Programme

Update: A podcast of selected sessions is now available – recordings are under the names of these speakers

Abstracts and speaker biographies can be found by clicking on the relevant session title. A full list can also be found on the tab above.

10.30 – 11.00 Registration and Welcome from PGF convenors

11.00 – 12.00 Session One: Sociology in Practice: communities, publics, and grassroots.

• Prof Rob MacDonald (University of Teesside)
• Dr Andy Smith (University of Glasgow)
• Dr Philly Wiseman (University of Glasgow)

12.00 – 13.00 LUNCH

13.00 – 13.40 Session Two: Value free or politically partial? Sociology and Teaching

• Dr Matt Dawson (University of Glasgow)
• Dr Vikki Turbine (University of Glasgow)

13.40 – 14.30 Session Three: Making it From PhD to Early Career: Stories and Trajectories

With the BSA Early Career Forum Co-Convenors:

• Dr Katherine Twamley (Institute of Education)
• Dr Mark Doidge (University of Brighton)
• Dr Andrea Scott (University of Chichester)

14.30 – 14.45 Coffee Break

14.45 -15.45 Session Four: Epistemologies in Action: what do we do when we write?

• Prof Bridget Fowler (University of Glasgow)
• Dr Carolyn Pedwell (University of Kent)
• Professor Satnam Virdee (University of Glasgow)

15.45 – 16.00 Coffee Break 

16.00– 17.15 Keynote Plenary

Prof Gargi Bhattacharyya (University of East London): ‘Beyond the beast of austerity – inequality and the lives we hope to lead’

• Respondents: Dr Nasar Meer (Strathclyde), Dr Carolyn Pedwell (Kent), Dr Andy Smith (Glasgow)

17.15 – 17.30 Closing Address from BSA President, Professor Lynn Jamieson (Edinburgh)

You can also download a .pdf of the programme here: BSA Postgraduate Forum Pre-Conference Day 2015 Programme