Category: ICSC Research Training and Development

When Preston Meets the Doughnut: Community Wealth Building & 21st Century Economics. Feb 4th 2021

Public Webinar Organised by UCLan’s Institute of Citizenship, Society & Change. When Preston Meets the Doughnut: Community Wealth Building and 21st Century Economics Organised by UCLan’s Institute of Citizenship, Society & Change, this webinar will explore the connections between democratic community wealth building, the economics of human and planetary thriving, and place-based climate action. 15:30-17:30... Continue Reading →

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The Social Life of Metrics: A transdisciplinary conversation at UCLan 11th Dec 2020

A conversation on the social life and performativity of metrics between UCLan scholars in the fields of data science and social science Online event. The emergence of 'Big data' analytics, metricisation (and its subset: financialisation) are pervasive cultural phenomena which pose substantial challenges across multiple intersecting domains. How do we understand what is at stake,... Continue Reading →

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Can Citizens Juries’ Guide Local Climate Action policy?

UCLan Institute of Citizenship, Society and Change . Climate Citizenships Seminar Can Citizens Juries' Guide Local Climate Action policy? With Peter Bryant (Shared Future CIC) Weds 26th February UCLan Media Factory Room 317, Kirkham St, Preston PR1 1JN Amission free - but please register here on eventbrite beforehand. https://climatecitizenships-uclan-icsc.eventbrite.co.uk   Peter Bryant, (co-director, Shared Future... Continue Reading →

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ICSC Seminar 21st May. “Reconstructing the Civic University for the 21st Century: Challenges and Opportunities” with Eric Lybeck.

Speaker: Dr Eric Lybeck, Presidential Fellow, University of Manchester, and editor-in-chief of ‘Civic Sociology’ Tuesday 21st May 2019 16:00- 18:00 Rm GR 202, Greenbank Building, UCLan, Preston, PR1 2HE All Welcome. This event is free - but please book your place on our eventbrite page here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uclan-icsc-seminar-reconstructing-the-civic-university-for-the-21st-century-tickets-61553837184 UCLan has recently signed a ‘Civic University Agreement’... Continue Reading →

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Funded PhD studentship at ICSC! Local food systems and local economic democracy: a framework for delivering food security?

The ICSC is offering a fully funded DTA studentship, funded through the DTA3/COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship programme. The PhD will be supervised by Dr Mags Adams and her colleagues (Prof Mark Dooris and Dr Ursula Pool) based in the Institute of Citizenship, Society and Change, at UCLan in Preston. The research will take place... Continue Reading →

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Two new PhD Fellowships on offer at ICSC!

Want to do your PhD here with us? Want funding? Two new PhD fellowships are on offer at UCLan's ICSC. One is in the field of Social Policy, the other in Energy and Society. The deadline is 8th October 2018 - so hurry! These are funded by the University Alliance DTA3/COFUND Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship... Continue Reading →

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Research Towards a Sustainable Society

A report on the ICSCs July 4th Sustainability day workshop in Preston. By Dr. Larry Reynolds, Institute of Citizenship, Society and Change. Introduction: Sustainability Research and the Civic University Given its institutional history, much of the work that UCLan does across all its faculties is deeply intertwined with the civic, public service and professional life... Continue Reading →

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