The coming year’s FACTOR theme is “breaking new ground“. Feel free to keep checking in to see the growing list of speakers as they confirm.
Michaelmas Term, 2025
| DATE | ROOM | SPEAKER(S) | TITLE | REGISTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W03, 1400-1500, Fri 24th Oct 2025 | County South C89 and Teams | Dr Justin Lo (FACTOR, LAEL) | Discussion: Public trust in digital data & evidence | |
| W04, 1500-1550, Tue 28th Oct 2025 | County South B89 and Teams | Alice Paver (Cambridge) | Perceived voice similarity, voice quality and the telephone effect: an experiment | |
| W07, 1500-1550, Tue 18th Nov 2025 | County South B89 and Teams | Scarlett Vanroose Peer (FACTOR, LAEL) | The Risk of Data Contamination in (Forensic) Voice Identification: a Perception Experiment using Voice-mixed Speech Samples |
Lent Term, 2026
| DATE | ROOM | SPEAKER(S) | TITLE | REGISTER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| W11, 1400-1450, Thu 15th Jan 2026 | County South B89 and Teams | Ciara Marsh (LAEL) | “It’s a class war”: Discourses of the Online Far-Left | |
| W15, 1400-1450, Thu 12th Feb 2026 | County South B89 and Teams | Alice Richardson (York) | Interpreters in Asylum Procedures | |
| W17, 1400-1450, Thu 26th Feb 2026 | County South B89 and Teams | Megan Dewar (FACTOR, LAEL) | AI and Misogyny: Unequal, Unregulated, and Unbridled | |
| W18, 1500-1550, Tue 03rd Mar 2026 | County South B89 and Teams | Sam Williams (York) | Title TBC | Joint with PhonLab |
| W18, 1400-1550, Thu 05th Mar 2026 | Bowland North SR07 | MSc students: FLiSSertation lightning talks I | Closed session – by invitation only | NA |
| W19, 1400-1550, Thu 12th Mar 2026 | FASS MR01 | MSc students: FLiSSertation lightning talks II | Closed session – by invitation only | NA |
| 1400-1450, Thu 26 Mar 2026 | County South B89 and Teams | Dr Caroyln McGettigan (UCL) | Title TBC | |
| 1400-1450, Thu 23 Apr 2026 | MSc students: careers | Closed session – by invitation only |