{"id":55,"date":"2022-07-26T11:45:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T11:45:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:42:40","slug":"about-lias","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/","title":{"rendered":"About LIAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The <strong>Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies<\/strong> is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence. Dedicated to creating a collaborative and inspiring environment, it brings together researchers from across all disciplines to deliver ambitious, transformative, and impactful research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is intended to help break down the silos that have traditionally been a feature of higher education research. It represents a step change in our approach, allowing academics to be even more innovative and to bid for more ambitious research funding in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This site hosts information on all LIAS projects and campaigns. Click on the links in the menu to explore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:lias@le.ac.uk\"><strong>lias@le.ac.uk<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to sign up to our newsletter or follow us on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeicsIAS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/leic_lias\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. For more information about the research that LIAS funds please visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25392\/leicester.data.c.6294630.v9\">Figshare Collection<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view our open access journal please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.le.ac.uk\/index.php\/lias\/about\">LIAS Working Paper Series<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"914\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LIAS-lightbulb-914x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LIAS-lightbulb-914x1024.png 914w, https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LIAS-lightbulb-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LIAS-lightbulb-768x860.png 768w, https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LIAS-lightbulb-1372x1536.png 1372w, https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/LIAS-lightbulb.png 1618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies is an interdisciplinary centre of excellence. Dedicated to creating a collaborative and inspiring environment, it brings together researchers from across all disciplines to deliver ambitious, transformative, and impactful research. This initiative is intended to help break down the silos that have traditionally been a feature of higher education research. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About LIAS<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":63,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":972,"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/972"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leicias.le.ac.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}