Keynote
Dr Mark Carrigan, Digital Fellow, The Sociological Review @mark_carrigan
What does it mean to be a public sociologist in the era of @realDonaldTrump?
Film
Dr Michal Nahman, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, The University of the West of England, Bristol, @michalnahman
Atomised Mothers. Isolation, Austerity and the Politics of Parenting
Workshops
Dr Maria Berghs, Early Career Academic Fellow, Allied Health Science, De Montfort University
Public Dilemmas of Engagement
Dr Sharon Hutchings, Dr Tom Vickers
Nottingham Trent University
Exploring the values and practices of public sociology
Organisers
Dr Kylie Baldwin, Early Career Researcher, DMU
@DrKylieBaldwin
Paris Connolly, PhD researcher, DMU
@Paris_Connolly
Kriss Fearon, PhD researcher, DMU
@christabel6
Sasha Loyal, PhD Researcher, DMU
@sashaloyal
Christina Weis, PhD researcher, DMU
@christina_weis
All the organisers belong to the Reproduction Research Centre, De Montfort University.
Speakers
Paris Connolly, Reproduction Research Group, De Montfort University
@Paris_Connolly
The non-active activist
Mirjam Twigt, Department of Sociology/Media and Communication, University of Leicester
@MirjamTwigt
Reflections upon conducting research among Iraqi displaced people in Jordan: (Un)be(com)ing one of these western women who comes to Palestine because of an emptiness in the heart.
Periklis Papaloukas, De Montfort University, @PeriklisPa
Incorporating participants' authentic 'voices' in critical health psychology research: Reflections from the LGBT living with MS study
Standup talks
There will be standup talks on the following topics, with a prize awarded by the audience:
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Ethical Dilemmas: Participatory Research and Pornography
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‘In the ethical ‘closet’ of studying LBGT+ asylum seekers and refugees
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Non-binary language: Collecting writing samples from non-binary people to inform about gender diversity
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Femineast theory? Subaltern speaking from the post-socialist semi-periphery
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Pro-recovery communities in Instagram: Everyday practices, lay expertise and medical knowledge in the recovery from an eating disorder
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In a CAGE, in[taxi]cated, Pakistani taxi drivers in UK
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Becoming public sociologists, not public sociologists: (Re)introducing public sociology as a civic endeavour
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Voices from the Turkish academic and journalist diaspora