Faculty of Social Sciences - Annual Student Research Conference

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES - ANNUAL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE Wednesday 27th April 2016 13.00-16.00 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

13.00 - 13.30 Lunch & Information Stalls (301, Blackwells, Careers, Library, SURE Scheme) Location: ICOSS Foyer 13.30 - 14.15 Welcome & Keynote Location: ICOSS Conference Room Speaker: Dr Alisdair Rae, Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies & Planning 101 maps, or thereabouts: why data visualisation is only part of the story In this talk I discuss four recent data-driven projects, covering housing markets, commuting, internet search and neighbourhood deprivation. These projects involve collaboration with partners or funders such as Rightmove, Google, the Bank of England, the Department for Transport and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. What they all have in common is that I was seeking to find answers in data and communicate the results in visually meaningful ways, in order to make some kind of contribution to policy, practice or understanding. This kind of approach often helps capture the attention of policymakers and draw attention to important issues. In this sense, then, it takes numbers out of the domain of data and towards information and knowledge and, it is hoped, wisdom (i.e. 'what should we do?'). But such normative questions cannot be answered by analysing or visualising data, no matter how captivating or illuminating it may be. At the same time, it doesn't mean that we should stop doing it. Rather, I argue that we need to think carefully about maps, data and other forms of information and their contribution to knowledge. I look forward to hearing your views on the topic.

Alasdair Rae is a Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning, who specialises in data analysis, mapping, and neighbourhood inequalities. He tweets at @undertheraedar, blogs at www.statsmapsnpix.com and is a regular media contributor to outlets such as The Guardian, The Conversation, Huffington Post, CityMetric and WIRED. He believes in sharing his research with the 'real world' beyond academic and is delighted when he gets the opportunity to speak to students.

14.15 - 14.45 Parallel Session 1

Session A1 Session B1 Session C1 Session D1 Session E1

SMI Posters Student Posters Research Q&A Student Presenting Location: ICOSS Location: ICOSS Location: ICOSS Presentation Statistical Data Foyer Foyer Boardroom Panel Location: SMI (x3 papers) Teaching Room Students on the Students from all A panel of Location: (2nd Floor, SMI107: Introductory levels across the postgraduate ICOSS ICOSS) Research Project in faculty will be students will be Conference Quantitative Social presenting their available to answer Room Dr Todd Hartman Science module will be research in poster your questions on of The Sheffield presenting a poster as format. all things research. Students from Methods Institute part of their all levels across (based in the assessment for this Please come along Please see below the faculty will Faculty of Social module. and see this excellent for further be presenting Sciences) is work, there will be an information on the their research in offering drop-in They will present a opportunity to speak panel members. the form of a sessions to help project of their choice, to the students and five minute groups to analyse covering a range of ask questions. presentation large datasets social science and and visualise the disciplines, across question/answer results. Geography, Politics, session. Sociology and There will be a Economics. All will use number of one of two large papers per secondary datasets: panel session Understanding Society and further and the British Election details on these Study. can be found below. 14.45 - 15.00 Coffee Break Location: ICOSS Foyer 15.00 - 15.45 Parallel Session 2

Session A2 Session B2 Session C2 Session D2

SURE Posters Research Q&A Student Global Location: ICOSS Location: ICOSS Presentation Panel Leadership Foyer Boardroom (x4 papers) Initiative Location: ICOSS Location: Conference Room ICOSS Glass SURE offers The A panel of Meeting Room University of Sheffield's postgraduate students Please note undergraduate will be available to Students from all this session students an answer your questions levels across the will run 3.15 to opportunity to become on all things research. faculty will be 3.45pm directly involved in the presenting their research activity of the Please see below for research in the form Professor Hugo University, take part in further information on of a five minute Dobson will "real life" research the panel members. presentation and speak about projects in subject question and The Global areas that are of answer session. Leadership special interest, and Initiative (GLI). experience what it's There will be a like to work in number of papers This initiative partnership with per panel session offers academic staff or and further details undergraduate collaboratively in a on these can be and research group. found below. postgraduate taught students Students who took part in FSS the in the scheme in opportunity to summer 2015 will be attend major presenting their international research outputs summits taking during this session. place during the academic year. Come along to find out more or to get answers to questions you may have about the initiative. 15.45 - 16.00 Plenary & Prize giving Location: ICOSS Conference Room Please join Professor Jackie Marsh (Faculty Director of Learning & Teaching) for the closing plenary and prize- giving. Judging duties will be performed by the Student Ambassadors for Learning & Teaching and prizes awarded for Best SMI Poster, Best SURE poster and 2 x Best Student Presentations. A further prize for Best Student Poster will be decided by public vote.

16.00 Networking Session (presenters only) Location: ICOSS Foyer This is an opportunity for student presenters to network with other presenters and staff. Refreshments will be provided.

Student Presentation Abstracts

Session A1 – Q-Step Student Posters Niloufar Bahraini – Does gender affect workers income? Isobel Bochel - How does political ideology effect employment sector? Niall Carson - Has Scotland become more left-wing since the independence referendum? Thomas Grier - Whether being raised by a single parent affects the earnings of a child in comparison to children who have been raised by both parents. Alexander Ma - How does race, ethnicity, and birth place affect politics? Morris Moorhouse – Are older generations more religious? Nicola Rhodes - How does having a Higher Education affect Gross Personal Income, and are there disparities between men and women when considering a British cohort? Edward Yardley - Investigation into the Relationship Between Age and Income

Session B1 – Student Posters Elina Helavuori - From team leader to business manager - Creating a leadership development programme for Plusnet Lauren White - That Girls Got Guts: Relationships and Everyday Life with Women with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Rhi Williams - University of Sheffield - Restorative Green Spaces on Campus

Session D1 – Student Presentation Panel Dawn Fletcher/Ruth Beresford - Sheffield Journal for the Sociology of the Everyday

Leyla Gayibova - Online Defamation: Unravelling Digital Citizens' Rights and Responsibilities The increasing importance of cyber space has created great opportunities and significant legal challenges and threats for the generation of digital natives. Given the unique transnational character of the internet, it is crucial to address legal issues by means of accurately applying relevant legislation. This presentation will focus on the phenomenon of 'online defamation'. The concept of defamation in media law will be briefly outlined. Importantly, the rights and responsibilities of digital citizens on social media will be analysed in light of recent primary legislation (i.e. Case law and legislation) and secondary legislation (i.e., opinions, journal articles). The following questions will be addressed and critically discussed: To what extent is your freedom of expression protected on the internet? How is it feasible to strike a balance between the right to freedom of expression and the right to reputation?

Carly Sze Wing Li - The London Airport Hub Environment Issues The proposed Third Runway addition in Heathrow has been argued for years, why? What are the impacts worse than local environmental pollutions? Official reports are used to introduce the expansion proposal whilst scientific journals are cited prove the potential impacts of airport expansions.

Session A2 - SURE Posters Ivy Ho-Yan Fok - Using GIS and Historical Traffic Data to Understand Commuting Patterns in London Ellen Yardley - The effects of Acid Mine Drainage at the Parys Mountains, Anglesey Jasmine Chong - The Taxonomy Of Eco-Housing in Britain

Session C2 - Student Presentation Panel

Yani Wu – Possibilities and Limitations of Chinese Collaborative Planning Practices: Case Study of Beijing – Tianjin – Hebei (BTH) Regional Integrated Development, China In recent years, most of Chinese collaborative planning theories and practices have remained to be rooted in approaches appropriate to the neighbourhood or even smaller scale, focusing on urban gentrification cases or community redevelopment projects. However, questions about how collaborative planning can effectively work at the regional scale and how it influences the governance of environmental issues have made the researcher be interested in academic research. The core research question I want to explore is in what ways collaborative planning approaches can effectively influence the environmental governance. That is, this PhD research project aims to find out what are the possibilities and limitations of Chinese regional collaborative planning practices by using the case study of Beijing – Tianjin – Hebei regional integrated development, focusing on the urgent environmental pollution issues within these three localities.

Elliot Booth - A Meeting of Minds; Denouncing Parasitic Liability This research formed part of a winning submission to the Law Commission's 'Proposals for Reform' competition. We researched the social, legal and economic impacts of the then-current law of joint enterprise in criminal law and the impacts of our intended reform. We used our experiences with real-life cases on the Miscarriages of Justice Review Centre and studies done in other jurisdictions, applying these to our research.

Winfred Syombua - Beneficial Ownership Declarations in the Extractive Industry I attended a GLI conference in Peru where I did research on beneficial ownership declarations by extractive industries. This is where companies make publicly known who the real owner or people who benefit from profits made by multi-corporations in the extractive industry are. I undertook desktop research, did a literature review on work previously done by others on the subject and conducted interviews during the conference.

Dom Keogh - Presentation of findings from the Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2016. Whilst at the GEC I produced a range of publications based on the sessions I attended and the people I was able to network with. This presentation will present these findings as well as my thoughts on some of the topics discussed. The publications were produced in (near) real-time at the Congress and I also had the chance to interview speakers which will also be included in the presentation. Session C1 - Research Q&A Panel Biographies

2.15-2.45pm

Chair – Dr Jo Padmore, University Teacher in Quantitative Methods Jo graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a BSc in Maths and gained her MSc and PhD in Statistics from the University of Sheffield. More recently Jo was awarded an MEd by the University of Sheffield. She now teaches Business Statistics and Quantitative Methods for Management Research at the Management School. She supports colleagues undertaking research requiring quantitative input in a variety of areas, at the moment she is working closely with colleagues exploring issues related to sustainable consumption. Other areas of research include the issue of undeclared work within EU-27 countries and performance measurement in SMEs.

Christopher Musgrave Christopher Musgrave is currently a postgraduate student studying the Corporate and Commercial Law LL. M. at the University of Sheffield, as an undergraduate he studied Law with a particular focus on miscarriages of justice and criminal process. In his final semester of undergraduate study Christopher wrote a research paper comparing the causes of miscarriages of justice in the UK and the USA and has spent four years reviewing an alleged miscarriage of justice and has also been co-manager of the Miscarriages of Justice Review Centre for the past two years. At postgraduate level, his main research focus has been on intellectual property law and at present he is planning to write a dissertation on the music industry's relationship with copyright law. Notwithstanding, Christopher has a broad interest in intellectual property and is currently writing papers on trade mark law, copyright, intellectual property and human rights, as well as the implications of e-commerce law on intellectual property rights.

Melissa Kenny Melissa Kenny is now studying MA Cities and Global Development, in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning. For her undergraduate degree she studied BA Urban Studies and Planning also at The University of Sheffield. Melissa’s research focus is on urban violence, and she is currently using a mixed methods approach to research how urban design and public participation can be used to mitigate urban violence within two townships in Cape Town, South Africa.

Winona Shaw Winona Shaw is currently studying for an MA in Social Research as part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Centre (social policy pathway). Her main academic interests relate to employment, workers with caring responsibilities, family policy and European labour market and welfare state trends. She favours a mixed methods approach to research. Her undergraduate dissertation explored the transferability of Nordic social policies to Scotland through a quantitative analysis of national survey data.

Session B2 - Research Q&A Panel Biographies

3.00pm - 3.45pm

Chair - Dr Jolian McHardy, Senior Lecturer in Economics Jolian graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BA Economics degree in 1992 and gained his MSc in Economics at the University of Warwick in 1993. He studied for his PhD at the University of Sheffield and was appointed to a lectureship at the University of Hull in 1997. His research interests lie primarily in the area of theoretical economics. He is currently working on oligopoly theory especially with applications in networks, corruption, regulation, uncertainty and welfare. He is also interested in international and regional migration and has written a number of papers in this area.

Sean Wallace Sean Wallace is currently studying for a Masters in Social Research in the Department of Sociological Studies, here at the University of Sheffield. Prior to beginning his masters, he studied for a degree in Sociology graduating with a 2.1, again from the Department of Sociological Studies here at the University of Sheffield. Sean is particularly interested in sociological debates and discussions existing within the fields of gender, intimacies and personal relationships and sexuality (particularly LGBT+ identities). His current research seeks to extend work which has explored ‘coming out’ (as LGBT+) as a form of storytelling and apply a relational lens in order to theorise the role of ‘coming out’ stories in the lives of LGBT+ people’s kin.

Anna Karaan Anna Karaan is currently taking up MA Cities and Global Development under the Department of Urban Studies and Planning where she is fully funded under the Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust. Anna studied BS Architecture in the University of the Philippines and graduated with honors in April 2012. Before starting her postgraduate degree, she worked in her country's top architectural firm for 3 years and was involved in various architectural design and master-planning projects. Anna has been a licensed architect since February 2014 after taking the Architecture Licensure Examination wherein she was the topnotcher. Anna’s research interests revolve around urban development, planning and design in the global south and her current dissertation topic is about Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) in Metro Manila in an effort to understand how different actors and their interactions create and are affected by this rapidly multiplying type of urban enclaves

Lauren White Lauren is currently completing her Masters in Social Research after receiving a university scholarship through the widening participation scheme. She completed her undergraduate degree in 2015 in Sociology with a first class honours and has recently secured a PhD place and ESRC funding to begin her PhD in Sociology at the end of this year. Lauren’s research interests are the sociology of health and illness, gender, ageing, and disability and her research includes insights into irritable bowel syndrome and taboo conditions, she has co-produced research with the national charity for IBS, and continues to work with them. Lauren also works in community care, having worked with Age UK Sheffield, and is currently doing a postgraduate advantage scheme, this involves 100 hours, to which she is conducting research with the Sheffield City Council into the impact of lunch clubs for older people in Sheffield. Lauren has a passion for research, integrating with the community and everyday social life.