LNG:ECR Seminar & Networking Evening (June 2022)

The final seminar of the LNG:ECR series on Starting & Developing Your Own Lab will be held on 7th June 2022, in-person on Edge Hill University’s beautiful campus.

The talks will be followed by a tour of the Department of Psychology at Edge Hill University, refreshments, and dinner at The Cricketers in Ormskirk.

The evening is the perfect way to round-off what has been a brilliant series of talks, and will be a great opportunity to network with other Early Career Researchers (including PhD Students, Post-docs and new PIs) in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.

Programme:

3.50 – Welcome

 

4:00 – [expand title=”Dr. Linda Kaye – Online and open practices in research: Why your digital footprints may be useful“]

The Internet has opened up a wide range of opportunities for researchers particularly in supporting research dissemination and impact. This can include use of online repositories for making research resources publicly available, as well as using social media for supporting research dissemination and communication. This talk outlines some of the benefits of such online and open research practices including: increasing visibility, representation, research accessibility, and encouraging reach of impact. All of these are framed around a discussion about how these can help researchers forge their (digital) legacy and how mentors could use these as part of their mentorship discussions and practices.

Dr Linda Kaye is a Reader in Psychology at Edge Hill University. She specialises in cyberpsychology, in particular how online settings promote social inclusion and well-being. She is the author of “Issues and Debates in Cyberpsychology” (Open University Press).

Linda is also one of four founding members and is currently Chair of the British Psychological Society’s Cyberpsychology Section. Linda also has her own private consultancy company “The CyberDoctor” in which she has worked with a range of clients to help inform technological solutions and give psychological insight into their users’ online experiences.

The Internet has opened up a wide range of opportunities for researchers particularly in supporting research dissemination and impact. This can include use of online repositories for making research resources publicly available, as well as using social media for supporting research dissemination and communication. This talk outlines some of the benefits of such online and open research practices including: increasing visibility, representation, research accessibility, and encouraging reach of impact. All of these are framed around a discussion about how these can help researchers forge their (digital) legacy and how mentors could use these as part of their mentorship discussions and practices. [/expand]

 

4:30 – [expand title=”Prof. Geoffrey Beattie – Impact insights: lessons learned“]

Professor Geoff Beattie is an academic psychologist, author and broadcaster. He is Professor of Psychology at Edge Hill University. He obtained his Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) and was awarded the Spearman Medal by the British Psychological Society for ‘published psychological research of outstanding merit’ and the internationally-acclaimed Mouton d’Or for his work in semiotics. He is the author of 27 books, a number of which have either won or been shortlisted for major national or international prizes. He has published over one hundred academic articles in a range of journals including Nature, Nature Climate Change and Semiotica. His research has been funded from diverse sources, including the ESRC, the AHRC, the British Academy, Leverhulme, the Nuffield Foundation, Unilever and Tesco. He has acted as a consultant for Barclays, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Universal Pictures, Central Office of Information, Department for Work and Pensions, ITV, Nivea, Tesco, Disney, Tourism Northern Ireland, Gusto, The Born Free Foundation, Weightwatchers, Virgin Broadband, and the Royal Mail among others. He was the resident on-screen psychologist for eleven series of Big Brother on Channel 4 from 2000-2010, and has presented a number of psychology-related television series on BBC1, ITV, Channel 4 and UKTV. He has given numerous keynote addresses to both academic and non-academic audiences including Unilever, P&G, ITV, HSBC, Tesco, PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Annual Conference of High and Supreme Court Judges in Ireland, the Marketing Society, the Equality Challenge Unit, the Malaysian Olympic Association, the British Council, the Samaritans. He has also written extensively for the Guardian, the Observer, the Observer Magazine, the Independent, the Independent on Sunday, The New Statesman, Granta magazine and The Conversation. A major Hollywood Studio has recently optioned one of his books ‘On the Ropes: Boxing as a Way of Life’ to be made into a film. [/expand]

 

5.00 – Tour of the Department of Psychology, EHU

 

5.30 – Refreshments & Networking

 

6.45 – Dinner at The Cricketers (Please RSVP soon so we can reserve enough seats).

 

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Location: Department of Psychology, LP 0.25 (lecture theatre), Edge Hill University, St Helens Road, Ormskirk, L39 4QP.

Getting to Edge Hill University