Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast

#58 Linking Cambridge with Africa: how to co-host an international research workshop

March 07, 2024 Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences Season 1 Episode 63
Living Proof: the Isaac Newton Institute podcast
#58 Linking Cambridge with Africa: how to co-host an international research workshop
Show Notes

From 8-12 January 2024, the "Equivariant methods in geometry" took place in INI's main seminar room in Cambridge, UK. So far, so routine procedure. However, this workshop had the unique twist of being run in parallel with a team at the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Linked by audio-visual streaming connections, the two events were remotely connected and operated as one throughout the week.

Following successful interactions across continents (on top of the usual collaborations taking place at the Cambridge base), Dan Aspel caught up with organisers and participants: Victoria Hoskins, Praise Adeyemo, Joshua Jackson and Dominic Bunnett to find out how the partnership came about, and how others could do the same with their own research meetings.