General Background

Residential programs are so described because they are people-based programs whereby excellent researchers are invited to be in residence (of varying intensities) with others chosen on the same basis. These programs are deliberately non-thematic. There is no attempt to choose people based on disciplinary background, and while there are very specific activities intended to bring people together, there is no specific joint end-product that is expected and there is no specific research topic or "theme" that binds them together.