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21 November 2016

US Election Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign

open access, Public engagement Darren Lilleker

The Centre for Politics and Media Research and Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community are very pleased to announce the publication of “US Election Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign”, edited by Darren Lilleker, Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson and Anastasia Veneti.

Featuring 83 contributions from 90 contributors. Leveraging the extensive networks of the editors the volume includes important contributions from leading US-based academics (Pippa Norris, Robert, McChesney and Richard Perloff) and emerging scholars across the world, this free publication captures the immediate thoughts, reflections and early

research insights on the 2016 US Presidential election on from the cutting edge of media and politics research.

Published 10 days after the election, these contributions are short and accessible. Authors provide authoritative analysis of the campaign, including research findings or new theoretical insights; to bring readers original ways of understanding the election and its consequences. Contributions also bring a rich range of disciplinary influences, from political science to history, journalism studies to advertising.

The publication is available as a free downloadable PDF, as a website and as a paperback report. Website URL: http://www.electionanalysis2016.us

Direct PDF download: http://bit.ly/USElectionAnalysis2016-Lilleker_Thorsen_Jackson_Veneti-v1

Thanks to all of our contributors and production staff who helped make the quick turnaround possible. We hope it makes for a vibrant and engaging read!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction (Darren G. Lilleker, Einar Thorsen, Daniel Jackson, Anastasia Veneti)

SECTION 1: MEDIA

1. The question of objectivity in the 2016 Presidential Election (Matt Carlson)

2. After Objectivity? (Brian McNair)

3. Journalism and the illusion of innocence (Jay Rosen)

4. Did election results trump frames of newspaper endorsements? (Kenneth Campbell)

5. Trump and mediatization (Geoffrey Baym)

6. The 2016 election and the success of fact free politics (Peter Van Aelst)

7. Trump, truth and the media (Denis Muller)

8. Rise of Donald Trump: media as a voter-decision accelerator (Miloš Gregor)

9. The new normal? campaigns & elections in the contemporary media environment (Michael X. Delli Carpini)

10. Did the media create Trump? (Gianpietro Mazzoleni)

11. Trump, Media, and the oxygen of publicity (Sarah Oates)

SECTION 2: CAMPAIGN

12. The #LolNothingMatters election (David Karpf)

13. Evidence for the powerful roles of polarization and partisanship (Judd Thornton)

14. The emotional brand wins (Ken Cosgrove)

15. Donald Trump’s slogan betrays a renewed political fixation on the past (Alexandra Paulin-Booth)

16. Dog whistles and dumpster fires (Merrill Perlman)

17. How Donald Trump bullies with his body language (Geoffrey Beattie)

18. Analysing debate questions: is it time to rethink the town hall? (Pete Vernon and Carlett Spike)

19. Image bites, voter enthusiasm, and the 2016 Presidential Election (Erik P. Bucy)

20. Air war? Campaign advertising in the 2016 Presidential Election (Matthew Motta)

21. US election: what impact do celebrity endorsements really have? (Nives Zubcevic-Basic)

22. The backlash of the loose cannon: musicians and the celebrity cleavage (Domagoj Bebić and Marijana Grbeša)

23. The curious case of Jill Stein (Per Urlaub)

24. The Green Party effect in the US 2016 Election (David McQueen)

25. US presidential candidate selection (Toby Harper)

SECTION 3: POLICY

26. Trump-Clinton was expected to be close: the economy said so (Andrew Gelman)

27. Picking up the pieces: the 2016 US Presidential Election and immigration (Jamie Winders)

28. A bilingual campaign: Clinton’s Latino political communication (Juan S. Larrosa-Fuentes)

29. How the wall with Mexico symbolizes the Utopia of Trumps’ supporters (Marc Hooghe and Sofie Marien)

30. After the election: Trump’s wall (Lise Nelson)

31. Trump’s Global War on Terror (Stephen D. Reese)

32. Will Trump continue Obama’s legacy of drone strikes? (Sam Coates)

33. Loose cannons: or the silent debate on drones (Kevin Howley)

34. Guns return to American elections (Robert J. Spitzer)

35. President Trump and climate change (Marc Hudson)

36. Dark days ahead for our climate (Constantine Boussalis)

SECTION 4: DIVERSITY AND DIVISION

37. Hillary Clinton’s evolving gender appeals (Lindsey Meeks)

38. Madam President and the need for a historical contextualization of the 2016 Race (Liza Tsaliki)

39. The nasty politics of risk, gender and the emotional body in the US Presidential election (Shelley Thompson and Candida Yates)

40. Why Trump’s male chauvinism appeals to some voters more than others (Lynn Prince Cooke)

41. Trump’s promised land of white masculine economic success (Omar Al-Ghazzi)

42. Attempting to understand Hillary Clinton’s favourability ratings (Alistair Middlemiss)

43. A very queer Presidential election campaign: personal reflections from an LGBT perspective (Richard Scullion)

44. Love didn’t trump hate: intolerance in the campaign and beyond (Cherian George)

45. The blue-collar billionaire: explaining the Trump phenomenon (Richard M. Perloff)

46. Belonging, racism and white backlash in the 2016 US Presidential Election (Deborah Gabriel)

47. The theology of American exceptionalism (Eric McDaniel)

48. Organizing in Trump’s America: the perspective of the disability community (Filippo Trevisan)

49. Why are the German-Americans Trump’s most loyal supporters? (David Huenlich and Per Urlaub)

SECTION 5: OVERSEAS PERSPECTIVES

50. Media coverage of the US election in Arabic, Chinese, and Russian media (Randolph Kluver)

51. US Presidential campaign 2016 in a metaphorical mirror of the Russian media (Evgeniya Malenova)

52. The Greek perspective (Eleni Kioumi)

53. The richest Slovenian son-in-law: the Slovenian perspective (Uroš Pinterič)

54. Trying to avoid Trump: a Canadian experience (Alex Marland)

SECTION 6: DIGITAL CAMPAIGN

55. Did Russia just hand Donald Trump the Presidency? (Ryan C. Maness)

56. Taking Julian Assange seriously: considering WikiLeaks role in the US presidential campaign (Scott A. Eldridge II)

57. Social media did not give us Donald Trump and it is not weakening democracy (Daniel Kreiss)

58. Trump and the triumph of affective news when everyone is the media (Alfred Hermida)

59. Tweeting the election: political journalists and a new privilege of bias? (Svenja Ottovordemgentschenfelde)

60. The dissolution of news: selective exposure, filter bubbles, and the boundaries of journalism (Seth C. Lewis and Matt Carlson)

61. Fighting the red feed and the blue feed (Bente Kalsnes)

62. Two tribes go to vote: symbolism on election day (Darren G. Lilleker)

63. Ideas are for sharing (G. R. Boynton)

64. In the age of social media, voters still need journalists (Jennifer Stromer-Galley)

65. Dark magic: the memes that made Donald Trump’s victory (Ryan M. Milner and Whitney Phillips)

SECTION 7: POP CULTURE AND POPULISM

66. Donald Trump, reality TV, and the political power of parasocial relationships (John H. Parmelee)

67. New roles in the presidential campaign: candidates as talk show comedians (Alexandra Manoliu)

68. Farage’s Trump card: constructing political persona and social media campaigning (Bethany Usher)

69. Does Twitter humanize a politician’s campaign? (Liam Richards)

70. TrumpDASHIAN – The US election as an extension of The Apprentice? (Dawid Pekalski)

71. What is Trump? (John Street)

72. Out of touch, out of ideas? The American Presidency in film and television (Gregory Frame)

73. It’s never just a joke: pop culture and the US Presidency (Rodney Taveira)

SECTION 8: RESULT AND BEYOND

74. Trump and the populist earthquake in American politics (Pippa Norris)

75. Democracy Trumped (W. Lance Bennett)

76. The narcissistic capture of American nationalism (Barry Richards)

77. With a mainstream politics seemingly devoid of answers, many vote for the previously unthinkable (Peter Bloom)

78. Irrational beliefs matter (Panos Koliastasis)

79. The politics of de-legitimacy (John Rennie Short)

80. There are six types of ugly American and Donald Trump is all of them (Brendon O’Connor)

81. Reflections on the 2016 US Election (Robert W. McChesney)

82. The Wørd: stupid power (Kirk Combe)

21 November 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Wednesday 23 November

Festival of Learning, international, Public engagement Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Wednesday 23 November and we’ll be there for you from 2pm-3pm at Poole House Atriume.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

18 November 2016

Digital Me pop-up exhibition (ESRC Festival of Social Science)

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The Digital Me pop-up photo exhibition took place on 5th November. The event was part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science and took place at Sovereign Shopping Centre.

Dr Elvira Bolat and Dr Parisa Gilani were lead organisers of the event with the help of incredible Knowledge Exchange & Impact Team made the event an absolute hit: over 243 people engaged with the event and learnt about Bournemouth University’s research into digital. In particular, visitors were interested in the following three topics: digital addition, slacktivist behaviour, and age difference in consumption of mobile social media.

Famous and incredible Howard Potter visited us. Do you know who Howard Potter is? Check this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYpeVBV

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Check photos, full research behind each photo as well as photo commentary of the day on https://digitalmebu.wordpress.com/

Research featured on the microsite and via images was a collection of studies conducted by staff and students from the Faculty of Management, Faculty of Science and Technology and Faculty of Media and Communications.

18 November 2016

BU Academic Delivers Invited Talk at a United Nations Organised Event in Turin, Italy

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Dr. Dinusha Mendis, Co-Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Management (CIPPM) was invited to deliver a talk on her research into Intellectual Property and Emerging Technologies, with a focus on 3D printing at an event organised by the UN Agency, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and University of Turin, Law School, Italy. The talk was delivered on 24th October 2016.

The event which formed part of the Master of Laws Programme, offered jointly with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Academy and University of Turin, was hosted in collaboration with the International Training Centre of the International Labour Organisation (ITCILO) with financial support from the Government of Italy and was attended by academics, practitioners and officials from WIPO and ITCILO.

Dr. Mendis spoke about the legal status surrounding 3D printing, with a particular focus on the funded research carried out for the UK Intellectual Property Office ( completed 2015) and the current AHRC funded project titled ‘Going for Gold’ exploring the intellectual property implications surrounding 3D scanning, 3D printing and mass customisation from the point of view of cultural and business sectors.

Other speakers at the event included, Ms. Martha Chikowore (WIPO Academy, Training Officer), Mr. Ralf Kruger (Manager, Turin School of Development), Professor Alessandro Cogo (University of Turin), Professor Marco Ricolfi (University of Turin), Mr. Paolo Marzano (LUISS, University, Rome) and Dr. Thomas Margoni (CREATe, University of Glasgow).

17 November 2016

New Paperback Edition – Stories of the Hard Copy

Fusion, Guidance, Public engagement Christopher Pullen

I just wanted to share some good news, I have just found out from Edinburgh University Press that just after a few months of the hardback release of my book Straight Girls and Queer Guys: The Hetero Media Gaze in Film and Television (that was written while on study leave, funded by Fusion) that they are going to bring it out in paperback. As we all know getting your academic book published in paperback is not necessarily an easy task. Many publishers want to publish in hardback as the first edition, as this achieves a higher value of sales when offering the books to libraries. Also I have to confess myself that a hardback edition often is a handsome prospect, as the product may well last longer, and you can put in a place of pride on your bookshelf collection. That said, a paperback edition is very desirable, as students might be able to afford their own copy, and maybe general audiences might take interest. Some publishers leave it a while before they will consider the prospect of a paperback edition. For example my second book Gay Identity, New Storytelling and The Media originally came out in hardback edition, and it took almost three years before they considered a paperback edition. This however was not an easy prospect, I had to argue why the book should come out in paperback, including collating reviews that were made of the book, and also finding lecturers and teachers that were using the book in university or schools, and then presenting affidavits. At the same time sometimes you do get a paperback edition as a first edition. I was fortunate that my first book (way back in 2007) Documenting Gay Men, Identity and Performance in Reality Television and Documentary Film did actually come out in paperback, and I remember the excitement in seeing a copy of my very first book in this form, thinking of high sales and a wide readership. Whilst this book might not have achieved the attention that I thought it would, I am very excited that it seems to be used widely in education, as every now and then I get payments for photocopying use of that very book from the publishers themselves. Roll on a few years, and some eight books later, which includes my most recent book Pedro Zamora, Sexuality and AIDS Education: The Autobiographical Self, Activism and The Real World which I understand may well come out in paperback, often it is hard to come to terms with expectations in publishing form/output. For example one of my main concerns, rightly or wrongly, is that I possibly over value the notion of the ‘hard copy’ over the E-Book. Also I do see a return to the hard copy, particularly evident if you go into HMV (or even some supermarkets) and you see the proliferation of Vinyl. From Taylor Swift and One Directon to Daft Punk, contemporary popular music artists are revisiting this wonderful hardcopy form. Concerning academic books, probably the best compromise is having both the prestigious hardcopy (hardback) alongside the affordable hardcopy (paperback), working alongside the virtual copy (E-book). This meets expectations and pleasures in cultural form – which maybe connects to nostalgia, at the same time keeping an eye on a changing word, that thrives on access and sharing.

15 November 2016

BU highly represented at the 4th international SIGNEC Conference in London

PG research, Public engagement, student research inessel

SIGNEC U.K. is a special interest group for NEC set up by Prof Minesh Khashu, Consultant in Neonatal Medicine, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Visiting Professor at Bournemouth University. NEC or Necrotising Enterocolitis is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in preterm newborns. We do not understand well what causes NEC and unfortunately there has not been much progress in this area of clinical care in the last couple of decades. This led Prof. Khashu to set up this group.

The aim of SIGNEC U.K. is to facilitate knowledge sharing, networking and collaboration to optimise research and improvements in practice.

SIGNEC U.K. includes neonatologists, paediatricians, surgeons, dieticians, transfusion medicine specialists, epidemiologists, basic science researchers, nurses, trainees and other healthcare professionals with an interest in NEC and health improvement.

The group and its conferences attract the best researchers in the field from all over the world to share recent advances and improvements in practice. The conferences are unique in terms of scientific meetings as they have very strong involvement from parents/families. The work of this group has been very well received by clinicians, researchers and parents and it has become an important part of the global academic neonatal/prematurity/NEC calendar.– Prof Minesh Khashu

Recently, the 4^th international SIGNEK UK conference in London brought together all these specialists in the field, as well as parents, to discuss the latest basic and clinical research findings and improvements in practice.

My supervisor Dr Simon Dyall and I were delighted to be invited to attend this event, since, together with Minesh, we are looking at the role of essential fatty acids in perinatal health. As stated above, NEC is a major health concern in the perinatal period, which potentially benefits from essential fatty acids. Furthermore, the event was a perfect opportunity to network with people working in the field of perinatal health and to get more ideas for future research.

One of my personal highlights was the panel discussion on laboratory models of NEC, which was the first in the world to happen at SIGNEC UK 2016. Furthermore, I was impressed by the active involvement of parents, some of them who have lost a child to NEC, in the conference.

One of the non-scientific/clinical highlights was of course the tour through Chelsea Football Stadium during the lunch break.

Many thanks to Prof Minesh Khashu for organising the event and for the invitation and to Bournemouth University for the funding which made my attendance possible.

If you would like to learn more about SIGNEC UK or attend next year’s conference, please contact Prof Minesh Khashu at mineshkhashu@gmail.com

If you would like to learn more about our research, please do not hesitate to contact me at inessel@bournemouth.ac.uk

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15 November 2016

BU’s Sascha Dov Bachmann appointed Reviewer to The Estonian Research Council (ETAg)

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Dr Sascha Dov Bachmann, Associate Professor in International Law (BU) and War Studies (FHS), has been appointed as reviewer to The Estonian Research Council (ETAg) to contribute his expertise to the evaluation of Mobilitas Pluss top researcher grant applications.

ETAg is the sole provider of financing for basic research in Estonia, both for research teams and individual researchers, on the basis of open public competition.

Mobilitas Pluss is a researcher mobility programme co-funded from the European Regional Development Fund (http://www.etag.ee/en/funding/programmes/mobilitas-pluss/). The top researcher funding scheme seeks research applications of the highest international calibre.

14 November 2016

BU helps celebrate 30 years of World Heritage Sites in the UK

Public engagement, staff profile pages tdarvill

Following the government’s ratification of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention in 1984 the first clutch of sites in the UK were inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1986. These comprised: the Castle and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd; Durham Castle and Cathedral; Ironbridge Gorge; Stonehenge and Avebury and associated sites; Studley Royal Park including the remains of Fountains Abbey; the Giant’s Causeway; and St Kilda. Celebrations are planned at many of these sites; that for Stonehenge and Avebury includes an international conference looking at how understandings of these iconic prehistoric monuments and their landscapes have changed over the last 30 years. It will be held in the Corn Exchange in Devizes, Wiltshire, on Saturday 19 November 2016, and contributions include a lecture by BU’s Professor Timothy Darvill entitled ‘Stonehenge: Beyond rock and roll’.

14 November 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Tuesday 15 November

Public engagement Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Tuesday 15 November and we’ll be there for you from 4pm-5pm at Executive Business Centre Cafe.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

13 November 2016

Inaugural lecture: how supermarket scanner data reveals the secrets of the checkout

Public engagement Rachel Bowen

Most of us shop for food in supermarkets on a regular basis, but do we give enough thought to the data gathered about our shopping habits? Barcode scanners can provide supermarkets with a wealth of information about consumer behaviour and food pricing.

Professor Tim Lloyd joined Bournemouth University in 2015 and is an expert in agriculture and food pricing. His current research includes looking at the use of supermarket scanner data and the factors that lead to food price inflation within Europe. His interest in food economics stemmed from his undergraduate studies when the focus was on food mountains deriving from European subsidies, offset by starvation in Africa as highlighted by Band Aid.

Fast forward to the present day, and the issues facing us now are quite different. The prevalence of fast food and processed foods mean that people are at risk of both over-nutrition and malnutrition, while our high streets are dominated by multinationals with a keen interest in data about their consumers.

Professor Lloyd’s lecture will share insights from his research into supermarket pricing, focusing on the widespread use of price promotions in modern food retailing. It may just change how you shop.

Bournemouth University’s inaugural lecture series aims to celebrate new professorial appointments and the depth and breadth of research produced by the university. For further information on the inaugural lecture series, please visit www.bournemouth.ac.uk/public-lecture-series

About the event

To book your free ticket, click here.

Venue: Executive Business Centre, Holdenhurst Road.

Date: Monday 5 December.

Time: 6:30pm for a 7pm lecture start.

Refreshments will be provided at the event.

For more information about the event, please contact Rachel Bowen at rbowen@bournemouth.ac.uk.

12 November 2016

Conference: Powerplay: Psychoanalysis and Political Culture; BU at the Freud Museum, 10th December

BRIAN, conferences, Public engagement cyates

Powerplay: Psychoanalysis and Political Culture

A special one-day conference: 10 December, 9.30-5pm, The Freud Museum, London.

The Freud Museum in association with
The Centre for Politics and Media, Bournemouth University
Media and the Inner World Research Network

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-play-psychoanalysis-and-political-culture-tickets-28694219182

We are surrounded by political culture as never before and yet never felt so powerless. In this special conference we look at a broad idea of political culture and psychoanalysis, discussed as history (Zaretsky), as a state of mind (Stokoe), as televisual culture (Davies) and as the cultures of political practice (Hollins), exploring how these different areas feed into the political imagination and the unconscious processes that shape it. And as political culture seeps into people’s minds so ‘politics’ becomes a factor in the therapeutic relationship itself.

PROGRAMME

Morning session chaired by Barry Richards (biog)

Candida Yates (biog)
Opening Remarks

Eli Zaretsky (biog)
The Three Faces of Political Freud (abstract)

Philip Stokoe (biog)
A psychoanalytic approach to understanding the state of mind in societies that can produce Brexit and Trump (abstract)

Afternoon Session chaired by Prof. Candida Yates

Andrew Davies (biog)
in Conversation with Iain MacRury (biog)

Baroness Sheila Hollins (biog)
in Conversation with Brett Kahr (biog)

Plenary Discussion

Ends 5pm

Drinks Party at the Freud Museum to follow

To purchase tickets go to:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/power-play-psychoanalysis-and-political-culture-tickets-28694219182

There is a reduction for students and BU colleagues.

11 November 2016

1st International Military Law Conference in South Africa – BU Research receives global attention

conferences, international, Knowledge Exchange, Public engagement sbachmann

Associate Professor in International Law (BU) and War Studies (FHS) Sascha Dov Bachmann just returned from Johannesburg where he presented on Hybrid War and Lawfare at the 1^st International Military Law Conference in South Africa. A great experience and and from a media point of view as well as from a BU research point of view the conference and its coverage in the regional African and international media were a full success.

The reference below is taken from the official SA Government Media release and was taken up by various media sites inside the African Union and abroad: the UK, US, Ghana,Kenya, Sudan, NZ etc and reads as follows:

“The rest of the first day (under the sub-theme International Military Law) unpacked issues relating to the permissible and legal use of armed force by States, and the legal rules governing soldiers during such armed conflicts. Professor Sascha-Dominik Bachmann of Bournemouth University in the United Kingdom presented a paper setting out the implications of so-called “hybrid war” and the offensive and defensive use of “lawfare” (the use of litigation for political purposes aimed at impacting a State’s military operations). ”

defenceWeb – Africa’s leading defence news portal summarizes the objectives of the conference as:

The conference theme of “contemporary military law” was explored with sub-themes relating to international military law, human rights law, operational law and administration of military justice.

The objectives of the conference – to raise public awareness of the importance of military law in a democracy and to stimulate interest in academic research in this specialised field of public law to strengthen the development of South African military law – were successfully met with a number of international and local academics and military professionals presenting research papers, according to the South African National Defence Force (SANDF).

The conference was officially opened by SA National Defence Force Chief, General Solly Shoke. In his opening address he welcomed the opportunity provided by the conference for South African military lawyers to benchmark local approaches with that of other armed forces. He also expressed the wish for the conference to provide a basis for evaluating whether any amendments to military and other legislation may be necessary to empower commanders to instil and maintain military discipline.

11 November 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Monday 14 November

Festival of Learning, Public engagement Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Monday 14 November and we’ll be there for you from 8:30am-10am at Fusion Building – coffee area.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

10 November 2016

BES Science Slam 2016

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Do you have a passion for ecology? The British Ecological Society (BES) is looking for competitors for 2016’s BES Science Slam.

What is a Science Slam?

A Science Slam is a brilliant way to showcase your research to the public, by combining it with entertainment. Scientists take to the stage to present their research in an engaging, entertaining and uncompleted manner. You can great as creative as you like, your act could involve live experiments, audience participation, song, dance, acting or something different altogether. The winners are selected through the loudest audience applause!

BES are looking for scientists from the field of ecological science and theory. You can be a PhD student or even a professor, BES want scientists who can enthuse people. Each scientist will be given 8 minutes to present their research and 2 minutes for questions.

Want to take part? Applications can be found online here. Entries must be in by 9:00 Monday 14 November 2016.

Want some inspiration? Take a look at last year’s Science Slam here.

9 November 2016

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Friday 11 November

Festival of Learning, Public engagement Joanna Pawlik

Don’t miss our drop-in sessions where we can offer you support in planning your event for Festival of Learning 2017.

Our next session is on Friday 11 November and we’ll be there for you from 12:30pm-1:30pm at EB204, Executive Business Centre.

Come to see us and don’t miss out on the opportunity to share your research and expertise by being a part of the Festival!

We’re hoping to see you there!

2 November 2016

BU research presented at the 10th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria (ICTC), Wuhan, China

Fusion, international, Knowledge Exchange, Public engagement, student research dfranklin

BU academic Dan Franklin and PhD student David Hartnell presented research in Wuhan, China during the 10^th ICTC last week. Attracting about 350 delegates, and sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the conference was concerned with the growing problem of toxic cyanobacteria in freshwater resources and the ways in which ecological and health consequences can be reduced. Toxic cyanobacteria are a particular problem in China, where they have contaminated public drinking water supplies creating a serious public health issue. Dan and Dave gave 4 presentations at the conference on work carried out with BU colleagues Ian Chapman, Su Chern Foo, Eddie McCarthy and Prof. Genoveva Esteban. Dr. Andy Turner from the government biotoxin labs at CEFAS, Weymouth, an important collaborator on the BU work, also presented at the conference. The conference was a great success and enabled meetings with important researchers in the field from around the world. Dan and Dave would like to thank BU for funding some of the expenses of the trip.

Dave Hartnell, Dan Franklin and Andy Turner at conference venue

Dan Franklin with colleague Dr Zhou Yang at Yellow Crane Tower

Giving presentation at ICTC 10

2 November 2016

Increasing Crop Yield through understanding Plant Nutrition – talk from Dr. David Pilbeam

Public engagement Joanna Pawlik

Bournemouth Natural Science Society would like to invite you to talk on ‘Increasing Crop Yield through understanding Plant Nutrition’.

Dr. Pilbeam is a Visiting Fellow and former Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds. He has edited books on the subject of plant nutrition and published widely on the subject. He will discuss how new research may lead to changes to farming practice and how we can use crop breeding to respond to climate change.

When: Saturday 19th November at 2.30pm

Where: Bournemouth Natural Science Society
39 Christchurch Road BH1 3NS

For more information please click here

1 November 2016

My Voice, My Story: hearing students’ stories

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Date: Monday 7 November

Time: 10am-1pm

Location: F105, Fusion, Talbot Campus

Register Here

What does it mean to be a student in the 21^st century? As part of ESRC’s Festival of Social Science BU researchers Dr Vanessa Heaslip, Dr Clive Hunt, Dr Maggie Hutchings and Dr Alex Wardrop will be leading a workshop to present the real-life stories of non-traditional students. The students’ stories will immerse the audience through a mix of multi-media methods made up of images, films and talks.

Bournemouth University is leading a pioneering collaborative programme of research exploring ways to make higher education more accessible and more equitable than it sometimes is. This research contributes to new, more participatory, ways of doing, thinking and learning about widening participation which is a core tenet to BU’s Fair Access Research project.

Over the past few weeks BU researchers have been working with a diverse group of non-traditional students from across the university, as they take images that tell their stories of university life. This enables the students to become the researchers of their own lives, using the photovoice methodology to share their stories.

During the research process BU researchers asked students to tell their stories to each other as a gift to help uncover insights into their experiences by talking through the images and hearing their stories retold by another. Some themes that have been emerging through the stories included the concept of homeliness, both in its history and recreation as a student.

Unsurprisingly, the students identified that the images shared by the final year students appeared more positive compared with the anxieties of first year students.

The workshop will allow you to listen to the non-traditional students’ voices, learn from the students’ stories, gain insights into different research methods and work together to develop practical responses to what we see and hear.

You will gain insights into the power of arts-based social participatory research methods for eliciting deep stories and re-represented for social action. Having engaged with storytelling, participants will discuss ways in which the students’ lived experiences could shape policy changes and interventions to better enable students to feel like they belong.

For more information about this project or BU’s innovative Fair Access Research, please email the Principal Investigators Dr Vanessa Heaslip and Dr Clive Hunt.

The 14th annual Festival of Social Science takes place from 5-12 November 2016 with more
than 250 free events nationwide. Run by the Economic and Social Research Council, the Festival provides an opportunity for anyone to meet with some of the country’s leading social scientists and discover, discuss and debate the role that research plays in everyday life. With a whole range of creative and engaging events there’s something for everyone including businesses, charities, schools and government agencies. A full programme is available at www.esrc.ac.uk/festival You can also join the discussion on Twitter using #esrcfestival.

To hear more about ESRC Festival of Social Science at Bournemouth University, then please get in touch.

Category / Public engagement

US Election Analysis 2016: Media, Voters and the Campaign

Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Wednesday 23 November

Digital Me pop-up exhibition (ESRC Festival of Social Science)

BU Academic Delivers Invited Talk at a United Nations Organised Event in Turin, Italy

New Paperback Edition – Stories of the Hard Copy

BU highly represented at the 4th international SIGNEC Conference in London

BU’s Sascha Dov Bachmann appointed Reviewer to The Estonian Research Council (ETAg)

BU helps celebrate 30 years of World Heritage Sites in the UK

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Inaugural lecture: how supermarket scanner data reveals the secrets of the checkout

Conference: Powerplay: Psychoanalysis and Political Culture; BU at the Freud Museum, 10th December

Powerplay: Psychoanalysis and Political Culture

A special one-day conference: 10 December, 9.30-5pm, The Freud Museum, London.

1st International Military Law Conference in South Africa – BU Research receives global attention

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BES Science Slam 2016

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Support for developing your event idea – Drop-in session Friday 11 November

BU research presented at the 10th International Conference on Toxic Cyanobacteria (ICTC), Wuhan, China

Increasing Crop Yield through understanding Plant Nutrition – talk from Dr. David Pilbeam

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