--- title: Welcome to the Research & Innovation Festival 2025 description: Find out what's going on at LSBU's Research & Innovation Festival 2025 image: https://signup.lsbu.ac.uk/hubfs/LSBU%20R%26I%20FESTIVAL%20EXPO%20in%20full%20flow-1-1.jpeg --- [Skip to content](https://signup.lsbu.ac.uk/rif25#main-content) [![LSBU Logo\_2023\_full name\_Primary\_BO](https://signup.lsbu.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/LSBU%20Logo_2023_full%20name_Primary_BO.png?width=150&height=80&name=LSBU%20Logo_2023_full%20name_Primary_BO.png)](https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/) Open main navigation Close main navigation # Research & Innovation Festival 2025     ![RIS logo white](https://signup.lsbu.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/RIS%20logo%20white.png?width=200&height=99&name=RIS%20logo%20white.png "RIS logo white") # Your ONE guide to what's on at #RIF25! ### Make the most of each day at our three-day celebration of all things Research & Innovation at LSBU – click any date to register! #### [Tuesday 25 November](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-research-innovation-festival-2025-tuesday-tickets-1932953127839) **Making AI Work for Your Research \[Talk, Policy & Practice\]** 11.00am – 12.30pm / *Doctoral College, LSBU Hub* - Practical talk, discussion and workshop on integrating AI into research responsibly and effectively - Panel members: Caitlin Bentley (King’s College & Responsible AI), Geoff Cox, Catherine Kimber, and Lucia Otoyo - Learn what the University’s AI policy means for your work - Build a Custom GPT to enhance your research productivity **School Expo, Research Poster Exhibition & Images of Research & Innovation Gallery** 12.30pm – 2.00pm / *Exhibition space, LSBU Hub* - Explore over 70 posters detailing our fantastic academics' favourite research - Enjoy our final 15 Images of Research & Innovation – before voting on your winner! - Last year's most popular time and place, the School Expo is where colleagues properly catch-up and discover all the latest research and innovation happening across LSBU **Early Career Researchers: Symposium 2025 & £500 Research Poster Competition** 2.30pm – 4.00pm / *Exhibition space, LSBU Hub* - First dedicated ECR presence at the LSBU Research & Innovation Festival! ✨ - Designed to promote ECR research activities, foster networking, and showcase their innovative work among university colleagues and the wider research community **LSBU Research Centres: Advancing Interdisciplinary Research** 4.15pm – 5.00pm / *Exhibition space, LSBU Hub* - Discover how LSBU’s Research Centres are working to drive ambitious, mission-led, interdisciplinary work - Hear what’s underway, explore real funding opportunities, and help shape our next collaborative research directions **Freedom of Research: Balancing Ethics, Integrity & Ambition** 5.00pm – 6.00pm / *Southwark Lecture Theatre, LSBU Hub* - Join 6+ leading LSBU academics for an informal but provocative fireside chat, exploring the challenges faced in the pursuit of research excellence to close our first day #### [Wednesday 26 November](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-research-innovation-festival-2025-wednesday-tickets-1933064390629) **Documenting Your Research: Visual Strategies for Clarity & Impact** 11.00am – 12.00pm / *Training room 3, LSBU Hub* **Next Big Thing: Future Researchers – Innovation Pitch Live!** 12.00pm – 1.00pm / *Doctoral College, LSBU Hub* - Nine 3-minute innovation pitches to find the 'next big thing' - An expert panel will judge the presentations and award the winner a prize! **Using Creative Methodologies in Research** 1.00pm – 2.00pm / *Exhibition space, LSBU Hub* - Discover creative methodologies such as Lego, playdough, videography and quilting - Hear how LSBU colleagues have employed creative methodologies in their research - Discuss the benefits, challenges and opportunities **Beyond the Box: Building Creative Solutions** 2.00pm – 3.00pm / Exhibition space, LSBU Hub - Lego has been used for generations to support creativity, innovative ideas and find solutions - Find out how Serious Play with Lego; a structured research methodology can help you explore complex ideas, creative thinking, problem solving and communication for your research or business ideas. **LSBU Chiropractic Clinic: Impacting Health Inequalities in South London** 3.00pm – 4.00pm / Waterloo Lecture Theatre, LSBU Hub - Discuss the community outreach provided by the clinic - Explore health inequalities in Croydon and South London - Take a look at the current research the clinic are undertaking [The Fastest Bicycle: Film Screening & Director Fireside Chat](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-research-innovation-festival-2025-the-fastest-bicycle-tickets-1968680905584) \<\<\< SAVE YOUR SEAT4.00pm – 6.00pm / Lecture Theatre, Keyworth Centre - New feature-length British documentary follows the inspiring journey of LSBU staff and students in their attempt to break the **World Human Powered Speed Record** – with a recumbent bicycle designed and built at London South Bank University! 💪🚲 - Followed by a rare fireside chat with the film's director #### [Thursday 27 November](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-research-innovation-festival-2025-thursday-tickets-1933151370789) **Postgraduate Researchers: Bedtime Stories** 10.00am – 12.00pm /  *Exhibition space, LSBU Hub* - Inspiring the next generation of researchers, our postgraduate research students have been working hard to turn their research into a bedtime story for a child - Start our last day by losing yourself in a wonderful world of intrigue and adventure! **Award Management: Dos & Don’ts** 12.00pm – 1.00pm / *Exhibition space, LSBU Hub* - Fun, practical and confidence boosting session on managing your research award - Perfect for Early Career Researchers, new PIs/Co-Is, or anyone about to start a funded project - Learn key HR, finance, procurement and legal processes - Understand what support the Post Award team offers and what sits with the PI - Discover common pitfalls that delay projects and examples of good practice and lessons learned - Take the interactive quiz (with prizes) to test your knowledge! **Systems Thinking: The Researcher's Secret Super Power** 1.00pm – 2.00pm / Exhibition space, LSBU Hub - Interactive session introducing systems thinking as a research superpower - Case studies to demonstrate how viewing complex challenges through a 'systems lens' can really hone research focus - Exploratory systems mapping session within your own research area - Introduction to LSBU’s new whole-systems approach to transforming the UK's homes through retrofit - Find out how you can get involved! **Speed Tracks: Rapid Research Presentations / Q&A** 2.00pm – 3.30pm / Waterloo Lecture Theatre, LSBU Hub - Be inspired by our selection of LSBU research and innovation projects - Demonstrating how colleagues create real-world benefits with a positive impact – all in a matter of minutes! [LSBU Professoriate: Report, Social & Speed Dating](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-professoriate-networking-social-november-2025-tickets-1967648151589) (Professoriate members only)3.30pm – 5.00pm / Exhibition space, LSBU Hub - First social event of 2025/26 for full members of our LSBU Professoriate - Meet your fellow Profs and share your passion for research and teaching - Find out more about the results of our first LSBU Professoriate survey - Help us map out the future goals of our Professoriate for 2025/26 **Research Surgery: From Inspiration to Impact** 5.00pm – 6.00pm / Southwark Lecture Theatre, LSBU Hub - How do our innovative research projects get off the ground... and then delivered? - Finally get the real inside track – where the original idea came from, how funding was found, obstacles faced, lessons learned... and the most unexpected discoveries 😮 [Research & Innovation Awards 2025](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lsbu-research-innovation-festival-2025-ri-awards-tickets-1932658747339) 🏆✨\<\<\< CLICK LINK TO SAVE YOUR SEAT6.00pm – 8.00pm / Southwark Lecture Theatre, LSBU Hub - Help us celebrate LSBU research & innovation winners at the R&I Awards 2025! - Eight categories including first time recognition of our amazing PGR students! 🎓🎉 - Research Project of the Year - Knowledge Exchange or Business Engagement Project of the Year - Outstanding Impact - Early Career Researcher of the Year - Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity in Research & Innovation - Excellence in Technical Support for Research & Innovation - Outstanding Researcher of the Year - Postgraduate Researcher of the Year ✨ - Could you or a colleague be a winner this year?? 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