The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin PEOPLE & SOCIETY
WINTER 2018 ISSUE NO.2
03 The Laboratory for Innovation in Autism
06 Grant Successes
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elcome to our second issue of People & In this issue Society, HaSS’s regular Research & Impact W Bulletin, packed with new research you are 03 The Laboratory for involved in and events many of you have been busy organising. Innovation in Autism As a Faculty, we’ve always worked collaboratively 04 Spotlight on Research across Schools and beyond, with communities, NGOs, policy makers and academics, to address HaSS New Leaders’ Academy pressing social issues and improve people’s lives. 05 When reading this issue, you’ll be impressed by the Launch breadth and depth of the work we do and its impact beyond academia. 06 Grant Successes As in the first issue, you’ll find examples of work that colleagues do to address inequalities and 08 Policy and Practice Impact dismantle structures that exclude certain groups from participation. You’ll read about projects which 09 New Appointments change lives, from improving support for children with autism to helping connect people with services. 10 International Collaborations Our impact on policy is significant, from Scottish to European policies and further afield. We showcase here a range of achievements from the last few 12 Events months, including engagement events which have had significant impact, notable visitors and student 14 In Print successes. Student Successes On page 5, I announce a new initiative I’d like to 15 publicise widely - the launch of the Faculty’s New Leaders’ Academy – an initiative you can read more 16 New Course about in this issue and come to hear more about on 5 December. Finally, our Faculty Impact Prizes Strathclyde Ageing Network competition is now open: details on how you can enter are on page 19. 17 Media Engagement As we approach the festive season, I can officially declare this issue a cracker! One you are allowed 18 Profile: Dr Maddie Breeze, to open before the Boxing Day. Thanks to all Chancellor’s Fellow colleagues who have submitted items for this issue and to Ciara McShane for help with collating the stories. If you’d like to feature in our next People 19 Public Engagement & Society Bulletin, out in spring, get in touch or submit your news through the Sharepoint link. HaSS Impact Prize Awards Have a relaxing festive season when it comes – and enjoy the issue! Dr Daniela Sime, Associate Dean (Public Engagement & Impact) t: 0141 444 8410 Follow us: @HaSSPEI i e: [email protected]
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The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Winter 2018, Issue No.2 ] 3 THE LABORATORY FOR INNOVATION IN AUTISM he Laboratory for Innovation in The lab supports three post-docs, a supported by the Royal Society of Autism is a new, cross-Faculty research assistant, data manager, Edinburgh and knowledge exchange T venture between Education, and an administrator, together with by the Scottish Government and Biomedical Engineering, and Electronic seven PhD/EdD students examining Autism Network Scotland. and Electrical Engineering to make motor disruptions in autism with Our lab is located at Graham Hills a step-change in research gains novel technology. We welcome 850, and comprises two offices, a with interdisciplinary innovation in Masters projects and currently tech development lab/student hot- autism science, for improved autism host students from Education, desking space, and a child lab with practice. The Laboratory was officially Engineering, and Computer Science. its own Vicon motion tracking system. launched this year by Principal Sir Jim Our research interests include We welcome colleagues across the MacDonald with honoured guests and aetiology and ecological assessment University and the wider autism dignitaries, including Horizon Nuclear of autism and neurodevelopmental community to come visit us and bring CEO and autism philanthropist disorders, smart technology any ideas you have for collaboration Duncan Hawthorne and Scottish development such as iPads and or use of the space. autism champion John Murray, motion sensors, movement as supporting the occasion. We also hold open seminars on a potential early biomarker for topics related to autism or movement Innovation in Autism is an autism, and the brainstem basis of science. If you are interested in interdisciplinary collaboration motor disruptions in autism. Our attending, you can get in touch with bringing together researchers and current major project is a multisite us at autism-innovation@strath. staff from education, psychology, diagnostic trial of the iPad app Play. ac.uk or follow us on social media, history, and engineering to develop Care designed by our industrial @strathautismlab. an ecology of shared skills and collaborators, Harimata, and carried knowledge in autism research. The out by us in Scotland and by the We are delighted to be recognised collaboration is aiming to deliver Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre in by the University for our bold new understandings of autism for Sweden. We are funded to over £1M new innovation in autism with a practical gains in neuropsychiatry and through industry, EU H2020, EPSRC, Strathclyde Medal for our world- education. The lab is led by Jonathan ESRC, Carnegie Trust, and Capita, class, cross-Faculty team. Delafield-Butt (Education), Phil Rowe with allied projects in philosophy (BME), and Ivan Andanovic (EEE). In particular, we bring novel technological advances in smart device serious games to better understand motor aspects of autism spectrum disorder and closely related neurodevelopmental conditions. This smart-tech approach affords a step-change in the way we research autism, bringing the laboratory into the home, clinic, or classroom with bespoke, fun instrumented games played on tablets, phones, or watches. By better understanding the role of movement in autism, we can better design educational and clinical interventions to help.
The Laboratory for Innovation in Autism 4 SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH CILIA-LGBTQI+: Comparing intersectional lifecourse inequalities experienced by LGBTQI+ people in four European countries Overview Significance of the Next steps Bringing together an international At Strathclyde, we have appointed and multi-disciplinary research team, research a National Advisory Group for the CILIA-LGBTQI+ study investigates Previous research has uncovered Scotland to guide and inform the potential inequalities experienced by inequalities faced by LGBTQI+ citizens research, consisting of colleagues lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, during specific life course stages, for with specialisms in LGBTQI+ lives queer and intersex (LGBTQI+)1 example youth, middle adulthood, and intersecting experiences. This people at three transition points in later life. Central to these studies includes sexualities and gender life: education to work transitions; are the effects of heterosexism (the scholars from a range of Scottish employment progression in mid-life; privileging of heterosexuality over universities; the Coalition for and the transition into retirement and other sexualities), cissexism (the Racial Equality and Rights; Glasgow its implications for end of life. privileging of cisgender, i.e. those Disability Alliance; Glasgow LGBT+ whose gender identity conforms to Interfaith Network; Glasgow Women’s The key objective is to provide unique that assigned at birth), as well as Library; Waverley Care / SX Scotland; cross-cultural evidence concerning overt discrimination and prejudice LGBT Youth Scotland; STUC LGBT+ life course inequalities experienced associated with homo-, bi- and Workers’ Committee; leader of the by LGBTQI+ people, comparing transphobias. While prejudice and Scottish Greens, Patrick Harvie MSP; and contrasting these across four inequality may come from individual and former Deputy Principal of the European countries with different attitudes and actions, researchers Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, yet interrelated social, historical, have shown that heterosexism, Professor Maggie Kinloch. We will host economic and political backgrounds: cissexism and overt prejudice related our inaugural Advisory Group meeting England, Scotland, Portugal and to sexuality and gender identity at Strathclyde in January 2019. Germany. Additionally, the project are institutionally produced in examines how inequalities related workplace and other organisational In spring 2019, each team will to gender and/or sexual identities settings. Such structurally produced begin to conduct aligned empirical vary and intersect with others, such inequalities affect LGBTQI+ citizens research across all four countries. as social class, ethnicity, citizenship in different ways, at different points In Scotland, Yvette and Matson will status, health status, disability, in their lives. Research has also conduct 45 in-depth interviews with religion and geographical location identified specific issues that affect LGBTQI+ people across the life course, across the life course. LGBTQI+ citizens more forcefully than aged 18–30, 35-50 and 55-70+. The interview design will incorporate Work-packages are being conducted their heterosexual and cisgender participatory elicitation methods, in each of the four countries to peers, such as poorer mental health where participants will be invited to gather data from existing research and wellbeing, greater degrees ground their dialogues in personal and legal and policy documents. of victimisation, minority stress, or everyday objects and artefacts to The accumulated data will also and - especially for trans people - facilitate articulation of their histories, be used to develop a multi-agent medicalisation and pathologisation. presents and futures. We are exploring based simulation model to inform Within Europe, there have been archival possibilities to record the theoretical development and explore specific legal and policy initiatives that objects and artefacts used. future policy and research agendas. seek to address discrimination. The EU has long recognised and incorporated The study runs until 2021 and is 1 The ‘+’ is used to denote a range of marginalised and LGBT equality and protections in funded by NORFACE, a consortium of non-cis-heteronormative sexual and gender identities its treaties, charters and directives. European Research Councils. / experiences outwith the terms listed in the ‘LGBTQI’ acronym. However, studies indicate that Webpage: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/ legislation, policy and organisational centre-research-ageing-gender/ practice are unevenly enacted, research/cilia-lgbtq particularly in times of financial and political strain, and austerity policies. Similarly, the study is conducted Contact Dr Matson Lawrence during ‘Brexit’; a period that may have i School of Education destabilising effects across Europe, [email protected] especially in the nations of the UK, and or Prof Yvette Taylor which may impact on LGBTQI+ citizens [email protected] and their rights. Twitter: @LGBTQILives #LGBTQILives The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Winter 2018, Issue No.2 ] 5 HaSS NEW LEADERS’ ACADEMY LAUNCH new leadership initiative will partnerships and joint working. supporting individual and group launch in HaSS on 5 December Providing opportunities for initiatives to engage with Faculty- A 2018, aimed at colleagues in interdisciplinary engagement and wide and citizenship issues; the early and middle stages of their ‘blue sky’ thinking, the Academy 4. create an inclusive collaborative careers. As a Faculty-wide platform will promote a sense of community platform for emerging leaders, for new leaders, the Academy will and offer a framework of support where interdisciplinary research, ensure a prominent and cohesive for future leaders to emerge and KE and public engagement, provision of opportunities to lead be supported through training, and opportunities for joint and innovate, building on leadership mentoring, peer support and self- collaborations are encouraged skills colleagues develop through identified opportunities. and promoted, facilitating leadership courses and experience The Academy will agree on a range enhanced collaboration and of leading teams and projects. of objectives that must be delivered research community connectivity; The Academy has received the full in order to meet this ambitious support of all Heads of Schools, 5. enhance our research and KE vision. At this stage, the proposed Directors of Research and the Faculty culture and academic community objectives can be grouped under Management Team. by facilitating ongoing exchanges the broad headings of Leadership of information on individuals’ Research activity, student experience Opportunities, Enhancement of research and KE interests and and public engagement are of central Cross-Disciplinary Research, KE activities and outputs, and by importance to our Faculty strategy & Public Engagement, and New sharing contacts; and ambitions and the University Leaders’ Career Experience and goals. In recent years, research Community Building. 6. ensure the development of a across the Faculty has intensified vibrant, people-centred research The New Leaders Academy will: and diversified, with several new environment in HaSS which appointments, including through 1. create a comprehensive approach reinforces a sense of belonging to the Chancellor’s Fellowships route. to the promotion of future the HaSS community and avoids The development of a distinctive leaders, through collaborations isolating colleagues involved and innovative leadership platform and ongoing opportunities for in specific projects or research will enable and support further taking initiative and by enhancing areas; and the plans for research and impact leaders’ skill sets on leading 7. facilitate the mentoring and and improved student experience. Faculty-wide initiatives and support of talented emerging It will also enhance our Faculty’s through mentoring; position in terms of leadership leaders for transition to other structures, new talent promotion 2. enhance the support framework leadership roles by creating a and interdisciplinary research for staff interested in developing talent pipeline of leaders by, collaborations. their leadership skills by co- for example, providing access ordinating working groups which to mentoring and ongoing Developing a cohesive approach build on strategic themes and opportunities for leadership. to research, teaching and course priority areas, such as grant Everyone is welcome to hear more management leadership at all levels capture, high quality teaching, about this initiative at a presentation will promote a more connected course management and course led by Daniela Sime, Associate Dean community of researchers and reviewing, internationalisation, (PEI) and introduced by Prof Douglas teaching and learning innovators, public engagement and impact; where interdisciplinary opportunities Brodie, Dean. Prof Kirstie Blair, Head of for teaching, research and KE are 3. support emerging leaders School of Humanities, will also speak. to identify Faculty-wide encouraged and promoted and The event will take place on Wed 5 opportunities for individual opportunities for collaboration are December, 1–3 pm, JA327. fostered long-term. or group leadership, through sandpit events, peer mentoring, Register prior to the event: https:// The HaSS New Leaders Academy’s masterclasses from more hassnewleaders.eventbrite.co.uk mission will be to create an experienced leaders, and by environment where academic, teaching and research colleagues with interest and enthusiasm for leadership and cross-disciplinary collaborations come together to identify opportunities for
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New Projects at the GRANT SUCCESSES European Policies Research Centre Leverhulme Fellowship EPRC has recently won several Dr Saskia Vermeylen, School of Law, has been awarded a prestigious new tenders, work on which will Leverhulme fellowship (2019–2021) to develop a new research strand in be running in the coming months, the area of Law and Arts with regard to outer space governance. The study alongside its other ongoing research. explores utopian literatures as sources of legal imagination and speculative These include: jurisprudence, with the main aim to reform current international space law. The use of Technical Assistance for Saskia will be spending time at various research institutes across Europe administrative capacity building to explore deeper links between humanities and law by visiting specialized during the 2014–2020 period (DG libraries, doing internships in arts institutes and observing meetings at the Regio, European Commission), United Nations and the European Space Agency. Congratulations, Saskia! 2018–2019, €259,375. EPRC is co-ordinating this study, aimed at enhancing the The Weight of the Past Franco-British Relations understanding of the planned and (AHRC, 2018–2021) implemented use of Technical Assistance (TA) under EU Cohesion The idea of a natural, indeed The project’s Advisory Group Policy programmes during the 2014– inevitable, rivalry has often members include Lord Peter Ricketts 20 period. The study is intended to dominated conceptions of Franco- (former UK Ambassador to France, provide a better understanding of the British relations, despite two 2012¬–2016 and UK National use of TA and present cases of TA- centuries of peace between the two Security Advisor), Sir David Omand funded sustainable capacity building, nations. Any assumptions of ‘natural (former UK Security and Intelligence particularly in the area of Human rivalry’ are not only the product Co-ordinator) and Stephen Willmer Resource Development. of casual cultural stereotyping. (International Policy (France) team Contemporary public debates, most leader at the British MoD). It will An analysis of the co-ordination of EU notably surrounding Britain’s EU engage with contemporary policy funding programmes in selected EU referendum, featured ‘lessons of makers and policy institutions on Member States (Ministry of Regional history’ from both the ‘leave’ and both sides of the Channel. A Witness Development of the Czech Republic), ‘remain’ camps. So how does one Seminar will bring together historians 2018, CZK 386,800. measure the influence that history and policy makers at the Royal Against a background of declining has on contemporary affairs and United Services Institute (RUSI), a receipts from EU Cohesion policy, this issues? Is it possible to fashion policy engagement colloquium will study aims to contribute to the better some kind of litmus test, through take place at the British Embassy in exploitation by Czech actors of other which we can assess the impact that Paris. The research findings will also sources of EU funding. The overall perceptions of the past have had on be presented at the Franco-British objective is to provide detailed the conceptualisation of national and Council Defence Conference. information on the co-ordination transnational policies? It is questions and institutional set up of selected This project will provide a systematic like these that this new project will EU funding programmes outside the reassessment of the role of historical explore over the next three years. Dr Czech Republic, to help ensure better understandings in shaping wider Rogelia Pastor-Castro (Strathclyde, co-ordination and synergies between Franco-British relations and in Co-I) will work alongside Professor sources of funding and to support influencing the context in which Peter Jackson (University of Glasgow), potential improvement of the existing Franco-British policies are made. Dr Rachel Utley (University of Leeds) institutional arrangements. Its collaborative approach brings and Dr Rachel Chin, RA (University together partners that include: Royal Case-based impact evaluation of 5 of Glasgow). This project will assess United Services Institute (RUSI), projects implemented by the Interact the role that representations of UK Foreign and Commonwealth Programme (Interact Office Viborg), the past have played in Franco- Office, UK Embassy in Paris, French 2018–2019, €48,950. British relations since 1815. More Embassy in London, UK Ministry of EPRC is leading a research team specifically, it will seek to understand Defence, French Ministry of Defence, carrying out a case-based impact how history, or at least subjective Franco-British Council, The National evaluation of the EU’s Interact constructions of history, has shaped Archives, Maison Française in Oxford. Programme, tasked with supporting policy debates in general and more than 100 EU co-operation prospects for Franco-British co- programmes throughout Europe. operation in particular. Work covers: providing advice, KE and tools on managing complex, multi-country co-operation programmes, communicating funding opportunities and results,
The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Winter 2018, Issue No.2 ] 7 and how to use new co-operation strengthened measures for the NPA targets and objectives, which tools. EPRC’s research involves prevention and management of focus specifically on the needs of evaluating the impact of this work disasters in EU Member States and remote and peripheral communities, in specific thematic areas, ranging accession countries. and also to co-operation and from technical implementation tools development in the Arctic and Europe ESPON – Territorial Evidence Support to strategic engagement issues. 2020 Strategy. for ETC Programmes (ESPON), The 12-month project involves 2018–2019, €55,050. The Financial Implementation of undertaking international focus EPRC is working as part of a the Structural Funds & Cohesion groups, large-scale questionnaires consortium led by ÖIR on this project, Fund: Conclusions or academic and elite-level interviews. The which involves work to develop an debate (European Parliament), 2018, evaluation report will inform the improved set of territorial indicators €14,000. institutions involved in managing, for ETC programmes to help support A recently completed EPRC study implementing and using Interact on setting investment priorities, prepared for the Budget committee current performance and contribute strategic programming, monitoring of the European Parliament assessed to debates about the future delivery and evaluation. The work focuses factors that influence implementation of the programme. on 12 case study programmes: of the EU’s Structural Funds (Cohesion Ex post evaluation of the European Austria–Czech Republic, Central policy). It identified issues related Union Solidarity Fund 2002–-2016 Baltic, Central Europe, Deutschland– to Cohesion policy regulations, (DG Regio, European Commission Nederland, Italy–Austria, Italy– internal management and capacity. through SWECO Framework contract), Croatia, Mediterranean, North West Alongside this, the study identified 2018, €242,650. Europe, South Baltic, South West external factors beyond the control The project involves an assessment Europe, Sweden–Denmark–Norway, of implementing authorities, these of the synergies between EUSF and the Two Seas programme. include: the economic and political support and other EU and context and institutional settings Northern Periphery and Arctic international policy instruments (quality of governance). The final Programme 2014–2020: Impact in contributing to strengthened version of the study was published in Evaluation (County Administrative Board measures for the prevention and September 2018. of Vasterbotten), 2018–2019, €91,820. management of disasters in EU The evaluation will focus on the More on EPRC’s past and ongoing Member States. A broader aim programme’s contributions to projects: http://www.eprc-strath.eu is to establish whether EUSF has
Celebrating 2018 Grant Success School of Law Lilian Edwards 15/06/18 Modern Law These are some of the awards we have secured in Review Ltd £5,000 early 2018 (January to July 2018)- congratulations to all Cyrus Tata 06/07/18 Community Justice colleagues and teams involved. Scotland £6,650 Cyrus Tata 16/04/18 EC - Horizon 2020 £45,067 Saskia Vermeylen 4/04/18 Leverhulme Trust £54,874 School of Education Caralyn Blaisdell 20/06/18 Froebel Trust £2,160 Humanities Claire Cassidy 6/03/18 Glasgow City Council £55,301 Kirstie Blair 18/04/18 AHRC £70,717 Jonathan Delafield-Butt 11/01/18 Harimata Sp z.o.o. £654,651 Kirstie Blair 23/01/18 Research Society for Susan Ellis 28/03/18 British Academy £8,947 Victorian Periodicals £21,756 Markus Klein 24/01/18 ESRC £161,240 Kirstie Blair 23/03/18 AHRC £659,816 Lio Moscardini 27/04/18 North Lanarkshire Laura Kelly 10/07/18 Carnegie Trust £9,552 Council £34,000 Laura Kelly 28/03/18 British Academy £33,000 Yvette Taylor 17/01/18 Society for Research Rogelia Pastor 14/05/18 AHRC £86,789 into Higher Education £10,000 Niall Whelehan 21/02/18 Carnegie Trust £5,760 Yvette Taylor 21/02/18 Norface £314,918 Philip Cooke 8/01/18 Wellcome Trust £22,924 Kate Wall 6/06/18 CSO £2,596 Karen Boyle 9/04/18 AHRC £52,414 Sharon Deane-Cox 16/02/18 Carnegie Trust £2,890 GPP John Bachtler 15/02/18 Lower Saxony Ministry Social Work & Social Policy of Econs, Labor, Transport & Digitisation £127,181 Fiona Mitchell 20/03/18 ESRC £19,130 John Bachtler 15/02/18 Scottish Government £29,862 Vicki Welch 24/01/18 Care Visions Group td £8,333 John Bachtler 15/02/18 StengL £8,268 Bernard Harris 06/07/18 Marianne & Marcus Wallenberg Foundation £97,295 John Bachtler 30/04/18 European Parliament £12,248 Laura Piacentini 11/07/18 ESRC £630,878 Laura Polverari 15/02/18 Formez pa £35,241 Robert Rogerson 04/06/18 British Academy £7,950 Fiona Wishlade 4/01/18 European Commission £624,683 Gillian MacIntyre 18/01/18 Scottish Association Narisong Huhe 14/02/18 Carnegie Trust £9,973 for Mental Health/ Stefanie Reher 28/03/18 Carnegie Trust £8,731 Penumbra £30,000 Wolfgang Rüdig 21/02/18 ESRC £161,104 Emma Miller 22/03/18 Scottish Government £36,227 Jun Sudduth 6/04/18 British Academy £9,570 Sally Paul 05/06/18 Barnardos £16,000
Grant Successes 8 POLICY AND PRACTICE IMPACT Financial Compensation New seminar series on for Survivors of Abuse Poverty, Attainment in Care and Wellbeing On behalf of the Scottish A team led by Dr Joan Mowat, School Government, CELCIS, working in of Education, and Dr Gale MacLeod, partnership with the SHRC InterAction University of Edinburgh, have been Action Plan Review Group, designed successful in gaining funding from and delivered a consultation the Scottish Universities Insight regarding a potential financial Institute (SUII) to host a seminar compensation/redress scheme for series on the topic of Poverty, victims/survivors of historical abuse Attainment and Wellbeing: Making a in care in Scotland. On 5 September Dr Mark Shephard difference to the lives of children and 2018, the Review Group submitted young people. The series takes place a series of four reports with a set between October 2018 and March of recommendations to the Deputy Workshop on social 2019 and it has already organised a First Minister for the government to media use for Modern well-attended seminar. consider in their decision whether to This is a collaboration with the take forward a scheme in Scotland. Studies teachers universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow Dr Mark Shephard, School of The recommendations were and Glasgow Caledonian, two local Government and Public Policy, ran a informed by key messages from the authorities (Glasgow and Inverclyde) research-based workshop on social consultation with victims/survivors; and five organisations: the Mental media issues for Modern Studies reference to the international Health Foundation Scotland, teachers, with resources made evidence on redress arrangements; Place2Be, Children in Scotland, CPAG available for teachers to use in the engagement with residential and in Scotland, and the Poverty Alliance. classroom. The workshop drew on a foster care providers and other The seminar series has attracted social media project on the Scottish professional groups; and the work participants across several academic independence Referendum, funded in Scotland concerning the Action disciplines and professions spanning by the ESRC in conjunction with Plan on Justice for Victims of Historic education, social work, educational the Applied Quantitative Methods Abuse of Children in Care. and clinical psychology, nursing, Network (AQMeN), as part of the public health, public policy, and child On 23 October 2018, DFM John ‘Future of the UK and Scotland’ and adolescent psychiatry, amongst Swinney announced to the Scottish research programme. others. The seminar series has Parliament that the Scottish international reach, with Professor Government will set up a financial Evidence from Roger Slee, editor of the International redress scheme for survivors of Journal of Inclusive Education, abuse in care in Scotland before the new research delivering the keynote address on the end of this parliamentary term. He final day. There is a specific focus on also announced advance payments into comparative public policy in the final seminar. for the elderly and terminally ill, and ministerial codes offered an ‘unreserved and heartfelt Dr Shephard has submitted The seminar series takes place apology on behalf of the Scottish evidence to the Public within the context of the UNICEF Government to all those who were Administration and Constitutional goals for sustainability; the pledge abused as children while in care’. Affairs Committee's Parliament and of the First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, to eliminate the poverty-related See the report at: https://www. the Constitution Inquiry. attainment gap; the Scottish celcis.org/our-work/key-areas/ See: https://tinyurl.com/y8rtzjh5 Government’s Child Poverty Strategy, historical-abuse/ In the evidence, he compared the Child Poverty (Scotland) Act 2017; UK Ministerial Code (1997) with the and the Scottish Attainment Scottish Ministerial Code (1999) Challenge. As such, the seminar and found a number of differences, series is very timely and high on the including that the UK Code tended to agenda of the Scottish Government. be more elastic than the Scottish Code.
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New Colleagues Join New Appointments the School of Social Work and Social Policy Dr Alexandra (Alex) Mavroeidi was (e.g. total bed rest), bone loss is recently appointed as Senior Lecturer remarkably high. In everyday life Dr Anke Kossurok (Research in the Physical Activity and Health such long periods of immobility are Associate, Social Policy) Group of the School of Psychological rare, but modern society promotes Anke has over five years of research Sciences & Health in September sedentary lifestyles during transport, experience in the field of mental 2018. Alex has recently won a £43,500 work and leisure. Population health (trauma) and interpersonal research grant from the National studies show that self reported violence (child abuse, intimate Osteoporosis Society https://nos.org. sedentary behaviour throughout partner violence, and online uk/, with the title: Standing up for the day is as much as 6–8 hours; sex offending). She will lead the bone health – is prolonged sitting a this increases to 8–10 hours in qualitative research part of the risk factor for osteoporosis? The grant older adults. The research aims to Equally Safe in Higher Education is a collaboration with colleagues test whether extended periods of (ESHE) project. Anke has worked as at Glasgow Caledonian University, sitting in a controlled laboratory Assistant Psychologist with adult University of Birmingham, University setting leads to increased bone loss trauma survivors of abuse in a of East Anglia and the Baker Heart (looking at changes in blood bone community setting. and Diabetes Institute (Melbourne, markers) and whether breaking up Australia), with Alex as Principal sedentary behaviour has the reverse Maria Zoffova (Research Investigator. (beneficial) effect. The findings will Associate, Social Policy) have the potential to inform and Maria comes from a political Prolonged sedentary behaviour is shape future public health policy and science and media, information a major and growing public health physical activity guidelines aimed to and communications background concern, but its role specifically improve bone health. and has research expertise in in relation to bone loss and both qualitative and quantitative osteoporosis is not known. We Welcome to Strathclyde, Alex, and methods. She will lead the know that in extreme environments good luck with the new project! quantitative method work on the ESHE project. She has expertise in panel data analysis and computer-assisted text analysis and recently updated her training Strathclyde – NHS Lanarkshire Partnership in an advanced research methods Wins a Scottish Health Award programme on causal inference A partnership between Dr Alex Mavroeidi (third from left in picture) of the and data visualisation. Physical Activity for Health Group in the School of Psychological Sciences Daniel Horn (Research Associate, & Health and the Kello Hospital Think Activity Team, South Lanarkshire Criminology) Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Lanarkshire won the Top Team Daniel joins the School following Award at the Scottish Health Awards on 1 November 2018. The award is for some years in the field of a research project with significant impact in elderly patients: the ‘End PJ international development, Paralysis’ project. particularly in the area of social protection in low and middle income countries (LMICs). He has worked at the international level and across several countries, remaining active in global civil society campaigns to ensure universal social protection and inclusive government. His core academic interests are in the field of welfare states, democratic participation, and the linkages between various components of welfare systems, with a keen interest in the role of ‘correctional’ systems in the framework of the welfare state. His general interests include: democratic participation and welfare systems, punishment and political economy, social protection policy and financing, and research methods and applied theory.
Policy and Practice Impact / New Appointments 10 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS SCELG Experts at the New Links with Stanford United Nations University The Strathclyde Centre for Environmental Law and In September 2018, Stanford University hosted research Governance (SCELG) has been collaborating with visits from two Chancellor’s Fellows from the Physical the network of regional governments for Sustainable Activity and Health Group (SPSH), Dr Fiona Muirhead Development (nrg4SD) in the framework of the (née Mitchell) and Dr Xanne Janssen. The research visits implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals were funded by the Global Engagements Fund and were (SDGs). The final result is a report titled Localizing intended to develop new collaborations with Prof Tom the SDGs: Regional governments paving the way that Robinson’s Group at the Stanford Solutions Science Lab. captures the efforts of regional governments in their As part of the exchange, Dr Muirhead worked on a novel implementation of the SDGs. The report has been project: Teen screenomes. This aims to describe when presented at a side event to the UN High Level Political and how adolescents engage with their fast-moving and Forum (HLPF) in New York, organised at the Belgian– dynamic digital environment as they go about their daily American Chambers of Commerce. SCELG’s team was lives – in situ. To date, no one has been able to accurately represented by its Co-Director, Dr Francesco Sindico, and and comprehensively describe the ephemeral, cross- research assistant Juliana Grigorovski Vollmer, who is platform and cross-app digital environments adolescents also completing her LLM in Global Environmental Law and encounter in their daily lives, whether in ads, news, Governance. entertainment, or social relationships. Prof Robinson’s The centre’s staff have also been invited by the United team has developed a system for capturing, transforming, Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Law Division to storing, analysing and visualising the ‘screenomics’ participate in the ongoing revision of the IV Montevideo of life. To date, these screenomics data have not been Programme. This is a programme of work for the coded qualitatively, and doing so has been challenging. international community in the area of environmental Dr Muirhead coded all the data while at Stanford and law for the period 2010–2020. Following four regional provided written interpretations of the data. Dr Muirhead consultations UNEP convened a global meeting in is now writing up two publications from the work at Geneva, attended by Dr Sindico as an independent Stanford, and the new partnership should lead to future expert. collaborations, including grant writing. Finally, Prof Elisa Morgera, Director of the Centre, and Dr Xanne Janssen worked with Prof Robinson’s team on Dr Daniela Diz, SCELG member, participated in the first data reduction methods for the measurement of time session of UN negotiations of a new treaty on marine spent asleep using accelerometers, and explored the biodiversity at the UN Headquarters. Dr Diz was invited future potential for the method in capturing Big Data on to contribute to two side-events during the first session sleep, physical activity and sedentary time. The amount of of the Intergovernmental Conference on an international time spent asleep influences short and long-term health legally binding instrument under the UN Convention on of children and adolescents (e.g., lack of sleep is a major the Law of the Sea on the conservation and sustainable risk factor for obesity), and also affects their cognition and use of marine biodiversity of areas beyond national academic attainment. Despite their importance to health, jurisdiction. wellbeing and academic attainment, these behaviours are not measured well using traditional subjective methods Congratulations to all at team SCELG! (e.g. parent reports) and the challenge is how best to apply new technology to provide objective measures on a large scale. Dr Janssen is writing up a paper based on the work at Stanford and will use the methods she learned there in a large international collaborative study (International Surveillance Study of 24-Hour Movement Behaviours in the Early Years, SUNRISE, currently with 34 countries involved). The partnership should lead to future collaborations with Stanford, including grant writing.
Partnership Against Bullying with the Norwegian Directorate of Education. Left to right: Professor Ian Rivers, Dr Joan Mowat, Ragnhild Skodje and Frode Restad.
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Project on Partnership New Partnership Climate Change Against with the with the Bullying with Shanghai University of the Norwegian Academy of Geneva Directorate of Social Sciences The Strathclyde Centre for HaSS has signed a formal agreement Environmental Law and Governance Education with the Shanghai Academy of Social (SCELG) has been working for over a A delegation from the Norwegian Sciences (SASS) to develop joint PhD year with the University of Geneva on Directorate for Education and programmes and establish the new a project on climate change litigation. Training visited Scotland in October Centre for Contemporary China. SASS The project started as an input to in relation to a partnership against is a most influential research-driven the biannual International Academy bullying. Their visit spanned three think-tank in China. SASS studies of Comparative Law Conference that days, including meetings with key issues of global significance and also will take place this year in Fukuoka, organisations such as Education works with the best partners and Japan. Francesco Sindico from SCELG Scotland and RespectMe, and visits scholars around the world. During the and Makane Moise Mbengue from to Scottish schools and pre-5 centres. visit, the team from SASS had a great the University of Geneva are leading Dr Joan Mowat and Professor Ian discussion with our academics on this project that will ultimately result Rivers from the School of Education potential thematic collaborations. in a book published by Springer. The met with the delegation of around 30 Those involved in the formation of project has attracted the attention key personnel and researchers and the partnership included, among of several leading centres and provided a research perspective on others, Prof Maozu LU, Director of organisations already working on Scotland's approach to preventing Strathclyde China Institute; Prof YU climate change litigation. The LSE bullying and responding to it Xinhui, Shanghai Academy of Social Grantham Research Institute on within the context of Curriculum for Sciences Chancellor; Zhu Pingfang, Climate Change and the Environment, Excellence. Dean of Shanghai Academy of for one, has collaborated with SCELG Bullying is an internationally Social Sciences. From Strathclyde, and co-hosted a panel debate on recognised problem which can exert Prof Douglas Brodie and a group of climate change litigation on the significant long-term impact on a colleagues from across the Faculty eve of the 2018 IUCN Academy of range of outcomes related to the welcomed the delegation and Environmental Law Colloquium subjective wellbeing, achievement showcased our research activity. hosted by SCELG at the University of and mental health of the individual. Strathclyde. The public roundtable It is a human rights issue reflected saw colleagues from UNEP and in articles 2,3, 6 & 12 of the United Greenpeace attending. SCELG Fulbright Nations Convention on the Rights and the University of Geneva are of the Child and also the United looking forward to developing the Summer School Nations 'Goals for Sustainability'. The project further and taking it from Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro gave a Scottish Government has responded an academic oriented exercise to a lecture on ‘Anglo-American Relations to this through its policy 'Respect policy-oriented project. Both SCELG and the Transatlantic Alliance’ at for All'. LGBT Youth Scotland and and the University of Geneva will be Glasgow City Chambers as part RespectMe have published research happy to be in touch with potential of the Fulbright Summer School. focussing on prejudice-based partners in this new exciting phase of Undergraduates from the United bullying (Lough-Dennell & Logan, the project. States engaged with Faculties across 2015). Professor Rivers provided a the University and the Glasgow background to these reports and School of Art. The students praised Dr Mowat located the discussion the Fulbright programme highlighting within the wider context of Scottish the warm and generous welcome education: Curriculum for Excellence, they received in Scotland. The three- Rights Respecting Schools, week programme included a visit promoting positive behaviour and the to the Scottish Parliament and a Scottish Attainment Challenge. reception hosted by the US Consulate in Edinburgh. A short video of the programme is available at this link: https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=l7TZmyYX5s4
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International Collaborations 12 EVENTS Carnegie Trust Application Workshop The next deadline of the Carnegie Trust Research Incentive Grants is coming up on the 13th March 2019. The RIGs is an excellent opportunity for an Early Career Researcher to apply for funding to undertake a short research project that could be expected to lead to a more extensive project. Come along on Wednesday the 30th January 2019, Lord Hope LH218, 2 – 3.30pm to hear successful candidates Laura Kelly and Emily Rose talk about their applications and Daniela Sime giving the reviewer’s perspective. RaKET will also be there to answer any questions about budgets. First Minister Gives To register your interest please email: [email protected]. Keynote Speech See you all there! at Human Rights From the Spirit Level to the Conference Inner Level Centre for Health First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, delivered a keynote speech at a conference organised by Policy in Partnership for Book Dr Elaine Webster and the Strathclyde Law School, exploring the evolution of human rights Launch in Scotland in Scotland. The event considered what has been learnt since the introduction in 1998 of The Centre for Health Policy, in partnership with Glasgow Life, the the Scotland Act – which laid the foundations Mental Health Foundation and the Equality Trust, was delighted for the Scottish Parliament – and the Human to co-host Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett to discuss their Rights Act. Ms Sturgeon said she believed new book, The Inner Level, at the Mitchell Library on 25 October. “human rights have been one of the undoubted The event was chaired by Dr Linda de Caestecker, Director of success of devolution”. Public Health, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Around 200 people gathered to hear from the authors on their follow-up to Delegates reflected on the potential for setting the hugely successful 2009 book The Spirit Level. Their previous standards in a range of spheres such as health, work synthesised evidence on the relationship between income social security and the environment, in the inequality and a range of health and social outcomes. Providing an context of human rights. The impact of the UK’s overview of their new book for the Glasgow audience, Wilkinson forthcoming withdrawal from the EU was also and Pickett outlined their analysis of how inequality impacts discussed. at an individual, ‘inner’, level, leading to poor outcomes at the Other speakers at the conference included: population level. In a dynamic presentation they illustrated the The Rt Hon Lord Wallace QC, former Advocate psychological effects of inequality, including stress, status anxiety General for Scotland and the first Justice Minister and negative impacts on the quality of social relationships. Dr under devolution; current Lord Advocate James Anna Macintyre, Research Associate, Centre for Health Policy, gave Wolffe QC; Professor Alan Miller, Chair of the an introduction to the event and highlighted the importance of First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights this book for research and policy, Leadership; Advisory Group member Professor which aims to embed greater focus Paul Hunt, and Advisory Group members and on equality and positive mental Strathclyde Law School Professors Nicole Busby health and wellbeing. The audience and Elisa Morgera. engaged in a lively discussion of what these findings mean for health Dr Webster of Strathclyde Law School, and inequalities in Glasgow and in the the conference organiser, said: “It is hugely UK. For more information on the encouraging to see Scotland taking the lead Centre for Health Policy, visit our and examining how to forge ahead during these website: times of uncertainty. It sends a signal to the world that Scotland supports the European and https://www.strath.ac.uk/research/ international human rights system founded 70 internationalpublicpolicyinstitute/ years ago with the adoption of the Universal centreforhealthpolicy/ Declaration of Human Rights.”
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The World’s First Contemporary The Scottish International Childhood Centre for Crime Coproducing Conference and Justice The third biennial multi-disciplinary Justice and international Contemporary Research’s Childhood Conference was hosted International by Drs Claire Cassidy and Sharon Annual Lecture Jessop in the School of Education. Social Economy The theme of the conference was Hosted at Network at ‘Children in Space, Place and Time’. Delegates attended from Australia, Strathclyde Strathclyde Canada, China, Czech Republic, On 13 November, the School of England, Finland, Germany, India, Social Work & Social Policy and the Dr Beth Weaver, Social Work & Social Scotland, South Africa and the SCCJR were delighted to be joined by Policy, is leading a KE programme USA, representing a wide range of Prof Maggy Lee, University of Hong which includes a series of events disciplines. The keynote speakers Kong, who delivered the annual over 2018 and 2019, funded by were Prof Hugh Cunningham, lecture titled ‘The Changing Nature the Scottish Universities Insight University of Kent, who spoke of Border, Criminalization and Mass Institute. The series will bring about ‘The history of childhood as Deportation in An Age of Migration together leaders and academics in narrative’, and Prof. Lorraine van Control’. This is the first time the fields of social work, industry, Blerk, University of Dundee, who Strathclyde has hosted the Centre’s criminology, community justice, presented on her project ‘Growing up annual lecture, which attracts a economic sociology and governance on the streets’, a study based across significant national and international and public policy to share ideas and three African cities. audience. expertise across the academic and professional disciplines to build and sustain social enterprise structures internationally. Social enterprise and co-operative structures of Invited Keynote employment can circumnavigate some of the systemic obstacles at Conference on to employment, such as criminal records and employer discrimination ‘The Other Voice’ that people routinely encounter. Yet, not only are such structures providing in Literature and paid work a rarity in the UK justice system, their potential has hardly Culture been explored. Dr Kate Mitchell gave an invited keynote at this conference in See the Network’s page at: https:// October, organised by graduate www.scottishinsight.ac.uk/ students at the Scuola Normale in Programmes/OpenCall201819/ Pisa, Italy. Her talk, titled ‘Gender CoproducingJustice.aspx and ‘Envoicing’ (?) on Page, Stage and Screen’, was based on Kate’s second monograph, Gender, Writing, Spectatorships: Evenings Out in Italy and Beyond, 1853–1915, which is currently under review with Routledge. The archival research for the book has been supported thanks to generous funding from the British Academy, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and a Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland grant. Prof Maggie Lee (right) with Dr Sarah Armstrong, Director of SCCJR
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‘30 years of EU Cohesion Policy: EPRC at the What works? Where? for Whom?’. Participants discussed the IN PRINT European Week measurable results achieved by Cohesion policy over the past of Regions and 30 years and lessons about the Catharsis, conditions to maximise achievements Cities 2018 and address local needs with limited Containment The EPRC was involved in the biggest resources. The session included event worldwide on regional and speakers from the London School of and Physical urban development and EU Regional Economics, OECD, the World Bank, Policy. Held annually in Brussels, Milan Polytechnic, DG Regio and Restraint in the event welcomes thousands of JRC Smart Specialisation Platform. participants for over 100 workshops Laura also moderated a panel on Residential Child and debates, exhibitions and ‘Strengthening the capacity of PAs networking opportunities. EPRC & stakeholders: the role of ESIF Care Programmes’, which explored the researchers led on and contributed to An article by Laura Steckley which compound role of the ESI Funds several sessions. explores the relationship between in supporting the strengthening physical restraint and catharsis Prof Fiona Wishlade and Ms Rona of institutional and administrative in residential child care has been Michie led two events on financial capacity, with a focus on public selected as Editor’s Choice in the instruments (FI), featuring a ‘bottom- administrations and stakeholders. up’ practitioner perspective on current issue of the British Journal of experience with FIs and hopes for the EPRC’s Director Prof John Bachtler Social Work. The article synthesises future, and a ‘top-down’ institutional ran the annual Master Class containment and catharsis theories perspective on the FI reforms on EU Cohesion Policy as part to illuminate a recognisable but under debate. Both events were of the EWRC. The Master Class rarely discussed dimension of linked to current work for ESPON on included presentations of papers, physical restraint, calling for a more financial instruments and territorial lectures and panel debates with contextualised understanding of cohesion and aimed to enrich our policymakers, EU officials and senior intense emotional expression in understanding of the best way academics. John chaired the paper order to reduce, and where possible, forward for FIs in Cohesion policy. presentation session on ‘Reshaping eliminate the use of restraint in governance and institutional residential child care. Such an The session ‘Financial instruments relations’, presented the findings of understanding also increases the in Cohesion Policy: practitioner the EPRC-led H2020 project COHESIFY likelihood that when restraints do perspectives on lessons from the on the impact of EU Cohesion Policy happen, they are experienced as acts past and hopes for the future’ on on European identification, and the of care rather than brutality. 9 October was a panel discussion panel debate with representatives Access Laura’s article as OA here: among practitioners on the from EU institutions focusing on EU https://academic.oup.com/bjsw/ implementation of FIs under Cohesion Policy for 2021–2027. Cohesion policy. The second event, article/48/6/1645/4657142 ‘Financial instruments and territorial Viktoriya Dozhdeva delivered a cohesion: current debates and future presentation on the scope for EU perspectives’, on 10 October, was Cohesion Policy to support culture- hosted by ESPON in partnership with related investment, which builds EPRC, the European Commission on her wider research on the role and the European Investment Bank, and potential of cultural assets for featuring contributors from the key regional development. institutions involved in the design, Further information on the event, implementation and scrutiny of FIs. including Highlights of the Week and The workshop engaged with current details on all the sessions, can be debates on financial instruments found on the website of the European and territorial cohesion. It also Week of Regions and Cities 2018: looked at the latest findings from the https://europa.eu/regions-and- ongoing ESPON project on financial cities/ instruments. More on EPRC’s work: http://www. Dr Laura Polverari was invited eprc-strath.eu/ speaker in the EWRC session Follow EPRC: @eprc_eu
The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Winter 2018, Issue No.2 ] 15 STUDENT SUCCESSES game was designed for iOS devices Nuffield Research with 3D touch features. It provided Viva Successes visual feedback of fingertip force Placement during gameplay, while the player We’d like to congratulate the moved a stickman figure through a following students and their maze to get the crown. supervisors for successfully – Increasing defending their doctoral theses since To showcase his six weeks of hard July 2018. Access to work, Jack presented the project and demonstrated the game at PhD in Law University the Nuffield celebration event Mark Leiser Behavioural regulation Nuffield Research Placements in Edinburgh. Jack’s work was provide students in the first year Mohanad Ahmed Formation of impressive. His smartphone app now electronic contracts of sale and of a post-16 STEM course and from serves as a foundation for future low-income families or those without its impact on Iraqi traditional research in motor control carried commercial contracts university experience to come to a forward in the lab. Compared with university setting over the summer typically developed children, less PhD in Physical Activity for Health and work alongside professional accurate and more variable force Sarah Deans Physical behaviours in scientists (including quantitative control has been observed in the adults with lower limb absence social scientists), technologists, children with autism spectrum engineers and mathematicians. disorders (ASD). Jack’s smartphone PhD in History At the Laboratory for Innovation app will now be refined to help us Andrew Glen What attitudes about in Autism, we thought this was an better understand force control in opium were driving government of excellent idea that embodied the children with ASD, to provide new India’s policies between 1857–1906? spirit of Strathclyde, and given that insight into autism motor control Michelle Delaney Advance work: Art we work on (serious) computer important for therapeutic gains. games for kids, we thought it could and advertising in Buffalo Bill’s Wild be a lot of fun, too. Despite his young age, Jack quickly West become a valued member of our PhD in Psychology Jack, a student from Vale of Leven team. We would encourage all Academy, worked with Dr Szu-Ching colleagues in HaSS to support this Micaela Jimenez Borja Measuring Lu and Ms Erin Lux to develop a Nuffield programme, have some fun, clients’ modes of engagement in smartphone maze game for fingertip and advance your research in exciting humanistic experiential psychotherapy force quantification via gameplay. new ways. PhD in English Jack developed the game using Xcode and Swift programming tools, and we Jacqueline Ryder Politics and the called the game ‘Get the Crown’. The problem of speaking for others in the work of Naomi Mitchison Well done all and good luck in your new careers!
Jack working in the Laboratory for Innovation in Autism and presenting the project at the Nuffield celebration event in Edinburgh
In Print / Student Successes 16 NEW COURSE STRATHCLYDE MSc Diplomacy and International Security AGEING Diplomacy and international Security are among the most pressing issues facing the world today. NETWORK Success or failure can have huge implications for the international community and society as a whole. This new The Strathclyde Ageing Network is a multi-disciplinary interdisciplinary MSc will bring together expertise from network of academic and professional staff, as well History, Politics and Law to give students the opportunity as PhD students, who are engaged or interested in to examine these issues in a more holistic manner and ageing-related research. The network is attached to the engage with distinguished diplomatic and foreign policy University’s Health & Wellbeing strategic theme and has practitioners. Students will have the opportunity to visit representation from all four faculties. It meets regularly the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London and during each semester, normally on the last Wednesday of NATO Headquarters in Brussels. the month, from 1pm to 2pm. Meetings typically involve general discussion and a short talk by a member or The MSc Diplomacy and International Security gives visiting speaker. Members also share relevant information graduates from a range of academic backgrounds and updates via email, including external partnerships, the opportunity to gain expertise in a vital area of grant opportunities, and conferences/seminars. international engagement. It will also appeal to professionals interested in moving into positions If you are interested in joining the group, please contact requiring a breadth of knowledge on diplomacy, history Dr Louise Nicholls ([email protected]) for further and security issues. information, and to receive meeting invites and email updates. For further information, contact: Dr Rogelia Pastor-Castro [email protected]
The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Winter 2018, Issue No.2 ] 17 MEDIA ENGAGEMENT Research Informs Channel 4 News Story on EU Migrant Children ESRC-funded research into the lives of EU- born young people and their families which featured in the first issue of this magazine has now been used as the source of a Channel 4 News story. Dr Daniela Sime, PI on the Here to Stay? project, which featured in People & Society Issue No. 1, contributed with research and an interview for the programme. You can watch the clip on the Channel 4 News website: https://www.channel4.com/news/the-brexit- fears-of-the-children-of-eu-nationals
Going to University MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN TO From Care JOURNALISTS CELCIS has published a university gap’ between Would you like to contribute to the news stories aired by new briefing which goes students that are care major news channels and media outlets? Journalists are behind the common experienced and those that more and more relying on personal contacts for news headlines that indicate only are not. Achievements of stories. News teams are looking for experts who could a small proportion of care care experienced young contribute to programmes or suggest research-related experienced young people people in further education stories. Just get in touch via email or social media. in Scotland go to university, are often overlooked. It Two contacts who have recently asked HaSS for experts compared to their peers. The also shows that while and research-informed stories: launch of Going to university routes to university may from care coincided with be less direct, this is a Franchesca Hashemi students either starting or route taken more often Nine O'Clock News programme returning to their studies than headline figures used BBC Scotland News for the new academic year, alone would suggest. E: [email protected] and is part of a wider series The relevant policies, of briefings that CELCIS is Ciaran Jenkins legislations and putting out, called ‘Beyond Scotland Correspondent bursaries in place for care the Headlines’. Channel 4 News experienced students E [email protected] The series is aimed based at Scottish at providing further institutions are also set information and analysis out within this briefing, THE CONVERSATION on some commonly as well as looking at why Do you want to get your research out to a wider reported statistics relating declaring care identity audience? Strathclyde is now a subscribing member to young people in care, matters. The Briefing has to ‘The Conversation’, an online information channel, care leavers, and care attracted media coverage written by academics for wide audiences. Blog items experienced people in in The Times and The often reach thousands of readers, making research Scotland. Interrogation Herald newspapers, as well accessible to many. Why not have a look at their site, of data concerning care as extensive social media and perhaps become an author? experienced young interest. people’s educational https://theconversation.com/uk Read the Briefing here: journeys starts to reveal https://tinyurl.com/ See all Strathclyde articles at this link: https:// a more complicated ydaexq5n theconversation.com/institutions/strathclyde- picture than the ‘going to university-1287
New Course / Strathclyde Ageing Network / Media Engagement 18 PROFILE: NICE TO MEET YOU co-edited a special issue on queer and related fields. We had our first and feminist approaches to higher meeting at the end of October; watch education in the Journal of Applied this space for further meetings and Social Science. events. I’m spending most of my time at the I also co-ordinate the British moment working with colleagues Sociological Association Gender from Australia (Dr Jackie Ullman) and Study Group with Dr Grainne Italy (Dr Samuele Grassi) and Prof McMahon at Huddersfield and Dr Yvette Taylor on a bid about LGBT+ Erin Saunders-McDonagh at Kent. people’s experiences of sex and I am lecturing in 2019 on the MSc relationship education. Applied Gender Studies lead by Prof Karen Boyle, and altogether it is an What have been the benefits of the exciting time for gender studies at Chancellor's Fellowship for you? Strathclyde. First, a medium-term employment What are you reading at the moment contract. I started the fellowship – for work and for leisure? in September 2017 and this was the first time I’d had a contract For leisure I just finished reading longer than 12 months since PhD Olivia Laing’s Lonely City, which was completion in 2014. Insecure and great, and inspired me to re-read casualised forms of employment Moving Politics: Emotion and ACT are common, particularly subject UP’s Fight Against AIDS by Deborah to critical attention in the ‘early’ B. Gould (for work). Also for leisure I career, and can include a great deal just started reading Hilary Mantel’s Dr Maddie Breeze of unpaid work. Being able to turn my A Greater Place of Safety – her attention away from the job market writing is amazing and I love getting Chancellor’s is a huge relief: short-term contracts immersed in a time and place I know can inculcate a particular kind of fear nothing about. I can’t wait to read Fellow – every work task and relationship Revolting Prostitutes by Juno Mac and Thanks for agreeing to feature in is laden with significance, in case it Molly Smith and learn more about the the Bulletin, Maddie. Tell us a bit might secure a contract extension. fight for sex workers’ rights. about your research and people you Second, getting to know colleagues collaborate with. Where do you see your work in five and learning from their experiences years' time? My background is in sociology and teaching and research expertise. This is an interview question! I know and I’m broadly interested in I’ve benefited immeasurably from the I’d like to carry on working with gender and sexuality, and related mentorship of Prof Yvette Taylor, and interesting people about topics that inequalities. I’m really fascinated by I feel like I’m learning more and more matter. the relationship between structure about how universities work. and agency; the messy place in Final question, and since it's What other initiatives have you been between polarities of determinism Christmas soon . . . what would you involved with in the Faculty and and voluntarism and how people like to find under the Christmas tree? negotiate their complicities and further afield? Keeping it work-related: an end investments in, and attachments to, With Dr Laura Lovin and Prof Yvette to tuition fees everywhere; for UK institutions and systems of power Taylor I co-ordinate the Feminist universities to stop acting as border that they opposed to or are working Research Network, organising guards and monitoring staff and to change. seminars with a guest speaker and student visa status and location; a respondent from Strathclyde. The Right now, I’m exploring these issues abolish PREVENT; abolish zero seminars are open to all and usually in HE and academic labour. I’ve hours contracts; effective equalities followed by a modest reception – done this by investigating ‘imposter and diversities policies across the come! syndrome’ in HE as a public feeling HE sector; accountability for those (rather than a private problem) and, I recently started co-ordinating the who bully, harass, and abuse; in collaboration with Prof Yvette Strathclyde Gender sub-theme, the reinstatement of final salary Taylor, exploring how feminist under the strategic Society and Policy pensions. academics collaborate across ‘the’ research theme, for anyone with a career course. We’ve also recently research interest in gender studies
The HaSS Research & Impact Bulletin [ People & Society - Winter 2018, Issue No.2 ] 19 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card and Global Matrix On 27 November, the Active Healthy Kids Scotland Report Card 2018 was launched, simultaneously with report cards from 48 other nations. These report cards provide rigorous but accessible ‘state of the nation’ and ‘state of the world’ reports on physical activity and health of children and adolescents, and build capacity in physical activity and health in low- and middle-income countries. The 2018 report cards show that levels of physical activity are well below recommendations in Scottish children and adolescents, levels of exposure to screens are well above recommendations, and levels of these behaviours in Scotland are amongst the worst in the world. The 2018 Active Healthy Kids Report Card Scotland (www. activehealthykidsscotland.co.uk) theme was obesity, specifically the fact that childhood obesity is at least twice as prevalent than reported in national surveys and official publications. In national surveys childhood obesity is defined using a very crude proxy measure, the Body Mass Index (BMI). The extent to which the BMI underestimates the true prevalence of obesity (i.e., excessive body fatness) was demonstrated for the first time in African children in an important publication led by Prof John Reilly in this month’s issue of the WHO Bulletin. The International Atomic Energy Agency funded this study of over 1,500 African primary school children across 8 countries – the prevalence of obesity as defined by BMI-for-age was only 9%, but the true prevalence of obesity (excessive fatness as measured by total body water) was actually 29%. This study suggests that there is no longer any room for complacency about childhood obesity; even in Africa, urgent measures will be required to prevent and control the problem.
Outstanding Impact for Policy HaSS RESEARCH This prize will recognise research that has contributed to the development of public policy at the local, regional or national government level. This could include direct changes in policy, IMPACT AWARDS changes to how decision makers view issues, and The new HaSS Impact Prize is an annual opportunity to recognise the development of more effective and efficient and reward the successes in our Faculty on projects which are practice by professionals or the users of public making a difference and are achieving outstanding societal services. Entries should be supported by evidence impacts. A prize of £200 is awarded to the winners of each category. that the research has been taken up and used by The application is open to all staff, independent of stage of their policy makers and public service practitioners. career or contract type. There are four prize categories: Early Career Impact This prize will recognise social scientists at Outstanding Impact Outstanding the beginning of their academic careers who have achieved or show potential in achieving for Society International outstanding impacts in any of the above This prize will recognise research categories. This includes current PhD students that has made a contribution Impact and early career academics in their first three benefitting a specific group This prize will recognise years post-PhD. within the public or society research that has achieved impact at an An application form is now available through more widely. This could include RAKET’s Sharepoint site. impacts arising from working international level across with local or community groups, countries in business, Closing deadline: 28 February 2019 policy or societal issues. charities or wider society. Prizes announced: 15 March 2019
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