The Summer of Research (9-20 June) was a two-week programme of events for our research community and beyond, celebrating the rich diversity of activity across Sussex, while allowing people to build new connections and open up fresh opportunities for conversation and collaboration. View the programme of events from the 2025 festival.
Dancing Belonging: Dancers pose together at the end of the Dancing Belonging event – the joy is evident from those smiles! Organised by Dr Maria Federica Moscati from the School of Law, Politics and Sociology, this ballet and jazz workshop was the last in a series of dance workshops as part of Maria’s research on Dance and the Law. The aim with the workshops is to support the wellbeing of students, staff and research, using the medium of dance to empower, include and unite.
Why We Should All Speak For Palestine! Dr Zahira Jaser from the University of Sussex Business School delivers her introduction to the session she organised. This is part of a series of events by the Palestinian Interdisciplinary Research Network.
Why We Should All Speak For Palestine! The large crowd who gathered for the event was comprised of researchers, students, Professional Services staff and members of the Brighton & Hove Palestine Solidarity Campaign.
Why We Should All Speak For Palestine! Ms Dana Ragab, PhD candidate in Engineering, shared her lived experience as a Palestinian academic navigating systems of racialised erasure and emotional fragmentation.
Why We Should All Speak For Palestine! A central part of the event was the contribution of guest speakers from Gaza, who shared direct testimony of daily life under siege and occupation.
Widening Access to Biomedical Technology in the Global South: Professor of Neuroscience in the School of Life Sciences, Miguel Maravall, introduces his event.
Widening Access to Biomedical Technology in the Global South: A collaboration between Sussex Neuroscience and colleagues working in other Centres at Sussex, this event aimed to stimulate conversation around the free exchange of open source resources and how this movement could lead to improved healthcare for lower and middle income countries.
Widening Access to Biomedical Technology in the Global South: Dr Andre Maia Chagas gave a talk on Open Neuroscience as part of the event.
Deep Impact - Maximising Research Communication, Culture and Connection: Vice-Chancellor Sasha Roseneil listens on at the Deep Impact event, organised by the University of Sussex Business School.
Deep Impact - Maximising Research Communication, Culture and Connection: Professor Martin Spinelli Chairing the discussion panel.
Deep Impact - Maximising Research Communication, Culture and Connection: Panellists included Professor Matthew Agarwala, Professor Thomas Nowotny, Associate Professor Elizabeth Rendon-Morales and Dr Emma Russell, who each brought unique perspectives, having each themselves achieved very different kinds of notable impact.
Paraecologists for the Rights of Nature: The exhibition celebrates the resilience and dedication of paraecologists and community members, in their collaboration with Ecoforensic across Ecuador. Ecoforensic is a non-profit Community Interest Company founded by University of Sussex Life Sciences academic, Professor Mika Peck.
Speed Mentoring for Researchers: A Senior Academic greets an Early Career Researcher at this session to introduce the university’s mentoring programme for researchers. This session was held by the Organisational Development team in collaboration with the Sussex Researcher School.
Postgraduate Three Minute Thesis Final and Adam Weiler Impact Panel: The group of researchers who made it to the live final of this renowned annual competition organised by the Sussex Researcher School.
Close to My Heart - An Autoethnographic Approaches Workshop: the participants exploring collaborative, creative research methods in this workshop led by Sussex postgraduate researcher in the School of Media, Arts and Humanities, Tiffany Murphy.
Close to My Heart - An Autoethnographic Approaches Workshop: The event aimed to help participants reflect on and engage with deeply personal research, connecting this to broader social contexts.
The Path to Tomorrow's Treatments - Exploring the Sussex Drug Discovery Centre: Participants here got a unique chance to look at how new medicines are being developed right here at Sussex, engaging with hands on exhibits.