Posts tagged with ‘social sciences’
Academics awarded Fellowships by the Academy of Social Sciences
Two academics from the University of Nottingham have been conferred Fellows of the Academy of Social […]
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Tags: Academy's Fellowship, Carl Macrae, CEPR, Giovanni Facchini, HSIB, research fellows, Research Fellowships, social sciences, Todd Landman
Professor David Park appointed Dean of Nottingham University Business School
The university has appointed Professor David Park as the new Dean of the Nottingham University Business […]
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Tags: Nottingham University Business School, NUBS, social sciences
Festival of Social Sciences: Saturday 7 November – Sunday 15 November 2020
The Economic and Social Research Council’s Festival of Social Sciences is an annual, weeklong series of […]
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Tags: Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC, Festival of Social Sciences, research, social sciences, Sociology and Social Policy
Lianas, tropical forests and the global carbon cycle
In this lecture, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences, Geertje van der Heijden will explore the functioning of the carbon cycle and indicate its importance in mitigating some of the effects of human-induced increases in atmospheric CO2 concentrations.
Tags: carbon cycle, climate change, Co2, social sciences
Remembering what and where: changes in visual memory across the lifespan
A lecture with Dr Simon Ferneyhough, Researcher — Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Nottingham Trent University.
Trump: one year on
Debate and exchange of ideas on the first year of Donald Trump’s administration.
Tags: American and Canadian Studies, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Donald Trump, Dr Christopher Phelps, Professor Todd Landman, social sciences, trump
Applications invited for Mexico academic collaboration
Research staff at the University of Nottingham are invited to apply for the ‘UK-Mexico Itinerant Chair’, […]
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Tags: academic collaboration, humanities, Mexico, social sciences, STEM, UK-Mexico Itinerant Chair
Applications for our 2017 BSA Media Fellowships are now open
Do you want to find out, first hand, how academic research is reported by the media and […]
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Tags: arts, British Science Association, British Science Association Media Fellow, british science association media fellowships scheme, british science festival, BSA, bsa media fellowships, engineering, medicine and health sciences, science, social sciences
Making friends with the enemy – with Jo Berry
In 1984 an IRA bomb killed Jo Berry’s father. Jo met with Patrick Magee, the bomber, after his release from prison. For 16 years, they have travelled the world together spreading a message of peace and understanding.
Tags: Building Bridges for Peace, Jo Berry, justice, rights, Rights and Justice, Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, social sciences, Todd Landman
Race, Rights and Justice in the age of Brexit
On 23rd June 2016, the UK voted to exit the EU. The referendum sparked a flurry of political changes in the government and a sharp rise in hate crimes reported to the police. Suddenly the UK has to confront questions of equality, tolerance and hate.
Tags: Being Human Festival, Brexit, Centre for Research in Race and Rights, EU referendum, journey to justice nottingham, Rights and Justice Research Priority Area, social sciences, the rights and justice city: hope history and being humane