Recent posts tagged with "Discussions"

Research on the line: How to do critical social science in times of impact?

This roundtable will take stock of CCIG's long commitment to put social sciences on the line and will open discussions on how to do critical social science in the current funding landscape and a pressing impact agenda.

Enacting European citizenship - Citizens' dialogue with MEPs

NCVO along with CSV and The Open University (and in particular the Oecumene research project) in partnership with the European Parliament are running a project 'Europe: what does it mean for you?'.

Enactment: What's in an Act?

This meeting will introduce the new Acts Archive and bring together the work of external speakers from the Placing Ourselves project and internal speakers from the Enactments programme to discuss their current research and how such research interprets Acts and/or the Enactment concept.

Confirmed speakers: Melissa Butcher, Olaf Corry; Jef Huysmans; Engin Isin; Nicola Magnusson

Citizenship after Orientalism: enacting Europe in times of crisis

Debate (10:00‐12:30) at the European Parliament

Britain’s postcolonial soldiers

This is an exploratory roundtable event for invited guests. The discussion will be structured around a series of questions but the event is intended to be the start of a wide-ranging and open-ended collaborative effort.

Please contact Vron Ware (vron.ware@open.ac.uk) for more information. Lunch and tea will be provided. RSVP.

Feminist Policy, Politics and Practice Forum

This event was established to share experiences of the struggle to bring about change in institutions, culture and social groups. It brings together women academics, activists and practitioners, policymakers and researchers, and is co-convened by Janet Newman (Open University) and Sasha Roseneil (Birkbeck).

The Dynamics of a Dialogical Approach - in dialogue - Paul Sullivan & Ivana Marková

Dialogical approaches treat phenomena under study as dynamic, systemic, and unique. The uniqueness is given by interdependence of social phenomena with the situation/context in which they are embedded. Paul Sullivan will explore the arrival of this new approach.

CCIG Book Launch - The Contested Politics of Mobility: Borderzones and Irregularity / Migration, Agency and Citizenship in Sex Trafficking

A special book launch event organised by the Open University and Centre for Citizenship, Identity and Governance (CCIG) to mark the publication of Dr Vicki Squire's The Contested Politics of Mobility: Borderzones and Irregularity and Dr Rutvica Andrijasevic's Migration, Agency and Citizenship in Sex Trafficking.

CCIG - The Future of the Publics Programme

The Publics Research Programme is holding a meeting that will consider the future direction of the programme. Following the completion of a number of the Publics projects (e.g., the ESRC seminar series, the Rethinking the Public book) we think it is time to look at the ways in which the Programme might be shaped.

Insecurity, Fear and Risk Working Group Meeting

Vicki Squire will introduce her forthcoming edited book, The contested politics of mobility: Borderzones and irregularity, followed by a discussion of her introductory chapter.

All welcome!

If you would like to receive a copy of the chapter, please contact Vicki Squire.