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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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).Fellowships are aimed at providing a development opportunity for those in the immediate postdoctoral stage of their career, to consolidate their PhD […]