Mind the Gap is a free, online conference on LGBTQIA+ research. Over two days, postgraduate researchers and community organisers present on around the world present on the work that they do in a variety of disciplines: from looking at LGBTQIA+ education, to media representation, to innovative and creative ways of community-building. Participation as an audience […]
We are delighted to invite you to the AMPLIFY Showcase 2024. All LISS DTP students are welcome to attend! This student-led event aims to showcase community-based participatory research methods and the importance and impact of including young people’s voices in mental health research, offering the opportunity to network with local members of the community sector. The event will consist […]
Join us for an interactive workshop on "Decolonizing Concepts through Memes," where participants will take inspiration in the Brazilian sociologist and educator, Paulo Freire, and French Philosopher, Henri Bergson, to critically deconstruct mythologies of AI and creatively reinterpret visual media, and the transformative potential of memes to challenge and disrupt colonial narratives embedded in political, social, and cultural concepts as reinforced by predictive and generative AI.
The School of Economics and Finance of Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is hosting the 7th annual workshop for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. The workshop is organised by QMUL PhD students and aims to bring together researchers from all areas of Economics and Finance to create a stimulating environment for participants to discuss pressing issues in their fields and receive valuable feedback on their work
Please join us for an upcoming book workshop hosted by Global Theory Forum featuring Prof. Jonathan Floyd (University of Bristol) and his upcoming work-in-progress volume: Political Philosophy: Methods and Methodology. This event, which is kindly sponsored by LISS DTP and QMUL’s TheoryLab, is a one-day book workshop intended to be of particular interest for ECRs and will feature a series of sessions (corresponding to the volume’s various chapters) dedicated to breaking down and engaging with Floyd’s work in progress manuscript. The workshop will also feature and finish with a Masterclass session orientated toward ECRs who are concerned with getting their theorising into publishable book form that will be led by Prof. Floyd himself.
Call for Abstracts! A LISS DTP Student led are inviting PhD students from across disciplines and at any stage of their research to submit abstracts focusing on how cultural competency can be integrated into their research projects.
Global Theory Forum (an ESRC-funded working group supported by the LISS-DTP) is pleased to announce, and call for contributions to, a Spring Symposium we are hosting on 24th April 2025. The Symposium will take place in-person, at King’s College London, Strand Campus. It will be a full day of political theory discussion, and we hope that you will join us, either as a presenter or an audience member - please keep the date in your diaries!
Global Theory Forum (an ESRC-funded working group supported by the LISS-DTP) is pleased to announce, and call for contributions to, a Spring Symposium we are hosting on 24th April 2025. The Symposium will take place in-person, at King’s College London, Strand Campus. It will be a full day of political theory discussion, and we hope that you will join us, either as a presenter or an audience member - please keep the date in your diaries!
This conference, which is funded by the London Interdisciplinary Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (LISS DTP) and organised by PhD students from King's College London (KCL) and Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), aims to explore how cultures and languages intersect with professionalism, equity, and social justice in a globalised world.
To mark the publication of Latin American Geographies (Routledge), the first English language textbook on Latin American geography, Day 1 will explore the book’s diverse themes and contributions. It will use this as a platform to think more broadly about how we teach on Latin America and other contexts beyond the Anglophone core. We welcome participation from ECRs who may work as TAs and are interested in developing a career in teaching.
The Latin American Geographies Research Group (LAGRG) is pleased to announce two days of activities in London on 10-11 June 2025, supported by the RGS and LISS DTP.
Join us for an evening of creativity, critical reflection, and lively discussion at King’s College London, as we present the final showcase of the year-long workshop series 'Decolonising Concepts through Memes'