Research Training Opportunities & Events

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The Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice invites you to join a 3 hour workshop to learn more about co-creation and participatory methods and how they can be used in conducting social research. Participants will get an introductory understanding of co-creation participatory methods for social science research and how they can contribute towards data collection, engagement of

marginalised groups and impactful research and practice. Participants will become aware of how

such methods can be used and what they look like in real research projects, their benefits and limitations. They will be encouraged to reflect and work together on how they could integrate such

methods in their own research.

Workshop Content:

• What are co-creation methods?

• Why they are important? When should we use

them?

• How can we use them?

• Examples of methods in completed research

projects (with a focus on feminist research)

• Benefits, limitations and coping strategies

Date: 2 July 2024

Time: 11:00 BST -14:00 BST

Venue: TBC

Register Here

Workshop instructors: Dr Charikleia Tzanakou (Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, Oxford Brookes University) and Dr Anne-Charlott Callerstig (Orebro University, Sweden) will present

and facilitate this workshop.

NB: Lunch will be provided

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OBU’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Research Network (EDIN) invites you to our second annual debate to discuss what it means to decolonise research within Higher Education. For this session, we concentrate on decolonisation through film, looking at the specific case of contemporary Algeria. Most urgently, this event looks at decolonisation as an action and practice.

The discussion will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity to network. 

Speakers:
Walid Benkhaled, Bodleian Library

Walid is a documentary filmmaker and a researcher, working on the history, politics and aesthetics of Algerian cultural production, notably in the post-independence period. He is in the post-production stage of his first feature length documentary “ In the Frame”. In his academic work, Walid is particularly interested in the funding mechanisms of Algerian cultural production, specifically cinema, and how explicit and implicit conditions attached to funding from the Global North can determine aesthetic, thematic and linguistic ‘choices’ made by filmmakers in the Global South. He is the author of : “Algerian cinema between commercial and political pressures: The double distortion”. 

Natalya Vince, University College, Oxford

Natalya is a historian of the French empire, decolonisation, and post-colonial histories. She has completed projects on women veterans of the Algerian War of Independence, West African soldiers in the French army, wartime sexual violence in Algeria and Indonesia – and her current project, on Algerian students, state-building and social mobility during the Third Worldist era of the 1960s and 1970s. Natalya is increasingly focused on creative, collaborative and widely accessible approaches to producing and disseminating research. 

They are working together on an AHRC funded documentary series and public history project on the first generation of Algerian university students in the 1960s and 1970s: Generation Independence: a People’s History: http://www.generation-independence.com/  

Chair: Dr. Lindsay Steenberg, Oxford Brookes University

Lindsay is Reader / Associate Professor of Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University, where she also sits as Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Research Network (EDIN). Her research looks at the gender and race politics of violence in the popular media, including the crime and action genres. 

This is an in-person event with the option for listeners to log in via zoom and participate in the Q&A, 12th June 5.00pm - 6.30 pm. The event is free to attend, but please register here:

Please register here for attending in-person
And here for online attendance
Contact: edin@brookes.ac.uk

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The Festival of AI showcases new developments in AI, machine learning and robotics and supports a debate on how new technologies are changing the way we live and work - and the skills and knowledge we'll need to thrive in the new era.

Register: https://www.aifestival.uk/home

Contact email: fiapaolo@brookes.ac.uk

Festival highlights:

3 June

• Keynote presentations and Discussion: Professor Giuseppe De Giacomo (Oxford University)

• Brookes AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis and Systems (AIDAS): Professor Fabio Cuzzolin and others

• Showcase on AI and Data Analysis at Brookes

4 June

• Schools and Colleges Day - This day's activities are by invitation only

5 June

• AI and Analytics in Business: Hear from  Andy Cotgreave (Tableau Evangelist from Salesforce), Graham Caleb (of Delti AI) and AI entrepreneur, David Pool. The session will also include a talk about Dr Zeeshan Ali of Brookes' Business School's Analytics, Information Systems and Operations (AISO) Group 

• AI speed-dating for researchers

6 June

• Open Data Oxfordshire Sandpit

• Artificial Inspiration: Creative and Artistic Futures with AI - Panel discussion

7 June

• Data Challenge Showcase

Further Details

Please find below the details of this hybrid research seminar:

Topic: The Age of Hysteresis, the Political Economy of Climate Change

Date: 13 June 2024

Time: 3:00 PM BST - 4:00 PM BST

Venue: CLC G.21

Join Zoom Meeting

https://brookes.zoom.us/j/85413721297

Meeting ID: 854 1372 1297 

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Find below details of this hybrid Research Seminar:

Topic: Identifying Clusters of High-Tech Start-ups across UK Local Authority Areas.

Time: May 28, 2024 02:00 PM BST - 03:00 PM BST

Venue: CLC G.20

Join Zoom Meeting

https://brookes.zoom.us/j/84450336104

Meeting ID: 844 5033 6104 

Further Details

Explore these crucial questions during our sessions:

o   How do I start an academic career?

o   How do I strike the balance between teaching, research, and community service?

o   How do we build my networks internationally?

o   How do I utilize my networks for research and scholarship? How do they help with career progression?

o   What does the changing landscape look like in academia - higher education?

o   What is good quality research? What determines quality?

o   What role does funding (research, consultancy, knowledge partnerships) play in the future of higher education?

o   What role does industry-academia collaboration play in higher education?

o   Is research only for academia? How do we make sure that our research is meaningful and impactful?

o   How do we publish? How do we target relevant but 'good quality journals'?

o   How do we manage the 'stress' of NOT being able to publish?

o   Should we feel as a 'complete - I am done' academic with several good academic publications?

o   Can and should we use AI for research?

o   What do we use AI for? Where does research creativity come from? Where are the ethical boundaries?

o   What does multidisciplinary research mean?

o   How do we develop multidisciplinary projects? What is the value and benefit?

o   Do we do research only for promotion and 'self-pride'? Do we have any social responsibility as researchers/academics?

Workshop Details:

Date: Tuesday, 14th May

Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Location: University of Bedfordshire, Luton Campus, Room P206 or Join Online

Facilitators: Esteemed Professors and Experts from the Publishing Industry

This session promises an interactive platform where you can engage with our panellists, ask questions, and gain insights that are directly applicable to your academic pursuits. Please see the details attached.

For more information or to express your interest, please contact sanaz.vatankhah@beds.ac.uk.

We look forward to helping you navigate the complexities of an academic career and achieve your professional goals. Join us for a stimulating discussion that could shape your future!

Further Details

Live session

We’ll be running an online session on this new support on Tuesday 30th April from 1-2pm - please sign up here to attend (we’ll also widely circulate the recording of the session soon after it has run). 

Here is what the session will cover:

1. A brief introduction to ORCID and its benefits for researchers.

2. How to enter your ORCID into Converis.

3. How to enable the new integration between Converis and ORCID (so that your Converis records automatically also appear in your ORCID profile).

4. How (and why) to ‘affiliate’ your ORCID profile with your employment at Oxford Brookes. 

Affiliation email

On Thursday 2nd May, staff in the faculties will receive an email inviting them to link their ORCID profile with Oxford Brookes.

The email will come from info@member-portal.orcid.org with the subject ‘Oxford Brookes University would like to add a validated affiliation to your ORCID record’.

If you choose to accept this invitation your employment history with Oxford Brookes (the roles, faculty, and dates of employment) will automatically be added to your ORCID profile. The entry (or entries) on your ORCID profile will come with a green tick to indicate that the employment has been added and ‘validated’ by Oxford Brookes, like this:

Please note: acceptance of this invitation is entirely optional and you do not need to link your ORCID profile to Oxford Brookes if you do not want to.

Further information

If you have any questions about ORCID, the integration between Converis and ORCID, or the affiliation email that will be sent on 2nd May, please contact the Scholarly Communications Team at openaccess@brookes.ac.uk. 

Event Details

Date: Tuesday June 4th  and Wednesday June 5th  2024. You can apply for one of the two days but not both.

Time: 9 am - 4.30 pm.

Location: Stanton House, Pound Lane, Stanton St John, Oxfordshire. OX 33 1HF

Transport: Return coach travel will be provided from Headington Campus each day or

                        make your own way to Stanton House

Catering: All refreshments/meals will be provided

Stanton house is a dedicated retreat, previously used by the university, with good quality internet connectivity and OBBS will have exclusive use for the two days. This is a non residential writing retreat, so please apply for only one of the two days. This is to maximise the number of research colleagues who can benefit from this opportunity. A maximum of 14 people in total can attend on each day.

In addition to the planned writing time, during each day there will be a room available for  questions, queries and individual /small group support  provided by a variety of the Research Area Leads, research professors and other experienced researchers on each day.

Outline of  each day.

8.30 am         coach leaves Headington campus to Stanton House.

9-9.30 am  coffee/ informal chat to set intentions for the day.

9.30 - 11.00 am  private work

11- 11.15  am coffee break 

11.15 - 1 pm  private work

1.00- 1.45 lunch  stretch and reset/ opp to chat with colleagues

1.45 - 4.15 pm   private work (coffee/tea will be available)

4.15 -4.30 pm  regroup, reflect, plan next step

4.30 pm         coach ready to depart back to Headington.

In order to be considered for a place on the retreat, please complete the following Google form OBBS research writing retreat 2024. You will be expected to submit a short summary of the paper/research project  and its stage and your ambitions for the day, with this request for a place. This will help us to plan what support mechanisms and activities we can provide to help participants get the most out of the retreat.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS APRIL 7th.

Event Details

CALL FOR PAPERS

We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the 4th Annual Southern PhD Economics Conference (ASPEC) which will be held from 20-21 June 2024. The PhD conference is supported by the economics departments and schools of nine universities:

• University of Bath

• Oxford Brookes University

• City University of London

• University of East Anglia

• Royal Holloway

• Middlesex University

• University of Reading

• University of Southampton

• University of Sussex

The conference committee is accepting papers from PhD students and postdocs on any topic that falls within the discipline of economics. This will be a two-day conference and will be held in person at Oxford Brookes University. Consideration will be given to those who can present their work in person.

Paper Submission

Submit your extended abstracts or full papers to: aspec2024@gmail.com. The deadline of submission is 1st May 2024 and decisions will be communicated on 15th May 2024.

Conference Registration Fee

The conference fee is £30 and should be paid by deadline May 20th, 2024. It covers access to all sessions, buffet lunches, conference coffee breaks and conference material. Conference fees will not cover the participation in the voluntary dinner planned on the 20th of June.

For more information visit the conference website here.

Event Details

Venue: Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus (Room: JHB 305) 

Date:20th of May 2024

Deadline for abstracts: 5th of May 2024

The Centre for Business, Society and Global Challenges (BSGC, OBBS) is inviting OBU researchers to  participate in the 2nd Brookes Interdisciplinary Research Conference with the title: Organising for social change: Solidarities, transformative mobilisations, and collective action.  The Conference, to be held on the 20th May 2024, aims to bring together researchers across Schools, research centers/networks and disciplines. After the warm reception of the inaugural event last June, this year, we hope to continue our dialogue, share knowledge and  explore possibilities for interdisciplinary research-related initiatives.  

You can read the Call for Papers and submit your abstract by 5th of May 2024. 

The event is organized by Professor Maria Daskalaki, Co-Director of BSGC. For more information  or questions about the event, please email  mdaskalaki@brookes.ac.uk

We are looking forward to welcoming you to the event!

Event Details

1. Embedding Impact in your Research; Fri 3rd May, 12:00 to 13:30

Target audience: Research-active Staff

Purpose: An overview of how impact is understood in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) and how you might think about impact more generally in your research. It will focus on how research impact can be embedded, all the way from initial research design to producing evidence that your research outcomes have made a change of some kind.  

Format: 1.5 hour online workshop.

Speakers: Professor Tina Miller (University Research Impact Champion) and Lauren McIntyre (Research Impact Manager).

Register now.

2. Thinking about Impact Evidence Collection in your Research Fri 24th May, 13:00 to 14:30

Target audience: Research-active Staff

Purpose: This workshop will look at different types of impacts from research with a focus on a variety of indicators to demonstrate reach and significance. You will also learn about the Impact Tracker, a bespoke system developed by Oxford Brookes University to enable our research community to capture and record all the various ways in which their research makes positive impacts on individuals, communities and wider society.

Format: 1.5 hour online workshop.

Speakers: Professor Tina Miller (University Research Impact Champion) and Lauren McIntyre (Research Impact Manager).

Register now.

Any questions: Contact Jennie Cripps, Researcher Development Co-ordinator, jcripps@brookes.ac.uk.

To register for other events in the 23/24 University Research & KE Training programme, visit: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/sites/research-support/researcher-development/training

Event Details

Find below the Impact training Sessions for Semester 2. Kindly note that the sign up link will be updated for every event.

1. Working with beneficiaries and stakeholders - 29th February 12:00-13:00 SIGN UP HERE

2. Impact tools being developed and used at Brookes - 14th March 12:00-13:00

3. Generating economic impact through commercialisation - 9th April 12:00-13:00

4. How does your research impact inform the UN SDGs? - 25th April 12:00-13:00

5. Generating social impact through public and community engagement - 16th May 12:00-13:00

6. Writing impact narratives for the REF workshop - 30th May 12:00-14:00

7. How do knowledge exchange, public engagement and impact fit together? 4th June 12:00-13:00

Contact Lauren McIntyre (lmcintyre@brookes.ac.uk) for further information. 

Event Details

Each semester we run a series of short training sessions that introduce researchers to the key ideas in the topics that we support, with some talks led by experts from elsewhere in the Library and other professional services. Training includes such topics as Open Access, Publishing Journal Articles, Read & Publish agreements, Copyright in Scholarship, ORCID & other Persistent Identifiers, and Research Metrics.

Please Sign up for all Semester 2 training sessions you would like to attend here. All sessions will be held online in Google Meet. Every session runs from 12pm to 12:30pm and starts with a presentation followed by an opportunity to ask questions.