# Directors' Stories

**Source**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/about/directors-stories/
**Parent**: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/about/

To give some historical context to the IAS, we include here stories from previous Directors regarding the inception and development of the IAS.

[### Professor David Deacon, Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies (2016-2018)

#### Founding Loughborough University’s Institute for Advanced Studies](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/about/directors-stories/daviddeaconstory/)

[### Professor Marsha Meskimmon, Director of the Institute of Advanced Studies (2018-2024)

#### Establishing Loughborough University’s Institute for Advanced Studies](https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias/about/directors-stories/marshameskimmonstory/)