December 7, 2015

Always Show Cute Elephants

…and other lessons in #Dataviz were presented by our BU Datalabs team at the National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement’s Engage 2015 event in Bristol last week. The annual Engage event brings together university leaders in public engagement from across the UK.

Representing BU Datalabs, Dr. Anna Feigenbaum and community partner James Marchant from Small Media, led an interactive sessions on Data Visualisation for Impact:

We kicked things off with an introduction to the BU Datalabs initiative. Our BU Datalabs, which started with the support of a Fusion CCCP grant in Jan 2015, works with NGOs, journalists and digital designers to run hands-on data aggregation, visualisation and digital storytelling workshops designed for addressing civic and humanitarian issues.

Since our team’s inception last January, we have hosted over a dozen workshops and events, and given presentations across the UK, in Italy and the US, with a spring lineup including invited talks in Brighton, Sheffield, London and Japan.

Tweets from @NCCPE #Engage_2015

At Engage 2015 we focused on how data visualisations of research processes, findings and outputs can be created to reach different kinds of audiences. Stressing the importance of combining storytelling techniques, design principles and communication strategies into data visualisation, we designed two hands-on exercises for participants to put their public engagement expertise to work.

Our partner, Research Manager James Marchant from Small Media, presented two of his NGO’s projects Writer’s Block on book censorship in Iran and UPR IRAN.

Surge in social media sharing @smallmedia

Sharing the ‘aesthetics of research’ with participants, James looked at how a data visualisation approach—when embedded throughout the research process from data gathering to research promotion—can increase public engagement and build pathways to impact. He noted that without data visualisation, there was little audience for this data on Iran’s human rights records, but after it’s re-imagining it as a data visualisation project, engagement soared.

To get involved in the BU Datalabs project, please contact afeigenbaum@bournemouth.ac.uk or ethorsen@bournemouth.ac.uk.

Our CCCP Fusion report ’Telling Data Stories Together’ is now available to download.

December 3, 2015

CsJCC Book Launch

bthomas

The Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community will be holding a book launch on Wednesday 9 December between 5 and 7 in the Global Hub room (DG68) to celebrate the work of colleagues who have recently had books published. Refreshments will be on offer and all are welcome to drop by.

December 3, 2015

Dr. Dinusha Mendis disseminates Government-funded research on the IP implications of 3D Printing at invited talks in UK and EU (Part II)

Awarded & submitted bids, conferences, Knowledge Transfer, PG research, Public engagement, REF Subjects, Research themes cippm

In April 2015, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published three reports reflecting a legal and empirical study into the intellectual property (IP) implications of 3D printing. The project – commissioned by the UKIPO – was awarded to Bournemouth University and was led by Dr. Dinusha Mendis.

Together with Dr. Mendis, the research team consisted of Dr. Davide Secchi (Southern University, Denmark; previously Bournemouth University at the time of conducting the research) and Dr. Phil Reeves (Econolyst Ltd – now Stratasys Strategic Consulting Ltd).

All three reports can be found here and further information about the project, including research findings and recommendations for the UK Government, Industry and Intermediaries can be found here.

Since the publication of the reports, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) has been invited to deliver a number of talks in UK and Abroad, thereby reflecting the impact of the research.

This blog-post, highlights the invited talks in EU. For the dissemination of research in UK, please see here.

34th ECTA Conference, Hamburg, Germany

On 12 June 2015, Dr. Mendis was invited to present the research at the European Communities Trade Mark Association 34th Annual Conference in Hamburg. The Conference took place from 10-13 June 2015 and Dr. Mendis spoke on the copyright implications of 3D printing based on the findings from the UKIPO project.

Dr. Mendis spoke on the topic as part of a Panel exploring the challenges to copyright law, which also included Professor Ian Hargreaves, Professor of Digital Economy, Cardiff University UK and author of the Hargreaves Review 2011.

For further information, please see here.

MAPPING Project, First General Assembly, Hannover, Germany

From 22-23 September 2015, the First General Assembly of the FP7-funded MAPPING Project was held in Hannover, Germany at the Hannover Congress Centrum.

MAPPING – Managing Alternatives for Privacy, Property and Internet Governance brought together stakeholders from three key areas including Internet Governance, Privacy and Intellectual Property.

Dr. Mendis was invited to speak in the Intellectual Property Panel titled ‘The EU IP Reform: Unlocking Culture, Stimulating Progress’. As part of the talk, Dr. Mendis was invited to speak on the UKIPO 3D Printing project.

Further information about the event can be found here.

OHIM Enforcement Conference, Alicante Spain

In November (18-20 November 2015) Dr. Mendis was invited by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) in Alicante Spain. The 3-day event organised by OHIM, Europol and Eurojust explored issues on tackling enforcement in relation to the infringement of copyright and design law.

The event was attended by policy makers, law makers, customs and border protection officials, investigators, criminal analysts and industry experts amongst others.

Dr. Mendis presented at this conference together with with Dr. Davide Secchi (co-author of Study 1 of the UKIPO Project) and member of the research team which carried out the Commissioned work for the UKIPO.

Dr. Mendis and Dr. Secchi presented the research carried out particularly for Study 1 of the UKIPO project, but also took the opportunity to speak on next steps and future projects – in taking forward the UKIPO Project.

In this regard, Dr. Mendis spoke briefly about the work being carried out for the newly funded project considering a legal and empirical case study on 3D printing, 3D scanning and mass customisation of ancient and modern jewellery.

For more information about the new project, please see here. For further information about OHIM’s event, please see here.

FORUM Institut Management GmbH, 3D Printing and IP, Munich, Germany

On 1 December 2015, FORUM Institüt fur Management GmbH hosted an international conference exploring 3D Printing and IP Rights. The conference brochure including further details and speakers can be found here.

Dr. Mendis was invited to speak on the UKIPO Project with a particular focus on the implications for IP as a result of 3D online platforms as well as its impact on the industrial sector.

The presenters were drawn from industry, professional practice and academia thereby providing for a vibrant discussion.

December 3, 2015

Dr. Dinusha Mendis disseminates Government-funded research on the IP implications of 3D Printing at invited talks in UK and EU (Part I)

Awarded & submitted bids, conferences, Knowledge Transfer, PG research, Post-award, Public engagement, REF Subjects, Research themes cippm

In April 2015, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UKIPO) published three reports reflecting a legal and empirical study into the intellectual property (IP) implications of 3D printing. The project – commissioned by the UKIPO – was awarded to Bournemouth University and was led by Dr. Dinusha Mendis.

Together with Dr. Mendis, the research team consisted of Dr. Davide Secchi (Southern University, Denmark; previously Bournemouth University at the time of conducting the research) and Dr. Phil Reeves (Econolyst Ltd – now Stratasys Strategic Consulting Ltd).

All three reports can be found here and further information about the project, including research findings and recommendations for the UK Government, Industry and Intermediaries can be found here.

Since the publication of the reports, Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) has been invited to deliver a number of invited talks in UK and Abroad, thereby reflecting the impact of the research.

This blog-post highlights the invited talks in UK. For dissemination of research in the EU, please see here.

Plymouth Law School, One Day Workshop on CSR

On 28 August 2015, Plymouth Law School held a one-day workshop, titled, ‘Valuing Knowledge, Creativity and Innovation: Relating Corporate Social Responsibility to Copyright Law’.

The workshop considered the prospect of practising Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in relation to copyright, where similar ideas of corporate social awareness have already applied to other areas of intellectual property protection.

Dr. Mendis explored the issue from the angle of emerging technologies and gave a presentation titled ‘Printing the Future: Is there a Need for Regulation? The Copyright Implications of 3D Printing’.

Other invited speakers on the day included, amongst others, Professor Charlotte Waelde, Professor of Intellectual Property, Exeter University and Dr. Abbe Brown, Reader and Deputy Head of the Law School, University of Aberdeen.

Please see here for further information.

EPIP Conference 2015, CREATe, University of Glasgow

From 2-3^rdSeptember 2015, CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy at the University of Glasgow hosted the 10th Annual Conference of European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP). The event explored intellectual property from an economic, legal and political perspective considering its impact in the creative economy with a focus on copyright, data and the changing economics of the digital world.

Dr. Mendis presented and led a panel titled ‘A Legal and Empirical Study into the Intellectual Property Implications of 3D Printing – Findings, Conclusions and Recommendations’. The panel consisted of the research team, which carried out the research for the UKIPO Project, with a Panel member from the UKIPO outlining the next steps in relation to policy in the area of 3D printing and IP Law.

Together with Dr. Mendis, other Panel members included Dr. Davide Secchi (University of Southern Denmark), Ms. Sophie Jones (for Dr. Phil Reeves) (Stratasys Strategic Consulting) and Ms. Pippa Hall of the UK Intellectual Property Office.

Further information this event can be found here and further information about the conference including presentations from both days can be found here.

IPAN Event, London

On 11 November 2015, the Intellectual Property Awareness Network (IPAN) hosted an evening event, which explored 3D printing from an industry perspective as well as from a legal (IP) perspective. IPAN is a non-profit organisation working to improve understanding of patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and other IP rights and their value to society.

IPAN is chaired by CIPPM Associate Director, Professor Ruth Soetendorp.

Dr. Mendis was invited to deliver a talk highlighting the research findings, conclusions and recommendations of the UKIPO Project and its implications for IPAN’s membership. Dr. Mendis spoke alongside Mr. Paul Gately, EMEA Manager of 3D Systems.

3D Printing Panel and Poster Presentation at University of Liverpool

On 11 December 2015, Dr. Mendis will form part of a panel exploring the topic of 3D printing and its implications for IP law, from a broader perspective at the University of Liverpool.

December 1, 2015

Bull run – archive research and lectures in Pamplona

international, Research assessment Tom Watson

Pamplona in the Spanish province of Navarra is renowned for the annual Running of the Bulls, popularised by Ernest Hemingway, and as being on the path of the Camino de Santiago. It is also home to the Universidad de Navarra whose Faculty of Communication has two strong links to BU.

Associate Professor John Oliver of the Faculty of Media & Communication (FMC) is one of the leaders of the European Media Management Association (EMMA) which is very active in Pamplona and includes the university’s President. Professor Tom Watson of FMC collaborates with public relations historian Dr Natalia Rodriguez-Salcedo, a regular participant in the International History of Public Relations Conference held each year at BU.

From November 23-27, Professor Watson visited the Pamplona university and spent time in its excellent archive researching the development of public relations education policies by European professional bodies from the 1950s to 1980.

“Dr Rodriguez-Salcedo has catalogued the records of pioneer Spanish practitioner, Joaquin Maestre Mora, who was very active in the International Public Relations Association (IPRA) from the 1960s to 1980s,” he said. ‘This links with BU’s own IPRA archive. My Spanish colleague investigated IPRA archive in 2014 and identified gaps in our files that could be filled from the Maestre archive.”

The investigations of both archives have led to journal articles and conference presentations by the two researchers, with another paper to come in 2016. “As archives are digitised, access to this basic material of communication history research will become easier but there is still nothing like leafing through paper files and finding the unexpected,” said Professor Watson.

While at the Universidad de Navarra, he gave guest lectures to UG and PG students on management of corporate communication, crisis management and the measurement and evaluation of public relations. Professor Watson also discussed current developments in research assessment with staff in the Faculty of Communication.

Professor Tom Watson addressing the CorpComClub at Universidad de Navarra

December 1, 2015

HSS Writing Week 4th-8th January – How can Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit support you?

Publishing, writing Lisa Andrews

The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences is holding a Writing Week between 4th-8th January 2016 aimed at supporting staff to find time in their busy academic diaries to prioritise writing grant applications and papers for publication.

The Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit offers methodological and statistical collaboration for all healthcare researchers in the area. It supports researchers in improving the quality, quantity and efficiency of research across Bournemouth University and local National Health Service (NHS) Trusts. It incorporates the Dorset office of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service who offer free methodological support to researchers who are developing research ideas in the field of health and social care.

BUCRU will be supporting Writing Week in HSS by holding two drop-in sessions on Tuesday 5th January and Thursday 7th January 12-2pm in R508 Royal London House. We would also like to extend the invitation across the other Faculties for anyone who feels we may be able to support them. For those unable to attend the drop-in sessions, we would be delighted to arrange an alternative appointment.

Please see further information here, contact our adminstrator Louise Ward on 01202 961939 / bucru@bournemouth.ac.uk or visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

November 30, 2015

Midwifery: A Revolutionary Practice?

international Edwin van Teijlingen

This title was suggested by one of our collaborators Jeffery L Nicholas. Jeff is a scholar at Providence College in the USA who came to visit Bournemouth University recently. It is a great title, especially since many think about midwifery in terms of its long tradition. Some refer to midwifery as the ‘second oldest profession’. This blog post highlights some of the thinking generated through cross-national inter-disciplinary research.

Jeff (philosopher) and Edwin (medical sociologist) have been discussing the kind of political challenges midwives face today: struggles around the health of the mother and child, over costs (especially the underfunding of the NHS) and providers, and over the rights of women and families to choose. We both believe strongly that these struggles are inter-connected, and Jeff thinks a new approach is worthy of investigating for possible theoretical and practical aid in these struggles.

Specifically, Jeff looks at midwifery as a particular kind of practice with revolutionary potential. This question emerges from the work of Alasdair MacIntyre (1929—). MacIntyre condemns the bureaucratic society in which people become manipulators and manipulated. He also rejects large-scale, nation-state politics by which citizens might wrest control of their lives from those in charge. Rather, he focuses on the every day activities that comprise most of our lives. These activities—practices—come with their own ends that participants attempt to achieve, and they help teach individuals the virtues they need to act as agents in their lives, to participate in their communities, and to flourish. A strong community based around practices is one in which all can pursue the good life together, even if threatened by the state.

Having these discussions made us think about the substantive question, such as “Do some of the NHS free-standing midwife-led units, or some of the UK’s independent midwifery practices or The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee comprise such communities?” and “How can we best study this phenomenon?” Taking the discussion one of two steps further we brainstormed questions such as “How can midwifery education help an individual develop the virtues to live a flourishing life?” and “How does the student midwife learn to reason in her every day work?”

We hope these questions interest others, and that, together, we might pursue avenues of research to help us understand midwifery in the wider society, to support midwives and communities of midwives, to support human beings in their every day lives, and to birth a better world.

Prof. Jeffery L. Nicholas (Providence College)

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Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

November 27, 2015

BU roadmap development workshop on digital healthcare technology

Grants Academy, HEIF, international, Public engagement cclark

Participants show casing Prof Tamas Hickish’s slide on a future Digital Healthcare Institute

Twenty three academics and two colleagues from an SME came together in a work shop organised by Professor Hongnian Yu, Professor Tamas Hickish and Dr Carol Clark. The aim of the workshop was for colleagues to share their knowledge, expertise and experiences in the field of Digital technology.

Digital technology is transforming healthcare and there is a need for interdisciplinary teams at both local, national and international levels to collaborate in order to realise potential. At Bournemouth University leadership in digital healthcare technology is diluted by multiple groupings and departments associated with this strength. Therefore the aims of the workshop were to create a roadmap of research to integrate BU expertise and capacity. The aim was to capture envisioned future research requirements and act as a foundation for future research proposal development. Additionally, the workshop was to establish connections between the participating researchers and scope possible future research collaborations.

Thank you to Jason and Jayne for their help in getting this off the ground.

If anyone is interested in collaborating please contact:

Prof Hongnian Yu yuh@bournemouth.ac.uk; Prof Janet Dickinson jdickinson@bournemouth.ac.uk Dr Shuang Cang scang@bournemouth.ac.uk Dr Carol Clark cclark@bournemouth.ac.uk

November 26, 2015

Horizon 2020 – Secure Societies

Funding opportunities, international Emily Cieciura

Horizon 2020 Secure Societies – protecting freedom and security of Europe and its citizens

The webcast for the Horizon 2020 Secure Societies Event held in London on 3rd November 2015 is now available online. You might also find it useful to join Innovate UK’s Knowledge Transfer Network – Defence and Security to keep up to date with events, such as the International Cyber Security Forum meeting on 25 & 26 January 2016 in Lille, as well as funding opportunities in this area.

Calls announced in the Horizon 2020 Secure Societies Work Programme 2016-2017 are now being opened. Follow the links to main call page or the specific call, where this is already open. The date given is the funder’s closing date and time (Brussels):

CALL: DIGITAL SECURITY FOCUS AREA

DS-01-2016:Assurance and Certification for Trustworthy and Secure ICT systems, services and components OPEN 12 April 2016 17:00:00

DS-02-2016:Cyber Security for SMEs, local public administration and Individuals 25 August 2016 17:00:00

DS-03-2016:Increasing digital security of health related data on a systemic level OPEN 16 February 2016 17:00:00

DS-04-2016:Economics of Cybersecurity 25 August 2016 17:00:00

DS-05-2016:EU Cooperation and International Dialogues in Cybersecurity and Privacy Research and Innovation 25 August 2016 17:00:00

DS-06-2017:Cryptography 25 April 2017 17:00:00

DS-07-2017:Addressing Advanced Cyber Security Threats and Threat Actors 24 August 2017 17:00:00

DS-08-2017:Privacy, Data Protection, Digital Identities 24 August 2017 17:00:00

CALL: SECURITY

SEC-01-DRS-2016:Integrated tools for response planning and scenario building 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-02-DRS-2016:Situational awareness systems to support civil protection preparation and operational decision making 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-03-DRS-2016:Validation of biological toxins measurements after an incident: Development of tools and procedures for quality control 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-04-DRS-2017:Broadband communication systems 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-05-DRS-2016-2017:Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) cluster 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-06-FCT-2016:Developing a comprehensive approach to violent radicalization in the EU from early understanding to improving protection 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-07-FCT-2016-2017:Human Factor for the Prevention, Investigation, and Mitigation of criminal and terrorist acts 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-08-FCT-2016:Forensics techniques on: a) trace qualification, and b) broadened use of DNA 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-09-FCT-2017:Toolkits integrating tools and techniques for forensic laboratories 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-10-FCT-2017: Integration of detection capabilities and data fusion with utility providers’ networks 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-11-FCT-2016:Detection techniques on explosives: Countering an explosive threat, across the timeline of a plot 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-12-FCT-2016-2017:Technologies for prevention, investigation, and mitigation in the context of fight against crime and terrorism 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-13–BES–2017:Next generation of information systems to support EU external policies 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-14-BES–2016:Towards reducing the cost of technologies in land border security applications 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-15-BES–2017:Risk-based screening at border crossing 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-16-BES–2017:Through-foliage detection, including in the outermost regions of the EU 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-17-BES-2017:Architectures and organizations, big data and data analytics for customs risk management of the international goods supply chain trade movements 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-18-BES–2017:Acceptance of “no gate crossing point solutions” 24 August 2017 17:00:00

SEC-19-BES-2016:Data fusion for maritime security applications 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-20-BES-2016:Border Security: autonomous systems and control systems 25 August 2016 17:00:00

SEC-21–GM-2016-2017:Pan European Networks of practitioners and other actors in the field of security 25 August 2016 17:00:00

CALL: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION

CIP-01-2016-2017:Prevention, detection, response and mitigation of the combination of physical and cyber threats to the critical infrastructure of Europe 25 August 2016 17:00:00

If you are interested in applying for any of these calls, please contact Emily Cieciura, RKEO, Research Facilitator: EU & International for further assistance.

November 25, 2015

HSS Writing Week 4th-8th January – How can Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit support you?

Publishing, writing Lisa Andrews

The Faculty of Health and Social Sciences is holding a Writing Week between 4th-8th January 2016 aimed at supporting staff to find time in their busy academic diaries to prioritise writing grant applications and papers for publication.

The Bournemouth University Clinical Research Unit offers methodological and statistical collaboration for all healthcare researchers in the area. It supports researchers in improving the quality, quantity and efficiency of research across Bournemouth University and local National Health Service (NHS) Trusts. It incorporates the Dorset office of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Research Design Service who offer free methodological support to researchers who are developing research ideas in the field of health and social care.

BUCRU will be supporting Writing Week in HSS by holding two drop-in sessions on Tuesday 5th January and Thursday 7th January 12-2pm in R508 Royal London House. We would also like to extend the invitation across the other Faculties for anyone who feels we may be able to support them. For those unable to attend the drop-in sessions, we would be delighted to arrange an alternative appointment.

Please see further information here, contact our adminstrator Louise Ward on 01202 961939 / bucru@bournemouth.ac.uk or visit our website. We look forward to seeing you!

November 25, 2015

Connecting histories of welfare

Fusion Jonathan Parker

Profs Jonathan Parker and Sara Ashencaen Crabtree undertook their annual field trip to Sherborne Abbey and St Johns’ Almshouse (Yes! The apostrophe’s in the right place, it refers to two Johns.) on Monday. The trip is held for Sociology & Social Policy students studying the histories of social welfare.

This year was particularly valuable as the students are producing group narratives concerning a range of characters and scenarios from history involving research into policy, legislation and practices to contextualise their stories. Seeing at least six hundred years of active community welfare and care through the almshouses, and tracing back Sherborne’s history to the time of Alfred the Great – who initiated a precursor to the poor laws for his people – the students were able to see the lived experiences and histories written about in their own research. This was brought sharply into the present day when it was revealed that the Sherborne foodbank programme serving a population of little over 10,000 people is delivering in excess of 1,000 food parcels each year! Students gained great insight into the connecting strands of welfare at formal and informal, state and charitable/third sector levels.

November 25, 2015

Ethnographies of West Howe: student research projects and community collaboration

Fusion, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Transfer, Public engagement, student research Rosie Read

BASA students at West Howe’s Henry Brown Centre.

Over the past few weeks, students on BA Sociology and Anthropology (Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at BU) have been carrying out ethnographic studies in West Howe, Bournemouth. As part of a focus on expanding undergraduate opportunities to conduct first hand research, students have designed their research projects collaboratively with local groups and organisations based in West Howe.

A short drive from Talbot campus, West Howe comprises a large post-war council estate, and faces a number of contemporary challenges in terms of employment, education, health and well being. It is also a green, spacious and welcoming community, with many active local initiatives aiming to improve quality of life for people in the area. Some aspects of its pre-World War Two history as a rural farming community remain present in its contemporary physical environment, combining with the modernist 1950s vision of suburban public space expressed in the architecture and street design. Local people’s experiences of the transition of the area from a largely rural hamlet to a modern housing estate, involving rapid population increase and large scale construction, was captured beautifully in two oral history books published in the 1980s – West Howe Proper and West Howe Too!

From an early point in their research projects, BU students invested time in building relationships with people in West Howe, working collaboratively with local schools, churches, children’s centres and volunteer groups to identify their key research questions, think through issues of research ethics, and use appropriate methods to gather relevant data, including participant observation, interviews, surveys and focus groups. Many student projects were inspired by the activities of local organisations, residents and volunteers, and the possibilities of engaged ethnography to produce findings that are locally useful and make a difference to people’s lives.

Next Thursday 3rd December students will be presenting their research findings to the community and inviting their engagement, comment and discussion. Themes of the research projects include: primary school education, children’s play and recreation, access to employment, perceptions of addiction, wellbeing and social support, social mobility and transport. Interested BU colleagues are also welcome to attend – please email Dr Rosie Read know if you plan to come (email: rread@bournemouth.ac.uk).

Event details:

Thursday 3rd December, 10am-1pm. Fernhealth Play, Verney Road, Bournemouth BH11 8DA.

November 24, 2015

‘Vulnerable Warriors: Counter-terrorism and the rise of Militarised Policing’ seminar by Dr Anna Feigenbaum and Daniel Weissman,

conferences, Fusion, Knowledge Exchange, student research, Women's Academic Network Mastoureh Fathi

Dr Anna Feigenbaum

Daniel Weissman

2^nd December 2015, Royal London House, R303, 1-1:50 pm

All staff and students welcome to the last Social Science seminar in 2015.

Abstract:

This paper seeks to better understand the cultural and material processes of police militarization and its relationship to security infrastructures and geo-political practices of social control. In this paper we trace the rise the ‘Warrior Cop’ through an analysis of changes in the circulation of advertisements of policing and policing products at security expose between the late 1990s and the present, taking our analysis up through the recent Paris attacks and the Milipol Security expo held days after.

This analysis is framed against the backdrop of existing research on the shift in the post-Cold War period from a security focus on the threat of the nation-state to the threat of insurgency and non-state actors. This period was characterized by national and transnational changes to policing: intelligence gathering and information sharing, as well as equipment supply and transfer and knowledge exchange around training and operations.

We begin this paper with an overview of the key shifts in the military and policing sectors that gave rise to the phenomenon of ‘Warrior Cops’. In contrast to dominant narratives of police militarisation that see power and tactics shift directly from the military to the police, we outline what we refer to as the militarization of security, a process through which not only the police, but also judicial and emergency response services, infrastructures, feelings and attitudes become transformed in ways that position the need for warriors against the threat of risky spaces and vulnerable bodies.

For any enquiries regarding the Social Science seminar series please contact Dr Mastoureh Fathi: mfathi@bournemouth.ac.uk

November 24, 2015

Suicide in India: Modelling data

international, Publishing Edwin van Teijlingen

The latest BU research publication used a modelling approach to suicide in India [1]. The paper ‘Time Trend of the Suicide Incidence in India: a Statistical Modelling’ is now online and freely available as it was published in an Open Access journal. The first author of this paper is BU Visiting Faculty Dr. Brijesh Sathian. The modelling resulted in some useful predictions of future risk of suicide at a population level, see for example: 10.12691.ajphr-3-5A-17.fig_1

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Reference:

Sathian, B. , De, A. , Teijlingen, E. V. , Simkhada, P. et al. (2015). Time Trend of the Suicide Incidence in India: a Statistical Modelling. American Journal of Public Health Research, 3(5A), 80-87. Online at: http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajphr/3/5A/17/

November 24, 2015

CEMP hosting AHRC Seminar and 10 year celebration

conferences, Public engagement jmcdougall

Both CEMP and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are ten years old and to celebrate, we have two events on Thursday 3rd December at BU.

The first is an AHRC Network event, entitled ‘Access to the cultural industries: education and training’. This will be convened by Prof. Kate Oakley (Leeds University) and Dr. Bridget Conor (Kings College, London). The event will also feature Mark Banks (University of Leicester), Tamsyn Dent (Bournemouth University), Jacqueline McManus (University of the Arts, London) and David Buckingham (Loughborough University).

Following on from this is ‘CEMP10’, our celebration of a decade of education research, scholarship and CPD in the Faculty, and will feature some of the people who have been part of the CEMP ‘story’ over that time. CEMP Fellow, Matt Locke (Storythings) will give a keynote address and Pete Fraser’s Legendary Media Quiz will follow on afterwards.

More details and booking guidance follow:

AHRC Network: Improving Cultural Work (ICW) ‘Access to the cultural industries: education and training’ 2-5pm.

The ICW series of seminars have been set up by Professor Kate Oakley (Leeds University) and Dr Bridget Conor (Kings College London) to address a major issue of current public policy concern; namely the exclusions and inequalities manifest in cultural labour markets. Its core aim is to help inform policy in this field and the development of guidelines, advocacy material and expert advice on both the sources of exclusion and inequality, and the ways in which they might be addressed. It brings academics together with public policy makers, trade unions, employers and activists to explore these issues.

This fourth session in the seminar series will take place at Bournemouth University in collaboration with CEMP, the Centre of Excellence in Media Practice. This session will look at routes into employment in the cultural industries whether via higher or further education, training or apprenticeship. In keeping with the seminar series overall, the focus is on inequality and we will thus consider the role of education and training in both perpetuating and combatting inequality and exclusion in these industries.

14:00 – 14:15 Richard Berger: Welcome & Introduction

14:15 – 14:30 Kate Oakley and Bridget Conor: Introduction to the Seminar Series.

14.30 – 15.00 Mark Banks (University of Leicester) “How can we disrupt the selection of talent?”

15:00 – 15:30 Tamsyn Dent (Bournemouth University) “The Gendered Nature of Student Debt: A question of ethics and injustice on the student loan repayment system and career pathways for female ‘creative workers in-the-making.”

15:30– 16:00 Jacqueline McManus

16:00 – 16.30 David Buckingham (University of Loughborough) “Access and Aspiration: and Obstacles for Disadvantaged Youth Seeking Training in the Creative Industries

16.30 Close.

17.00 CEMP 10 event (all AHRC seminar participants welcome)

To reserve a place at this AHRC seminar, please email Bridget Conor: bridget.conor@kcl.ac.ukT

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CEMP 10

CEMP will celebrate this tenth birthday on the evening of the 3^rd December 2015, at Bournemouth University’s Talbot Campus.

The event will be chaired by Mark Readman and Laura Hampshaw. Running order:

17:00 Julian McDougall: Welcome & Introduction

17:15 – 18:15 8 x 5-minute presentations from CEMP friends and associates

18:15 – 18:30 Stephen Jukes: Wrap-up / introducing CEMP Fellow Matt Locke

18:30 – 19:00 Matt Locke

19:00 – 19:30 Food & wine served

19:30 – 20:30 Pete Fraser’s Legendary Media Quiz

20.30 Close

To reserve a place at CEMP10, please email info@cemp.ac.uk and include any dietary requirements.

November 23, 2015

Jaeyeon Choe PhD, recent book chapters.

Knowledge Exchange, Women's Academic Network jchoe

Jaeyeon Choe PhD, a new member of the Department of Events & Leisure has just published book chapters that you might be interested in using for teaching or research. Please contact Jaeyeon at jchoe@bournemouth.ac.uk for a PDF copy of each chapter for research and/or teaching purposes.

“Developing Student Engagement in China through Collaborative Action Research” in Tourism Education: Global Trends and Issues (2015) Amazon Book link

“China’s Tourism’s March Forward: Towards a Green Transition or Unsustainable Tourism” in Tourism in the Green Economy (2015) Amazon Book link

“Religious Tourism Experiences in South East Asia” in Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage Management: An International Perspective (2015) Amazon Book link

Thank you! 🙂

November 20, 2015

PR evaluation – linking research and practice

Fusion, Public engagement Tom Watson

The need to link organisational objectives with communication strategy was the message that Professor Tom Watson of the Faculty of Media & Communication took to a Cambridge conference this week.

“Too often, communication activity is seen as a functional activity of organisations, whereas it should be at the core. All organisations are communicators and so they should involve communication expertise in the formation of objectives and strategies, not as a downstream message delivery activity.”

Professor Watson was speaking to the East Anglia conference of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), which is the lead professional body for PR in the UK. He based his presentation on research into public relations measurement and evaluation which was a BU Impact Case Study in REF 2014.

“All research on communication effectiveness and the creation of value from communication demonstrates that the closer communicators are to organisational goal-setting and performance management, the better the results in terms of reputation, business and engagement with stakeholders,” he said.

Professor Tom Watson speaking at CIPR conference

November 20, 2015

Creating Impact: BU Partner of 1st German CSR Communication Congress

Business Engagement, conferences, international, Knowledge Exchange, Knowledge Transfer tbreitbarth

More than 200 communication and corporate social responsibility (CSR) professionals attended the 1^st German CSR Communication Congress last week in Osnabrueck. Due to management academic Dr Tim Breitbarth’s involvement in initiating, organising and moderating this successful event, BU was recognised as one of its academic partners.

This first congress was based on a collaboration between the German Public Relations Association (DPRG), the European Business Ethics Network Germany (DNWE) and the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU). Dr Breitbarth is a founding member of the CSR working group within the DPRG.

Welcoming speeches (e.g. from a representative from the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs), the keynote (from the editor-in-chief of a well-known business magazine), the panel discussion (e.g. with the director corporate sustainability of Tchibo and a board member of Transparency International Germany) and special workshops of the 1.5-day congress revolved around the rising relevance of internal and external CSR communication – e.g. in the context of increasing pressure to report on CSR; the need for constructive stakeholder dialogue; and in order to manifest internal support for sustainability strategies. Dr Breitbarth moderated the workshop on social media and online communication.

Mainly, attendees came from large firms like Aldi, Audi and German Telecom; internationally successful SMEs; leading sustainability and communication agencies; and influential civil society organisations. Reviews of the congress are widely available in respective German media. Feedback from participants very much suggests that the event built-up specific knowledge, provided inspiration to solve individual challenges and helped to create valuable business contacts. The second congress will be held in 2017.

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