Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Open Lunchtime Talks
About EDI open lunchtime meetings
Physics & Astronomy Equality, Diversity & Inclusion lunchtime meetings - everyone in the School is welcome - both students and staff. Most meetings are at lunchtime. Our aim is to discuss and learn on how to be the best physicists we can be. We host a range of speakers - from our own students and staff to Nobel prize winners - on topics including physics education, outreach, gender & physics, race & physics, decolonising physics, as well as discussing current physics & astronomy research!
Next EDI open lunchtime meeting
Tracing Women’s Paths at the Royal Observatory: Past, Present, and Future
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 2nd October 2025
- Speaker: Mishita Khurana (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 6301 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Subsequent EDI open lunchtime meetings
Examining decolonisation in a globalised world
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 9th October 2025
- Speaker: Omolabake Fakunle (Institute for Education, Community and Society, University of Edinburgh)
- Location: Room 6206, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Introducing the new Anti-Racist online training modules
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 21st October 2025
- Speaker: Sara Medel Jimenez (University HR EDI Partner, University of Edinburgh)
What can we all do to create a ‘Sense of Belonging’?
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 30th October 2025
- Speaker: Jenna Padgett (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 6206 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
CUWiP+ 2025 (holding title)
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 6th November 2025
- Speaker: Elenaor McNab (University of Edinburgh)
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 6206 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
The Poetry of Physics
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 13th November 2025
- Speaker: Sam Illingworth (Edinburgh Napier University )
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 6206 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Behind the scenes of CUWiP Glasgow 2022: lessons for building inclusive conferences
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 27th November 2025
- Speaker: Caroline Müllenbroich (University of Glasgow)
- Location: James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) 1501 James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
An outsider’s tale in academia: the power of being different
- Event time: 1:10pm until 2:00pm
- Event date: 15th January 2026
- Speaker: Jason Gill (University of Glasgow)
Past EDI open lunchtime meetings
Details of previous EDI open lunchtime meetings can be found in the following archive page: