Bredon House

Science Society (Media Collection)

This archive features recordings of most Science Society webinars from Lent 2020 onward.

Bredon House

Adaptations of Antarctic Marine Animals and Changing Environments
Professor Lloyd Peck (Science Leader of Biodiversity, Evolution and Adaptation Team, British Antarctic Survey & Fellow of Wolfson College)

Watch the recording from 11 June 2021

 

Ageing in Harmony: Music’s Impact on Health & Well-being in Older Adults
Bill Ahessy (Heath Service Executive, Ireland)

Watch the recording from 21 May 2021

 

The keys to the past: a mixed-methods approach to reconstructing the 1812 eruption of La Soufrière St. Vincent
Dr Jazmin Scarlett (Independent Researcher)

Watch the recording from 14 May 2021

 

Diseases without Borders: what can we do to combat the next pandemic
Professor James Wood (Head of Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, Fellow of Wolfson College)

Watch the recording from 7 May 2021

 

Stories from Tree Rings
Dr Claudia Hartl (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)

Watch the recording from 30 April 2021

 

Empire in Mesopotamia… Felled by Dust?
Dr Stacy Carolin (Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 19 March 2021

 

Challenges in Building a Career in Discoveries and Their Translation; Journey to the Unknown
Professor Hala Zreiqat (University of Sydney)

Watch the recording from 12 March 2021

 

Back to the Future: Ice Cores and Climate Science
Dr Helene Hoffmann (Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College)

Watch the recording from 26 February 2021

 

Designing Emotionally Intelligent Social Robots for Applications Involving Children
Ms De'Aira Bryant (Georgia Institute of Technology)

Watch the recording from 19 February 2021

 

Scientific Publishing and the Academic Incentive Structure
Mr Ben Farrar (PhD student, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 12 February 2021

 

Causes and Consequences of Gut Microbiome Variation in Wild Birds
Dr Gabrielle Davidson (Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge & Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College)

Watch the recording from 4 December 2020

 

Developing New Genomics Technologies to Map DNA Epigenetic Modifications in Human, Parasites and Cancer
Dr Sergio Martinez Cuesta (Research Associate, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 27 November 2020

 

Interpretable Machine Learning in Oncology: From Bench to Bedside
Dr Zohreh Shams (Former Junior Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 20 November 2020

 

Martian Deserts on Earth
Anika Mehlis (Analogue Astronaut at Austrian Space Forum & Universität Bielefeld)

Watch the recording from 13 November 2020

 

The Science of Compassion in Healthcare
Dr Sophie Ames (Clinical Psychologist)

Watch the recording from 6 November 2020

 

Seeing What Everybody Thinks but Seeing What No One has Thought
Professor Rana Dajani (Hashemite University)

Watch the recording from 30 October 2020

 

Popping For Parkinson's: The Power of Dance
Mr Simone Sistarelli (Founder of Popping For Parkinson's)

Watch the recording from 23 October 2020

 

Sustainability, Welfare, and Political Change
Professor Donald M. Broom (Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 12 June 2020

 

 

Why Can't I Get Rid of This Belief?
Dr Anabela Pinto (Research Associate, Wolfson College)

Watch the recording from 5 June 2020

 

 

Working in Research Through the COVID-19 Crisis
Professor Gordon Dougan (Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge and Fellow at Wolfson College)

Watch the recording from 29 May 2020

 

 

How to Breed Better Politicians
Dr Joel Peck (Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge)

Watch the recording from 15 May 2020

 

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A dark brown vase with orange symbol on in front of a blurred background of more pottery on shelves.

Art Exhibition: Ceramics in the Bernard Leach Tradition

28/04/2024 at 10.00

A display of works from the Bradshaw-Bubier studio pottery collection.

Three skeletons depicted in a dance-like pose on a grassy field, from a historic illustration.

The Difficult Joy of Death Activism

30/04/2024 at 17.30

How we can develop ‘death activism’ – a variety of tactics and posthuman practices which celebrate death, its inevitability, its forms, from the slow to times of crisis, and how can trauma and mourning emerge as their own forms of expression, or even activism?

Photograph of Sandi Toksvig, wearing a yellow shirt and leaning against a stone entryway.

Lee Lecture: How to change the world. A quick guide.

01/05/2024 at 18.00

We are delighted to welcome Sandi Toksvig OBE as our speaker for Wolfson's prestigious Lee Lecture this year.

Five colorful hexagons with icons representing law, science, social network, nature, and music.

Wolfson Research Event 2024

02/05/2024 at 09.00

Join us for the 2024 Wolfson Research Event: an interdisciplinary academic conference organised by students to showcase the diversity of the research carried out by Wolfson students.

Poster for an event titled "divine intervention" showing a person floating in mid-air against a cloudy sky

Screening of Divine Intervention

04/05/2024 at 15.00

Screening of Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention, in conversation with assistant director Rania Stephan.

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