{"id":1457,"date":"2025-01-23T16:11:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T16:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/factor\/?page_id=1457"},"modified":"2026-03-10T19:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:04:17","slug":"2025-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/factor\/talk-series\/2025-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"2025-2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The coming year’s FACTOR theme is “breaking new ground<\/strong>“. Feel free to keep checking in to see the growing list of speakers as they confirm.<\/p>\n

Michaelmas Term, 2025<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DATE<\/th>\nROOM<\/th>\nSPEAKER(S)<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nREGISTER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
W03, 1400-1500, Fri 24th Oct 2025<\/td>\nCounty South C89 and Teams<\/a><\/td>\nDr Justin Lo (FACTOR, LAEL<\/a>)<\/td>\nDiscussion<\/strong>: Public trust in digital data & evidence<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W04, 1500-1550, Tue 28th Oct 2025<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/a><\/td>\nAlice Paver<\/a> (Cambridge<\/a>)<\/td>\nPerceived voice similarity, voice quality and the telephone effect: an experiment<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W07, 1500-1550, Tue 18th Nov 2025<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/a><\/td>\nScarlett Vanroose Peer<\/a> (FACTOR, LAEL<\/a>)<\/td>\nThe Risk of Data Contamination in (Forensic) Voice Identification: a Perception Experiment using Voice-mixed Speech Samples<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Lent Term, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DATE<\/th>\nROOM<\/th>\nSPEAKER(S)<\/th>\nTITLE<\/th>\nREGISTER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
W11, 1400-1450, Thu 15th Jan 2026<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/td>\nCiara Marsh<\/a> (LAEL)<\/td>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a class war\u201d: Discourses of the Online Far-Left<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W15, 1400-1450, Thu 12th Feb 2026<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/td>\nAlice Richardson<\/a> (York)<\/td>\nInterpreters in Asylum Procedures<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W17, 1400-1450, Thu 26th Feb 2026<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/td>\nMegan Dewar (FACTOR, LAEL)<\/td>\nAI and Misogyny: Unequal, Unregulated, and Unbridled<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W18, 1500-1550, Tue 03rd Mar 2026<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/td>\nSam Williams<\/a> (York)<\/td>\nTitle TBC<\/td>\nJoint with PhonLab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W18, 1400-1550, Thu 05th Mar 2026<\/td>\nBowland North SR07<\/td>\nMSc students: FLiSSertation lightning talks I<\/td>\nClosed session – by invitation only<\/td>\nNA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
W19, 1400-1550, Thu 12th Mar 2026<\/td>\nFASS MR01<\/td>\nMSc students: FLiSSertation lightning talks II<\/td>\nClosed session – by invitation only<\/td>\nNA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1400-1450, Thu 26 Mar 2026<\/td>\nCounty South B89<\/a> and Teams<\/a><\/td>\nDr Caroyln McGettigan<\/a> (UCL)<\/td>\nInvestigating the perception and moral acceptability of voice identity cloning<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1400-1450, Thu 23 Apr 2026<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMSc students: careers<\/td>\nClosed session – by invitation only<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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