Welcome to Speakers' Corner! Bring your lunch and help debate key issues that shape ourselves, our collective future and the future of the planet. Our first event will discuss the question: What role does artificial intelligence play in a sustainable future? Join us in Cottrell Building, room 3Y3, for a fascinating and illuminating discussion
SMASH welcomes Dr Lauren McCarthy for her talk 'Misogyny & Organisation Studies'. Drawing on feminist philosopher Kate Manne’s understanding of misogyny as a social practice that functions to police women, this presentation introduces the concepts of ‘organised’ and ‘organisational’ misogyny. It discusses what these look like empirically, drawing on examples such as the Manosphere, and
Dr. Soon Yong Ang, Stirling Business School Drawing on the sociology of secrecy and empirical data from a unique market mechanism in Malaysia—the whispering market—we examine how subaltern resistance is enacted and sustained by creating an alternative market against the ethnically dominating and exploitative calculative system of appropriation known as panggu. Our findings reveal that
Professor Jan Bebbington, Lancaster University Business School will join us to discuss business & biodiversity. Businesses are increasingly alert to having to understand and address nature (including biodiversity) matters in their operations and along their supply chains. The seminar will trace the scientific and global governance sources of the norms that influence how corporations are
Understanding how to build and manage teams capable of creating interdisciplinary outputs and impact is a complex skill set that is of fast-growing importance to funders, institutions and academics alike. And while there are multiple challenges, interdisciplinary working can be some of the most rewarding work that we do in our careers. In this panel
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