Maurice Keyworth Building

Location

Maurice Keyworth Building
Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT

Date

20 Jun 2023

Time

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

WRDTP 12th Annual Conference

Please note that this event has been cancelled.

The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership holds its 12th Annual Conference at the University of Leeds on the 20th June 2023. The conference is a great opportunity to network with other doctoral researchers, share your research experiences, find out more about the training on offer from the DTP Pathways and meet your Pathway Director. The theme for this year’s conference is Reflecting on the War in Ukraine.

Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has changed the world forever, reshaping geopolitical alliances, challenging energy and food security, and raising the spectre of nuclear deployment. The war has also resulted in humanitarian catastrophe, displacing millions of Ukrainian citizens, along with thousands of casualties of war. As the war in Ukraine enters its second year, the WRDTP’s 13th Annual Conference will provide an opportunity for us to come together and reflect on the implications of the war in terms of the significant social and societal challenges that we all face.

Our opening panel will bring together academic experts from across the UK and beyond to discuss a range of critical issues that the war in Ukraine has underscored. These include the defence of human rights; constructions of nationhood; the impacts of war on vulnerable and marginalised people; and the uses of surveillance technology in conflict settings. Afternoon sessions will further consider the implications of the war in Ukraine for each of the pathway areas.

The conference will also provide exciting opportunities for our social science PGRs to share their work and engage with colleagues working in cognate fields,  and to develop useful professional skills.  The lunchtime session will include a poster competition, and the pathway sessions will provide opportunities for PGRs to present papers based on their research.  Posters and presentations can relate to any aspect of your research, and do not have to be aligned to the conference theme.
We welcome all social science PGRs from across our seven universities.  You are very welcome to attend whether or not you are presenting your work.  If you’re attending or presenting at the conference, please do follow our Twitter account  and tweet using the #wrdtp hashtag.

Draft Programme

Conference Speakers

  • Professor Ellen Annandale

    Professor of Sociology

    My research interests lie at the intersection of the sociology of health and illness and the sociology of gender. Recent research has focused on feminist theorisation of health issues, decision-making during labour and birth, and obesity and overweight. I teach in the fields of health and illness and gender, including a module on the Global Transformation of Health.

  • Mr Alex Batesmith

    Lecturer in Legal Profession

    Drawing on experiences from my years in practice, and pursuing a reflexive and socio-legal approach to my research, I focus on lawyers’ professional sense of self, how they engage with each other and how their interactions shape the law, the institutions within which they operate, and society more broadly.

  • Shane O'Rourke

    Senior Lecturer in Modern History

    Shane’s research interests have changed sharply over the past four years. From being a social historian of Russia, he has now broadened his interests to become a historian of Brazil.

  • Preeti Raghunath

    Lecturer in Digital Media and Society

    My current research is focused on inequities (policies and practices) pertaining to Data and AI technologies. I am particularly interested in the histories and situatedness of data-centric practices. I bring with me international teaching, research, administrative and professional experience. Prior to joining the University of Sheffield, I have taught at Indian universities and an Australian university in Malaysia.

  • Professor Lyubov Pivenva

    Professor Lyubov Pivenva

    Professor of Political Science at Kharkiv University in Ukraine

  • Lindsey Garratt

    Lindsey Garratt

    Lecturer in Sociology, University of Limerick

    Lindsey Garratt is a Lecturer in Sociology, University of Limerick, she was previously a Senior Lecturer in Education in Manchester Metropolitan University and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the ESRC Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE).

    Her work focuses on understanding inequality through an intersectional approach, acknowledging not only socio-economic barriers but also racism, migration status, life-course and gender, especially in relation to youth and conceptions of childhood and adolescence. She is a scholar of psycho-social attributes such as authenticity, resilience and reflectivity as they are applied to policy.

    She is currently developing the Migration and Families Network, in conjunction with Manchester Metropolitan University and Plymouth University. The network brings together academics and policy makers to examine policy and law reform in the U.K and Europe as it relates to families and migration.

Well-being, Health and Communities (WHC) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

Sustainable Growth, Management and Economic Productivity (SMP) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

Education, Childhood and Youth (ECY) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

Security, Conflict and Justice (SCJ) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

Cities, Environment and Liveability (CEL) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

Data, Communication and New Technologies (DCT) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

Civil Society, Development and Democracy (CDD) Pathway afternoon session

Details of the afternoon pathway session will be confirmed shortly

The WRDTP Annual Conference will take place on a face to face basis, with sessions recorded and posted to the WRDTP VIRE (institutional log-in needed) for those unable to attend in person.

Please note: It is compulsory for ESRC funded students to attend at least one Annual Conference during their funded period.

Poster Exhibition Competition

All PhD researchers in the Social Sciences at the WRDTP partner universities are invited to present a poster about their research at the Annual Conference. You will have the opportunity to present your poster to delegates during the extended lunch period, and delegates will vote for a winner.

The winning poster for each year group (or FTE equivalent) will be awarded a £30 voucher prize.

Poster guidelines:

  • All posters must be A0 size and include your name, contact details, university, department, funder and relevant logos, if appropriate.
  • ESRC-funded students should note further branding guidance can be found here (Please note – you need to be logged into the WRDTP VIRE in order to view this page).
  • The exhibitor must print their own poster and bring it to the conference where it should be given to WRDTP staff upon registering to add to the exhibition.

Deadline for submissions – 4pm on Tuesday 30th May.

Submit a Poster Abstract

Present at your afternoon Pathway Panel

All PhD researchers in the Social Sciences at the WRDTP partner universities are invited to give a talk about their research to their interdisciplinary Pathway Panel. Presentations should be approximately 10 minutes long.

The winning presentation in each Pathway will be awarded a £30 book voucher prize.

Deadline to submit presentation abstracts – 4pm, Tuesday 30th May.

Submit a Presentation Abstract