International visitors for 2024/25

Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorships 2024-25 

Date of Visit Name and Institution Bristol host Topic of Research

Part 1: 1 Sept - 31 Oct 2024

Part 2: 18 June - 18 July 2025

Professor Jesus Malo Lopez

Universitat de Valencia, Spain

Professor Jeffrey Bowers

Psychological Science

Expanding the high-level Bristol-MindSet with low-level Visual Psychophysics for a better evaluation of Artificial Intelligence

28 Oct - 25 Nov 2024

Professor Signe E. Kastberg

Purdue University, USA

Dr Tracy Helliwell

Education

Mathematics teacher educator design and implementation of instructional activities and practices for preservice teachers learning from experience

27 Jan - 27 Mar 2025

Dr Guido Bacciagaluppi

Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Dr Karim Thebault

Philosophy

Quantum Theory Without Quantum States

1 Feb - 1 Mar 2025

Dr Felicity Ann Jensz

University of Munster, Germany

Professor Hilary Carey

History

Translating Colonialism

1 March - 1 June 2025

Dr Colin Gleason

University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Professor Paul Bates

Geographical Sciences

Delivering on the promise of Surface Water and Ocean Topography's (SWOT) hydrologic revolution

9 March - 25 May 2025

Professor Tita Chico

University of Maryland, USA

Professor Elaine McGirr

Theatre

Performances of Wonder: Science and Spectacle

14 Mar - 11 Apr 2025

Professor Dean Rickles

University of Sydney, Australia

Dr Karim Thebault

Philosophy

Philosophy of Digital Physics

15 May - 12 June 2025

Professor Miriam Ticktin

City University of New York, USA

Dr Juan Zhang

Anthropology and Archeology

Social Justice, Innocence and Discomfort

25 May - 29 June 2025

Professor Jackie Leach Scully

University of New South Wales, Australia

Professor Sally Sheldon

Bristol Law School

Values in the regulation of human organ transplantation

1 - 31 July 2025

Dr Josiane Zerubia

Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique, France

Professor Alin Achim

School of Computer Science

Learning Stochastic Geometry Models for Ship Identification in Synthetic Aperture Radar Images

Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme 2024-25 

Date of Visit Name and Institution Bristol host Topic of Research

10 Sept - 10 Oct 2024

Professor Dewey Hall
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Professor Ralph Pite
English

Revisiting the Elgin Marbes: A Materialist Perspective

1 Oct - 12 Nov 2024

Dr Chittaranjan Hens

International Institute of Information Technology, India

Professor Luca Giuggioli

Engineering Mathematics and Technology

Disease propagation in complex networks: a biased random walk approach

1 Oct - 15 Nov 2024

Dr Jelmar Hugen

Leiden University, The Netherlands

Professor Ad Putter

English

Perceval Passing Borders: Adaptation and Continuation of the French Conte du Graal Outside Medieval France

21 Oct - 15 Nov 2024

Dr Brady Robards

Monash University, Australia

Dr Rosie Nelson

Sociology, Politics and International Studies

Finding queer community in digital spaces amidst hostility

12 Oct - 16 Nov 2024

Dr Diep Ha

University of Queensland, Australia

Dr Sam Leary

Dental School

Improving child oral health through longitudinal birth cohort research

4 - 16 Nov 2024

Dr Sigal-Hava Rotem

Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Professor Alf Coles

Education

Developing culturally grounded social-ecological mathematical tasks for secondary school mathematics

2 May - 13 June 2025

Professor David Bissell

University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr Vickie Zhang

Geographical Sciences

Rearticulating the promise of non-representational theories: affect, labour and passivity in negative times

18 May - 24 June 2025

Dr Liza Rose Cirolia

University of Cape Town, South Africa

Professor Roger Burrows

Policy Studies

Digital futures and African urban transitions: thinking with urban 
speculation

9 June - 21 July 2025

Dr Steven Threadgold

University of Newcastle, Australia

Dr Samuel Kirwan

Policy Studies

Fintech Futures: On the emergence of investing and gambling 
subjectivities

Bristol Benjamin Meaker Follow-on Fund 2024-25

Date of Visit Name and Institution Bristol host Topic of Research