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Institute for Social Sciences Research (ISSR) newsletter - May 29 2020
Published on 29 May 2020
Our ISSR newsletter from May 29 2020, including items on ISSR engagement, research, impact, and our Graduate community
Things are looking up!
This week has been absolutely boiling in #SunnyDundee. I hope you are all enjoying the warm weather and hopefully… its set to continue into next week.
Today also marks phase 1 of relaxing the lockdown rules. This is a snapshot of my sis, niece and her children taken some weeks ago in Baxter’s Park and I am so happy that we can now arrange to visit family members in a not so distant environment! Remember if you are planning to meet up with another household this weekend, please follow the rules to stay safe.
Sending happy positive thoughts and I hope you all enjoy the weekend.
Newly announced
TCELT monthly literature club 3 June 2020
Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory
Presenter: Professor Jonathan Glazzard
Jonathan Glazzard is Professor of Inclusive Education at Leeds Beckett University. He is Director of the Centre for LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Education and he is principal researcher in the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health in Schools.
June 3 2020, 12-1 pm UK time, through Microsoft Teams
Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions (MMT) theory (Jindal-Snape, 2016) suggests that individuals experience multiple synchronous transitions rather than viewing transitions as linear and sequential. In addition, the theory suggests that transitions for individuals also result in transitions for other people that individuals have connections with. This seminar will focus on MMT through the findings of Glazzard's doctoral research into the experiences of university students who identified as LGBTQ+.
Attendees will be engaged in debate and discussion about the following:
- How useful is MMT theory in representing participants' lived experiences of transitions?
- What other groups of participants and types of transitions can MMT theory be applied to?
Recommended reading:
Gordon, L., Jindal-Snape, D., Morrison, J., Muldoon, J., Needham, G., Siebert, S., & Rees, C. (2017) Multiple and multi-dimensional transitions from trainee to trained doctor: A qualitative longitudinal study in the UK. BMJ Open, 7(11),[e018583].
Join us for our monthly literature club where we discuss and critique a theory related to different types of transitions, we meet on the first Wednesday of every month from 12 to 1 pm (apart from during holidays).
TCELT is an international, interdisciplinary research centre hosted by the School of Education and Social Work. Its vision is to have an impact on international research, policy and practice.
To find out more and if you would like to join the network contact Professor Divya Jindal-Snape.
COP26 - New date
The COP Bureau of the United Nations for Climate Change (NFCCC), with the UK and Italian partners, agreed on new dates for the summit.
COP26 will take place between 1-12 November 2021 in Glasgow.
ISSR Seminar Series
If you missed the opportunity to attend our recent panels, you can view in STREAM and will continue to keep you updated on the next scheduled panels in due course.
If you have a suggestion for speakers, please send in your recommendations by COMMS channel, email or DM.
Research and Impact
The Age-Friendly Living Intergenerational Ecosystem project (AFLE)
The Age-Friendly Living Intergenerational Ecosystem project (AFLE), funded by the Scottish Universities Insight Institute (SUII),aims to 1) share learning across different disciplines and sectors on effective ways to build intergenerational age-friendly spaces and places, 2) develop an ESRC Open Grant proposal and 3) co-produce policy and practice recommendations for ecosystem development. Due to the current restrictions placed on social contact, the project team (leads: Mei Lan Fang and Judith Sixsmith both in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Dundee and Alison Hamilton-Pryde (School of the Built Environment at Heriot Watt University) have devised a programme of 6 virtual co-creation camps. Each camp takes a case study approach to focus on cultural and social activity and housing and community organisations/initiatives in Scotland and more globally as case studies.
The first virtual co-creation camp (VCC) was held on May 18th and was hosted on Zoom to explore the national and international context of current models of community and social hubs and/or a network of hubs for intergenerational working. Attended by 40 participants (including children and older people) from Scotland, China, India, Canada, Denmark, Slovakia and Lithuania, the VCC produced much discussion around the need for flexibility in design, structural supports for intergenerational relationship building, a focus on joint interests across all generational groups and the need to enable choice in forums and activities to avoid further development of age segregated spaces, places and activities. Mood boards were produced by participants to express ideas and stimulate discuss (see image).
The next VCC will be held on June 23rd to explore first steps towards developing a proposal for a 2-year Community-Based Participatory Research project on age friendly, intergenerational ecosystems. For enquiries about the project please contact j.sixsmith@dundee.ac.uk or m.l.fang@dundee.ac.uk.
Growing up on the streets of three African cities
Janine Hunter, Geography and Environmental Sciences shares her experiences of working with street youth within the Growing up on the Streets project in a recently published blog for OneDundee.
"We all know what it’s like to grow up. Most of us do so while attending school, taking part in activities, perhaps earning a bit of pocket money while we live at home; before moving onto College, University or work. For youth in many global cities, full-time education is not an option – earning money to buy food and a space to sleep is the daily priority. Most youth find work, food and their sleeping space in a marketplace, by the shore of the lake, or at the back of the supermarket"
Read the full blog and more on the project.
Publishing news
Assessing and adjusting for publication bias in the relationship between anxiety and the error-related negativity
New paper from Blair Saunders (Psychology) and Michael Inzlicht, exploring the relationship between anxiety and the error-related negativity (ERN), now in press at International Journal of Psychophysiology.
Forecasting with news sentiment: Evidence with UK newspapers
New paper from Dooruj Rambaccussing and Andrzej Kwiatkowski, School of Business has been accepted in the International Journal of Forecasting for the special issue on 'Text based data and forecasting'.
Impact of Covid19 from both a working and personal perspective
Graduate Community
SGSSS/Scottish Government Studentship Award
Dr Heather Whitford and Dr Anna Gavine from SHS are pleased to have appointed Miranda Smith for a SGSSS Collaborative PhD Studentship with Scottish Government which aims to look at the implications of a more gender balanced nursing workforce. The shortage of nurses is a longstanding and global problem and is associated with increases in patient safety issues and patient mortality. One potential solution to address this is the recruitment of more men who currently only constitute a small proportion of the nursing workforce. However, the implications of improving the gender balance are unknown and research from other areas show it may result in unanticipated consequences. This project will use a case study approach to identify the implications of having a more gender balanced nursing workforce. Clinical areas with high and low numbers of male nursing staff will be selected as cases and data will be collected from a range of sources including: semi-structured interviews with male and female staff of all grades and male and female patients; and questionnaires measuring patient reported outcomes.
UoD Latin American Society co-hosts academic panel
Evelyn Avalos-Cortez (PhD candidate Geography and Environmental Sciences) and committee member of the newly established UoD Latin American Society and in collaboration with the Center for Research and Teaching in Economics in Mexico (CIDE) hosted a virtual academic talk on “COVID 19 and its impact in Latin America: Experience in Mexico” aimed at presenting the effects of COVID 19 and how from a policy-making level these challenges could be coped in Mexico.
The talk held on 20 May, featured high level speakers. Mr. Javier Contreras- Executive Secretary of the National Commission to Prevent and Eradicate Violence Against Women in Mexico- and Ms. Martha Arévalo- CIDE- commented on how women are particularly affected by the pandemic. Mr. Fernando Alarid-Escudero, Assit. Professor CIDE, shared his personal experience informing public health policies in Mexico. Finally, Mr. Roeland Hemsteede- PhD candidate in Human Geography at the University of Dundee- discussed on how social protection policies could mitigate negative effects of COVID 19.
Nearly 90 participants attended the event and it had a positive reception by the audience. The University of Dundee Latin American Society is organising a second academic talk. Stay tuned for more information!
Further information can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
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