Protest Perspectives: Multi-Disciplinary Research on Environmental Activism
Date:
12/05/2016
Organised by:
University of East Anglia
Presenter:
Professor David Mead, Jasper Teulings (General Counsel for Greenpeace), Val Swain & Dr Michael Hamilton
Level:
Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Contact:
Dr Simon Watts, PGR Training Coordinator, Faculty of Social Sciences, UEA; Tel: +44(0)1603 591295; E-mail: simon.d.watts@uea.ac.uk
Description:
Understanding protests and protest movements is central to assessing their effectiveness and determining the State’s response. Unsurprisingly therefore, the study of protest and political dissent has engaged scholars across a wide variety of academic disciplines. This day-long workshop will explore the value of inter-and multi-disciplinary protest research and will be of interest to PGR students from a wide range of disciplines who are in some way interested in examining protest movements; forms of political activism, public participation or dissent; and/or public order policing. No background knowledge will be assumed (other than a Master’s level qualification in some area of the social sciences), although participants will be expected to actively contribute to discussions.
The course will be delivered through a mixture of presentations, discussion groups, and Q&A. Following introductions, where each participant will be invited to identify the particular challenges encountered in their own research, the day will be divided into the following thematic sessions: (1) Understanding Environmental Protest Movements (which will explore the strategic options and choices of environmental protest groups and the measures of protest success); (2) Inter- and Multi- Disciplinary Protest Scholarship (which will provide an overview of the ways in which human rights law frames political protest and examine ways in which law is parasitic on insights from a wide range of academic disciplines); (3) Protest Monitoring and Research Design (which will explore the methodological challenges of undertaking empirical protest research and the incorporation of such studies in research design); and (4) Challenges and Prospects (a concluding session which will seek to identify areas of common ground and further avenues of research).
Cost:
PGR students from Universities of East Anglia; Essex; Kent; Surrey; Sussex; Reading; Royal Holloway; & Goldsmiths = FREE; PGR students from all other institutions = £30; Early-career researchers/academics = £60
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Region:
East of England
Keywords:
Frameworks for Research and Research Designs, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research, Time Series Analysis, Protest movements , Protest perspectives
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Frameworks for Research and Research Designs
Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research
Time Series Analysis