Inaugural Lecture Series

Inaugural Lectures are an essential feature of faculty life, providing an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our distinguished academics who have recently been promoted to professorial positions, and to showcase the breadth and depth of the faculty’s outstanding research.

The Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences (FELS) continues to value the tradition, encouraging new Professors to deliver them, and all staff and students to attend.

Inaugural Lectures are a public event and open to everyone - you do not have to be an expert in the field to attend. The University extends the invitation to these lectures to all members of staff, students and their guests as well as our campus partners, and the local community.

Upcoming Inaugural Lectures

FELS Inaugural Lecture with Professor Lyn Ellett

Wednesday 21st October 2026 at Centenary Building (100), Southampton.

 Are we all paranoid? A journey into the psychology of paranoia. 

Professor Lyn Ellett (School of Psychology).

 

FELS Inaugural Lecture with Professor Hayward Godwin

Wednesday 28th October 2026 at Centenary Building (100), Southampton.

 Studying how people search for targets: from the laboratory to the real world (and back again). 

Professor Hayward Godwin (School of Psychology).

 

Previous Inaugural Lectures

2025-26 FELS Inaugural Lecture Series

Watch the sessions from our 2025-26 Inaugural Lecture Series.
 

 

2024-25 FELS Inaugural Lecture Series

Watch the sessions from our 2024-25 Inaugural Lecture Series.