Natural History Museum research seminar series
26 February 2024
Researchers at Reading are invited to attend seminars presented alongside colleagues at the Natural History Museum (NHM), thanks to a partnership between the two organisation.
A long-term research collaboration with NHM was established as part of the Museum’s plans to create a state-of-the-art collections, digitisation and research centre at our Thames Valley Science Park in Shinfield.
The strategic partnership will create opportunities for joint education, training and research, and supports our objectives to provide expertise to address global environmental challenges.
Seminar series
One action to come out of this is a series of cross-institutional keynote seminars, aimed at raising the profile of interdisciplinary research into sustainability, biodiversity, and environmental issues.
These are running every two months throughout 2024, with the next one scheduled for Thursday 14 March 2024.
All colleagues and postdocs from both institutions are welcome to attend. Email NHM-UoR-partnership@nhm.ac.uk for more information.
The seminars are presented by researchers from the University and NHM who have successfully designed proposals for large, interdisciplinary projects and received funding. They will be framed around the science and content of their projects or centres.
The events will be hosted either at our London Road campus or the NHM Flett Theatre in London, with the option to attend online. Recordings of the seminars will also be made available afterwards.
The first seminar took place in January and focused on how digital technology and artificial intelligence is changing the face of natural science collections.
The recording of January’s seminar is now available.
Research engagement
To support the seminars, 16 researchers from the University and NHM have also signed up to engage with the presenters in a series of masterclasses.
During these session, the researchers share their experiences of putting together their projects, and lessons they have learned, with the aim of helping mid-career and senior academics build capacity and leadership.