Each year the IAS identifies specific themes for the organisation of research-led events and encounters.
Themes
2023-24: Languages of the Anthropocene
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2022-23: Indigenous Ecologies and Environmental Crisis
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Past Themes
2021/22: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
2019/20: Waste
2018/19: Laughter
2018/19: Turbulence
2017/18: Lies
2017/18: Vulnerability
2016/17: Planetary Futures
2016/17: Sense and Sensation
2015/16: Conflict, Confrontation and Justice
2015/16: Health and Humanities
2015/16: Identity and Voices
2015/16: Materialities and Technologies