ReCSS Playtime Research Network - Corruption
Wednesday
14
January
2015
An inter-departmental opportunity to talk and network around collective research interests and/or strategic topic areas in corruption and discuss what the best way is to take emerging initiatives forward through e.g. possible future funding opportunities.
Understanding & Influencing Parliament
Wednesday
3
December
2014
This event will introduce how Parliament works, the avenues through which academics and researchers can have influence, and includes academic colleagues talking through their experiences of influencing policy.
The Dyslexia Debate
Monday
13
October
2014
Professor Julian (Joe) Elliott from Durham University will present a talk titled "The Dyslexia Debate"
York CVS 75th Anniversary Lecture
Thursday
11
September
2014
York CVS celebrates its 75th Anniversary in 2014. York CVS continues to work across the breadth and diversity of the voluntary sector and is delighted to welcome Professor Bob Doherty from the University of York and Editor of the Social Enterprise Journal to give its 75th Anniversary Lecture.
International Development Studies Network: Development, Participation & and ever-present Tyrannies?
Monday
21
July
2014
Participation: The New Tyranny (Cooke and Kothari, 2001) was a widely cited and influential landmark in development studies, and had a profound impact on development practice. In this workshop, to mark the inception of the International Development Network at the University of York, the book’s editors (Bill Cooke and Uma Kothari) will outline the emergence and history of Participation: The New Tyranny.
Research Networks: Cities
Wednesday
16
July
2014
Research networks: Inter-departmental opportunities for talking and thinking about future funding opportunities and intellectual activity.
Tastes in Practice
Tuesday
15
July
2014
Understanding people’s tastes has proved to be one of the most difficult tasks for cultural sociologists. This seminar will investigate the meaning of tastes – lying between the social, the aesthetics and morality – and show why studying tastes matters in the understanding of social inequalities, social values and conventions.
Cognitive Interviewing Techniques
Tuesday
24
June
2014
Dr Pamela Campanelli will be running this one day course on Cognitive Interviewing techniques at the Research Centre for Social Sciences. The course is designed to familiarise participants with this powerful and efficient method of piloting survey questions called Cognitive Interviewing.
The Possibilities of Quantitative Secondary Data Analysis in Education
Tuesday
17
June
2014
This interactive seminar hosted by Dr Gillian Hampden-Thompson (CRESJ, University of York) will focus on the possibilities of quantitative secondary data analysis in addressing and informing educational issues. Our two guest speakers will illustrate the uses and potential of this approach by highlighting their own research and experiences.
What are Universities for?
Thursday
5
June
2014
What are universities for? This symposium will provide an opportunity to hear views reflecting on what a university means today and how its work connects to wider communities.
Understanding Audiences
Wednesday
28
May
2014
This day-symposium brings together leading practitioners in different methods of understanding audiences. These include space syntax, ethnography, questionnaires, interviews and cultural profiling, and the use of digital metadata, and audience eye-tracking and neuro-imaging technologies.
ISRF-ReCSS Workshop Day 2
Tuesday
13
May
2014
At the ISRF Annual Workshop the ISRF’s Fellows report on their work, to each other and to a
wider audience drawn here from its host, the Research Centre for Social Sciences (ReCSS) at
the University of York. The Workshop focuses on the ISRF’s requirement that the research
should be interdisciplinary, innovative and critical.
ISRF-ReCSS Workshop Day 1
Monday
12
May
2014
At the ISRF Annual Workshop the ISRF’s Fellows report on their work, to each other and to a
wider audience drawn here from its host, the Research Centre for Social Sciences (ReCSS) at
the University of York. The Workshop focuses on the ISRF’s requirement that the research
should be interdisciplinary, innovative and critical.
Health & Conflict Seminar
Monday
13
January
2014
We are pleased to announce that the first Health and Conflict seminar will be held on Monday 13th January from 4pm onwards in the Training Room in the new Research Centre for the Social Sciences.
Small Innovation Projects and Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
Thursday
9
January
2014
Small Innovation Projects (SIPs) are a new scheme designed to help academics and small businesses in Yorkshire & the Humber to collaborate. The scheme provides up to £7,500 for the company to spend on innovation projects of up to 3 months in duration, using expertise from within the University
