SGSSS Student-led Symposium 2018

Hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University

Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Student Led Symposium
Reflecting on the Changing Landscape for PhD Students

Thursday 10th and Friday 11th May, 2018
Centre for Executive Education (1st floor), Glasgow Caledonian University

Guest Speaker: Dr Mark Carrigan, Digital Sociologist, University of Cambridge

'Science as a Vocation in an Age of Social Media'

I tend to describe myself as a digital sociologist. I want to describe, explain and intervene in digital society, using my training as a social theorist and qualitative researcher across a range of settings. I’m Digital Engagement Fellow at The Sociological Review where I’ve spent four years exploring how we can use digital media to communicate sociological knowledge. I’m a researcher in the Culture Politics and Global Justice cluster in the Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge where I work on theorising the digital university. I also work as a consultant, trainer and coach to apply digital sociology to help ideas circulate in this new environment without losing their scholarly value.
https://markcarrigan.net/

Confirmed Contributors

Prof Lesley McMillan, Glasgow Caledonian University

Camilla Barnett

Heather Branigan

Rowan Gard

Dr Clementine Hill-O’Connor, Glasgow Caledonian University

Liz Graham

Paul Henery

Fatma Ibrahim

Jill Stevenson

Dr Sujata Sriram, Glasgow Caledonian University

Nadine Thomas

Judy Warburton

Marion Yakova

Rhi Humphrey

Topics:

Ways out of academia

Gender-based violence

Sharing PhD Anxieties

Hearing diverse PhD voices

Ph.Me: Passport to happiness

Meet the SGSSS Directorate

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DINNER EVENT open to all delegates Thursday 10th May, (6.30-8.30pm) at Calabash African Restaurant

The event is free to PhD students studying at a Scottish university and it is organized by the SGSSS student representatives. Sixty places available on a first come, first served basis: Registration essential via Eventbrite. Lunch, coffee/teas, dinner (10th) & Breakfast, coffee/teas and lunch (11th) provided for delegates.

Accommodation grant available up to £40 for Thursday 10th May only. Travel expenses paid (public transport within Scotland only). For further information and to record access or dietary requirements please email: events@soscsciscotland.ac.uk