The 2026 conference will feature lightning talks from York's research community members, a stallholder exhibition, and a networking session.
The conference runs from 9am - 3pm at the School of Arts and Creative Technologies on Thursday, 25 June. The talks will take place from 9.30am - 12pm, and the exhibition will be open from 12-3pm. Lunch will be provided at 12pm.
This year, the lightning talks will be followed by a discussion and Q&A with Professor Kate Pickett OBE, Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York. Professor Pickett leads the Public Health and Society Research Group and is Director of the Born in Bradford Centre for Social Change. She has also authored several books - her latest, The Good Society: And How We Make it, was published earlier this year.
Alex Reid
Including Disabled People in Research
Anqian Zhou
More than counting costs: How health economics can shape hypertension management intervention and clinical trial design in South Asia?
Maddy Hart
Organic residue analysis: What we can learn from biomolecules in archaeological pottery
Laura Barrett
“We’re teetering on unsteady ground” Parents’ experiences of accessing 24/7 paediatric end-of-life care
Loren Arteaga-Reed
The meniscus of academia: Why research communications matters
Ros Galabo
Co-designing Consent: A Case Study of the Smart Data Donation Service (SDDS)
Sarah Masefield
A very brief history of research culture
Lindsey Büster
Age-Old Stories: Increasing the Visibility of Older Individuals Past and Present
Ben Eyes
Space synth: Tools for spatial audio performance
Emma Willingham
Extending XR: Anchoring Creative Digital Skills in North Yorkshire
Technician in Ancient DNA and Palaeoproteomics Sofia Skott from BioArCh shows us the wide range of projects she works on as a technician.
Qualitative Research Fellow Dr Sarah Baz from the York Trials Unit in the Department of Health Sciences shares the story of Sophia, a woman who lived with long Covid for several years.
Statistician Alex Mitchell presents recent research by the York Trials Unit which explored alternative interventions for young offenders.