A one-hour workshop for doctoral students and early career researchers on publishing in leading journals will take place during the ERU Conference 2013 in Cardiff. Continue reading →

DECIPHer are currently recruiting a full time Research Associate to work on a research project funded by the Welsh Government to investigate childhood exposure to second hand smoke in cars. The successful applicant will prepare, set up, conduct and record the outcomes of fieldwork with children in schools, for a cross sectional survey examining smoking in cars carrying children in Wales. They will be responsible for preparing questionnaire packs for students, liaising with schools regarding data collections, collecting smoking questionnaire data and saliva samples in primary schools across Wales. Continue reading →

The Social and Cultural Geography Research Group have announced the “Reading & Writing Social and Cultural Geography” Weekend Away, supported by the Wales DTC, which takes place at Gregynog Hall in early November. Continue reading →

The Wales DTC was pleased to host a PhD student poster competition at the WISERD Conference… and the winner was Amy Jones with her poster on Walking Wales. Continue reading →

The British Sociological Association and the BBC Radio 4 programme Thinking Allowed have announced the creation of a new Award for Ethnography, to recognise the most influential study by a UK researcher. Continue reading →

The prosecution of ‘terrorists’ in the United Kingdom lies with the police supported by the Security Service (MI5) and other agencies. To do so successfully the UK has seen the formation of an integrated Counter Terrorism network since the events of 11th September 2001. This network seeks to investigate terrorism in all its forms including the threat from ‘cyber’ attack and the contemporary terrorist’s use of the internet both as a radicalization tool and a communication method. This seminar with Wynne Jones, on Tuesday 9 July 10.30-12.30 at Swansea University, aims to inform researchers of the composition of the UK’s investigative network and to highlight the issues around modern day terrorist and counter terrorism policing. The venue is the Richard Price Building, Room G38. Continue reading →

The Feminist Research Conference at the Docklands Campus, University of East London is a one day conference taking place on Tuesday 23 July. It is designed for researchers, academics and PhD students with an interest in feminist theory for research, and will include academics whose research work has covered various perspectives on feminist theory. In addition, there will be breakout groups where participants can choose to take part in discussions on women and the economy, intersectionality and reflexivity. Continue reading →

The Society for Research into Higher Education ‘Newer Researchers Conference’ takes place on 10 December at Celtic Manor, Newport. Abstracts are invited that engage in Higher Education research associated with a number of themes detailed within the call for papers, echoing the theme of the SRHE Annual Research Conference ‘Experiencing Higher Education: Global Trends and Transformations’. The call also describes the types of submission sought. Abstracts of 400 words must be submitted by Monday 15 July, online, via the SRHE website. Continue reading →

The Understanding Society Research Conference is an international conference presenting new research based on longitudinal data (including Understanding Society which is primarily funded by the ESRC and based at the University of Essex). It will bring together people from different disciplines, presenting papers on aspects of sociology, economics, politics, social psychology, research and survey methods, and other studies. Continue reading →

The Vitae-funded SHARE (Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Researcher Education) network will present a one-day session on Friday 12 July, exploring both why and how we should and can encourage, support, and maximize the development of inter-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary research. The event will be hosted by University College London and will include presentations given by academic staff at various stages of their careers, research developers, and representatives of the Research Councils. Continue reading →