This panel discussion will be hosted by Professor Dinah Birch CBE, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Cultural Engagement. Panellists will discuss intertwined debates around the research impact agenda in relation to culture, heritage and society. The panel will showcase initiatives and work across the UoL research landscape to continue to create and improve cultural collaborations with stakeholders beyond academia. This session will give participants the opportunity to reflect on how research can be different and what kinds of opportunities exist to work together with our external partners for maximum impact.

The Panel consists of:

Prof Dinah Birch, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Cultural Engagement and Professor of English Literature (Chair)
Ms Laura Pye, Director of National Museums Liverpool (Panellist)
Dr Andrew Davies, Reader in History (Panellist)
Prof Catherine Tackley Professor of Music; Head of the Department of Music (Panellist)

This panel will be followed by a networking lunch that gives academics and researchers the chance to speak with staff and curators from museums and galleries across Liverpool. Participants who register for the panel are also invited to stay on for networking lunch session which will follow from 12:00-13:00. You can register here for it.

Speakers:

Professor Dinah Birch is Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Cultural Engagement and Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool. She chaired REF2014 Sub-panel 29 (English Literature and Language) and was Deputy Chair of Main Panel D (Arts and Humanities), and is Chair of Main Panel D in REF 2021. External roles include chairing the Advisory Council for the University of London’s IES, chairing the Editorial Board of The Conversation (an international online journal for the dissemination of research: http://theconversation.com/uk),

Laura Pye is the Director of National Museums Liverpool. Laura joined the organisation in August 2018. Born in Liverpool, Laura returned from the city following several years as Head of Culture for Bristol City Council, with responsibility for the five museums in the city. Prior to moving to Bristol, Laura was interim Heritage and Culture Manager for Warwickshire County Council, covering a similar mix of services to Bristol including the Museums and Archives, Arts, Archaeology and Ecology teams. Laura’s early career in museums was focused mainly on museum education, and she has a wealth of experience of working in the North of England, across Liverpool, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Warwickshire.

Dr Andrew Davies works on the social and cultural history of Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His principal research interest is the history of crime. He is interested in the relationship between crime and the cleavages of gender, class, and ethnicity, and in the role of the media in generating fear of crime and forging stereotypes of criminals and crime 'hotspots'. He is also interested in the historical development of systems of policing and punishment and the ways in which the criminal justice system has both reflected and reinforced wider social inequalities. He pursues these interests in collaboration with third-year undergraduates in a 'special subject' on digital histories of crime and punishment in nineteenth-century England.

Professor Catherine Tackley joined the University of Liverpool in August 2016, and is currently Head of the Department of Music. She completed a PhD on early jazz in Britain at City University London and began her academic career at Leeds College of Music, latterly in the role of Head of the Centre for Jazz Studies UK. Catherine joined The Open University as Lecturer in Music in July 2008, was appointed Senior Lecturer in February 2011 and Professor in April 2016. Catherine was Head of the Music Department at the OU in 2014-2016, following several years as Director of Research for Music. She also served as Interim Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Arts. She is now a Visiting Professor at the OU.

The following elements of the Making an Impact 2019 Framework are relevant to this session:

Impact Clusters: Making an Impact on Society; Making an Impact on Culture; Making an Impact on Public Policy or Services; Making an Impact on the Economy; Making an Impact beyond Academia

Knowledge and Skills Axis: Research partnerships; Working with the public and third sector; Local growth and regeneration; Public and community engagement

The Researcher Development Framework (RDF) attributes developed during this session are relevant to the following sub-domains: Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities: A3; Research Governance and Organisation: C2; Engagement, Influence and Impact: D1, D2, D3

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