2024

Curriculum

• 18 April - Welcome

• 25 April - Research Question

• 2 May - Literature Review and Authorial Voice

• 9 May - Literature Review and Progression

• 16 May - Argumentation and Structure

• 23 May - Conclusion

• 30 May - Publication

Speakers:

• Denisse Aguilar, Goshen College

• Lara Bautista, London School of Economics and Political Science

• Avery Benton, Founder, Access Academia

• Lesley Cheung, Director of Outreach and Marketing, Access Academia

• Sam Joshi, University of Manchester

• Parvathy Salil PhD, Teesside University 

• Aiyesha Swarnn, University of Birmingham

🎓 Senior Fellows

• Christoffer Koch Andersen, PhD Multidisciplinary Gender Studies, University of Cambridge

• Sahba El-Shawa, PhD Sustainable Development and Climate Change, IUSS Institute for Advanced Studies

• Georgia Lin, DPhil Education, University of Oxford

• Parvathy Salil, PhD English Studies, Teesside University

• Zhuo Sun, PhD Education, University of Manchester

• Ernestina Wiafe, PhD Curriculum and Instruction, Kansas State University

📚 Fellows

💡 Projects

Denisse Aguilar, BA Psychology and Sociology, Goshen College

Mental health of BIPOC College Students: Lasting Impact of Covid-19 in Hispanic Serving Institutions

Lara Bautista, MSc Anthropology and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science

Capturing Collectivity and Framing Solidarity: Photojournalism and Its Impact on Global Mobilisation Against the Gaza Genocide

Beven Chinamasa, MSc International Disaster Management, University of Manchester

From Awareness to Collaborative Action: Unpacking the Nexus between Climate Change and Drought Risk in Zimbabwe

Ellie Eckersley, BSocSc Social Anthropology, University of Manchester

How can we use social reproduction theory to understand how single mothers of lower income backgrounds conform to and reproduce notions of neoliberalism whilst also challenging these notions to create a better future for themselves?

Yewon Jeong, BA Political Science, Wellesley College

Key Components and Characteristics of the 4B and Ni Una Menos Movements that can be Attributed to Their Varying Degrees of Success in Galvanizing Extensive Participation in Combating Gender Inequality

Sam Joshi, BSocSc Politics and International Relations, University of Manchester

How do social media algorithms influence anti-trans prejudice? Can a recalibration of these algorithms help to normalise trans identity?

Jumana Labib, MA Digital Media, Culture and Society, University of Manchester

Livestreaming Genocide: How Social Media Shapes Public Discourse on the 2023-24 Palestinian Genocide

Wi En Ng, MA Communication and Media Studies, National University Singapore

How do public toilet regulations in Singapore reflect cultural biases related to gender? How do these regulations and their enforcement demonstrate societal hierarchies influenced by class?

Christevie Ngoma, BA Politics, Philosophy and Economics, University of Manchester

What was it like to be in the education system during Mobutu Sese Seko’s dictatorship in Zaire between 1965 - 1997?

Abigail Shute, BSocSc Politics and International Relations, University of Manchester

The Challenges and Consequences of female exploitation in the Global Political Economy: An analysis of the feminisation of labour in Bangladesh

Isaac Sinclair, BA Linguistics and Social Anthropology, University of Manchester

What role does transmedicalist ideology play in the discourse within online trans communities? And how can we employ transness as a tool of resistance to refuse essentialist notions of transness towards a nuanced understanding of gender identity?

Aiyesha Swarnn, MA Global Public Policy, University of Birmingham

A Critical Comparison of the Public Health Policies in Promoting Safe and Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision as an HIV Prevention Strategy in the UK and South Africa