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SUMMARY:Accessing Administrative and Sensitive Datasets through SafePods Webinar
DESCRIPTION: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.  \nA wealth of government datasets\, as well as study and survey datasets will be available for secure access from SafePods. This will include new linked datasets created by Administrative Data Research UK (ADR UK) projects\, such as the groundbreaking Data First programme at the Ministry of Justice\, and most datasets held by the Office for National Statistics’ Secure Research Service\, the UK Data Service and SAIL Databank.  \nSafePods will be primarily based at universities\, removing the travel and cost barriers for researchers to attend the handful of existing dedicated safe settings in the UK.  \nMany researchers across South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP) Universities are already working with the types of administrative and/or sensitive datasets that will be made available through SafePods\, and interest in these is now further increasing due to the pandemic.  \nThe installation of SafePods have now been completed at the Universities of Bath\, Bristol and Exeter and this webinar will provide information about the opportunities SafePods will bring\, and the practical steps you will need to follow to use them.  \nThis webinar is being co-ordinated by the SWDTP\, with contributions from SafePod technical leads and academics across the partnership. Researchers across all stages are welcome to attend this webinar\, including undergraduates\, postgraduates and academics\, but advanced registration is essential via Eventbrite. Click here to access the Eventbrite and book your tickets! \nWebinar agenda \nBrief Welcome SWDTP Deputy Director\, Angeline Barrett  \nShort introduction to SafePods and the SafePod Network: what they enable\, and which datasets can be accessed\, Chris Playford\, University of Exeter  \nExample research projects enabled by the SafePods  \n – Helen Simpson\, Economics\, University of Bristol  \n – Alexey Bessudnov\, Sociology\, University of Exeter  \nPractical guidance on:  \n – Applying to access datasets\, Chris Playford  \n – Practicalities of using a SafePod\, Zosia Beckles/Debra Hiom  \nQ&A
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/accessing-administrative-and-sensitive-datasets-through-safepods-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210316T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210316T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T155749Z
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SUMMARY:SWDTP Funded Bespoke Qualitative Research Training: Preparing for speaking-based data collection
DESCRIPTION:This session will start at the point where you are ready to engage with your recruited sample and gather the data you need to help answer your research questions.\nWe will consider the practical steps required to set the scene for rigorous quality data collection. This will include preparing and piloting a research instrument and considering and piloting projective and enabling techniques. \nWe will explore ways of managing participants to maximise rapport\, overcome pitfalls (for example\, tricky power relations)\, and explore the particularities of ‘places’ to conduct your research. \nConducting online research will be an important topic for discussion. A key focus will be on exploring how best to prepare for research that enables meaningful insights from the opening up of creative\, reflexive research participants\, and how to avoid shutting topics and interactions down. \nThe 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. \nThis 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 will consist of a series of 7 bespoke online seminars delivered monthly to up to 50 students by collaborators across the SWDTP universities. \n 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/swdtp-funded-bespoke-qualitative-research-training-preparing-for-speaking-based-data-collection/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210310T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210310T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T100223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T123236Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-8/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210309T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210309T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T094514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240508T141513Z
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SUMMARY:SWDTP-Funded Bespoke Qualitative Training: Evaluating Qualitative Research
DESCRIPTION:https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/evaluating-qualitative-research/ \nIn this workshop we will explore how the quality of qualitative research is judged. \nWe discuss the criteria beyond traditional generalisability\, reliability\, replicability\, and validity\, to include: \n\ntrustworthiness (of both processes and results)\nplausibility (of claims to new knowledge)\nrichness (of empirical material)\n\nWorkshop leader\nDr Svetlana Cicmil is Director of Doctoral Research in Business and Law\, at UWE\, Bristol\, an internationally recognised scholar and experienced supervisor and examiner of postgraduate research theses. \nHer professorship is in the social study of global operations\, particularly focusing on management practices in the context of complex projects and the global sustainability agenda. Theoretically and philosophically\, Svetlana’s work is grounded in complexity thinking and Aristotelian notion of phronesis (practical wisdom). She has used a variety of qualitative methods in her research\, including active interviewing and participative discussion groups. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nContact us
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/swdtp-funded-bespoke-qualitative-training-evaluating-qualitative-research/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210303T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210303T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T100138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T123236Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-7/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210226T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210226T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210226T093734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T122907Z
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SUMMARY:SWDTP Town Hall
DESCRIPTION:Designed to allow students to ask questions about the SWDTP\, COVID-19\, and Extensions Processes to SWDTP Director Professor Richard Harris. This will be an open forum. Questions were submitted anonymously prior to the event and will be asked to Richard by some SWDTP Student Reps.\nPlease get in contact with Helen Stanton (helen.stanton@bristol.ac.uk) if you would like the link to attend \n 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/swdtp-town-hall/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210224T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210224T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T100024Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T123236Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-6/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210223T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210223T120000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T154338Z
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SUMMARY:SWDTP Funded Bespoke Qualitative Research Training: Planning and designing qualitative research
DESCRIPTION:In this workshop you’ll be introduced to the fundamentals of designing a good qualitative study.\nThis session will introduce the fundamentals of designing a good qualitative study: \n\nestablishing philosophical underpinnings\nusing theory\nidentifying appropriate methodology and methods\nsampling and saturation\nbeing consistent\nbeing flexible\n\nThe 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. \nThis 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 will consist of a series of 7 bespoke online seminars delivered monthly to up to 50 students by collaborators across the SWDTP universities.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/swdtp-funded-bespoke-qualitative-research-training-planning-and-designing-qualitative-research/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Higher Level Training
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210217T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210217T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T095748Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T123236Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-5/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210210T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210210T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T095651Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T123236Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-room-4/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210209T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210209T150000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T154048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T130111Z
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SUMMARY:SWDTP Funded Bespoke Qualitative Research Training: Where Does Qualitative Research Come From?
DESCRIPTION: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.\nThis 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 will consist of a series of 7 bespoke online seminars delivered monthly to up to 50 students by collaborators across the SWDTP universities.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/swdtp-funded-bespoke-qualitative-research-training-where-does-qualitative-research-come-from/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210204T093000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210204T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T151032Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121512Z
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SUMMARY:Engaging with Policy Makers (in Collaboration with the AHRC funded SWWDTP)
DESCRIPTION: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.\nYou will: \n• Gain an improved understanding of the governmental landscape \n• Learn how policy making works in practice \n• Learn practical tips for engaging with Parliament\, particularly select committees \n• Explore policy making from the perspective of the Civil Service \n• Practise communicating effectively with policy makers \nWORKSHOP PLATFORM \nThe workshop will be run using the virtual classroom platform Jigsaw Interactive. This is designed to provide a truly interactive learning experience with the use of breakout rooms\, chat and collaboration tools. \nWe always allow plenty of time for breaks and will try to help you connect with other participants throughout the programme.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/engaging-with-policy-makers-in-collaboration-with-the-ahrc-funded-swwdtp/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210203T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210203T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T095515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T122907Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-room-3/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210127T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210127T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T095426Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T122907Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-room-2/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210121T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210121T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T144202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T142413Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Series: Decolonising Writing and Representation
DESCRIPTION:Decolonising research is concerned with centring the stories of those who were marginalised by colonialism and charting the lasting effects of coloniality in the contemporary world. The stories of marginalised peoples are not easily told within the confines of established forms of academic writing that were built from\, and for\, elites of the Global North/West. Questions about how we approach the representation of people\, their histories and identities are therefore central as part of how we conduct and convey our research. Participative methodologies and research linked to activism can also call for collaborative writing\, creative writing\, or forms of representation other than writing\, which may sit uneasily alongside the traditional model of a PhD dissertation and its supervision. This session will be an opportunity to explore questions of representation\, authority and authorship\, and to explore forms of writing and communicating research that seek to disrupt traditional hierarchies of knowledge.\n  \nSpeakers: \n  \nDr Sadhvi Dar\, Queen Mary University London \nSadhvi’s research has contributed to understanding measurement and culture\, process of knowledge production\, governance\, and accountability structures\, always with a focus on voices that are marginalised or muted in institutions. She draws on artistic methodologies in both writing and teaching. Dr. Dar is one of the five women of colour who founded the Building the Anti-Racist Classroom collective (BARC)\, to develop and promote anti-racist practices in our learning environments. \n  \nDr Gemma Sou\, RMIT University\, Melbourne \nGemma researches representations of human vulnerability and lived experiences of people affected by disasters\, predominantly in the Caribbean. She regularly collaborates with artists to communicate her research in engaging\, thoughtful and socially responsible ways. \n  \nLakshmi Bose\, University of Cambridge \nLakshmi is a doctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge whose research centres on intergenerational female activism in the context of state securitisation and militarisation in South Africa and Turkey. She is affiliated to the Politics of Representation Collective\, an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers based in the UK\, who feature work exploring various international settings\, conditions and engagements with diverse communities. \n  \nDr Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman\, Bishop Grosseteste University \nHadiza is interested in the ways that colonial(ism/ity) has had an effect on shaping the narratives that describe the system and education in general\, as well as the hidden curriculum that exists in this form of education and socialisation. She also explores how ‘coloniality of knowledge\, power and being’ shape who we are as people\, and especially how we come to know the things that we know. As a lecturer in Inclusive Education\, she seeks to make a case for inclusivity in the widest sense of the term and in a way that acknowledges its contextual variations.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-social-research-series-decolonising-writing-and-representation/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210120T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210120T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210309T095324Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T122907Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Room
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-room/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210119T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201208T093625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121511Z
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SUMMARY:Co-produced Approaches in Research Workshop
DESCRIPTION: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.\nFor more information and to sign up\, click here.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/co-produced-approaches-in-research-workshop/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210114T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T144017Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210114T144017Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research: Decolonising Methodology
DESCRIPTION:This seminar will feature examples of methodologies that are participative and privilege the voices (authority and authorship) of those identifying with groups that have historically been objectified by research. Our presenters come from a wide range of disciplines and places around the world (India\, Aotearoa New Zealand\, Chile\, and Colombia). What these presentations have in common is that they do not only encompass an intellectual exercise\, but they seek to integrate practice and theory through a wide range of situated and embodied initiatives that are participative\, co-produced\, arts-based\, and integrative. We hope these presentations help expand and challenge traditional understandings of how we come to know our world. \n  \nSpeakers: \nAlejandra Vásquez\, Centro de Integración Cognitivo Corporal\, Chile. \nNrithya Pillai\, Bharatanatyam dancer\, India. \nKerri Cleaver\, University of Otago\, Aotearoa New Zealand \nNancy Carvajal\, Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-social-research-decolonising-methodology/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210112T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210112T150000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20210114T152007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T121433Z
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SUMMARY:Postdoctoral Fellowship Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The ESRC invites applications for postdoctoral fellowships (PDF) to be based at one of the SWDTP institutions (University of Bath\, University of Bristol\, University of Exeter\, Plymouth University and University of West of England). \nFellowships are aimed at providing a development opportunity for those in the immediate postdoctoral stage of their career\, to consolidate their PhD through developing publications\, their networks\, and their research and professional skills. \nThe PDF call forms part of ESRC’s strategy to support early career researchers and will be delivered through the national network of Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs). \nThe SWDTP has up to six fellowships to award. \nThis information session will provide further information on the scheme and the application process. It is open to any potential applicants and/or mentors\, regardless of which SWDTP University you may be applying to. Advance registration is required as the session will delivered through Zoom.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/postdoctoral-fellowship-information-session/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201218T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201218T220000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201208T093355Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121511Z
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SUMMARY:SWDTP Christmas Party 2020
DESCRIPTION:Warren Speed and Elis Jones (both from the University of Exeter) are pleased to announce that we have secured SWDTP funding to host an Online Christmas Party and a ‘Research as a Christmas Card’ competition. We’re hoping this will be a good opportunity to get together as a group after a while apart\, as well as have some fun and maybe a few drinks.\nClick here to read more and sign up.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/swdtp-christmas-party-2020/
LOCATION:Online
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201217T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201217T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T112442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121510Z
UID:10000318-1608213600-1608220800@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Series: Decolonising Research Ethics
DESCRIPTION:Details TBC
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-social-research-series-decolonising-research-ethics/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201216T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T104514Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (16th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201215T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201215T123000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T100924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
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SUMMARY:Perspectives on Research and Work in Developing and Transitional Countries
DESCRIPTION:Sign Up Here\nThis 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. \nPanellists will bring decades of experience to illustrate and discuss the challenges and opportunities of academic research and of those brought about by capacity building or consultancy work delivered in some testing environments. \nA variety of fieldwork will be examined \, from SSR research in Bosnia and the Western Balkans\, research in terrorist organisations\, research on armed conflict\, human rights and genocide in Guatemala and Colombia\, to capacity building work in Afghanistan\, Albania\, Bangladesh\, Kosovo\, Sri Lanka\, Trinidad & Tobago\, among others. The panellists will share their experiences relating them to the following non-exhaustive list of topics: \n– Logistical issues in the preparation of fieldwork – visas\, research permits\, identification of interviewees/in-country partners \n– The relationship between researchers and interviewees \n– Access\, trust building and remote relationships: access to relevant stakeholders/actors in-country\, issues of trust\, challenging communication medium\, understanding context from a distance \n– Time management: local conditions (opening/working hours\, distances)\, culture (sense of hard deadlines)\, need for translations \n– Dependable data and M&E requirements: Ensuring the reliability and validity of data collected from in-country sources\, reporting back to funder (go-between)\, when data is missing or is not what was expected\, report writing style \n– Risk and Ethics: to us and to people we work with; difficulty in assessment. \n– Cultural factors and the advantages of linguistic skills \n– Personal benefit/growth \n– Selecting appropriately a research approach: case study of the rationale for adopting an ethnographic research method in terrorism studies (presenting strengths and challenges of the ethnographic approach) \nThe webinar will include three short talks followed by a Q&A session. Our expert panel will include colleagues from both DTPs including \n– Anastasia Filippidou\, Lecturer in Terrorism\, Intelligence and Conflict Resolution\, Cranfield Forensic Institute\, Cranfield University \n– Edith Wilkinson\, Lecturer\, Cranfield Forensic Institute (CFI)\, Cranfield University \n– Gemma Collantes Celador\, Academic Director\, “Managing Defence in the Wider Security Context” programme (UK MoD)\, Senior Lecturer in International Security\, International Security and Law Group\, Cranfield Forensic Institute (CFI)\, Cranfield University \n– Roddy Brett\, Associate Professor\, School of Sociology\, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS)\, University of Bristol; Pathway Lead\, Global Political Economy Programme (ESRC SWDTP). Publications include The Companion to Peace and Conflict Fieldwork\, published by Palgrave
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/perspectives-on-research-and-work-in-developing-and-transitional-countries/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201209T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201209T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T104411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (15th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-3/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201202T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201202T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T104323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121432Z
UID:10000315-1606917600-1606926600@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:The SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (15th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session-2/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201126T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201126T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T100659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240510T121431Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Series: Decolonising Epistemologies
DESCRIPTION:Sign Up Here\nThis 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 then look at examples of non-dominant and non-dominating ways of knowing which are slowly gaining presence in contemporary research. We will engage with the pluriverse\, forging links between theorising and activism\, and acknowledging the possibilities for knowledge production and solidarity which emerge from building decolonial epistemology. Focussing on the categories of race\, gender\, caste\, and sexuality\, this conversation will offer alternative visions/futures not just of relations between people but of people within the beyond-human world. \n  \nPanelists \nSamson O. Opondo\, Vassar College: \nSamson O. Opondo’s research is guided by an interest in colonialism\, race and the mediation of estrangement. With an emphasis on violence\, ethics\, and diplomacies of everyday life\, he engages the problematics of humanitarianism\, the politics of redemption and the popular culture in urban Africa. He teaches courses on comparative politics\, settler colonialism\, postcolonial diplomatic cultures and African cities at Vassar College. \n  \nGajendran Ayyathurai\, Göttingen University: \nGajendran Ayyathurai studies the history and anthropology of modern India. The problem of caste and why\, how\, and in what ways privileged castes hegemonize and perpetuate marginality\, and the anticaste cultural and political histories of the marginalized animates his research\, publishing\, and teaching interests. The historical anthropology of indentured labor from South Asia during colonialism and the Indian diaspora in colonial and postcolonial times are also part of his present and future projects. As a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (Göttingen University\, Germany)\, he is engaged in the study of Tamil Buddhism in South Indian cities. \n  \nSabiha Allouche\, University of Exeter: \nSabiha Allouche works in the fields of Gender and Sexuality Studies and Middle East politics. She is an interdisciplinary researcher whose work bridges the gap between political analysis and anthropological writing. Methodologically\, she privileges empirically grounded analysis\, including ethnographic work\, story-telling and life histories\, in order to prioritize the lived reality\, alongside discourse analysis. While being primarily situated within feminist and queer studies\, her work engages with feminist approaches to violence\, conflict\, migration\, and social mobility. Dedicated to producing decolonised knowledge\, she is particularly interested in the racialised\, sexed and gendered logics that construe international relations both as discipline and practice. \n  \nEsmeralda Mariel Martínez Gutiérrez\, Autonomous University of Mexico City: \nEsmeralda graduated from the National Autonomous University of Mexico with a Degree in Communication Sciences with a specialty in Audiovisual Production. She is the co-founder of Insubordinadas\, a hack feminist collective that seeks to decentralize knowledge around the internet and the use of technologies for information\, communication and art; generating processes of feminist popular pedagogy and unschooling in the outskirts of Mexico City since 2016. Esmeralda is also the co-founder of “Reynx Rata”\, a trans-peripheral collective that works in the teaching and virtual dissemination of transfeminist activism and philosophy from a community\, anti-capitalist and decolonial approach; conducting open study circles and sharing readings\, visual and audiovisual content around and with sectors that are less visible or denied by hegemonic feminism (that is\, sex workers\, the trans community\, migrants\, indigenous communities\, domestic workers\, among others) from a critique of identity and intersectionality politics as uncritical\, colonial places of systemic co-optation and reinforcement of differences. Esmeralda works as the Dissemination and Continuing Education coordinator of the lecture series in Human Trafficking at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. \n  \nThe Decolonising Social Research seminar series is for doctoral researchers (and their supervisors) at any and every stage of the doctoral journey\, who aspire for their research to contribute towards decolonisation in any space or form. Through the short series of events\, we aim to stimulate debate around the tough questions that decolonisation poses for social research\, to forge supportive networks across universities of the South West and to signpost readings and resources. Across the series\, we will engage with the work of established scholars who have published on different aspects of decolonising research\, the ideas and experiences of early career researchers\, as well as representatives of marginalised groups\, whose knowledge has historically been excluded from the academy. \n  \nFor each seminar\, we will provide recommended reading for those wishing to explore the issues raised further. The seminars will take place as a webinar via Zoom. On registration\, participants will receive an email with the Zoom link and recommended reading for the seminar. \nForthcoming seminars in the series: \nDecolonising research ethics 17th December 2020 2-4pm \nDecolonising methodology 14th January 2021 2-4pm \nDecolonising writing and representation – 21st January 2020 2-4pm
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-epistemologies-webinar/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Training,Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201125T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201125T163000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201123T104209Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201123T104209Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual Study/Writing Session
DESCRIPTION:From this Wednesday (25th November) the SWDTP will be running virtual study/writing sessions. This will be an informal work space taking place via Zoom every Wednesday afternoon (2-4:30pm) until the end of term (15th December) and will foster a collaborative and supportive environment where people can work together. Every hour or so we will make space for optional breakout rooms for discussions of work and socialising. \nContact Helen Stanton for joining instructions.
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/virtual-study-writing-session/
LOCATION:Online
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201119T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201119T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20201109T114434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240509T121024Z
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SUMMARY:Decolonising Social Research Seminar Series: Decolonising Theory
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Foluke Adebisi\, Mark Jackson and Arathi Sriprakash (all University of Bristol)\n\n \n\nWhen 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 contributed to the imperial project of colonisation and contemporary relations of oppression. On the other hand\, scholarship resisting and opposing colonisation also has a long and deep history including scholars identifying with marginalised and oppressed racial groups in the Global North and scholars form the global South.\n\n \n\nThis session will examine what it could mean when we talk about decolonising theory. Does it mean different things in different disciplines? How do we reconcile the co-optation of decolonising within the agenda of HE with our various understandings of decolonial thought? What questions of praxis arise when we apply decolonial thought to theorising?\n\n \n\nClick here to sign up!
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/decolonising-social-research-seminar-series-decolonising-theory/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Webinar/Seminar/Symposium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200804T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200804T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20200109T112723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112723Z
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SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students from all faculties the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured and supportive atmosphere. \nUniversity of Bristol Students only. Book here. 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-writers-retreat-8/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200715T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200715T170000
DTSTAMP:20260422T164223
CREATED:20200109T112647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200109T112647Z
UID:10000103-1594800000-1594832400@www.swdtp.ac.uk
SUMMARY:University of Bristol: Writer's Retreat
DESCRIPTION:The Writers’ Retreats give postgraduate research students from all faculties the opportunity to devote a whole day to writing in a quiet\, structured and supportive atmosphere. \nUniversity of Bristol Students only. Book here. 
URL:https://www.swdtp.ac.uk/event-calendar/university-of-bristol-writers-retreat-7/
CATEGORIES:Writing Retreat
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