Sign Up Here This webinar, developed in collaboration with the AHRC SWWDTP, will cover multiple facets of doing research and working in developing and transitional countries in the field of Defence and Security, but of wider relevance to colleagues from many different humanities and social science disciplines. Panellists will bring decades of experience to illustrate […]
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Join Brigstow, SWDTP and SWWDTP for a workshop to hear about and explore co-produced approaches to research. During the workshop you’ll hear from leaders in the field, have a chance to hear about specific projects using this approach and explore how you might use these approaches in your research. For more information and to sign […]
The overall objective of this workshop, being led by the Institute for Government, is to demystify government and explain how to engage successfully with policy makers. We aim to make the day engaging, informative and practical, with lots of opportunities to apply lessons to your own areas of research. You will: • Gain an improved […]
The Centre for Qualitative Research is running a series of South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP)-Funded Bespoke Qualitative Training Workshops. View an overview of all workshops in this series. This workshop is part of the main training package. The main training package focuses on from planning to product: the process of conducting qualitative research. This […]
The SafePod Network (SPN) is a new service that will provide a network of standardised safe settings (known as SafePods) across the UK to enable approved researchers to access and use sensitive datasets to better understand our society and economy. A wealth of government datasets, as well as study and survey datasets will be available […]
People who identify as LGBTQ+ are often at the sharp edge of social inequalities, often facing disadvantage throughout a range of social systems. While there are conversations happening about LGBTQ+ mental health, we do not believe they adequately explore (a) the systemic issues faced by the LGBTQ+ communities (b) the intersection of being both LGBTQ+ and someone […]
Link to the event here In this workshop MJ Barker explored the use of zines, blog-posts, podcasts, and other creative methods to get research and academic ideas out to wider audiences, and potentially as a form of ongoing self-care and/or reflexive practice through our work. MJ Barker talked about their own experiences working on Queer: […]
Drop the debt, before we drop dead:Discussing the politics of sovereign debt, ‘austerity’, and the crisis of the nation state. Resonances from Greece, Argentina and beyond The expansion and multiplication of public debt by nation-states have become a key factor of global capitalism in recent decades. Public debt functions as a pressure mechanism on […]
Link to register Those completing PhD research over the past 16 months may have had to develop new strategies for conducting comparative research because travel to other countries has not been possible. Led by: Professor Susan Banducci, University of Exeter In this workshop we will cover one such strategy — secondary analysis of cross-national, comparative […]