The GW4 Alliance is piloting an exciting initiative to bring together Postgraduate Researchers (PGRs) and Early Career Researchers (ECRs) to deliver a series of flagship PGR- and ECR-led symposia. Based on the highly successful GW4 Early Career Neuroscience Day, we aim to create a space where PGRs and ECRs can showcase their research, gain experience in […]
Held at the University of Bristol this is the second seminar in the Unpacking fieldwork in challenging settings seminar series. We will be giving more information about the seminar dynamics later on, but it will be developed in part according to the needs of the group. For more information see @UnpackFieldwork on Twitter or email […]
Held at the University of Bristol, this is the third seminar in the unpacking fieldwork in challenging settings seminar series. We will be giving more information about the seminar dynamics later on, but it will be developed in part according to the needs of the group. For more information see @UnpackFieldwork on Twitter or email […]
One-Day Symposium Standing Seminar in Critical Theory funded by the South West Doctoral Training Partnership 15th of June – The Edge – University of Bath Campus This first SSCT Symposium is an invitation to interrogate and critique the present formulation and reality of ‘environmental’ crisis to propose alternative ideas, views and paradigms that contest the […]
Speakers: Foluke Adebisi, Mark Jackson and Arathi Sriprakash (all University of Bristol) When it comes to conceptualising a research problem, we often turn to literature and pre-existing theoretical frameworks. The social sciences grew up alongside the European project of world domination and competition through colonisation. Hence, much of the established canon of disciplinary knowledge has […]
Sign Up Here This roundtable will engage with the active process of decolonising knowledges, by presenting alternative epistemologies and praxis emanating from the global South. We will commence by offering a critique of established Western epistemologies, showing how they contribute to forms of colonisation, past and present, and limit possibilities for research. The discussion will […]
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 […]