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Research process seminar. Online daily diaries as a method. Tuesday 10th Jan at 2pm on Zoom

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Research Process seminars are back, and we have a really nice lineup of talks coming for you this semester.
We kick off tomorrow with Prof Melanie Magin (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/melanie.magin
She is talking about “Online daily diaries as a method to investigating social media’s the role of news sources for political opinion formation processes”
Diary studies are well established in media studies, and are usually applied in qualitative contexts. Melanie will talk through a study and method that used mostly quantitative and structured diary entries. You can see the related full paper here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19401612211026595
Summary:
The talk provides insights into the methodological design of a two-week quantitative panel study in which we investigated which sources people used to inform themselves about recent political issues. Every day, the participants filled in a short quantitative questionnaire which allowed us to quantify the role of different information sources for opinion formation processes. The data collected enable us to research phenomena such as filter bubbles, echo chambers, fragmentation and polarization.
Tuesday 10th January at 2pm on Zoom
We hope to see you there. All welcome
Dan and Sae

Supervisor Lunchbite | Avoiding PGR Plagiarism & Copyright Breaches

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Hosted by the Doctoral College, these one hour online lunch bite sessions supplement the regular New and Established Supervisory Development Sessions and are aimed at all academic staff who are new to, or experienced at, supervising research degree students and are interested in expanding their knowledge of a specific aspect or process in research degree supervision.Each session will be led by a senior academic who will introduce the topic, and staff will benefit from discussions aimed at sharing best practice from across BU. Bookings are arranged by Organisational Development.

The Library Staff are increasingly identifying issues with referencing in research degree thesis at the final submission stage. This is particularly problematic now theses are available online or for integrated theses. This session is focused on providing guidance for supervisors on how to advise PGRs on avoiding plagiarism and copyright breaches. This discussion will be led by Tim Calvert, Academic Services.

Staff attending this session will:

  • have gained additional knowledge of how to avoid common referencing and copyright errors

Further details on the session as well as information on future lunchbite sessions can also be found on the staff intranet.

Date: Tuesday, 10 January 2023

Time: 12:00 – 13:00

To book a place on this session please complete the booking form.

Further details and future sessions can also be found on the Supervisory Development Lunchbite Sessions staff intranet page.

New BU Social Work publication

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Yesterday the European Journal of Social Work published a new article co-authored by Prof. Jonathan Parker in the Department of Social Sciences & Social Work.  The paper ‘Alice Salomon: critical social work pioneer’ examines the theory and practice of early German social work researcher, activist, author and educator, Alice Salomon (1872–1948).  Salomon’s work is characterised by her orientation on social justice, her internationalism, her concern with the structural inequalities that shape clients’ lives, her sensitivity to oppression in society, and her commitment to feminist social work.

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH

 

Reference:

  1. Kuhlmann, C., Frampton, M., Parker, J. (2022) Alice Salomon: critical social work pioneer, European Journal of Social Work, [online first]  DOI:
    10.1080/13691457.2022.2161484

Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption

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Congratulations to Dawn Morley and Debbie Holley

Dr. Dawn Morley and Prof. Debbie Holley, both in the Department of Nursing Sciences, published a chapter in the book: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19.  Their chapter Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption (pp 19–34) appeared just before Christmas in this edited collection.

The book addresses the need of evaluating innovative or non-traditional academic schemes for understanding their feasibility in extraordinary educational environments. The individual chapters are enriched with robust appraisals of policies and practices linked to academic innovations in higher education during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. The case studies report wide-ranging teaching, learning and academic support practices within online, open, blended and distance learning models. The findings supply two domains of scholarship: evidence-based scenarios through real-world case studies, and a critical evaluation of educational quality through research-informed argument. The evidence gathered from countries, such as Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, and the UK show empowering and deterring elements of academic innovation amid disruptions. Although this book highlights academic innovations in disruptive situations, they emerge as powerful tools and approaches to be considered in traditional face to face learning.

 ‘Agile Learning Environments amid Disruption: Evaluating Academic Innovations in Higher Education during COVID-19’ is now available online!! Please check the publisher’s website access is free:  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-92979-4

Congratulations!

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Research reflections 2022 – Your highlights: The SPEED project

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Dr Deniz Cetinkaya, Principal Academic in Computing, writes about the SPEED project, an EU project to use advances in technology and data science to support new port ecosystems, which has just been completed… 

The SPEED project (Smart Ports Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Development) is funded by the EU European Interreg 2 Seas program, run for the European 2 Seas region (Belgium, France, Netherlands and the UK).

The project has been running for over four years now, since 2018, and we have completed it successfully and managed to deliver all expected outputs in our work package. BU has been one of the leading partners together with Antwerp Management School in Belgium.

A port at sunset The SPEED project aimed to develop and support the growth of a connected port solutions ecosystem backed by data science and IoT technologies. It helped to empower a cross-border community of port authorities, port stakeholders, data science and IoT entrepreneurs and knowledge centres to become a leading smart ports innovation ecosystem and hub for smart port application development.

The project was shortlisted for the 2021 IAPH (The International Association of Ports and Harbours) Sustainability Awards by The World Ports Sustainability Program in the category ‘Resilient Digital Infrastructure’. We have published and presented a conference paper in the 20th International Conference in E-Society in March 2022 and another paper in the 24th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in June 2022.

SPEED Smart Ports Innovation Portal is an open community platform to connect and bridge the worlds of port operations and smart technologies. You can check the SPEED Portal for more information and to register. SPEED Portal is one of the deliverables of the SPEED Project, and is developed and maintained by BU. Major events, outputs and some deliverables are shared on the portal.

We had the dissemination and closure event for the SPEED project as well as a networking opportunity for future collaborations on 25th of November 2022. The one-day event was very successful with several presentations and discussion sessions, and many BU students, colleagues and external guests from different disciplines attended the event.

More information is available on the SPEED website and https://www.smartportsecosystem.com/

You can also contact the project’s PI Dr Deniz Cetinkaya dcetinkaya@bournemouth.ac.uk or Co-I Dr Gernot Liebchen gliebchen@bournemouth.ac.uk if you have any questions.

Are Disruptive Transformations Overshadowing or Paving the Way for the SDGs Implementation?

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The 6th Edition of the LIGUE International Conference Poster

6th Edition of the LIGUE Conference, Tunis, 8-9 December 2022

Collaboration between Bournemouth University & University of Manouba

Are Disruptive Transformations Overshadowing or Paving the Way for the SDGs Implementation? Challenges and Opportunities for the Organizations and their Stakeholders

I am very proud of the latest collaboration between Bournemouth University and the University of Manouba on this conference addressing the disruptive transformations organisations and their stakeholders have been experiencing. Such disruptions have strongly influenced their efforts to achieve the UN SDGs. This conference gathered academics from Tunisia, UK, Spain, France, Canada, Morocco, Libya and Sri Lanka, to discuss this essential and timely topic. The conference is in line with Bournemouth University values, mission and strategy and strongly contributes to the UN SDGs.  Academics from  BU played a key role in the success of this conference in many ways:

 

Dr Ediz Akcay

Dr Kaouther Kooli

Professor Hamid Bouchachia

1-Professor Hamid Bouchachia, Faculty of Science and Technology, delivered a keynote speech on Data Science and AI as Enablers for Tackling SDGs and asserted that the implementation of the SDGs agenda by governments and societies can only be monitored through credible data and supported by adequate and transparent decision-making mechanisms.

 

Dr Kaouther Kooli, Keynote speech on establishing a research ethic committee

2-Professor Ameur Cherif, Professor Hamida Skandrani  Dr Sean Beer and myself delivered a keynote speech on the challenges of establishing research ethic committee in global south countries. The presentation made impact as it opened a very interesting debate on research ethics and how it is practiced by academics at the University of Manouba.

 

 

 

 

Dr Ediz Akcay and Dr Kaouther Kooli, workshop with entrepreneurs

3-Dr Ediz Akçay and myself delivered a workshop to entrepreneurs and academics. Five women entrepreneurs exhibited their products and talked about their SMEs. Nurtured by our research and education activities, Dr Ediz Akçay and myself have organised a workshop on how these women entrepreneurs can best take advantage on the opportunities available in their environment e.g. We emphasised how they can be guided by the UN SDGs  and how they can achieve these through their collaboration with the University of Manouba. This workshop aimed to promote inclusivity, local communities, organic products. I would like to thank the following brands/entrepreneurs for attending this workshop : Sajnania, JIJI, Emna Wssaoufi, Ommi Daouda, Dry Rose. The workshop has been commended by Professor Samir Trabelsi, Brock University , Canada, as “The best session he attended in the conference”.

Hybrid Conference Presentation by Kithsiri H V Athula on the screen from Sri Lanka, Dr Ediz Akçay and Dr Kaouther Kooli

4-Presenting papers with Dr Ediz Akçay and Kithsiri H V Athula from Sri Lanka. Our presentations made impact and we received very good feedback from colleagues from other universities. As a result, we have been invited to submit one of the papers to a top American journal.

 

 

 

Professor Khaled Huseyni, Portsmouth University and Dr Padmi Nagirikandalage, Nottingham Trent University

 

 

5-Guest editing special issues of CABS journals, involving ECRs from Bournemouth University, Nottingham Trent University and from the University of Manouba. We encourage paper submissions from Bournemouth University. Please contact me on: kkooli@bournemouth.ac.uk or Dr Ediz Akcay: eakcay@bournemouth.ac.uk for more information.

 

 

 

Closing ceremony photo

Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to Professor Hamid Bouchachia, Dr Ediz Akçay and Dr Sean Beer for their invaluable contributions.  Also, I would like to thank Professor Hamida Skandrani, Professor Samir Trabelsi from Brock University, Professor Khaled Husseiny from Portsmouth University, Professor Derrick De Kerkhove from the Interdisciplinary Internet Institute, Dr Padmi Nagirikandalage from Nottingham Trent University and all the other participants for engaging with us, providing feedback and commenting about our work.

Bournemouth University collaboration with the University of Manouba started more than five years ago. This collaboration made a difference for the University of Manouba and especially the LIGUE (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Gestion Université Entreprise) that has recently won the ED-ECCOFIGES prize of the best scientific publications. This is a very encouraging and comforting proof of years of hard work organising conferences, guest editing special issues of CABS journals, co-authoring papers, bidding for external funding, etc. This collaboration has been making a strong contribution to Bournemouth University values of excellence, inclusivity, creativity and responsibility and to the Seventeen UN SDGs. It is paving the way for other partnerships for the goals involving institutions from other countries in North Africa and beyond and, therefore, it is placing Bournemouth University in a strong posture in the race for sustainability.

I Wish you a happy festive break.

Dr Kaouther Kooli

Business School, Bournemouth University

Email: kkooli@bournemouth.ac.uk

Research reflections 2022 – Your highlights: ECHO project showcase event

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Dr Jane Henriksen-Bulmer, Principal Academic in Computer Science, writes about a three-day event that took place at BU in early December to mark the end of the ECHO project, which aims to strengthen the proactive cyber defence of the European Union…

This is the largest event we have ever arranged and the culmination of the H2020 pilot programme (consisting of only 4 projects, including ECHO) on Cybersecurity. BU is the one of only 3 universities involved in the project, with most of the partners being from industry (44 partners in all). We are the only project partner from the UK, so we have a lot to be proud of.

Presentations took place as part of the ECHO dissemination event

This event was the showcase for all the outputs from the ECHO project and we had an impressive line-up of prominent guests and speakers, both local and from Europe. On top of that, we involved 4 cohorts of students in the event, from L5 through to L7, so this truly is a fusion exercise where learning, teaching and industry come together to showcase the best of what we can do when we ‘fuse’ the three aspects.

The 3 days were jam-packed with excitement starting on the Monday with a kick-off event where we had talks from a number of prominent speakers from across Europe including ENISA, DG CNECT, Accenture, DSTL and ESET.

This was followed by a series of student-led workshops run by our final year undergraduate and master’s students (Huseyin’s Human Factors unit) where they interviewed the ECHO partners and conducted Human Factors evaluations on the Early Warning System, which went really well.

On Tuesday, we and our ECHO guests spent the morning recording some footage on the Green Screen in the Faculty of Media and Communication, which they are going to turn into an animation that we hope to use for dissemination. This was followed by a visit to BAE Systems’ STEP facility in Christchurch, where my final year business IT students presented their ideas for how the various plug-ins created as part of ECHO can be commercialised, which went down really well.

Students sat at computers

Students take part in an exercise as part of the ECHO event.

Then, on Wednesday we had the Incident Response Scenario where a group of second year students (Cagatay’s Ethical Hacking Unit) played blue team, defending multiple systems under attack. They then used the Early Warning System to raise tickets to warn of the attack as it was happening. It was a real eye-opener for them to see how this might play out in real life and they had a fabulous day, as did the observers and guests.

Overall, the whole 3 days were a resounding success, we have really enjoyed the experience (although we now must sleep!) and are hoping to host similar events in the future, watch this space!

Research reflections 2022: Your highlights

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As we come to the end of 2022, we’re taking a look back at some of our research and knowledge exchange successes from across the year.

In today’s blog post, members of the BU community share some of their highlights…

In 2022, we celebrated the REF 2021 results (and associated increase in QR funding) and our increase in performance in KEF2. We also supported BU to successfully retain the HR Excellence in Research Award for the 8th year.

We had a successful internal research audit and we received positive feedback from the Senate review on URPPC management, administration and advice.

We supported the launch of the Strategic Narratives, including organising the Online Public Lecture Series, and we ran our first research conference in several years, which was a great success. We also re-started our in-person Café Scientifique series and delivered several events as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

We established the Research Excellence Team and welcomed the Business and Knowledge Exchange Managers to BU, as well as launching the RCaTS scheme.

We made further improvements to the RKE processes by working with the BU Transformation Team, such as the implementation of the enquiry management system, the eItB, and the launch of a new process for Research Centre memberships.

We’ve increased our number of bids compared to the previous year, which has led to some exciting new awards, such as Dr Philip Riris’ AHRC grant and a Knowledge Transfer Partnership led by Professor Marcin Budka.

RDS moved into Studland House and Joelle Fallows, RDS Operations Officer, has been instrumental in linking a new charity (Story Works, set up by Dee Hughes in FMC) with a local primary school, launched with a visit from Michael Rosen (the charity patron) to BU – pretty cool!

Julie Northam, Head of RDS

The work being undertaken by myself and Henry Bang from the BUDMC has had major impacts through projects such as AFRICAB, EVALDIS and ELIED, working with governmental organisations in preparing for, responding to, and recovery from crisis.

Elsewhere in the Faculty, Professor Mike Silk has concluded his big grants around the Paralympics, with major coverage in the year of the Paralympic Games; Professor Dimitrios Buhalis’s achievement of being the most cited academic in terms of individual papers in the field of Tourism and Hospitality; Professor Janet Dickinson and her exciting e-drones project; and Professor Chris Chapleo has been supporting local business Actisense, enhancing and automating their customer service through a Knowledge Transfer Partnership.

Professor Lee Miles, Deputy Dean for Research and Professional Practice, BU Business School

As part of the BOU (British Ornithological Union) panel that records fossil and archaeological birds from the last 2.6 Million years for the official British list (category F) we published a paper in Ibis detailing our database. This can be used to inform policy decisions on native status of British birds. The paper includes a discussion of some of the more interesting and controversial records like the mandarin duck, pigmy cormorant etc.

Professor John Stewart, Professor of Evolutionary Palaeoecology, Faculty of Science and Technology

The launch of the Research Excellence Manager role, full stop; having a role which has specific responsibilities for BU’s research environment and research culture is pretty brilliant. Equally, the launch of the Research ‘Most Excellent’ team – having a team with this lens brings a lovely perspective to the work we do.

Our REF results and QR funding increase was a massive achievement and testament to the hard work everyone has been putting in for years. We’ve been rejuvenating connections among the UOA teams, with a large number of expressions of interest from staff wanting to get involved (50 plus), ranging from ECRs to Professors. We’ve also been working with academic colleagues to achieve 100% compliance on our Research Outcomes submission.

We have lively, active and full research leadership programmes, ECR network and almost fully represented Research Staff Association, and the research conference had a large number of attendees and great speakers – cracking!

It’s been great to reconnect our RDS team after a few unsettling and disjointed years and move into our new home on the 8th floor of Studland House (complete with sea views!) Finally, a special shout out to Peng Peng Hatch for being awarded the Doctorate in Education!

Shelly Anne Stringer, Research Excellence Manager, RDS

A paper published by Dr Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, Dr Rachel Moseley and Dr Maddy Greville-Harris (entitled “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals with eating disorders: the role of emotion regulation and exploration of online treatment experiences”) was selected for the Best COVID-19 2022 Research Paper award in the Journal of Eating Disorders.

Professor Jan Wiener, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology

Two rejections in one week

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This week I had the pleasure of receiving two rejection emails from two different national organisations. On Monday the BSA (British Sociological Association) apologised for not putting my name forward to join the ESRC DTP (Doctoral Training Partnerships) Peer Review College.  The BSA panel received “a high number of applications which were all of a very high standard. A maximum of only three names could go forward and I’m afraid, on this occasion, your application was not successful.”

On Wednesday this was followed by an email from the NIHR Global Health Research Project which did not exactly offered a rejection: “Thank you for expressing your interest in joining the Advisory Planning Committee for the NIHR Global Health Research Shared Learning Event Series planned for early 2023.  We were delighted to receive plenty of interest and have selected a small group to make up the committee, bearing in mind that we were looking for diversity in topics, geography, and gender.  Despite this, we are keen to maintain engagement with you and obtain your advice regarding some of the arrangements for the Series. Should this be acceptable, we would be grateful if you could complete the following survey, which should only take about 5 to 10 minutes:…”  From the words ‘despite this‘ I gathered that I am not included in the ‘small group to make up the committee‘.

Putting my name forward for research committees like these is two-fold: (1) raise Bournemouth University’s profile nationally; and (2) fulfill my part FUSION’s  ‘professional practice’.  Contributing to the latter is always slightly more difficult for a sociologist than an academic with a health or social care background.

 

 

Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

CMMPH (Centre for Midwifery, Maternal & Perinatal Health)

BUBS academic joins environmental project assessment panel

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Dr Sean Beer of BUBS has been appointed to the Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiBL) Programme Local Assessment Panel, for Cranborne Chase AONB. The panel examines applications for funding from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) for projects that will:

  • support nature recovery
  • mitigate the impacts of climate change
  • provide opportunities for people to discover, enjoy and understand the landscape and its cultural heritage
  • support nature-friendly, sustainable farm businesses.

Sean has worked with the AONB for a number of years, including helping in their successful application to become a Dark Sky Reserve. This also comes on the back of him acting as a Trustee and Company Director for the Nuffield Farming Trust for the past three years.

Migrant labour, the not so nice side of the FIFA World Cup

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Football has been referred to as ‘the beautiful game’.  And to be fair, there has been some brilliant football at the men’s FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Qatar’s records on human rights have been widely criticised in the run up to this global event. The global media have spent a lot of time on commenting on several social and economic issues in Qatar, such as LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights, the role and status of women, and the exploitation of migrant workers.  Migrant workers from South Asia, including those from Nepal, have helped build the stadiums and roads leading up to it, provide the security at venues, take the suitcases of the conveyor belts at the airport, and serve fans and visitors food and drink at the venues.  Many of these migrant workers are exploited not just by employers in Qatar, but also by labour agencies in their home countries.  The risks are high, especially for those migrant workers who do the dirty, dangerous and difficult jobs (i.e. the 3Ds). 

As researchers conducting research in the area of migration and health, we are worried that when the world cup finishes next weekend the world’s media will move on from Qatar and the attention will disappear from the exploitation of migrant workers in the Middle East (and elsewhere).  We all know that the media’s focus will shift to on another global event, next week or next month.  We want to make sure that spotlight stays on this global problem.

 

Dr. Pramod Regmi, Dr. Nirmal Aryal & Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen

Faculty of Health & Social Sciences