North British Semigroups and Applications Network

NBSAN is a network of researchers in Scotland and Northern England with interests in semigroup theory and its applications. It is funded chiefly by a grant from the London Mathematical Society, with additional contributions from host departments and occasionally from other sources. It holds two meetings per year in different locations around the region, plus occasional online activities. The main participant universities are East Anglia, Manchester, St Andrews and York, but our activities are open to all interested researchers. Attendance at all meetings is free. We especially welcome graduate students.
For enquiries about individual meetings, please contact the relevant local organiser as described below. To enquire about the network please contact the central coordinator Nóra Szakács. To join the mailing list please contact Mark Kambites.
Next Meeting
The first meeting of the 2025-26 academic year took place in Durham on Monday 15th December 2025. The second meeting is expected to be in or around April 2026, and will be announced shortly.
Future Meetings
To receive announcements about future meetings, please email Mark Kambites and request to be added to the NBSAN mailing list.
Past Meetings
For the archive of information about past meetings look here.
Other (non-NBSAN) Events and Semigroup News
- There will be lots of semigroups at AAA 109 and SAL 2026 in Ljubljana from 5th-8th June 2026.
- Two postdoctoral scholarships, which might be suitable for semigroup theorists, are available at NOVA University Lisbon. The deadline is 16th January.
