Southwest Seed Funding Showcase

The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network brings together ECRs across the humanities and social sciences disciplines, regardless of their funding source or background.

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Southwest Seed Funding Showcase

Are you thinking about applying for the ECRN 2024-5 Seed Funding Bid? If you are, come to this event, where we will celebrate the work of previous award holders to inspire and engage a new generation of award holders.

Between April 2023 – 2024, 11 ECR Seed Funding recipients in the Southwest, South Wales cluster received up to £4,000 to pursue research projects. From questioning the timeline of the Norman Conquest through new technologies, to making documentaries about local democracy in Dorset. Using the power of football to promote cohesion between British Chinese communities, to creating partnerships across the country related to dementia research. Our recipients have used their grants to create meaningful intellectual discoveries. This is the second edition of the showcase, and will be recorded.

We invited our award holders to back to share their experiences and answer your questions. 

Programme:

12:00 - 12:05 - Welcome and Introductions

12:05 - 12:15- Dr Xin Zhao, ‘Building stakeholder relationships with UK-based East and Southeast Asian community organisations'

12:15- 12:25 - Dr Nicky Sim, ‘Art school-gallery partnerships for a changed world’

12:25 - 12:25 - Dr Bonnie Pang, ‘How does community football promote social cohesion between British Chinese communities and the UK society?’

12:35 – 12:45 – Dr Catherine Talbot, ‘Dementia Grant Development and Knowledge Exchange: Building Cross-University Partnership

12:45 - 1:00 - Open questions from the audience

Speaker Bios:

Dr. Xin Zhao is Principal Academic in Media and Communication at Bournemouth University. Her research focuses on the role of media representations, media audience, and journalism practice in constructing and/or challenging social justice issues. She has published in top journals including Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice, Digital Journalism, Health Communication, International Journal of Communication, Asian Journal of Communication, and Global Media and Communication. Her recent research is particularly dedicated to exploring how to address the racism issues against East and Southeast Asian Communities via media and communication. She initiated the academics network "Anti-racism for ESEA" in January 2024. Please get in touch with Xin (xzhao@bournemouth.ac.uk) if you would like to join the network.

Dr Bonnie Pang is Associate Professor at the University of Bath, UK, and Adjunct Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Australia. Her research focuses on members of the Chinese diaspora and contemporary issues and research methods related to diversity and inclusion in sport, health, and education. Bonnie is an editorial board member of Sport, Education and Society, an associate editor for Leisure Sciences, AIESEP Young Scholar, and Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow (2019–2020). She is a named investigator on research funding (>£800,000), an author of four monographs, and has published widely in sport, leisure, and educational journals.

Dr Catherine Talbot is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Bournemouth University and researcher specialising in cyberpsychology, with a focus on health and well-being. Her research uses qualitative methods to explore the digital experiences of people with dementia, particularly how digital technologies can be harnessed to support their well-being, identity, and social inclusion.

Dr Nicky Sim is a researcher and evaluator who works at UWE Bristol as Research Fellow: Art Partnerships. Nicky’s role is focused on developing research and facilitating knowledge exchange and professional development activity across the partnership between UWE and Spike Island. Her research explores relationships between universities and cultural institutions and looks at what current populations of students need from these partnerships. As an independent evaluator Nicky also works with museums, galleries and local authorities on programmes related to inclusive practice, mental health and the role of art in social work and activism. Nicky completed a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with Tate and the University of Nottingham in 2017, which resulted in the publication: Youth work, galleries and the politics of partnership (Palgrave, 2019). Nicky previously worked in engagement roles at various organisations including as Curator, Public Programmes at Whitechapel Gallery, London. https://www.nicolasim.co.uk/

https://people.uwe.ac.uk/Person/NickySim

If you would like to find out more information about the 2024-5 Seed Funding call, we are running briefing sessions here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/earlycareerresearchernetwork/1325794 

Please note: This event will be recorded and put on the platform afterwards.

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