We are delighted to invite you to join us for the Summer of Research, a programme of fascinating and formative events organised by the community, for the community.
From Monday 15 to Friday 26 June, researchers from across the University are bringing together colleagues, students and partners for two weeks of inspiring conversations, new collaborations and opportunities to explore a huge range of exciting research.
There's something for everyone in the programme, so do sign up and get involved.
Highlights from across the festival
Festival highlights include sandpit workshops and symposia that bring researchers together around emerging and contested topics, from questions of conspiracy and world making, to debates on economic futures and the potential to move ‘beyond growth’, and the role of higher education in uncertain times.
Alongside these, keynote lectures and panel discussions offer perspectives from across disciplines on topics ranging from modern slavery to sustainability in health provision, creating space for reflection, exchange and challenge. Exhibitions and creative events explore how Sussex’s heritage can inform progressive futures through sounds, stories and sites, opening up Sussex research to wider audiences.
The Summer of Research concludes with the Three Minute Thesis Final, a live performance event where brave postgraduate researchers take on the challenge of presenting their research in just three minutes. Fast paced, creative and compelling, it’s a memorable and energising way to close the festival.
Explore the full programme and book your place via the Summer of Research webpages.
| Date | Event title | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday 15 June | Conspiracist World-Making: sandpit workshop |
10am-2pm | School for Progressive Futures Room, Library |
| Tuesday 16 June | When Enemies Become Victims |
10am-12pm | G22, Jubilee building |
| Tuesday 16 June | Sussex Kindness Conference 2026 | 10.30am-3pm | Terrace Room, Bramber House Conference Centre |
| Wednesday 17 June | Sussex Digital Humanities Lab, Annual Keynote 2026 |
3pm-4pm | Arts A1 Lecture Theatre |
| Thursday 18 June | Why Being Open Makes Sense: Perspectives from Different Disciplines |
11am-12pm | Online |
| Friday 19 June | Sussex Retold: Sounds, Sites, Stories |
9am-7pm | Fulton building |
| Monday 22 June | Towards a Net Zero NHS: Green Healthcare Hub |
10am-1pm | Gallery Rooms, Bramber House Conference Centre |
| Monday 22 June | British Academy ECR Network - Sussex Chapter Launch |
10am-2pm | Jubilee 118 |
| Tuesday 23 June | Beyond Growth Economics Symposium |
1.30pm-5.30pm |
School for Progressive Futures Room (Library) and online |
| Wednesday 24 June | Centre for International Education 2026 Inaugural Lecture on Education for Progressive Futures |
2.30pm-5.30pm | School for Progressive Futures Room (Library) and online |
| Thursday 25 June | Sustaining Science in Crisis: Physics, Gender, Conflict and International Cooperation |
12.30pm-4pm | Freeman G22 |
| Thursday 25 June | Shaping a sustainable future: Polyvocal views | 2.30pm-4pm | Sussex School for Progressive Futures Room (Library) |
| Friday 26 June | Three Minute Thesis Final and PGR Impact Panel |
1pm-4.30pm | Woodland 2/3, Student Centre |
| Friday 26 June | End-of-Year Researcher Gathering at Stanmer Park | 5pm-8pm | Stanmer Park |