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1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)
2. PGR-led Discussion - (5-20 mins)
PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all.
3. ‘PGR Presents 1: Feminist Research: New Perspective to Understand Peace Discourse
Aruni Samarakoon, 3rd Year
Abstract:
The contemporary Peace discourse is dominated by the Liberal Peace school, which promotes the aspect of Peace through Development. Since 2009, this Liberal Peace discourse has prevailed in a developing context similar to Sri Lanka, where the Government is the key agent of implementing Peace. My PhD research develops a critical approach to the Liberal Peace Policy in Sri Lanka through Feminist epistemology.
4. ‘PGR Presents 2: 'The moderating role of core self-evaluations in the relationship between abusive managers and employees' well-being.'
with Mohamed Hamoda, 3rd Year
Abstract:
Most leadership researchers are looking for positive ways and tools to lead people. Scholars investigate concepts like transformational, ethical, authentic, instructional, and distributed leadership, focusing on improving organisations' outcomes. However, there is a shortage of illustrating the dark side of leadership and how it may harm the employees' well-being. Therefore, this study sheds new light on how emotional exhaustion may mediate the relationship between abusive managers and employees' well-being. The present research also aims to contribute to the leadership literature by introducing core self-evaluation as a moderating variable that copes with the negative consequences of abusive managers on employees' well-being.
5. 'Any other business’
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Aruni Samarakoon, PhD candidate in Political Science, University of Hull
Feminist Research: New Perspective to Understand Peace Discourse
The contemporary Peace discourse is dominated by the Liberal Peace school, which promotes the aspect of Peace through Development. Since 2009, this Liberal Peace discourse has prevailed in a developing context similar to Sri Lanka, where the Government is the key agent of implementing Peace. My PhD research develops a critical approach to the Liberal Peace Policy in Sri Lanka through Feminist epistemology.
The methodology literature mentions, that "Feminist research epistemology involved with the primary questions such as identity and differences, explores the identities of ethnicity, gender, class, caste and any other. The Feminist epistemology further enquires the social reality in terms of how, why and what” (Bologh, 1990; Reinharz, 1992). This research, therefore, is to examine the social reality of Peace Building in the context of Sri Lanka, who gets involved with what and how in the process of Peace Building.
The empirical data was collected in the research through semi-structured interviews with the former Tamil combatants, who were militarily defeated in the civil war in 2009 by the Government of Sri Lanka and the Western allies, including, the United Kingdom. These former combatants in the research sample are in exile and living in London.
The narratives of 15 former combatants were interviewed. I made personal visits to the homes of these combatants for interviews and observations. I participated in the “Commemoration of Mullivaikkal Massacre in London - 2022", organised by the former Tamil combatants. I also, participated in the "Go Home President - 2022" political mobilisation event in London, which was organised by the Sinhala – Left Political Supporters, together with the former Tamil combatants.
Ethnography and cyber-ethnography were used in collecting empirical data.
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1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)
2. PGR-led Discussion - (5-20 mins)
PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all.
3. ‘PGR Presents 1: 'How the Public Interest Litigation Shields against Social Injustice' with Malik Abbass, PhD Candidate in Law, The Law School - (15 mins plus Q&A 15 mins)
Abstract
At present there is a pervasive concern in the legal circles of Pakistan as to how the public interest litigation can help them have an easy access to justice in the face of massive backlog of cases, rampant corruption in public sector, serious threats to the independence of the judiciary and bureaucratic red-tape culture. The speedy dispensation of justice has become a stupendous task in view of the considerable delays in the disposal of cases and scarcity of judges, with the consequence that the prevalent adversarial legal system benefit the rich due to these loopholes and the poor become victims of the time consuming and expensive conventional litigating process. Link to full abstract here........
4. ‘PGR Presents 2: 'Reinhold Niebuhr, a classical realist perspective on the morality of nations in Moral Man and Immoral Society' with William Wallace, PhD Candidate in Politics, FBLP - (15 mins plus Q&A 15 mins)
Abstract
Chapter four: the morality of nations will be the focus of this presentation, we shall look at Niebuhr’s main hypothesis, his conclusions, and make comparisons to our own international political environment to identify his most salient points. By doing this I would like to foster a discussion on the value of “old” sources in research on contemporary matters in particular. Link to full abstract here........
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How the Public Interest Litigation Shields against Social Injustice.
At present there is a pervasive concern in the legal circles of Pakistan as to how the public interest litigation can help them have an easy access to justice in the face of massive backlog of cases, rampant corruption in public sector, serious threats to the independence of the judiciary and bureaucratic red-tape culture. The speedy dispensation of justice has become a stupendous task in view of the considerable delays in the disposal of cases and scarcity of judges, with the consequence that the prevalent adversarial legal system benefit the rich due to these loopholes and the poor become victims of the time consuming and expensive conventional litigating process. The grim scenario significantly prevents enforcement of the basic human rights guaranteed by the Constitution on account of a cumbersome and complex legal procedures militating against socio-economic justice in the society. Such a scourge of the marginalized vulnerable segments falling prey to the financial might, is manifestly a common phenomenon in the subcontinent since independence from the British rule. The provisions of the Constitution of Pakistan unequivocally shield them against inequality and social injustice; nonetheless the procedural constraints like locus standi inhibited these groups of aggrieved people to combat this challenge unless the concept of public interest litigation was introduced to provide laxity in the rigid legal procedures. The superior courts began to transform the longstanding formal procedures with a view to set these grave concerns at rest. The method so evolved was characterized as public interest litigation. It gave somewhat a sigh of relief to the deprived sections of the society for enforcement of their constitutionally guaranteed human rights in Pakistan. The present research dilates upon the underlying rationale of relaxing procedural rules in public interest litigation.
Reinhold Niebuhr, a classical realist perspective on the morality of nations in Moral Man and Immoral Society.
Reinhold Niebuhr was a central figure of the theory of international relations that we now call classical realism, his book Moral Man and Immoral Society published in 1932 offers interesting perspectives on the existence and apparent inevitability of social conflict. Chapter four: the morality of nations will be the focus of this presentation, we shall look at Niebuhr’s main hypothesis, his conclusions, and make comparisons to our own international political environment to identify his most salient points. By doing this I would like to foster a discussion on the value of “old” sources in research on contemporary matters in particular.
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1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)
2. PGR-led Discussion - (5-20 mins)
PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all.
3. PGR Presents:
'Effectiveness of Post-Earthquake Private Housing Reconstruction program: A Case Study of Nepal’s Gorkha Earthquake 2015'
with Namita Poudel Bhusal, Second Year PhD Candidate in Management, Hull Business School, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics.
(15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
Abstract:
Namita's talk will be of great value to postgraduate researchers across all disciplines. Not only will she give us a valuable insight into her impactful research project, she will outline her clear goals in relation to her research objectives, her research questions, the research gaps she is addressing, her methodology, her key achievements, the issues and challenges she has faced so far and her recent publications. All in all, this should be a very useful session indeed!
4. Perspectives on:
'The Philosophy of Photography' with Dr Dawn Wilson, Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics.
(10-15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
Abstract:
Photographic technology raises urgent ethical, legal, political, epistemic, and aesthetic questions. Dawn will talk about her research in the Philosophy of Photography which is internationally recognised for launching the ‘New Theory’ of photography. We will also discuss topics such as Deepfake images, machine-learning systems, face-recognition surveillance, copyright legislation, AI artworks, the ethics of photojournalism, and museum conservation methods.
(10-15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
5. 'Any other business’
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1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)
2. PGR-led Discussion - (5-20 mins)
PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all.
3. 'PGR Presents: ‘On the Subject of ‘Emergency’: Pragmatism and the PhD’
with Matty Jones, PhD Politics Candidate, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull - (10-15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
Abstract
Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic ‘emergency’ has become a central subject of daily life. We live in a time of ‘emergency’. This seminar discusses the importance of pragmatism during Ph.D. study by examining what it means to research the subject of ‘emergency’ in a time of ‘emergency’.
4. 'PGR Presents: “Be more wolf!” What can metalogic coherence bring to your research?
with Louie Gardiner, recent successful PhD graduate in Systems Science, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics, University of Hull - (10-15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
Abstract
The nature of Louie's composite doctoral submission is itself a unique contribution to the Academy. Complementing her thesis and its a-typical Appendix, is an anthology of poetry, personal inquiry and an array of innovations presented through different modalities. Her work demonstrates the potency and generativity made possible by undertaking ‘metalogically coherent’ research (one of her key contributions), which arose through her commitment to embodying a complexity thinking paradigm.
5. 'Any other business’
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Matty is a fourth year Ph.D. student whose research focusses on emergencies and the legal-political thought of Carl Schmitt (1888-1985). His thesis contends that a more effective way to manage contemporary emergencies such as COVID-19 and climate change is by invoking modified versions of Schmitt’s concepts of the ‘exception’ and ‘sovereign dictatorship’. He has previously given talks on Schmitt’s state theory (Hull, 2018), Schmitt and Nazism (Hull, 2019), and presidential sovereignty in the Trump era (Coventry, 2020). Matty’s other interests include current affairs, existentialist philosophy, and the history of political thought. Twitter: @jonezdrjonez
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1. Welcome and Introduction – Professor Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Business Law and Politics - (5 mins)
2. PGR Presents: Hassan Mohamed, Second year PhD Candidate in Marketing, Hull University Business School.
Abstract:
Hassan will discuss his recent publication in Journal of Marketing Communication, "Antecedents of level of social media use: exploring the mediating effect of usefulness, attitude and satisfaction". Hassan will focus on the statistical contribution and lead the discussion the Mediation and Moderation analysis in the Structural Equation Modelling.
(20 mins plus 10 mins Q&A)
3. Spotlight On: ‘Getting the best out of your supervisory relationship’
Abstract:
Matt has supervised six students to successful completions. He has also- way back in the day- been a PhD student himself and therefore sees things from both sides. Matt will facilitate a discussion on how PhD students can get the best out of their supervisory relationships, not just during the period of study, but also as a resource for mentoring, support and collaboration throughout one’s career. The session is meant to be interactive, so please bring your experiences and examples of good practice.
(20 – 30 mins including group questions and discussion)
4. 'Any other business / future seminar topics / PGR related issues you would like to discuss
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1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)
2. PGR-led Discussion - (5-20 mins)
PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all.
3. ‘PGR Presents: 'The Panic buying of paper during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK - a digital ethnographic approach'
With Ahmed Sayed Zaky Saoudy, PhD Candidate in Management.
(15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
Abstract
This paper aims to conceptualise the panic buying behaviour of consumers in the UK amid novel COVID-19 crisis using the assemblage approach. This study undertakes a digital ethnography approach and a content analysis of Twitter data collected over the period when panic buying was at its peak at the beginning of the lockdown.
4. ‘Spotlight on: ‘Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism: Liberalism, Culture and Coercion’ – an introduction to Professor Cohen-Almagor’s newest book.
With Professor Raphael Cohen-Almagor, Chair in Politics, and Director of the Middle East Study Group (MESG), Faculty of Business, Law and Politics
(20 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)
Abstract
This book explores the main challenges against multiculturalism. It aims to examine whether liberalism and multiculturalism are reconcilable, and what are the limits of liberal democratic interventions in illiberal affairs of minority cultures within democracy. In the process, this book addresses three questions: whether multiculturalism is bad for democracy, whether multiculturalism is bad for women, and whether multiculturalism contributes to terrorism. Just, Reasonable Multiculturalism argues that liberalism and multiculturalism are reconcilable if a fair balance is struck between individual rights and group rights. Raphael Cohen-Almagor contends that reasonable multiculturalism can be achieved via mechanisms of deliberate democracy, compromise and, when necessary, coercion. Placing necessary checks on groups that discriminate against vulnerable third parties, the approach insists on the protection of basic human rights as well as on exit rights for individuals if and when they wish to leave their cultural groups.
5. 'Any other business’
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1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)- Professor Matt Flynn, Professor of HRM, FBLP
2. ‘Spotlight on: Your first academic publication: What to do and what not to do' with Professor Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, FBLP
(20 mins plus Q&A 5 mins)
Professor Tyler’s talk will draw on his experience of publishing more than 70 books, articles and chapters over the past 25 years, as well as editing many journals and special issues, and reviewing innumerable prospective articles and book proposals.
3. PGR Presents: 'Reading through Marxist Feminism on the Identity Politics of Former Combatants in Post-War Sri Lanka'
with Aruni Samarakoon, PhD candidate in Politics, FBLP and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka.
(20 mins plus Q&A 5 mins)
4. PGR-led Discussion
PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all.
5. A reminder of opportunities coming up for PGRs
6. 'Any other business’
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Abstract - Professor Colin Tyler
Publication is a major part of the doctoral process. It is required if you want to get an academic job, it helps to establish you in your research field, and it is a necessary means through which you contribute to the advance of knowledge and understanding. In this presentation, Professor Colin Tyler will:
(a) set out the REF and academic employment context that makes publication so crucial;
(b) assess the various types of publication that you should consider when you are deciding on your first public writing;
(c) warn against “predatory” publishers that often prey on doctoral students;
(d) consider how best to approach journals and publishers when submitting papers and book proposals;
(e) run through the review process that your paper/proposal will undergo;
(f) advise on how to respond to reviewers’ comments; and
(g) how to deal with failure – and success.
Professor Tyler’s talk will draw on his experience of publishing more than 70 books, articles and chapters over the past 25 years, as well as editing many journals and special issues, and reviewing innumerable prospective articles and book proposals.
Abstract - Aruni Samarakoon, PhD candidate in Politics
"Until the war broke into our lives, we lived happily, even without resources., I and my friends generated electricity for the feasts of a girl becoming a woman in the village, by pedalling a bike at a reasonable pace. Enjoying the cool -dry breeze every morning, we walked to the school. All these memories were brushed away when the war started. The Air Force was bombed our school causing the deaths of many school children including my 9-year-old elder brother. Still, I wake up in the middle of the night with the shock of seeing the deaths at the school". (A- Interviewee)
The empirical data for this ethnographic research project will be collected through the male and female former combatants living in and outside of Sri Lanka. The qualitative data will be gathered by the method of in-person semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions. Representing 25 of each sex, the 50 former combatants will be interviewed, and 15 focus group discussions will be taken place too. The method of participatory observation will be used to understand symbolism, semiotics and the tone of voice and the patterns of conversations.
Background
The civil war between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL)and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) came to end in 2009. The liberal democratic agenda of the 'war for peace' became the universal guideline to solve the intra-state conflict with the 9/11 attack in the United States. The 9/11 attack caused to raise the nationalism and militarism and to adjust the governing structure of the states to achieve military victory over protracted conflicts which Sri Lanka is one of the cases (Richmond, 2012; Tadjbakhsh, 2011; Doyle, 2011; Paris, 2010;).
Since 2009, the GOSL has followed the liberal peace agenda, focusing on sustaining peace through development. The process of infrastructure development and rehabilitating and reintegrating former combatants into society has been implemented to restore 'normalcy' in the everyday lives of war-affected people. However, the critics point out that, liberal peace policy failed to understand ground realities and recover the war-torn communities and rebuild the state (Stokke and Uyangoda, 2012; Lewis, 2010; Walton, 2012). In addition, the literature on the critical aspect of liberal peace indicates that the liberal peace policy reproduces the structural and symbolic violence against Tamil and Muslim minorities and women in war-affected areas (Samarakoon, 2016; Suthaharan, 2018; Giulia, 2015).
Research Question
This research is, therefore, to understand why and how liberal peace reproduces structural and symbolic violence in post-war Sri Lanka. In that case, the research examines the politics of constructing post-war identities on former combatants in Sri Lanka through Marxist Feminism.
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1. Welcome
2. 'Faculty Focus' - Prof. Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, FBLP - (5-10 mins)
Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance.
3. ‘PGRs talk to us' – (10 mins)
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!
4. PGR Presents: "CEOs' facial masculinity and the maturity structure of corporate debt" with
Muwaffaq Ayaad, PhD Candidate in Accountancy and Finance, Hull Business School. (15 mins)
Abstract: Recent biological and psychological literature document that individuals' facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR), a physical sign of high testosterone level, is related to a cluster of masculine behaviours such as dominance, aggression and risk-taking. Accordingly, a recent growing literature in accounting and finance shows that differences in fWHR among male managers help explain the heterogeneity in firms' financial and investment decisions. This study extends this line of enquiry by examining whether CEOs with higher facial masculinity affects an important but previously unexamined financial decision, the maturity structure of corporate debt (hereafter "debt maturity").
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions. (5-15 mins)
5. Perspectives on: 'Interpreting ancient texts: law, politics and philosophy' with
Antony Hatzistavrou, Senior Lecturer in Legal and Political Philosophy, Department of Politics, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics. (15 mins)
Abstract: In my short presentation I will briefly outline some of the main methodological issues surrounding the interpretation of ancient philosophical works, political treatises and laws. Those relate primarily to the reconstruction of the 'authentic' text from different manuscripts, the interpretation of the intentions of the author and the relevance of the historical context. My primary examples will be drawn from ancient Greek texts (especially of the so-called 'classical period').
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions. (5-15 mins)
6. PGR Thoughts on future seminar topics/activities - (5-10 mins)
Target audience
This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from across the University.
Would you like to present as part of next year's seminar programme?
Please contact Professor Matt Flynn on M.C.Flynn@hull.ac.uk
General questions
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
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Running order for the seminar
1. Welcome
2. 'Faculty Focus' - Prof. Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, FBLP
Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance. (5-10 mins).
3. Research Perspectives on : 'Mindful Leadership in the context of large scale change' by Professor Malcolm Higgs, Organisational Behaviour and HRM. Hull University Business School.
The research built from the emerging interest in mindful leadership (largely sparked by a rash of practitioner books and publications). The established academic work on mindfulness tends to be dominantly experimental with little done on its application to leaders. This project explored the evidence of leaders' mindfulness in the context of large scale change and demonstrated that mindful practices were related to both leadership behaviours and change implementation success. The project is based on qualitative data from 80 leaders drawn from 60 organizations.
(15 mins plus 5-15 mins for open discussion/questions).
4. Research Perspectives on: 'The MoVE (Mobilising Volunteers Effectively) Project with Dr Jenny McNeill and Dr Harriet Thierry, Research Associates in the Management School at the University of Sheffield.
The MoVE (Mobilising Volunteers Effectively) project is a collaboration between the universities of Sheffield, Hull and Leeds. Over the course of 18 months, the research is focussed on how volunteers have been mobilised in response to the coronavirus and what the pandemic can teach us about enabling social action, during the crisis and beyond. The research is funded by the ESRC as part of the UK Research and Innovation's rapid response to Covid-19.
(15 mins plus 5-15 mins for open discussion/questions).
5. ‘PGRs talk to us' – (10 mins)
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues and future seminar topics. Email us in advance if you like!
Target audience
This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from across the University.
General questions
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
To view the full PGR Research Culture and Community Programme click here for more details
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Dr Jenny McNeill is a Research Associate at the University of Sheffield and is currently working in the Management School on the Mobilising Volunteers Effectively (MoVE) research project funded by ESRC. Prior to this she worked on the Enabling Social Action Programme with DCMS partners. She also previously worked in the Urban Studies and Planning dept at the University of Sheffield on the Welfare Conditionality project, funded by ESRC. She studied at Nottingham Trent University and completed her PhD exploring the role of employability in homeless people's resettlement.
Dr Harriet Thierry is a Research Associate at the Sheffield University Management School, currently investigating community responses to the COVID-19 crisis. Her research interests include the international political economy of aid and development, social policy and civil society. She is particularly interested in the interactive relationship between policy, power and discourse. Her PhD was awarded by the School of Languages and Cultures at the University of Sheffield in May 2020.
Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance.
Playing the stock market is becoming an increasingly popular past-time for ordinary people, as shown by the recent Gamestop situation. Many investors are following other investors without any real information of their own. In fact, stock buying platforms like Etoro even help investors do this. This is known as herding and regulators have found it difficult to detect. In this presentation, Junkai will talk about an alternative approach to detecting when herding is happening.
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
Professor Hugh Scullion, Professor in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management, Hull Business School, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics,
Professor Hugh Scullion will give a talk about the issues related to getting published from your PhD. He will talk about the challenges of publishing articles and books from your PhD and also some tips for publishing in top quality journals. He has a wealth of experience in getting published having nine thousand and six hundred citations. The session will be interactive and will not be recorded.
Hugh Scullion has an international research reputation in International HRM based on publishing in elite journals and publishing the leading books in the field of Global Talent Management. Hugh has a strong record as a PhD supervisor and has published joint articles with students in 4 * journals such as the Journal of World Business and Human Resource Management Journal. Hugh currently supervises 8 PhD students in the Talent area.
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!
This seminar is likely to be of interest to FBLP PGRs and to PGRs from other disciplines across the University.
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
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1. Welcome
2. 'Faculty Focus' - Prof. Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Business Law and Politics - (10 mins)
Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance.
3. ‘PGRs talk to us' – (10 mins)
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!
4. PGR Presents: 'Data Management and Privacy in Europe and the USA' - (20 mins -5/10 mins Q&A)
With Chris Hayes, PhD Candidate in International Business, Hull Business School, Faculty of Business Law and Politics.
Chris will talk about his research on data management and privacy in Europe and the USA, discussing where the UK will land between the two. He will give information on GDPR which will be useful to the Hull community both as researchers and citizens generally. Plus, he’ll let us know what blockchains are!
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
5. Perspectives on: 'The Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation' (BIMSTEC) - (20 mins -5/10 mins Q&A)
With Dr Keshab Bhattarai, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Hull Business School, Faculty of Business Law and Politics.
Keshab will discuss the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative on Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) which is emerging as one of the most dynamic regions of the global economy. How capital, labour, technology and international trade interact with institutional variables, including the degree of democracy and levels of corruption, in determining economic growth among these countries is the issue of investigation in this paper, we will apply static and dynamic panel data regression models for analysis. Results suggest that stable and higher economic growth rate requires reforms of economic and social institutions on top of accumulation of physical and human capital and advancement in production technologies.
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
6. PGR Thoughts on future seminar topics/activities - (10 mins)
Target audience
This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from across the University.
General questions
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
To view the full PGR Research Culture and Community Programme click here for more details
1. Welcome
2. 'Faculty Focus' - Prof. Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, FBLP
Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance. (5-10 mins)
3. ‘PGRs talk to us' – (10 mins)
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!
4. PGR Presents: 'Exploring the process of the PhD Viva Voce - from preparation to success!' (15 mins)
With Chloe Wilson, PhD Candidate - Human Trafficking, Law School | Criminology Department I Wilberforce Institute
There are many parts to the Viva, some exciting, some a little nerve-wracking - but ultimately this should be a really productive process. I will provide my own personal experiences, key things that really helped me and how you can make the most of the Viva journey! Twitter: @_cjwilson
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
5. Perspectives on: 'Impact or starve, a new paradigm for academia?' (15 mins)
With Dr Rene Brauer, Impact Officer, Research and Innovation, University of Hull
Research evaluation and the societal impact of academic knowledge productions are not new phenomena. What is new, is the – politically motivated – notion to evaluate research based upon its societal impact in order to justify public expenditure. The short presentation investigates how the emergent evaluation regime is changing the normative structure of modern research, as well as its unintended consequences.
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
6. PGR Thoughts on future seminar topics/activities
Target audience
This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from across the University.
General questions
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
To view the full PGR Research Culture and Community Programme click here for more details
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Running order for the seminar
1. Welcome
2. 'Faculty Focus' - Prof. Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, FBLP
Professor Tyler will give an update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance. (5-10 mins)
3. ‘PGRs talk to us' – (10 mins)
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!
4. Undertaking research interviews: Theory and practice' – (15–30 mins)
With Professor Rudi Wurzel, Department of Politics, FBLP
Abstract: Research interviews are a widely used research method for conducting PhD research and other types of research. This talk will briefly review some of the social science literature on research interviews. It will offer practical tips derived from undertaking research interviews on especially environmental policy research in six different European countries over a period of more than 30 years.
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
5. ‘PGRs Present’ (30 mins)
'Child trafficking, child protection and the fitness of the law: Vietnam, Albania and Nigeria.’
With Loria-Mae Heywood, PhD Candidate, School of Law, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics/ Wilberforce Institute
Abstract: Child trafficking has persisted across all continents in spite of social, economic and other measures that have been used to address this issue. Building on the international legal obligation of countries to address the issue of trafficking, Loria-Mae Heywood provides an overview of her PhD research focused on the fitness of the of the laws in Vietnam, Albania and Nigeria – top source countries for trafficking – to support the protection of children against trafficking.
There will be time afterwards for open discussion/questions.
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Target audience
This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from the Faculty of Business Law and Politics and also of broad interest to PGRs from across the University.
General questions
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
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Running order for the seminar
1. Welcome
2. 'Faculty Focus' - 10 mins - Professor Colin Tyler, Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics
Professor Tyler will give a update on the what’s happening with research activity in the faculty. If there is anything specific you would like to hear about please click this link to email us in advance.
3. PGRs 'Talk to us' - 10 mins
PGRs can raise group/individual issues, discussions around health and wellbeing and any other issues. Email us in advance if you like!
4. 'Careers for carers: not just clapping' with Professor Matt Flynn - 30 mins
Matt is Professor of Human Resource Management in the Faculty of Business, Law and Politics and is Director of The Centre for Research into the Older Workforce.
Abstract:
During the COVID pandemic, there has been a growing recognition of the contribution made by care workers in looking after vulnerable people. The UK faces chronic skills shortages in care services and an important part of social care reform is ensuring that care work is sustainable, rewarding and provides opportunities for skills and career development. Matt Flynn will talk about research he has conducted with colleagues at Putra University Malaysia talking with care workers about their experiences in work and their career expectations. Care workers see themselves as the front-line of protecting the welfare of vulnerable people. However, they often feel undervalued by clients’ families, their employers, and other health care professionals. There was a prevalent view that care workers should have access to a career pipeline and stakeholders need to work together to ensure sustainable careers. Matt will talk about what care workers discussed along with how stakeholders are responding in Northern Ireland. Matt will share insights into the research methods and processes he used for this current research and will provide some key learning points for our PGRs.
5. Question and Answer Session with Professor Flynn and colleagues - 10 - 15 mins
6. PGRs Present - 20 - 30 mins
PGRs will present their research. Each will have up to ten minutes to speak and an additional five minutes for questions.
Speaker 1 - Yaojia Li - School of Politics
In addition to Matt’s talk, Yaojia Li will talk about her research on the Chinese politics of eGovernment. Yaojia is a third year student in the School of Politics and she’ll discuss her research as well as her experience interviewing senior members of the Xi’an civil service about their use of social media to interact with citizens.
Target audience for the seminar
This seminar is likely to be of interest to PGRs from the Faculties of Business Law and Politics and Health Sciences, and of broad interest to PGRs from across the University.
General questions
If you have any general questions about the seminar programme please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk
To view the full PGR Research Culture and Community Programme click here for more details