Previous events

Date	Event	Speakers	Event description
11 May 2022	Book Launch: The Half-life of Snails	Reading and Q&A event with Author Dr Philippa Holloway	ISR is delighted to welcome back Dr Philippa Holloway to celebrate the launch of her debut novel which explores survivalism and the legacy of Chernobyl in a narrative split between North Wales and Ukraine during the Euro Maidan crisis. This event will explore the themes of the book, including Nuclear Power and communities, the legacy of disaster, borderlands and the use of psychogeography as research for fiction writing. Plus bonus guest appearance by Alex Lockwood, author of The Chernobyl Privileges.
11 May 2022	CPSS Seminar: Exploring the Wellbeing of Professional Academy Footballers	Dr Jimmy O’Gorman, Edge Hill University	The Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport (CPSS) invites you to join them for their seminar series 2021/22. Jimmy’s research and work focuses on the welfare and wellbeing of sports workers, coach education, and the development, implementation, and enactment of sport policy and programmes, ranging from community/grassroots to participation and performance contexts. In this session he explores the wellbeing of professional academy footballers: Ups, downs, problems and solutions.
4 May 2022	Good Society Series: What Makes for Good Safeguarding Practice in Sport?	Michelle North, NSPCC Sport England’s Child Protection in Sport Unit (CPSU)	In this talk Michelle North will discuss how we can move safeguarding from simple compliance to a more positive safeguarding culture across an organisation which improves outcomes for all. The fact that sport and physical activity can be a force for good will contribute massively to a ‘good society’. This event is part of ISR’s ‘What Makes a Good Society?’ series which is intended to engage the public, professionals and practitioners as well as academics.
13 April 2022	Creating sustainable futures: A photovoice project with young people in Wigan		Creating Sustainable Futures was a collaboration between Edge Hill University, Wigan and Leigh Community Charity, Made in Wigan, Embrace Wigan and Leigh, Happy Smiles Training and Made in WN8. Together with a group of marginalised young people, we explored ideas of community wealth building, social enterprises, and social and economic justice.
7 April 2022	CfHAS Seminar: Why Climate Crisis Rhetoric is not Helping Animal Advocacy	Professor Nuria Almiron, Universitat Pompeu Fabra	The Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS) invites you to join them for the second session in their 2022 seminar series. CfHAS is an interdisciplinary forum for research and activities that engage with the complex material, ethical and symbolic relationships between humans, other animals, and their environments.
8 March 2022	International Women’s Day 2022 Social and Environmental Justice: From Grassroots to Goliath	Claire Stephenson	ISR celebrates Accidental Activists and Advocates for International Women’s Day. Join us as we welcome Claire Stephenson who will talk about the journey from a quiet life as a writer and mother, to a climate campaigner on the front line of a dangerous energy battle that no community wants to be in. The social and environmental justice implications from fracking the UK reached costly court cases to fight for local democracy, and a history-making legal challenge against the government itself.
6 March 2022	Chester international film festival		We are delighted once again to present the Chester Animation Festival. This is an international competition from both amateur and professional animators to showcase their work. Launched in 2014, it has attracted hundreds of entries from all around the world, and has given talented animators the opportunity to present their creativity in all aspects of the genre, from traditional hand drawn work to the latest CGI generated ﬁlms. The festival is organised by Chester Film Society in association with Storyhouse and the Institute for Social Responsibility at Edge Hill University.
4 – 11 March 2022	Chester international film festival		After our most successful festival ever in 2020 we are back for the 2022 Chester International Film Festival, incorporating Chester Animation Festival. The festival is curated by Chester Film Society in association with Storyhouse and the Institute for Social Responsibility at Edge Hill University.
4 March 2022	International Women’s Day 2022	An Interview with Jane Brophy: The Accidental MEP	ISR celebrates Accidental Activists and Advocates for International Women’s Day. Join us as we welcome Jane Brophy. In the 2019 Elections to the European Parliament, something which had not meant to take place, the Liberal Democrats won 2 seats, something not seen since 2004. Second on the Lib Dem list, Jane Brophy found herself an elected MEP for the North West until we left the EU in Jan 2020 – the very definition of an ‘accidental MEP’.
1 March 2022	International Women’s Day 2022	An Interview with Rachael Denhollander: The woman who exposed the sexual abuse scandal at USA Gymnastics	ISR celebrates Accidental Activists and Advocates for International Women’s Day. Join us as we welcome Rachael Denhollander, the woman who exposed USA gymnastics and brought Larry Nassar to justice. In 2016, Rachel Denhollander went public with details of her abuse by Larry Nasser, the doctor of the USA gymnastics Olympic team, who was eventually found guilty of sexually abusing more than 500 young women and girls. In this interview with Professor Jo Crotty, Director of ISR, and Dr Mel Lang, Associate Director of CPSS, she discusses what it was like to make this initial disclosure and her life now as a campaigner and advocate for victims of abuse.
24 February 2022	Liverpool Black History Series: Liverpool’s involvement in the American Civil War	David Hearn	This session is the final installment of our series looking at Liverpool’s Black History. Hosted by author and Edge Hill alumni, David Hearn, this session focuses on Liverpool’s involvement in the American Civil War. From the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 various people in Liverpool became closely involved in assisting the Confederate States but also in making huge wealth for themselves by bringing cotton through the US Government blockade of the Southern ports. The last surrender of the war in 1865, some 6 months after the formal end of the war, took place in the Mersey.
23 February 2022	CfHAS Seminar: Pavlov and the kingdom of dogs: telling different human-animal stories	Dr Matthew Adams, University of Brighton	We have all heard of Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), the legendary Russian physiologist turned psychologist. But in this talk Dr Matthew Adams asks, ‘How often do we stop to think about the lives of Pavlov’s dogs?’ The Centre for Human Animal Studies (CfHAS) invites you to join them for the first session in their 2022 seminar series. CfHAS is an interdisciplinary forum for research and activities that engage with the complex material, ethical and symbolic relationships between humans, other animals, and their environments.
17 February 2022	Liverpool Black History Series: Compensation paid to Liverpool people under the Slavery Abolition Act, 1833	David Hearn	This session is the second in a series of three webinars looking at Liverpool’s Black History. Hosted by author and Edge Hill alumni, David Hearn, this session focuses on the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 and compensation paid by the government, not to people who had suffered the pain and indignity of slavery but, instead, to the owners of plantations where the enslaved people worked. Many people in Liverpool and the surrounding area benefited from this compensation including John Gladstone of Liverpool, father of the future Prime Minister W E Gladstone, who received the largest payment under the scheme.
10 February 2022	Liverpool black history series: Liverpool and the Atlantic Slave Trade	David Hearn	This session is the first of three webinars looking at Liverpool’s Black History. Hosted by author and Edge Hill alumni, David Hearn, this first session focuses on the story of merchants, captains and other Liverpool people who were involved in the Atlantic Slave Trade. The story of this terrible trade is an important part of Liverpool’s history and yet it is often forgotten or ignored and even rejected.
10 February 2022	Good society series: What Does a Good Non-executive Director on a Public-Sector Board Look Like Today?	Dr Joy Tweed, University of Westminster	Over the past couple of decades, the expectations and requirements for a non-executive director (NED) in the public sector have changed. There’s been shifts in terminology from lay members to NEDs and differing expectations of whether the role is one of representing the views of local people/service users or the contribution of particular business skills to good corporate governance. Is ‘lived experience’ or local knowledge valued or are business skills from the private sector preferred? In this seminar Joy will draw on her experience and research to consider what a ‘good’ NED or board member might look like as we move into a new era of integrated care systems.
9 February 2022	CPSS seminar: Instagram policies and the online abuse of elite women in strength sports	Dr Catherine Phipps, Southampton Solent University	In this presentation, gendered abuse towards elite, high-profile women in strength sports (i.e., powerlifting, CrossFit, strongman, Olympic lifting and bodybuilding) is explored, utilising semi-structured interviews with a number of athletes. Watch this seminar on demand.
27 January 2022	Launch event: Education for Social Justice Research Network (EfSJ)	Graeme Tiffany, Independent education consultant and scholar	This event offers an opportunity to hear from an innovative and inspirational keynote speaker, Graeme Tiffany, to network with colleagues working in social justice and education, both at the University and beyond, and to make plans for this new research network that reflect the interests and priorities of group members.

Date	Event	Speaker	Event description
15 December 2021	CPSS Seminar: Eyes Wide Open	Claire Heafford, athlete activist and former elite gymnast	This talk will explore the key challenges Claire has faced as a whistle blower to abuse in gymnastics and discuss the athlete activism of the #GymnastAlliance movement within the wider context of #MeToo and the findings coming out of Operation Hydrant, Operation Stovewood the report into Child Sexual Abuse in Religious Organisations & Settings, and Zoe Bellingham’s Inspectorate of Constabulary report into misogyny within the police.
8 December 2021	‘Almost Liverpool 8’: Film Screening and editor Q&A with Christie Allanson	Christie Allanson	A documentary love letter to Toxteth. 50-years ago renowned photographer Don McCullin took a series of photographs around Liverpool 8. Inspired by these images, we go on a historical and social exploration of L8 over the last half century. Sponsored by ISR this event is hosted by Dr Elke Weissman, Reader in Television and Film at Edge Hill University, who will be joined in conversation by Christie Allanson, editor of Almost Liverpool 8. Christie is an alumni of the BA (Hons) Film and Television course at Edge Hill University.
1 December 2021	Repopulating and Decolonising Historiography is not Political Correctness – it is History	Dr Onyeka Nubia (FRHistS), The University of Nottingham	ISR is delighted to be welcoming Dr Onyeka Nubia, a pioneering and internationally recognised historian, writer and presenter who is reinventing our perceptions of the Renaissance, British history, Black Studies and intersectionalism. In this lecture, looking at topics of repopulating the curriculum, decolonisation, critical race theory, institutional racism, and privilege, we will ask the question ‘What is an inclusive pedagogy?’.
30 November 2021	SustainNET: Doughnut Economics: from a Radical Idea to Transformative Action	Carlota Sanz, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL)	Organised by SustainNET and sponsored by ISR, this session looks at the Doughnut envisions – an economy that meets the needs of all people within the means of the living planet. It’s a world that is regenerative, rather than degenerative. And it is far more distributive of value and opportunity. Join Carlota to learn more about the vision and principles of Doughnut Economics and how it’s been put into practice by changemakers all around the world.
25 November 2021	What makes a Flourishing Society?	Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley, Bath Spa University	This online event is the latest in the series of ISR’s ‘What Makes A Good Society?’ sessions which are intended to engage the public, professionals and practitioners as well as academics. This latest session welcomes Eri Mountbatten-O’Malley, Senior lecturer in Education policy at Bath Spa University, who will ask ‘What makes for a Flourishing Society?’.
23 November 2021	Webinar: Aliens in the Chilean forest: Can timber production be compatible with the protection of a biodiversity hotspot?	Pilar Martin-Gallego, Edge Hill University	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, in this talk, we will explore the possibilities of satellite remote sensing and landscape assessment to map and model alien tree presence within a matrix of native forest over extensive areas. We will also discuss possible ways of improving forest conservation and productive forestry sustainability with the aim of making conservation and productive forest management compatible.
16 November 2021	Brothers are Doing it for Themselves: Transmen and the Creation of Boundaryless and Protean Career Choices	Professor Helen Woodruffe-Burton, Edge Hill University	Organised by the Business School, this session is part of the Business School Lunchtime Research Seminar Series. In this session Professor Helen Woodruffe-Burton discusses research which explores transgender career decisions and alternative career choices driven by diversity and resilience where individuals subjectively create and maintain their careers based on individual identity and personal values, through empowerment, enterprise and resilience.
10 November 2021	CPSS Seminar Series Launch Event		The Centre for Child Protection and Safeguarding in Sport (CPSS) invites you to join them at the inaugural session of its seminar series for autumn 2021. Supported by the Institute for Social Responsibility (ISR) this seminar will be a special event with two internationally renowned experts speaking to topics that align with the CPSS Mission Statement of contributing to enhanced safeguarding knowledge and practice to promote and protect the welfare of children and adults in sport.
3 November 2021	How can poetry support our articulation of our relationship with our non-human world?	Victoria Inyang-Talbot, Edge Hill University	This webinar draws from the poems read at the festival’s Poetry Performance event the previous day, as well as other poems from antiquity to contemporary, including spoken word. It will consider themes such as Eco-poetry – poetry that illustrates the sense of selfhood as worldliness, Articulation of place perception, Geographical imaginations and human feelings, Articulation of hope, and more. This event is part of the Sustainability Festival at Edge Hill.
2 November 2021	Coasts for Kids: a transdisciplinary science communication effort	Irene Delgado-Fernandez, Edge Hill University	Explore with us why is it important to empower kids (and adults) to understand some of the complex factors relating to coastal dynamics, and to trigger awareness and interest on coasts from an early age. Coasts for Kids is the result of a transdisciplinary team effort involving teachers, artists, and coastal scientists from universities in the UK, Canada, Australia, Spain, France, and Mexico. This event is part of the Sustainability Festival at Edge Hill.
1 November 2021	What on Earth is our Sustainability Festival and the COP26 Climate Summit all About?	Professor Christopher Dent, Edge Hill University	In this talk, Christopher Dent (lead organiser of the Festival) will explain what the Sustainability Festival is all about, what is happening through this exciting week ahead, and give a general introduction to the whole event. He will also explain what the historically important COP26 Climate Summit the UK is hosting is all about, and why it is so important to both global and local efforts on sustainability.
1 – 5 November 2021	Sustainability Festival		Organised by the SustainNET research group and sponsored by ISR, this will be a huge event for the University involving students, staff and the local community. The festival will be organised around five specific day themes, namely: Move it Monday (transport), Together Tuesday (community), World Wednesday (nature), Thrifty Thursday (reduce, recycle, reuse), and Footprint Friday (impact). Across these days we will be running a range of activities including poetry performances, talks, a film, tours of the campus, food stalls, live music and much, much more, all centring around the theme of sustainability.
27 October 2021	What Makes a Good Arts Venue?	Mary Cloake, CEO Bluecoat Liverpool	This event is the latest in the series of ISR’s ‘What Makes A Good Society?’ sessions which are intended to engage the public, professionals and practitioners as well as academics. This latest session welcomes Mary Cloake, CEO of The Bluecoat Liverpool, who will ask ‘What Makes a Good Arts Venue?’
27 October 2021	BHM Workshop: Learning, Living and Working Better Together	Dr Joy Gana-Inatimi	A follow-up workshop hosted by Dr Joy Gana-Inatimi to share the findings about the lived experiences of Black and minority students and staff. The purpose of the workshop is to have solution focused discussions about how we as individuals and as a community can work collaboratively to address the issues raised by the narrative of our lived experiences.
21 October 2021	BHM Event: Film Screening of Wilmington on Fire and Q&A with Director, Chris Everett	Chris Everett	Organised by the International Centre on Racism and sponsored by ISR, we are hosting a screening of a new and deeply impactful film about Black History. Wilmington on Fire is directed by African American director Chris Everett and documents events that took place in the U.S. in 1898 when a white mob attacked the black-governed city of Wilmington, North Carolina. Following the film there will be a live Q&A with the director Chris via video link.
15 October 2021	BHM Event: Creative performances using soundscape, spoken word, silhouettes and movement to explore Black History Month themes		You are invited to a day of activities organised by the Research Centre of Art and Wellbeing that will explore the role that the arts, art therapies and psychotherapies play in the lives of many people in helping to express diversity. The last event of the day is a series of performances will explore key issues. The first looks at the term and perception of ‘black’ and what it means to be a black woman in society. The second performance explores human trafficking and slavery during the years since the Brexit vote. Lastly is a silhouette performance looking at ideas around beauty and unconscious bias closely and a dance movement performance that explores oppression narratives.
15 October 2021	BHM Event: Research at Edge Hill University: Healing racial trauma, problems faced ‘post-Windrush’ and stories from modern slavery		You are invited to a day of activities organised by the Research Centre of Art and Wellbeing that will explore the role that the arts, art therapies and psychotherapies play in the lives of many people in helping to express diversity. Based on research carried out at Edge Hill that examines the key themes of Black History Month, speakers will delve into the impact of racial trauma and how the arts and art therapies can help to heal division. There is also exploration of stories from trafficked people in the UK and a discussion about the effects of the Windrush Scandal on mental health.
15 October 2021	BHM Event: International perspectives: The role of the arts, arts therapies and psychotherapies in supporting mental health in Black communities		You are invited to a day of activities organised by the Research Centre of Art and Wellbeing that will explore the role that the arts, art therapies and psychotherapies play in the lives of many people in helping to express diversity. This event explores some of the key issues relating to arts, art therapies and psychotherapies in relation to supporting mental health in black communities. The event will be facilitated by Dr Nisha Sajnani, who is the Director of the Drama Therapy program at New York University.
15 October 2021	BHM Event: National and local perspectives: Exploring the barriers faced by psychotherapy in the UK and the impact on mental health from honour-based abuse		To mark Black History Month you are invited to a day of activities organised by the Research Centre of Art and Wellbeing that will explore the role that the arts, art therapies and psychotherapies play in the lives of many people in helping to express diversity. Here we will focus on issues within the UK relating to the barriers to inclusion and diversity faced by psychotherapists, and an exploration of the effects of honour-based abuse on mental health.
12 October 2021	Launch event: Spanish and Latin American Studies Research Group (ESAL)		We invite you to join us at the launch of the Research Group in Spanish and Latin American Studies (ESAL) at Edge Hill University. At this inaugural event we welcome special guests the Paraguayan Ambassador, Genaro V. Pappalardo, who will bring us closer to Paraguay, Dr Joaquín Cortés who will talk about colonialism in Latin America, and Professor Anthony Grant who will share with us his knowledge about languages in contact.
6 October 2021	BHM Workshop: Speaking Up and Speaking Out Our Truths		A workshop for Black and Minority Ethnic Staff and Students. This session will be hosted by Dr Joy Gana-Inatimi and aims to provide a safe and open space for Black and other minority students and staff to share their lived experiences. We are encouraging sharing these experiences so we can identify issues that need to be acknowledged and addressed as individuals and as a community.
October 2021	Black History Month at Edge Hill University		Edge Hill University is committed to diversity, inclusivity and fostering a sense of belonging where all of its community are valued – principles that are being spotlighted during Black History Month. Co-organised by ISR, this year’s Black History Month events, workshops, exhibitions and resources aim to enhance awareness, champion equality, diversity and inclusion, highlight support and to celebrate Black joy and achievements.
27 September 2021	Critical Awards in Television: Awards Ceremony		The Critical Awards in Television celebrate television in ways that are not often considered by other awards. This year, it’s all about the fact that television kept going during a pandemic that forced us all to stay at home. The Award Ceremony will this year take place on 27th September 2021, from 6.00 – 8.30pm at Wavertree Town Hall, Liverpool. We are restricted to 60 spaces to keep the awards Covid-safe.
19 July – 6 August 2021	Critical Studies in Television: Slow Covid-Safe Conference 2021		Where to, Television Studies? What directions are there to investigate? What are the themes that are important as the medium morphs and changes? What methodological challenges do these changes pose to Television Studies and what place does television history continue to hold within our discipline? Organised by Critical Studies in Television, ECREA Television Studies and the Department of Media and Performing Arts, Edge Hill University, and promoted by ISR, this conference will be a space where we can come together to set the agenda for television research and education.
2 July 2021	Conference: Victims of Terrorism and State Responses		The Law and Criminology Department at Edge Hill University, alongside the Institute for Social Responsibility and in partnership with The Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Peace Foundation have collaborated to present an interdisciplinary-based conference looking at how the criminal justice system accommodates and assists the victims of terrorism. The event is sponsored by The Modern Law Review Seminar Fund.
2 July 2021	Festival of Ideas: Turning Disaster into Opportunity		Global health has taken centre stage over the past year – but what impact has the pandemic had on environmental health? In the final Festival of Ideas event, we’re looking ahead to the future to ask whether in the midst of disaster lies opportunity. Edge Hill experts will talk about their latest research and will finish the session with a quiz to test your environmental know-how.
1 July 2021	Festival of Ideas: Recovery and Renewal: The future of Primary Care Research		The pandemic has posed the greatest challenge to the NHS in living memory and research played a vital role in shaping the NHS response. As the UK now moves into a phase of recovery and renewal, we ask what the priorities are for primary care research – and the opportunities and challenges it may bring.
30 June 2021	Festival of Ideas: The Untold (animal) Stories of COVID-19		This special event will delve into the COVID-19 narrative to uncover the stories that haven’t been told by the mainstream media. The panel will review the last 18 months of world events, from standing on the brink of a global pandemic, to the international finger-pointing at who or what is to blame for the crisis. Covid-19 marks a turning point in human history – a pivotal moment demanding we rethink our relations with animals. These are the stories we need to tell.
28 June 2021	Festival of Ideas: Edge Talks		To kick off this year’s Festival of Ideas, Edge Hill is bringing you its own TED Talk inspired spin-off ‘Edge Talks’. The series of punchy 10-minute talks will be delivered by a variety of inspirational speakers on a topic of their choice under the theme of Renewal.
24 – 25 June 2021	EACAS 2021: Appraising Critical Animal Studies		The Centre for Human-Animal Studies is delighted to be the host for the 7th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Critical Animal Studies (EACAS). The conference will be virtual and will take place on Thursday 24 2021 – Friday 25 June 2021.
22 June 2021	Methodologies for International Collaborative Partnerships in Education	Professor Petra Engelbrecht	Sponsored by ISR and organised by the Participative and Action Research Network, this webinar welcomes Petra Engelbrecht who will share her personal experiences of the development of international collaborative partnerships in education. The Participative and Action Research Network encompasses research which is participative and community focused. It includes participatory research, community research, action research, design-based research, practitioner research and other forms of research which aim to be inclusive, researching with participants, rather than on participants.
10 June 2021	Webinar: Volunteer Stories in Gardens as SDG Metrics	Nick Catahan, Edge Hill University	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET this event looks at Nick’s latest research with Botanic Garden partners across England, Scotland and Wales which explores collective voices of garden volunteers and the power of volunteering and gardens. This project is creating resources and a means to facilitate lobbying, networking and of course teaching, learning, academic use and publication regarding SDGs, and related metrics with a focus on transformative health and wellbeing outcomes of volunteering in gardens, and much more.
3 June 2021	ISR Knowledge Exchange Event: Communicating Health Messages and Risks to Minority Groups in the Wirral		During this informal knowledge exchange event we will explore the health communication risks associated with a rapidly growing and increasingly ethnically diverse population on the Wirral peninsula. In partnership with Wirral Change and the Migration Working Group-North West this event will bring together different stakeholders to find answers to questions such as ‘how can local government and health practitioners address associated risks and challenges and communicate more effectively’?
27 May 2021	ISR knowledge exchange event: Re-imagining shared, sustainable urban futures: supporting asylum seekers and refugees during COVID-19 in Liverpool		Community projects are a particularly interesting research area within the umbrella of social protection for asylum seekers and refugees (ASRs) in the context of disadvantaged neighbourhoods. And regenerating urban areas like Liverpool have a fast changing landscape – both of their material features and social relations. This event will bring together different stakeholders working with ASRs in Liverpool before and during the pandemic, within the broad framework of sustainability.
19 May 2021	Webinar: Evaluating our Work on Sustainable Development Goals: The Human Capability Approach	Professor John Sandars, Edge Hill University	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET. An essential aspect of both education for sustainability and the practical implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals is the evaluation of the outcome. The human capability approach offers a person-centred evaluation of what is valued. The different methods and challenges of using the capability approach will be discussed.
18 May 2021	Film screening: The Atom: A Love Affair	Vicki Lesley and Dr Philippa Holloway	The Atom: a Love Affair is a sweeping story of technological obsession, political imperatives and powerful, conflicting passions. The film is an ambitious international feature documentary spanning more than 7 decades and 5 different countries, exploring the West’s rollercoaster love-hate relationship with nuclear power since the end of World War 2. It’s a dramatic tale of belief, betrayal, intrigue and hope, told by the scientists, engineers, politicians and campaigners who experienced it first-hand. The screening will be followed by Q&A with the filmmaker, Vicki Lesley, and author and nuclear psychogeographer, Dr Philippa Holloway.
7 May 2021	100 years of women at the BBC: Critical Studies in Television Workshop		In 2022, one hundred years will have passed since the formation of the British Broadcasting Company, later to become the pioneering public service broadcaster best known as the BBC. This workshop will explore one specific aspect of the BBC’s history: its relationship with women. The workshop will present fresh and innovative work-in-progress research on women at the BBC. Presentations will explore the careers of some pioneering female workers at the BBC. The workshop aims to shed fresh light on influential figures such as Grace Wyndham Goldie and Jill Craigie; to draw attention to careers that are often overlooked – such as gramophone operators or production designers; to re-examine forgotten on-screen personalities; and to consider women’s contributions to prestigious BBC strands such as Play for Today.
5 May 2021	Webinar: Community Wealth Building in Skelmersdale: Supporting small local enterprises	Dr Victoria Foster, ISR Associate Director & Claire Cooper, Community Researcher	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, this webinar looks at community wealth building – an ethical approach to economics. One of its substantive pillars involves supporting the generative economy. This is an economy that is socially fair and ecological, and ensures that wealth remains in communities. This webinar discusses a small-scale participatory research project that took place in Skelmersdale, exploring the benefits, and the barriers and challenges they faced.
29 April 2021	Webinar: Addressing the SDGs with Primary Education	Louise Hawxwell, Edge Hill University	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, this webinar will discuss the importance of teacher education addressing complex issues linked to the SDGs, including climate and ecological justice, gender inequalities, and so on. There is a current lack of pedagogical strategies for exploring these in the classroom. Louise Hawxwell, Senior Lecturer in Children, Education and Communities, will look at some of the ways in which they may be delivered through the ITT curriculum drawing on examples from her own practice.
21 April 2021	Webinar: Participatory Research in the Pandemic: Doing Socially Distanced Social Responsibility		Overcoming digital divides, building social connections and acting in a socially responsible way in the midst of a global pandemic isn’t easy. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing inequalities, with those already experiencing digital poverty excluded from what was an almost exclusively digital policy response. This webinar series discusses how or indeed if we can do socially distanced social responsibility. In the third of our ISR series on Socially Distanced Social Responsibility we focus on participatory research.
21 April 2021	Webinar: Sustainability through the Lens of Development Education and Global Learning	Dr Andrea Bullivant	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, this webinar looks at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4.7 which emphasises the role of education in promoting human rights, gender equality and peace, alongside and interconnected with sustainable development. Drawing on her experience in the field of Development Education and Global Learning, Dr Andrea Bullivant will share alternative lenses or frameworks for engaging with sustainability and related challenges; argue for the contribution of Development and Global Learning in bringing holistic and critical perspectives to sustainability; and provide insight into the landscape of organisations and movements working to reorientate education towards SDG 4.7
15 April 2021	Webinar: Life in the Canopy – Sustainable Forest Management and Conservation		Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, in this talk Dr Anne Oxbrough and Dr Sven Batke will talk about forest canopies being one of the most biodiverse habitats on our planet. We will examine the global importance of forest canopies, their diversity and sustainable conservation management and advances in access that allowed us to push the boundaries of scientific investigations. We will be discussing state of the art research and draw from personal experience studying forest canopies in Ireland, the UK and Central America.
14 April 2021	Narrating Childhood with Children and Young People: Diverse Contexts, Methods and Stories of Everyday Life		This book launch brings together scholarly and practitioner audiences from Edge Hill University and beyond to discuss the importance of young people’s voices to policy, practice, and research, facilitating commentary and debate about the significance accorded to children’s everyday experiences and storytelling. It is of significance therefore to non-academic and academic audiences working with children and youth and those who are interested in sociology, social work, social care, teaching, youth work and other professions.
24 March 2021	EdgeTalks – Covid-19: A Year On?		In spring 2020, the Institute for Social Responsibility asked the Edge Hill University research community to submit articles on a range of issues detailing how the pandemic has affected their field. They responded with a range and depth of posts so vast that it now stands as an historic document charting our immediate response to the pandemic. We now invite you to join us to mark the anniversary of lockdown on Wednesday 24th March 2021, where 5 of our original bloggers will give their take on one of the overarching themes of the blog. Using their original blog as a launchpad, they will look back and look forward, to assess the impact of the pandemic and what might happen next. This event takes the form of an ‘Edge Talk’, with no more than 10 minutes per speaker/blogger.
22 March 2021	Conference: 1989-1991: The Birth Of Contemporary Europe?	Undergraduate History Conference	All are most welcome! This conference marking the 30th anniversary of 1989-1991: The Birth Of Contemporary Europe?, postponed from March last year, will now be going ahead on Monday 22 March as an online event, with contributions from students, colleagues, external speakers and historical witnesses. The conference includes a range of perspectives and insights on this dynamic period of European history; some of the content is pre-recorded and to be viewed in advance for discussion on the day, the rest of the content is live. With MANY thanks to all the contributors, from our Edge Hill community and beyond.
17 March 2021	Webinar: Young People and the Pandemic: Doing Socially Distanced Social Responsibility		Overcoming digital divides, building social connections and acting in a socially responsible way in the midst of a global pandemic isn’t an easy task. COVID-19 has exacerbated existing inequalities, with those already experiencing digital poverty, excluded from what was an almost exclusively digital policy response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This webinar series will discuss how or indeed if we can do socially distanced social responsibility. In the second of our ISR Series on Socially Distanced Social Responsibility we will be focussing on the pandemic experiences of young people, asking how young people and youth work can be socially distanced, and sharing examples of enacting online and ‘covid-safe’ social responsibility with young people.
10 March 2021	Conference: Education for Sustainability at Edge Hill University		This collaborative online conference will provide an opportunity to bring together a wide range of Edge Hill University colleagues, including academics and students, with members of local community organisations to develop a sustainable and reciprocal educational approach. A reciprocal approach ensures that there are mutual benefits for the achievement of SDGs. Organised by SustainNET and sponsored by the Institute for Social Responsibility at Edge Hill University, this online conference will be facilitated by Liverpool World Centre, a SustainNET partner.
8 March 2021	International Women’s Day 2021	Webinar: Inspiring Innovation in Women’s Social Enterprise	Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day 2021 with a talk from local social entrepreneur Paula Gamester. Paula has long been a role model for women in social enterprise and her own CIC, Connector Media, has provided support and confidence building to many. Paula will speak about the journey that brought her to social entrepreneurialism and will share the insights she has developed along the way.
8 March 2021	International Women’s Day 2021	Webinar: In Conversation with rugby pioneer Gill Burns MBE	To mark International Women’s Day and the 150th anniversary of rugby union, join Women’s Rugby World Cup winner and trailblazer for the sport, Gill Burns MBE, for an empowering talk where she shares her ethos on why you should never let gender stand in the way of your dreams.
25 February 2021	Webinar: Towards Zero Carbon 2030: Local Manifesto for Merseyside	Ed Gommon and Lena Simic	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, this webinar (presented by Ed Gommon and Lena Simic) will outline Local Manifesto as developed by Merseyside Labour for a Green New Deal group, working in collaboration with grassroots climate activists, councillors, MPs and trade unions and building on the event ‘Developing a Zero Carbon Manifesto for Merseyside’ which took place in June 2019. The Manifesto offers concrete proposals on what can be done locally within ten areas which affect the green transition: jobs, housing, energy, green space, transport, health, race, learning, waste and democracy.
16 February 2021	Webinar: RE100 & the Global Electricity Transition	Ross Mitchell from RE100	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET, this webinar welcomes Ross Mitchell from RE100 to talk about Global Electricity Transition and look at the following: A brief history of how we got to where we are today; Why do we need to make this transition? What is RE100’s role in enabling and supporting that transition? What do we need to achieve and by when to align with the Paris Agreement?
2 February 2021	Webinar: Regenerative River Republic and Education for Thrivability	Dr Tim Saunders, Edge Hill University	Sponsored by ISR and organised by SustainNET. The Manchester-Mersey bioregion arguably needs a joined-up approach to One Planet thinking for two city regions in a way that builds on the legacy of the Mersey basin Campaign and current catchment-based approach of the Mersey Rivers Trust. In this webinar, Dr Tim Saunders (EHU Department for Children, Education and Communities) envisions a Regenerative River Republic with a bioregional meta-pedagogy that seeks to integrate education for Wellbeing, Resilience and Sustainability, which he calls Education for Thrivability.
28 January 2021	Webinar: What Makes for Good Community Cohesion? Lessons from Windrush	Anthony Brown, Chairman of Preston Windrush	A series of changes to immigration and nationality laws since 1948 culminated in the ‘Windrush Scandal’ in 2018. The Wendy Williams ‘Windrush Lessons Learned Review’ states there has been harm done to the African Caribbean community as a whole and the question, therefore, arises what is the harm, but more importantly, what can be done to repair the damage to community cohesion? This event is part of ISR’s ‘What Makes A Good Society?’ series which is intended to engage the public, professionals and practitioners as well as academics.
19 January 2021	Webinar: Race Relations in the United States: The Trump Legacy and the Biden Presidency		The day before the US Presidential inauguration this online discussion forum, with three leading authorities from the United States, will examine the legacy of the Trump administration on race. It will assess the extent to which the Biden Presidency provides opportunities for change, and the lessons that might be learnt from the United States for race relations in Britain and Europe. Organised by ISR and the International Centre for Racism at Edge Hill University.
13 January 2021	Webinar: How do you do Socially Distanced Social Responsibility?		This session will consider how to do social responsibility in a socially distanced way. When the UK entered its first lockdown in March 2020, community groups and voluntary sector organisations were forced to move to online delivery. This has continued to the present time and has exacerbated existing inequalities, with those already experiencing digital poverty excluded from what was an almost exclusively digital policy response to the COVID-19 outbreak. This webinar welcomes John Davis, ISR Visiting Fellow and guest speakers from the Bluecoat Liverpool and Youthfocus North West.