YorkTalks 2015
On Wednesday 7 January 2015, we showcased some of our finest researchers and launched our new Research Strategy as Yorktalks returned for its second year.
The day began with a formal welcome from the Vice-Chancellor Professor Koen Lamberts, followed by the launch of the University Research Strategy by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor Deborah Smith. This was followed by four sessions in each of which four speakers presented their research and took questions from the audience.
Session 1
- Professor Andrew Street - Realising Florence Nightingale’s vision
- Professor Michael White - The avant garde and the everyday
- Dr Mark Roodhouse - Uncovering the London underworld
- Professor Kate Pickett - The enemy between us: how inequality harms us all
Session 2
- Dr Oliver Craig - Why the world went to pot
- Dr Helen Smith - What is the matter?
- Dr Kirsty Penkman - Time travel in a crystal ball
- Dr Damian Murphy - Sound design for our sound environment
Session 3
- Professor Karl Atkin - The illusion of choice
- Dr Kathryn Arnold - Does wildlife need a drugs policy?
- Professor Simon Gilbody - Depression and the Third Age
- Dr Sofia Vasilopoulou - Making up or breaking up? Euroscepticism and the making of the Union
Session 4
- Professor Neil Bruce - Defusing an explosive issue
- Professor Lucy Carpenter - Between the sea and the sky
- Professor Paul Kaye - Poverty and neglect – fighting a deadly disease
- Professor Howard Wilson - Fusion energy – a question of time
Poster competition
The day was also a chance to celebrate the innovation and brilliance of our postgraduate community with a poster competition. The competition was judged by the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and the three Academic Coordinators.
- Winner, Science: Emily Johnston (Biology)
Plants vs Explosives - Winner, Social Science: Jayme Scally (Education)
Intercultural Competence Development in three Different Study Abroad Program Types in Spain
YorkTalks poster competition finalists with Vice-Chancellor Koen Lamberts and Jenn Chubb from the Researcher Development Team. Credit: Ian Martindale Photography, 2015