November 2016

Barbara Cassani: On leadership

Event date: 
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Time: 
17:30
Location: 
Business School

5.30pm, University of Edinburgh Business School .
Barbara Cassani: On leadership.
[Business School]

The woman behind British Airway's budget airline success, Go Airlines, and founding chairman of London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics reflects on leadership. 

New IASH Director appointed

Professor Dorothy Miell, Chair of IASH’s Advisory Board has recently completed an appointments process to select a new Director from the summer of 2017, to succeed Professor Jo Shaw. It is with great pleasure that we announce that the new Director will be Professor Steve Yearley, Professor of the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge in the School of Social and Political Science.

Léandre Lucas (University of Nice): Confronting identities and food in Goncharov’s works: the kacha (porridge) versus the pineapple.

Event date: 
Tuesday 6 December 2016 to Wednesday 7 December 2016
Time: 
17:00
Location: 
G.04 (Screening room), 50 George Square.

6 December 2016

5pm, G.04 (Screening room), 50 George Square.
Léandre Lucas (University of Nice): Confronting identities and food in Goncharov’s works: the kacha (porridge) versus the pineapple.
[Russian Research Seminar]

Léandre Lucas is completing his PhD on Ivan Goncharov’s works at the University of Paris (the Sorbonne) where he  received his MA degree in Russian and English studies. He is currently working at the University of Nice as Assistant Professor of Russian.

Dr Gavin Melles (Swinburne University, Melbourne): Sustainability and Development in Uk MSc level programs: case study of faculty views, student perspectives and curriculum approaches to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Event date: 
Thursday 1 December 2016 to Friday 2 December 2016
Time: 
13:00
Location: 
Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope Park Square

1pm, [Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, 2 Hope park Square.
Dr Gavin Melles (Swinburne University, Melbourne): Sustainability and Development in Uk MSc level programs: case study of faculty views, student perspectives and curriculum approaches to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
[Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Work-in-Progress Seminar]

 

Digital Scholarship Training Workshop - A Digitisation Masterclass: The Scottish Session Papers

Event date: 
Tuesday 29 November 2016
Time: 
09:30
Location: 
CRC Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Main library

Digital Scholarship Training Workshop - A Digitisation Masterclass: The Scottish Session Papers

Date: Tuesday November 29 2016

Time: 09.30-12.30

Presenters: Tom Armitage and Guy McGarva (EDINA)

Place: CRC Seminar Room, 6th Floor, Main library

Bring: Your own laptop

Booking: https://www.events.ed.ac.uk/index.cfm?event=book&scheduleID=22629

Dr Gil Viry (University of Edinburgh): Residential mobility trajectories and their links to personal networks: a life course approach.

Event date: 
Tuesday 13 June 2017 to Wednesday 14 June 2017
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
Chrystal MacMillan Building, Meeting room 5.

4pm, Chrystal MacMillan Building, Meeting room 5.
Dr Gil Viry (University of Edinburgh): Residential mobility trajectories and their links to personal networks: a life course approach.
[SNAS - Social Network Analysis in Scotland Research Group]

Dr Graham Brennan (University of Glasgow): Participant engagement and recruitment: does intervention at the level of the recruiter draw a bigger crowd?

Event date: 
Tuesday 25 April 2017 to Wednesday 26 April 2017
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
Chrystal MacMillan Building, Meeting room 5.

4pm, Chrystal MacMillan Building, Meeting room 5.
Dr Graham Brennan (University of Glasgow): Participant engagement and recruitment: does intervention at the level of the recruiter draw a bigger crowd?
[SNAS - Social Network Analysis in Scotland Research Group]

​Theresa Ikegwuonu (University of Glasgow): Organisational actors who engage in Scottish e-cigarette policy debates: Webcrawling, data extraction and interview network maps.

Event date: 
Wednesday 22 February 2017 to Thursday 23 February 2017
Time: 
16:00
Location: 
Chrystal MacMillan Building, Meeting room 5.