The 2022 Darwin College lecture series starts on Friday 21 January 2022.
This year’s theme is ‘Food’.
The lectures will take place in Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue on Fridays at 17.30, and will be live-streamed. Please note that the series is open to all and works on a first come first served basis. A team of ushers will be at the hall to welcome you. If you arrive after the hall has filled up or the lecture has started you will be directed to an overflow hall showing a live stream (which is also available online).
The first talk will be on ‘Food and Climate Change’ given by Professor Sarah Bridle of the University of York, Friday 21 January 2022.
Professor Sarah Bridle is a transdisciplinary researcher driven by the need to tackle climate change, focusing on a quantitative approach to helping transform food systems to steward change to new kinds of futures. Sarah’s current research focuses on synthesising, exploring and effectively communicating environmental and nutrition impacts of different dietary options, with the aim of driving changes in food production methods and portfolios to be healthy for people and planet. Sarah founded the Take a Bite out of Climate Change project, including leading a stand at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition 2019. Sarah has a unique combination of expertise including interpreting large data sets using statistical methods, with a degree in Natural Sciences and a PhD in astrophysics from the University of Cambridge (2000), and statistical cosmology research in France (2000-2001), Cambridge (2001-2004), UCL London (2004-2012) and Manchester (2013-). Author of >100 refereed publications with >10,000 citations (h>50), Sarah has won prestigious awards including a Royal Society University Research Fellowship, the Royal Astronomical Society’s Fowler Award and ERC Starting and Consolidator Grants. Sarah’s book, Food and Climate Change – Without the Hot Air was published in September 2020 by UIT Cambridge.
These lectures and all previous series, are all available on the following YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DarwinCollegeLectureSeries
Please refer to https://www.darwin.cam.ac.uk/lectures for the Covid safety guidelines, admittance policy, the live-stream link and upcoming lectures.
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