Dr Snezana Lawrence

Senior Lecturer Professional Practice (Aviation)

Snezana Lawrence

  • School Faculty of Science and Technology

  • Department Design Engineering & Mathematics

  • Location London

Research activities

In April 2024 I have been awarded a grant to organise and hold a workshop at the International Centre for Mathematical Sciences on "Chronicles of Brilliance in Performing Mathematically; International Mathematics Olympiad, its Nature and Narratives, and Influence on the Global Mathematics Community", as part of their Mathematics for Humanity | ICMS - International Centre for Mathematical Sciences initiative. 

I am part of an international project on the history of mathematical pedagogies and mathematics education systems, particularly UK, Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, USSR and more generally Central and Eastern Europe, France, Italy, USA with colleagues from Czech Republic and Netherlands. 

I am a Member of the Research Policy and Practice Advisory Board of the University of Aveiro, Portugal (https://cidma.ua.pt/about_cidma, 2023 – 2026).


Current Teaching

I teach on Aviation programmes relating to professional identity and development, as well as risk in aviation. 

On undergraduate mathematics programme I teach on history of problem solving, history of mathematics, and calculus 1. 

I am a dissertation supervisor for the final project on undergraduate mathematics and data science degree.

On post-graduate programmes in the Design Engineering and Mathematics I teach on quantitative data methods for research purposes.  

On post-graduate taught masters degree I supervise final dissertation projects.

I have a PhD student in the history of mathematics. 

I am a Chair of the Ethics Committee for the Department of Design Engineering and Design.


Biography

I am a mathematical historian and a mathematics educator. Throughout my career, I have been interested in the relationships between mathematics and art, architecture, engineering, and music. In my historical work I draw on these connections, and further investigate the role this interdisciplinary nature of mathematical sciences has on perceptions of mathematics. I am also very interested in the professional and creative identities of mathematicians. 

External activities

  • Visiting Professor, University of Kragujevac, Serbia, to establish a PhD programme in the history of mathematics, , 2023
  • Member of the Research Policy and Practice Advisory Board of the University of Aveiro, Portugal, University of Aveiro, Portugal, 2023
  • History and Pedagogy of Mathematics Group , History and Pedagogy of Mathematics International Study Group, 2020

    • Publications

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