Real World Challenges Seminar Series

Real World Challenges Seminar Series

Cambridge Prisms

The Cambridge Prisms: Real World Challenges series will accelerate discovery and progress research by supporting the formation of new collaborative networks to address real-world challenges with a truly interdisciplinary ethos. Cambridge Prisms serve to facilitate conversation and debate of the latest developments and perspectives from the scientific, environmental, social science, medical, legal, economic, and ethics research communities.

Speakers
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Prof. Anna Dominiczak
Prof. Munir Pirmohamed
Dr. Matthew Prime
Prof. Dianne Nicol
Prof. Bass Hassan
Dr. Bina Joe
Prof. Nathalie K. Zgheib
Prof. Anna Schuh
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Dr Jessica Jones
Dr Wolfgang Kiessling
Dr Merve Özyurt
Professor Jens-Christian Svenning
Prof Nicholas Dulvy
Prof Julien Louys
Prof Carlos Peres
Carl J Reddin
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Cambridge Prisms
Cambridge Prisms

Upcoming live seminars

March 2025

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Rethinking extinction “crises”: The case of Asian songbird trade
Mar 11 @ 2pm
Keynote
University of Leeds

Rethinking extinction “crises”: The case of Asian songbird trade

Mx Sicily Fiennes
Sicily Fiennes
University of Leeds
Tuesday, March 11, 2025 2:00 PM (UTC)
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Quality assurance of reusable plastic packaging
Mar 19 @ 2:30pm
Keynote
Loughborough University

Quality assurance of reusable plastic packaging

Dr Elliot Woolley
Elliot Woolley
Loughborough University
Wednesday, March 19, 2025 2:30 PM (UTC)
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April 2025

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Apr 1 @ 1pm
Keynote
University of Leeds

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Miss Kate Simpson BA (Hons), MA
Kate Simpson
University of Leeds
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 1:00 PM (UTC)
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Plastic pollution and environmental education through artwork
Apr 24 @ 1pm
Keynote

Plastic pollution and environmental education through artwork

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Victoria Prowse
Thursday, April 24, 2025 1:00 PM (UTC)
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May 2025

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Mitochondria as a target of micro- and nanoplastic toxicity
May 14 @ 1pm
Keynote
Koç University

Mitochondria as a target of micro- and nanoplastic toxicity

Dr. Fulya Dal Yöntem PhD
Fulya Dal Yöntem
Koç University
Wednesday, May 14, 2025 1:00 PM (UTC)
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June 2025

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Were dinosaurs doomed to extinction? New insights from phylodynamic models
Jun 25 @ 3pm
Keynote
ETH Zurich
Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Were dinosaurs doomed to extinction? New insights from phylodynamic models

Dr. Bethany Allen
Bethany Allen
ETH Zurich and Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 3:00 PM (UTC)
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July 2025

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This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates
Aug 5 @ 8:30am
Keynote
Charles Darwin University
University of Adelaide

This is the way the world ends; not with a bang but a whimper: Estimating the number and ongoing rate of extinctions of Australian non-marine invertebrates

Professor John Woinarski
John Woinarski
Charles Darwin University
Dr Jess Marsh
Jess Marsh
University of Adelaide
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 8:30 AM (UTC)
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Published seminars

How small a nanoplastic can be? A discussion on the size of this ubiquitous pollutant
Feb 20
Keynote
Universidade de São Paulo

How small a nanoplastic can be? A discussion on the size of this ubiquitous pollutant

Bárbara Rani Borges, Universidade de São Paulo
Science-policy Interface Debate
Jan 22
Keynote
University of Portsmouth
SINTEF Ocean

Science-policy Interface Debate

Steve Fletcher, University of Portsmouth
Andy Booth, SINTEF Ocean
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Small micro- and nanoplastic test and reference materials for research: Current status and future needs
Jan 21
Keynote
SINTEF Ocean

Small micro- and nanoplastic test and reference materials for research: Current status and future needs

Andy Booth, SINTEF Ocean
A Brief History of Plastics
Nov 2024
Keynote

A Brief History of Plastics

Louise Dennis, Arts University Bournemouth
Ecological Radiations of Mammals: Before & After the K/Pg Mass Extinction
Oct 2024
Keynote
University of Washington
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture

Ecological Radiations of Mammals: Before & After the K/Pg Mass Extinction

Gregory Wilson Mantilla, University of Washington and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding language endangerment
Sep 2024
Keynote
Australian National University

Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding language endangerment

Lindell Bromham, Australian National University
Preventing, declaring and learning from species extinctions: the role of law
Aug 2024
Keynote
University of Adelaide
Centre for Marine Socioecology

Preventing, declaring and learning from species extinctions: the role of law

Phillipa McCormack, University of Adelaide and Centre for Marine Socioecology
Biocultural aspects of extinction
Jul 2024
Keynote

Biocultural aspects of extinction

Richard Ladle, Federal University of Alagoas
Extinctions along the last legs of the first human migrations to Australia
Jul 2024
Keynote
Griffith University

Extinctions along the last legs of the first human migrations to Australia

Julien Louys, Griffith University