine. Centre for Research in Ethnic Minority Additionally, this event stimulated discussions Entrepreneurship (CREME), through about how the past can inform current and future workshops in Birmingham and Brussels, conflict resolution and best practice. In order to supported by our EU Funding team, IAS do this, the Director of the University’s History and CREME have facilitated discussions and of Medicine Unit, Professor Jonathan Reinarz, drawn upon the expertise of small businesses, included a variety of voices, from different areas large corporations, academics and policy of the medical humanities, social sciences and makers to plan the next phase of this timely, medicine, from early-career and experienced relevant and exciting research agenda. scholars, theorists and practitioners, and services users and clinicians. The event facilitated The Institute has built up a fruitful collaboration with the team in CREME, Professor Monder Ram, Kiran Trehan, Professor of Leadership and Enterprise Development, Dr María IAS is a great facilitator of ideas, but each event still throws up many surprises, Villares-Varela and Sophie Sinclair, CREME by linking staff who never had previous opportunities to meet given the Centre Manager. disciplinary focus of so many other academic activities. The workshop allowed Workshops include: us to bring in external experts whose participation only magnified the potential of n  New Migrants, Entrepreneurs and Cities: our locally based colleagues. The entire event was also great simply in terms of An International Comparison getting everyone up to speed with developments across the disciplines that touch n  Inclusive Entrepreneurship: innovations on a particular research question, not just in a few key areas. Each event also in research and practice has spin-offs. We gathered to discuss ‘complaints’ in medicine, and, by the end n  International Workshop on Intersectionality and Migrant Entrepreneurship of the day we had pages of notes from the workshop and half a dozen of viable n  Latin American and Caribbean experiences ideas for research grants. of migration, work and employment Jonathan Reinarz Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 39

Hydrohazards: extremes, environment and people

WORKSHOP LEADER Professor David Hannah, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor of Hydrology

Water-related hazards (hydrohazards) are the results of complex interactions in the ocean- atmosphere-land process cascade. Extreme hydrological phenomena (floods and droughts) are anticipated to increase with global warming. Floods and droughts have significant impacts on the environment affecting biogeochemical processes, water quality extremes and pollutant levels as well as altering habitat conditions with impacts on ecosystem structure and function. These hydrological extremes have profound consequences also for people. Floods cause more deaths and infrastructure damage than any other sudden-onset hazard. Droughts have a gradual onset but typically cover larger geographical domains and persist over longer time periods, hence yield widespread impacts on projections of future flood and drought space-time research programmes on “UK drought” and socio-economic life. Floods and droughts result distributions in the context of global change; “Flooding from intense rainfall”; EPSRC also in some of the largest disaster-related economic integrated assessment of hydrohazards impacts identified “water engineering” as one of only 12 losses in low to high income countries, with on biophysical and socio-economic systems and research areas within the engineering theme for costs of flooding increasing by 160% in OECD processes; how best to use knowledge to improve growth A “Floods” Action was also launched the countries since 1980. Increased hydrohazard decision making, planning and policy on mitigation Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European impacts and costs are attributable to factors such and adaptation strategies to enhance resilience Commission. The hydrohazards theme connected as: increased event frequency and magnitude, and reduce impacts of hydrohazards now and into up with the University’s strategic investment unplanned urbanization, degradation of ecosystem the future; and moving beyond pure ‘social’ and initiative on “Resilience and Urban Living”. services, vulnerable livelihoods, and inaccurate ‘technical’ interpretations of hydrohazards to public perception of risk. understand the political ecologies implicated in After this workshop, Professor Hannah conditioning human vulnerability. At the time of presented at the ‘Hydrohazards’ session for the Building on research breath and strength at the workshop in October 2012 hydrohazards as the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 45th Birmingham, this workshop addressed themes “Water-related disasters” and “Water Scarcity” annual meeting. The conference was be attended such as, understanding links between climate- were identified as core themes for UNESCO’s by more than 20,000 Earth and space scientists, land-hydrology-human processes that generate International Hydrology Programme’s 8th phase educators, students, and other leaders in San floods and droughts; reducing uncertainty of (2014-2019); NERC planned (TAP3) directed Francisco, California. 40 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Trans-disciplinary approaches to Physical Activity Promotion in Older Adults

WORKSHOP LEADER Professor Janet Lord Director of the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Director of the MRC-ARUK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research Professor of Immune Cell Biology

The European Commission declared 2012 as the European Year of Active Ageing. Although it is evident that life expectancy is increasing greatly in the Western world at least, this trend is not complemented by an increase in the number of healthy years lived. Physical activity is a critical contributor to successful ageing, yet older adults are the least physically active segment of the population. Although many physical activity interventions have been developed with variable success, one of the major problems is that they fail to attract those groups of older adults who may derive the greatest benefits. Therefore, more effective targeted physical activity promotion in enhancing physical activity participation, but established collaboration between researchers strategies that can facilitate adoption and also on the environmental context and illness in Medical & Dental Sciences, Human and adherence are needed. Developing a trans- preventive services in the community. The Computer Interaction Centre; Sport & Exercise disciplinary platform for the promotion of physical workshop considered technological advances Science; Business School; the School of activity in older adults is likely to have the greatest (eg, the use of social media such as mobile phone Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences impact and was explored in this workshop. applications and social networking channels) and the participation of outside agencies and and the arts (literature and drama presentations) organisations allowed for exploration of ways The attendees included both researchers which can be used effectively in recruitment and in which research-driven ideas may be feasibly and practitioners all with expertise that could retention strategies for physical activity. Such implemented in the community and in more significantly further this area of work. An emphasis approaches had received little or no attention in specialised settings such as residential homes was placed not only on behaviour change the literature,up to this point in particular as far for older adults. strategies that have been shown to be effective as older adults are concerned. The workshop Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 41

Perfect People door now the horse has bolted? At this workshop to support the completion of a monograph Perfect philosophers, ethicists, lawyers, political scientists, Me! ‘Perfect me!’ (Princeton University Press) health care professionals, scientists and medical Professors Widdows and Hale are PI and WORKSHOP OP LEADERS sociologists explored these interlinking themes. Co-I respectively for The Changing Requirements Jean McHale, Birmingham Law School, of Beauty, AHRC Network Grant. Professor of Health Care Law and Heather Professor Widdows is the holder of a Widdows, John Ferguson Professor of Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship Global Ethics

Increasingly developed nations are becoming concerned with concepts of ‘perfectionism’ and ‘perfect people’. Despite the rejection of the language of eugenics and the selection of the fittest in the mid 20th Century, the last decade has been notable for a growing interest in, development of, and indeed in some contexts, growing public acceptance of cultures of body modification and selection of persons. Some of this may be seen as comparatively benign on first glance. ‘Looking better’, ‘Looking healthier’ or ‘10 years younger’

But concerns around the implications of such approaches, technologies and the long term impact of the drive for ‘perfection’ are increasing. Appearance and the ageing process may impact upon employment prospects. The pressure of such a perfectionist culture on the young led Queensland, Australia to regulate the use of cosmetic surgery on minors. The safety of ‘perfectionism’ technologies used for bodily enhancement has come under scrutiny at EU and member state level. The appearance of children with Downs Syndrome may be “corrected” by surgery. Have we moved from the amusing to the sinister and indeed dangerous? But is all this really too late? Is this something which we are able now to effectively address or regulate or is it a case of simply closing the stable 42 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Varieties of Religious Superdiversity

The aim of the workshop was to raw together a series of insights from different disciplines on the nature and study of religious superdiversity in the UK today and then to identify a number of projects that might be possible to build for the future.

Led by Professor Jenny Phillimore, The Institute for Research in to Superdiversity (IRiS) works to advance and promote the University’s expertise in the emerging Developing Research agendas in Superdiversity field of superdiversity. IRiS is the first institute in the UK and one of the first globally to focus This workshop gathered academics from across IRiS themes and workstreams, new agendas in of superdiversity. IAS has hosted several the University with policymakers to participate in superdiversity and was instrumental in enabling workshops in support of IRiS research. focused discussions aimed at developing the IRiS to operate in a truly interdisciplinary fashion. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 43

Big data network

Led by Dr Emmanouil ‘Data collection for urban metabolism studies Tranos, Geography, Earth and city analysis – the Birmingham Experience’. and Environmental Science Dr Susan E. Lee and Joanne M. Leach, School a large initial workshop of Civil Engineering brought together colleagues from schools alongside ‘Understanding international trade through Professional Services eBay data’. Dr Pierre-Louis Vezina, colleagues to discuss the new challenges and Department of Economics. exciting opportunities in a range of disciplines such as: the natural and life sciences, medicine, humanities, social sciences, business, computing and informatics The workshop addressed the fact that many researchers at the University of Birmingham across these and other disciplines were conducting cutting-edge big data research, in an isolated fashion and the University-wide, interdisciplinary conversation about big data research began here, determining interdisciplinary synergies and opportunities for research collaboration and identifying methodological intersections in approaches to big data research across campus.

The University BIG DATA network is now established and expanding, holding termly informal ‘lunch and learn’ seminars such as:

‘Are predictions from test accuracy meta-analyses valid in practice? Experiences from simulating data in R when developing a validation statistic’, Dr Brian H. Willis (Institute of Applied Health Research)

‘R or Python? What’s your favourite data analysis tool?’ Dr Grace Garner and Christoph Stich, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences 44 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Looking Forward to Clean Sport: The Future of Education- Launched in 2015 and led by Dr Jonathan Grix, the Sport Policy and Detection-Based Centre seeks to provide the bridge between first-class academic Deterrents to Doping

research and innovative policy making. As well as supporting visiting fellows and speakers, The Institute of Advanced Studies has supported WORKSHOP LEADER a number of workshops. Dr Ian Boardley, School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences As well as colleagues from universities across the UK and Europe, participants included Brian Barton, Nicola Newman, UK Anti-Doping; Chris Bond, Law In Sport; Andy Brown, Sports Integrity Initiative; Ellen Butcher, UK Athletics; Kevin Currell, English Institute of Sport; David Herbert, UK Athletics; Jade Johnson, Elite Athlete; Arne Ljungqvist, Anti-Doping Foundation; Scott Murray, Synergie Coaching; Tom Parsons, Elite Athlete; Craig Pickering, Elite Athlete; David Walsh, UK Athletics; Stephen Watkins, England Rugby.

This workshop offered a wide ranging analysis of the current issues affecting the ‘industry’ of doping in sport. The overarching theme of the Quo Vadis Olympism: a multidisciplinary exploration day was the balance those involved have to find between education and testing.

WORKSHOP LEADER was a opportunity to explore the Olympics Dr Jonathan Grix, School of Sport, from three unique angles: politics, linguistics Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences and heritage.

Bringing together academics from the Each topic group delivered a papers themed School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation around Olympism and the workshop concluded Sciences, the Ironbridge International Institute with a multi-disciplinary panel that answered for Cultural Heritage and the Department of and asks further questions about themes that English Language and Applied Linguistics as ran concurrently in each of the panels. well as external academic input this workshop Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 45

Leveraging the legacies of sports mega-events

WORKSHOP LEADERS Dr Jonathan Grix and Dr Ian D. Boardley

Governments in regimes of every type have shown a new willingness to invest and intervene in sport directly, steer and develop sport policy more purposefully and, recently, to engage in bidding for and hosting sports mega-events (Olympics, FIFA World Cup, but also 2nd order events, such as the Commonwealth Games). The rationale behind the desire to stage global sports mega-events is usually based upon the hoped-for legacy, (eg, increased international prestige; urban regeneration; greater sport participation). Thirty years ago it was difficult to interest states in putting on such elaborate and expensive events; now the competition to do so equals that on the playing field. This workshop galvanised a wide variety of cross-UoB expertise and cross-college disciplines that do not usually work together, sports scientists, psychologists, political scientists, economists, geographers, architects, health scientists, sociologists and engineers. The workshop brought together international experts with UoB scholars to reflect and draw upon previous sports mega-events, including London 2012. EXTERNAL ATTENDEES INTERNATIONAL INVITEES UK Sport; DCMS; Sport England; Selected Brazilian Ambassador to London; INTERNAL ATTENDEES Sports National Governing Bodies; UK-based Professor David Black (Dalhouse Uni, Canada); Geography: Professor Jon Coaffee; Social scholars: Professor John Horne; Professor Professor Bob Stewart (Victoria Uni, Australia); Policy: Dr Nathan Hughes; Sportex: Drs Matt Mike Weed; Professor Sugden; Prof Tomlinson; Professor Scarlett Cornelissen (Stellenbosch Uni, Bridge, Mark Griffiths and Symeon Dagkas; Professor Gratton; Professor Bairner; Professor South Africa); Professor Wolfram Manzenreiter Engineering: Dr Regina Santos; UBS: Zena Maguire; Professor Houlihan; Dr Brittain; (Uni of Vienna); Professor Amita Baviskar Wooldridge; Business School: Professor Fiona Dr Xin Xin. (Delhi University); Professor Laurence Chalip Carmichael and Professor Joanne Duberley; (UIUC, US) Centre for Obesity: Dr Eliot Marston; MDS: Professor Janet Lord. 46 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 47

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Public Events

Defining the University as a place of discovery and debate.

‘Challenges for Early Modern Women’s History’ ‘What Produces

Led by Dr Nadine Akkerman, Democracy? IAS Distinguished Visiting Revolutionary Crises, Fellow, and the late Professor Lisa Jardine at the Barber Popular Politics, and Institute. This was a lively Democratic Gains in event exploring the development of archival research which offers Twentieth-Century ‘There’s no such thing exciting new opportunities for Europe’ as a tough brain’ excavating early modern women’s history. ‘The Kindertransport Professor Geoff Eley As part of the British Science Festival in The Institute of Advanced Studies was September 2014, researchers from Sport, in History and Memory’ delighted that our Visiting Fellow was Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, invited to deliver one of the Vice Chancellor’s Psychology, Biosciences, Engineering, As part of the IAS ‘Saving Humans’ theme, Distinguished Lectures. Computer Science and Medical and Dental marking 75th Anniversary of the Kindertransport, Sciences were joined by experts and colleagues from Theology, German Studies and These are occasions where the University concussion advocates to raise awareness Drama explored the theoretical and practical and wider community can come together in the community and discuss policy solutions. questions raised by academic study and to reflect on the major social, scientific, The discussion was followed by a screening of representation of the Kindertransport in dialogue cultural, and policy issues of our time. ‘Head Games: The Global Concussion Crisis’. with practitioners and survivors. At the end of this Steve James’s hard hitting documentary moving and fascinating day delegates attended featuring never-before-seen neurological a production of Diane Samuels’ acclaimed play findings related to sport and the devastating ‘Kindertransport’ performed at the George consequences of sports related head injuries. Cadbury Hall by the final year Drama and Theatre Arts students. IAS Report 2016 49

Ambassador Diego Gomez Pickering: Transforming Mexico

Mr. Diego Gómez Pickering was appointed as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mexico to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in December 2013. In this public lecture, his Excellency explored the internal and external changes that the Mexican government is currently implementing, including reforms to the labour, energy and telecommunications sectors, with the intention of transforming Mexico into one of the largest and most stable economies in the world. ‘HS2 or What?: Transport Choices and West Midlands Regeneration’

Invited by the Centre for Urban and Regional for the West Midlands were discussed by a Studies (CURS) the distinguished geographer panel of experts, chaired by Gisela Stuart, MP and planner, the late Professor Sir Peter Birmingham Edgbaston, before a debate with Hall, delivered a keynote address drawing the audience.The event attracted enormous on his long engagement with transport in urban interest from Geographers and Engineers, development. The challenges he then set out Town Planners and pressure groups. 50 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Re-building The Kingdom of God is Always but Coming’: Justice manufacturing – and the Legacy of the Social Gospel in North America New Dogs, Old Tricks! Christopher Evans is the Professor of the History of Christianity and Methodist Studies at Boston Professor Sir Mike University. Gregory is Head of the Manufacturing and In the 20th century, the social gospel movement Management Division had a far ranging impact upon North American of the University society. This seminar assessed the social gospel Engineering Department as a movement of religious and political reform in and of the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) North America and how the movement’s legacy at The University of Cambridge. An Executive has shaped 21st century North American religion Director of the Cambridge MIT Institute from and society. 2005-2008, Springer Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley in 2008/9 as well as the chair of the UK Manufacturing Professors Forum, Mike is a member of the UK Government’s Manufacturing Analytical Group on Manufacturing.

This lecture, part of the IAS theme ‘Regeneration Economies’ introduced some of the circumstances, business models and technologies which are changing the face of modern manufacturing and suggest what needs to be done to accelerate recent progress.

Dancing Maps!

Presented as part of the Being Human Festival of the Humanties 2014,and an ongoing project led by Dr Pat Noxolo, School of Geography and Earth Sciences, encouraging people to experience African and Caribbean traditional dance in new ways, through engaging with digital technologies. Would new engagement prompt people to think in different ways about how African dance is relevant to their lives now, to their bodies and to the places where they live? Can African dance be re-thought as a ‘map’ to guide us in our lives today? This event featured a new dance devised by Ace Dance Company, and a debate about where African-Caribbean dance can take you. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 51

The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention, with Comments on Syria’ a Public Lecture by Jeff McMahan, White’s Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Part of our ‘Saving Humans’ research theme, thousands of lives. Many on the political right The Institute of Advanced Studies was delighted think that no instance of humanitarian intervention to host this lecture on the ethics of humanitarian can be a justifiable use of a state’s resources intervention. The event was chaired by Professor unless it can be shown to be in that state’s Nicholas J Wheeler, Director Institute for interest. McMahan addressed these differing Conflict, Cooperation and Security. views and considered when humanitarian intervention might be permissible and when One of the most celebrated and influential it might even be morally required. philosophers writing on the ethics of war today, Professor McMahan visited Birmingham as an IAS Distinguished Visiting Fellow in May 2014. Jeff is well known for a style that combines great philosophical rigour and innovativeness with great clarity and accessibility to non-specialists.

Many on the political left view virtually all exercises A Future for West of military force with suspicion – even those for Midlands Devolution? which there might be a humanitarian justification. Others deplore the unwillingness of powerful states to intervene in such conflicts as those in LONDON: Or LOCAL? With Contributing Rwanda, Sudan, and Syria, when intervention organisations Unlock Democracy, Futures could arguably save tens or hundreds of Professor Jeff McMahan and Professor Nicholas J Wheeler Network West Midlands, and the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, Gisela Stuart MP for Edgbaston chaired this event to New Labour in New York: discuss what sort of voice the West Midlands requires to better meet the needs Precarious Workers and Their Organizing Efforts of its 5.2 million people. With greater local/ regional powers up for debate is a ‘Greater The world-renowned sociologist of work, She was formerly Professor of Sociology at Birmingham’ City-Region enough, or do we Professor Ruth Milkman explored the themes UCLA, where she also directed the Institute for need elected regional government - with or of her recent research. Research on Labor and Employment. Her books without a West Midlands Boris (or Ken)? include Gender at Work (1987), Farewell to the And how is England as a country of 40 Professor Milkman is Professor of Sociology at Factory (1997) and LA Story (2006). The last, million to be represented without worsening the City University of New York Graduate Center. a study of migrants and trade unions in Los Westminster centralism? Angeles, underpins her most recent research.

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‘Global Migration Governance after the High Level Dialogue’

Professor François Crépeau, United Nations McGill, is Director of McGill’s Centre for Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and is of Migrants a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The focus of his current research includes In his lecture professor Crépeau, discussed his migration control mechanisms, the rights of 2014 report to the EU on migration policies and foreigners, the interface between security detention facilities. François Crépeau holds the and migration, and the interface between Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public the Rule of Law and globalization. International Law, at the Faculty of Law of

Giving Women Their Place in Holocaust History

Dr Rochelle G. Saidel opportunities. After outlining the evolution of the subject of women and the Holocaust in general, Women have always Rochelle addressed the issue of rape and sexual been left out of history or abuse, the last frontier for the inclusion of women’s been underrepresented, experiences in the Holocaust narrative. Especially and the period of the since the publication of Sexual Violence against Holocaust is no Jewish Women during the Holocaust in 2010, exception. Although there have been sessions and plenaries on the some women’s memoirs subject at various conferences. However, it still were published soon after remains taboo among some scholars, as well as World War II, the analytical history books and in most Holocaust museums and memorials. Holocaust exhibitions that followed were written Finally, the lecture focused on examples of relatively without considering women’s experiences as unknown women, giving them and others in similar women. Co-hosted with the British Association for circumstances their places in Holocaust history. Holocaust Studies we were honoured to welcome Dr Saidel whose lecture reviewed the highlights of giving women their place in Holocaust history, as well as some examples of lost

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‘Are University Fine and Applied Art Research Partnerships a substitute for Collections-based Curators in Regional Museums’

Chaired by Professor Matthew Rampley

Over the past 20 years there has been a dramatic decline in fine and applied art curatorship in the regional galleries, despite considerable investment ‘Education In A Global from the Renaissance programme which initially focused on access and learning. Setting: The Needs of the 21st Century’ Major regional collections of national standing such as Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow and This day- long open event on the current debate Manchester have much diminished specialist attracted participation from key organisations, This fascinating and wide ranging public fine art curatorial departments. Collection care the national Gallery, the Art Fund, the Association lecture was delivered by Professor Dinesh managers very often now take on the curatorial of Art Historians, the Arts Council, the Museum Singh, Vice Chancellor of University of Delhi role and little collection research is carried out Association, University Museums Conference, during his visit to the University in January by in-house curators, beyond the major national the Art Museums Director’s Conference and the 2014. Professor Singh is also the Director museums in London, Edinburgh and Cardiff Steering Group for the Special Subject Network of Mathematical Sciences Foundation, Delhi and the large University Museums, the Ashmolean for European Paintings pre 1900 and the V&A and Adjunct Professor, Department of and Fitzwilliam. Purchase Grant Mathematics, University of Houston, USA and is involved at the international level in many areas of mathematics research and education. 54 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

Educational Realities and The Tasks of the Critical Scholar/Activist in Education’

Institute of Advanced Studies Distinguished dominant tendencies and then discussed the Visiting Fellow Professor Michael W. Apple tasks of the ‘public intellectual’, the critical scholar gave the The Centre for Research in Race activist, in building and defending more critically and Education’s 2015 annual lecture. democratic and anti-racist educational theories, policies, and practices. Neoliberal, neoconservative, and managerial reforms now dominate the educational landscape Michael W. Apple is widely recognised as one internationally. They have taken on an almost of the world’s leading critical educators. His religious power in that they seem to be nearly reputation is built on an exceptional body of immune to counter evidence. Yet, there are scholarship that extends from the 1970s to the The Centre for Research in alternatives to them that have made a significant present day. Professor Apple’s standing is equally Race and Education (CRRE), difference, if we reject the simplistic idea that strong in numerous parts of the world, including aims to pursue race equality education can only reproduce dominance. North America, Europe, South America (especially and social justice by working Brazil and Argentina), South Africa and Asia to close gaps in educational achievement Starting by critically examining dominant (particularly China). His truly global impact can and improve the educational experiences tendencies and then drawing from his recent book be gauged by the many translations of his books and career outcomes of Black and minority ‘Can Education Change Society?’, (should book and by the constant international demand for ethnic people. titlte be in italics?) Professor Apple examined the his services as a speaker and collaborative responsibilities of those who wish to interrupt progressive educator.

Home, Harmony and Hope Birmingham & Chicago

In places where some saw possibilities and others In conjunction with an exhibition, in the Bramall sought to conquer dismal realities, music provided Music building this discussion explored the lives harmony and hope. Drawing upon influences from of diverse Birmingham and Chicago residents, London to Kingston, New Orleans to Liverpool, examining how challenging urban realities and Birmingham to Chicago, melodies created impacted upon the role of music as marker of in echoing stairwells, outdoor courtyards and collective consciousness, identity and history. blacktops, nearby churches, and neighbourhood pubs were set to stories from around the world to communicate the commonalities of urban places called home. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 55

‘Biophilic Cities’ SESAME: A Bright Hope for the Middle East n  Professor Timothy Beatley, (Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities, ‘Science is a common University of Virginia) is an internationally language – if we can recognized sustainable city researcher and speak it together, author. His writings have focused on creative possibly we can build strategies cities can use to reduce their bridges of trust which ecological footprints and become more livable will help in other and equitable places in the process. Beatley areas.’ was instrumental in launching the new global network of Biophilic Cities, in October 2013. Speakers, Talk: ‘Biophilic Cities’ Sir Christopher n  Professor Jean V. McHale Professor of Health Llewellyn-Smith Care Law Birmingham Law School. Jean (Oxford University, McHale researches and writes in the area of President, SESAME Biophilic cities are defined as cities that contain Health Care law. She has written several key Council and Former abundant nature; they are cities that care about, works in the field and participated on several Director-General seek to protect, restore and grow this nature, external policy committees. She is the Director CERN) and Professor and that strive to foster deep connections and of the Centre for Health Law, Science Eliezer Rabinovici daily contact with the natural world. Nature is & Policy at Birmingham Law School and (Hebrew University not something optional, but absolutely essential is one of the academic directors of the of Jerusalem, Vice to living a happy, healthy and meaningful life; University of Birmingham Policy Commission, President, SESAME Council and these cities put nature at the heart of their Healthy Ageing in the 21st Century. Vice- President CERN Council). decision making. The symposium explored Talk: ‘Healthy ageing in the 21st Century: these issues with an audience drawn from the best is yet to come?’ SESAME is a cooperative venture by scientists right across Birmingham’s civil society and n  Professor Miles Tight Professor of Transport, and governments of the Middle East set up on members of the public. Energy and Environment, The University of the model of CERN (European Organization Birmingham School of Civil Engineering. Miles for Nuclear Research). It is being developed Speakers included: Tight has been actively researching safety, under the auspices of UNESCO (United n  Dr William Bird, (MBE) a general practitioner equity and sustainability of travel for over 20 Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural in Reading, Berkshire, England. He has set up years with a particular emphasis recently on Organization). Sesame stands for Synchrotron- schemes to encourage people in the United sustainability of transport. Most recently his light for Experimental Science and Applications Kingdom to exercise in order to promote good research interests focus on walking and in the Middle East. And it is also a reference to health, and he was awarded an MBE for his cycling, the nature of long term and large scale the famous phrase ‘open sesame’, the secret contributions to health and physical activity change in transport systems and the future command to open a treasure trove in the tale in the Queen’s New Year Honours 2010. design and form of sustainable urban areas. of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Talk: ‘Trees, People and the Built Environment’ Talk: ‘Can long term visions for sustainable urban transport contribute?’ ‘It is pretty remarkable but it’s happened and it’s because the scientific communities in these countries have pushed for this and ignored the political barriers’ 56 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 57

University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study 58 Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016

The Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Birmingham has been a member of the UBIAS network since March 2013. UBIAS are associated with or embedded within universities, and actively contribute to the academic culture, the research environment and academic achievements of their home university.

UBIAS institutes bring together outstanding Columbia hosted the biennial UBIAS conference, was held at the Institute of Advanced Studies researchers from different disciplines, nationalities ‘Scientific and Academic Knowledge’. The in Humanities and Social Sciences, National and academic backgrounds, creating a productive conference was an initiative by the UBIAS Taiwan University, Taipei. environment for innovative research and although network to strengthen relationships among the individual institutes have a large variety of member institutes and spread knowledge globally. different concepts and academic pursuits, what Professor Malcolm Press presented the mission In June 2016 The University of Birmingham we have in common has proved to be a fruitful and vision of Birmingham’s IAS at this meeting. hosted the UBIAS DIrectors’ Meeting: ‘UBIAS and supportive basis for mutual exchange. into Impact: Networking our academics to The UBIAS Directors’ meeting in November meet global challenges’. The UBIAS network was initiated in 2010, when 2014, ‘Rising New Perspectives in an Age representatives from 32 research institutes of Globalisation: Challenges and Prospects’, worldwide met at the conference entitled ‘University-Based Institutes for Advanced Study in a Global Perspective: Promises, Challenges, New Frontiers’, hosted by the Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Germany.

The UBIAS Directors’ meeting in 2013 with the theme of ‘Shaping the Future, navigating in a Changing World’ was held at The Israel Institute for Advanced Studies of Jerusalem, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

In September 2013 The Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies at the University of British

Photo Mike Hannon and Sue Gilligan with colleagues from the UBIAS network at Center for Advanced Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München planning for the 2016 UBIAS Directors’ Meeting. Institute of Advanced Studies 2013–2016 59

Dr David Gange, (History), participated in the pioneering UBIAS Intercontinental Academy on the topic of Time. This project was an interdisciplinary venture that drew no distinctions between natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. The team of 13 researchers from As a historian of the nineteenth century – landscapes) over four centuries. Grant around the world comprised one mathematician, a period when conceptions of time were applications and an extended monograph on a chronobiologist, a marine biologist, transformed around the world – I have this topic are underway, but in the meantime a pharmacologist, an educational psychologist, long been interested in temporalities, so I’ve signed to write a book with Harper Collins, a psychologist/neuroscientist, a philosopher, I signed up to the Intercontinental Academia on entitled The Frayed Atlantic Edge, which explores two historians, a literary scholar, a historian Time without hesitation. At that stage I was the question of what a historian can bring to of art, an architectural historian and a zoologist. planning a book quite similar to my previous understanding the ecology of threatened coasts. The Academia began in São Paulo in April 2016; projects, which would explore how changing These projects are far more intellectually the second workshop was Nagoya in March 2016 ideas of death, time and the self were inter- ambitious than anything I’d previously attempted; where in addition to the workshop Professor related amidst the cultural transformations of without the immersive interdisciplinary work of Jonathan Reinarz (History of Medicine) took part nineteenth-century Europe. I went to the first part the Intercontinental Academy I would never had in a panel discussion on the future of Institutes of the Intercontinental Academia, in Sao Paulo, felt the confidence to take them on, for Advanced Study and the UBIAS network. as a cultural historian of the nineteenth century nor the sense that I had access to the with interdisciplinary interests. A year later, after wide range of disciplinary expertise that immersive work with scholars from a host of the project’s network now allows me disciplines, I came back from Japan a very to draw on. different kind of researcher. Over the course of David Gange the year I hadn’t found answers to the historians’ questions about temporalities I had been asking, but had gained access to a vast array of more interesting ways of asking the questions. In particular, it became much clearer to me what kinds of ideas historians can contribute that complement and extend the work of other disciplines in relation to the big issues of our time, particularly as these relate to ecology and the earth system. In ways that I could Group photo Nagoya March 2016 never have foreseen, my work is now far more interdisciplinary than it was and my focus as a historian is no longer on the nineteenth century. In conversation with other members of the UBIAS team I’ve developed a project on coastal temporalities: the perception of time on British coasts (the most fragile and transitory of

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