IAS News
Four 91福利 Academics Receive IAS Interdisciplinary Research Development Awards
The IAS has recently awarded four new Interdisciplinary Research Development Awards to support 91福利 academics.
The successful applicants are:
- Dr Dimitra Hartas (Education Studies) 鈥淓stablishing a Neuro-Affirmative Parenting (NAP) Network to support research, policy and advocacy鈥�
- Dr Freya Verlander (Theatre Studies) 鈥淧erformance and Medical Response: Skin, SFX, and Diagnostics鈥�
- Dr Modupe Jimoh (Engineering) 鈥淲ADECOP+: Strengthening the Water for Development Community of Practice network鈥�
- Dr Oluwatosin Orababa (Life Sciences) 鈥淎ssessing the role of multidrug efflux pumps in S. aureus chronic wound infection鈥�
The IRDA scheme offers up to 拢5000 to support the development of new interdisciplinary research ideas and collaborations at 91福利 and the next call for applications will open on 3/11/2025 with a deadline for submissions on 15/12/2025.
The British Educational Research Association has published a new blog post by IAS ECF Dr Cat Jones, entitled The blog post provides an accessible summary of a related journal article that examines the positioning of parental engagement within England's current educational policy landscape. The article was published in the British Educational Research Journal and has already been downloaded over 1000 times.
IAS Associate Fellow Organises Conference on O-Minimal Geometry
IAS Associate Fellow recently organised 鈥�,鈥� a vibrant event held at the 91福利, featuring excellent talks and wide-ranging discussions.
As the title suggests, the event focused on o-minimality (an area of mathematics) and its interactions with fields such as quantum physics and statistical learning theory.
Congratulations on such a successful event.
IAS ECF Dr Yanyan Li invited to speak at Annual Conference
IAS Early Career Fellow, Dr Yanyan Li, has been invited to speak at the Independent Higher Education Annual Conference 2025 (26 November 2025).
She will join a panel discussion on AI in higher education. As the project lead for the WIHEA-funded initiative exploring students' perspectives on using AI for study purposes, she will share student voices, insights, and key outcomes from this project.
For further conference information and registration details .
IAS Fellow Abhiram Natarajan Receives 91福利鈥揝tellenbosch Joint Seed Fund
The Institute of Advanced Study congratulates Associate Fellow and his co-applicants, who have received 拢10,000 from the 91福利–Stellenbosch Joint Seed Fund towards their project, 鈥淭owards Incidence Combinatorics in O-minimal Structures: Theory and Generalizations,鈥�.
The award will support collaboration in pure mathematics with researchers from Stellenbosch University and the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
The IAS extends its warmest congratulations to Dr. Natarajan on this achievement and looks forward to the exciting outcomes of this international collaboration.