London Cluster: Interdisciplinary Sandpit
London Cluster: Interdisciplinary Sandpit
The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network brings together ECRs across the humanities and social sciences disciplines, regardless of their funding source or background.
Tickets to attend this sandpit have been allocated through an application process. Please only book a ticket if you have had written confirmation that you can do so. Otherwise your ticket reservation will be cancelled.
Event Organiser: University of Greenwich
Don’t miss the opportunity to be part of a series of ambitious and transformative events hosted by The University of Greenwich. Three linked events will take you through forming interdisciplinary teams and the process of forming and presenting a project, navigating the funding landscape, and writing persuasive grant applications.
- Event 1: Interdisciplinary Sandpit, 26-27 November 2024
- Event 2: Navigating the Funding Landscape, 30 January 2025 (applications to attend coming soon)
- Event 3: Grant Writing Retreat, 27-28 March (applications to attend coming soon)
Interdisciplinary Sandpit
26-27 November 2024
Funded by the The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network, this two-day sandpit is being delivered by Dr. Catalin Brylla (Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion, and Social Justice) and Dr. Lyle Skains (Narrative, Culture and Community Research Centre).
Apply to be one of 30 early career academics from the London cluster of the network. Successful applicants will be chosen from a range of disciplines, such as media, business management, environmental sciences, anthropology, computing, architecture, tourism and health studies.
The two days will consist of networking activities, team-building exercises, research funding workshops and project development workshops. The teams will bring together project proposals that can be pitched to a panel of University of Greenwich subject experts.
Catalin Brylla
Dr. Catalin Brylla is Principal Lecturer in Film and TV and Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice at Bournemouth University. His work advocates for media representations to strategically reduce the stigma for marginalised social groups, such as disabled people and African cultures. As a practice-led researcher he has made documentaries about such groups, including 'The Terry Fragments', 'June’s Patchwork' and 'Zanzibar Soccer Dreams' (with Florence Ayisi), and he has organised events on the social impact of media (e.g. av-impact.com). He is currently working on an AHRC-funded research project on disability and media advocacy in Tanzania, and a BA-funded project on media engagement for wellbeing in the visually impaired community. He is Fellow of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image and Chair of its Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. |
Lyle Skains
Dr. Lyle Skains (she/her) is an award-winning researcher and creative practitioner in Creative Digital Writing and Science Communication. She is a member of the AHRC, UKRI-Interdisciplinary Schemes, ESRC, and multiple international funders’ peer review colleges. She has designed and facilitated multiple research springboard and sandpit events connecting science and arts for projects around sustainability goals, and has published a book on working across disciplines on widely interdisciplinary projects (Using Interactive Digital Narrative for Science and Health Education, Emerald). She conducts practice-based research into writing, reading/playing, publishing digital and transmedia narratives, and how these can be used for health and science communication. Her recent digital fiction includes No World 4 Tomorrow for the You & CO2 project, and Only, Always, Never for the Infectious Storytelling project; both works were designed to effect social change. Her full research profile includes a full projects and publications list. She is currently an Associate Professor in Literary Media and Health & Science Communication at Bournemouth University. |
University of Greenwich Panel:
- Andrew Clark: Institute for Lifecourse Development (ILD) University of Greenwich
- Claire Donovan: Deputy Head of School of Education (Research & Enterprise)
- Gianluca Tozzi: Professor of Industrial Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering and Science
- Jin Chan: Professor of Sustainable Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
- Thomas Evans: Professor in Organisational Psychology and Open Scholarship
- Zheng Liu: Associate Professor in Logistics and Operations Management
- Georgios Samakovitis: Professor of Financial Technology
Thank you for your interest. We understand that plans may change. If you sign up and can no longer attend let us know by emailing ecr_network@thebritishacademy.ac.uk and your ticket can be offered to someone else
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Location
Cooper Powerhouse, King William Walk, Greenwich, London, SE10 9JH