8th June WEBINAR: COVID-19: Public Health Insights and Perspectives for an Equitable and Sustainable Recovery

Organised jointly by the Institute of Citizenship, Society & Change, the Healthy & Sustainable Settings Unit and the Centre for Sustainable Transitions. This webinar was held on 15:00-17:00. Monday 8th June 2020 (details below). A video of the Webinar is available to view here: https://vls.uclan.ac.uk/Play/57562 WEBINAR: COVID-19: Public Health Insights and Perspectives for an... Continue Reading →

7th Jun 2020 0

ICSC Roundtable on COVID-19 Health & Social Crisis. 29/04/20

The Institute of Citizenship, Society and Change will host the first of its online internal research workshops on Weds 29th April 2020. This will be an internal webinar for ICSC members and other UCLan research staff. However, we plan to broadcast public webinars on this theme soon as well, in order for UCLan experts to... Continue Reading →

27th Apr 2020 0

‘The Activism of Intersectionality’ ICSC Seminar Oct 16 2019

Presenter: Dr. Rachel Robbins, (UCLan Guild Senior Research Fellow). Weds 16th Oct 4pm – 6pm UCLan Harrington Building Rm HA320 (Victoria St, Preston PR1 7QS ALL WELCOME! The event is free, but please register beforehand on our eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-activism-of-intersectionality-tickets-73050372631 Rachel Robbins is co-editor (with Suryia Nayak) of 'Intersectionality in Social Work: Activism and Practice... Continue Reading →

15th Oct 2019 0

ICSC Seminar: ‘Sex work, sensory urbanism and visual criminology’ 21st Feb.

Institute of Citizenship, Society and Change. Seminar series. “Sex work, sensory urbanism and visual criminology: co-producing knowledge and policy”. A presentation by Dr Emily Cooper. ICSC & Lecturer in Human Geography / UCLan School of Forensic and Applied Sciences. This seminar will centre on what we can learn from transdisciplinary approaches to research about sex... Continue Reading →

8th Feb 2019 0

Connect Conference 2018: Building Collaboration and Communication in Domestic Abuse Work

UCLan's Connect Centre for International Research on Violence and Harm held its second conference on Wednesday 3rd October 2018, at Brockholes Conference Centre Preston. The conference focused upon domestic abuse and the notion that if domestic abuse is to be identified and managed at the earliest opportunity, a collaborative approach is needed. Professor Gene Feder... Continue Reading →

11th Oct 2018 0

New Book. Intersectionality in Social Work: Activism and Practice in Context

An exciting new publication from Rachel Robbins, ICSC member and UCLan Guild Senior Research Fellow, co-edited with Salford University's Suryia Nayak. Many people experience multiple forms of oppression from interlocking and overlapping relations of power and domination, around class, race, gender, sexual orientation, disability and much more. The theory of ‘Intersectionality’, originating from Black... Continue Reading →

27th Sep 2018 0

Connect Conference: ‘Building Collaboration and Communication in Domestic Abuse Work’ 3rd Oct ’18.

UCLan Connect Centre for International Research on Violence and Harm. 2018 Conference. 9:15am - 4:30pm. Brockholes Conference Centre, Preston. Keynote Speaker: Professor Gene Felder (University of Bristol). Opportunities to: Hear about the latest research from the Connect Centre team. Attend workshops on areas of specialist interest. Network with other practitioners, researchers, students and... Continue Reading →

13th Sep 2018 0

ICSC Research Training Day: ‘New directions in researching with children’. June 14th.

On the 14th June, the Institute hosted a training event that centred upon innovative research methods with children. The training was held at the Tickled Trout Hotel Preston and was led by Dr. Amanda Bingley (Lancaster University) and Dr. Virginia Morrow (University of Oxford). Amanda demonstrated the role of creative play as a means of... Continue Reading →

6th Aug 2018 0

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