ESRI Research Seminar Programme 2012
Seminars Spring Term 2012
All seminars take place at the Didsbury Campus on a Wednesday from 4.00 to 5.30 pm. Tea and coffee will be provided. Conversations will continue in The Didsbury afterwards – all welcome.
25 January in Behrens 2.8
Becky Francis - Director of Education, RSA
Reinvigorating the dialogue on principles for socially-just schooling
8 February in Simon 0.03
Angelo Benozzo - University of Valle d’Aosta and Huw Bell - MMU
Gay man seeks straight man for honest conversation about coming out at work
22 February in Simon 0.03
Steve Higgins - Durham University
SynergyNet: Researching digital technologies for education
29 February in Behrens 0.1
Dan Goodley and Katherine Runswick-Cole - MMU
The violence of disablism: schools, kids and violence
7 March in Simon 0.03
Julie Allan - Stirling University
Difference in policy and politics
Seminars Autumn Term 2011
October 19th:
Irene Malcolm - University of Dundee
Professional learning in the software localisation industry: privileging knowledge and the problem of gender in digital working.
October 20th:
Diana Masny - University of Ottawa, Canada
Rhizoanalysis: A transdisciplinary approach to literacies research.
October 26th:
Prof Marjorie Mayo - Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Carol Packham - Manchester Metropolitan University
Zoraida Mendiwelso-Bendek - University of Lincoln
Taking Part? Exploring resilience in civil society and third sector organisations. Interim findings of the ESRC Capacity Building Cluster (CBC) for Active Citizenship and Community Empowerment.
November 2nd:
Karen Nairn - University of Otago, New Zealand
The emotional geographies of New Zealand’s neoliberal school reforms: Spaces of refuge and containment.
November 16th:
John Pryor - University of Sussex
Jumping the lights- more than feedback.
November 30th:
James Conroy - University of Glasgow
Caught in the Middle: Childhood, Education and Adult Responsibility.