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The Festival of Social Sciences is a week-long celebration of the science of everyday life, incorporating interactive events and activities for a range of audiences.
The Festival will showcase the University's world-class social science research and knowledge exchange with an exciting schedule of events which will aim to shed light on and celebrate how this research influences our social, economic and political lives - both now and in the future.
Topics covered in this year's event will include how football benefits society, green and living roofs in Sheffield, youth and politics, and the fear of crime in Sheffield.
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The Power of Sheffield's Waste
Department of Geography – Dr Alan Metcalfe
Closed event for local schools
Saturday 12th March 2010
The beginning of an interactive project between The University of Sheffield, local schools, Sheffield City Council and Veolia which combines a field trip to Sheffield's incinerator with further classroom activities that will culminate in student-created sculptures which would represent and engage with the waste issues as they affect Sheffield. These would then be exhibited at various locations around the city, including the university, Veolia's travelling education van and 'shop windows' exhibition space used by the University in agreement with the city council.
Fear and Loathing in Sheffield: Public Fear in an Urban Landscape
School of Law – Dr Camilla Priede
Open to the public
Saturday 13th March to Wednesday 17th March
Starting at the School of Law, 11 am or 2pm
Contact c.priede@sheffield.ac.uk to book your place
This event is a mobile 'landscape workshop' where participants can discuss and use photography and writing to document elements of the landscape which provoke emotions of fear or unease. Photographs and text produced from this exercise will be used to produce a web exhibit, documenting fear in the landscape. The workshop is targeted at individuals and families who use the case study landscape in their everyday lives, and allows people to express attitudes about elements of their landscape which they are unhappy or uneasy about.
Should young people have the vote?
The Exchange (Sheffield Student's Union)
Closed event for local schools
Monday 15th March 2010
The first Festival event run by a student organisation, The Exchange team up with local schools to provide an interactive educational workshop aimed at stimulating debate amongst young people about how they can become engaged in the political process. The event will include talks from experts, including Jon Tonge, chair of the government's Youth Citizenship Commission. It will give participants an excellent chance to work in groups to produce posters outlining their thoughts on the issue of youth involvement in politics and the idea of reducing the age of voting.
Sing to me, Muse’: Inspiration and Where it Comes From
School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics – Professor Rachel Falconer
Open to the public
Monday 15th March 2010, 7pm-9pm
Evening, Showroom Cinema
How researchers and practitioners explain the concept of inspiration and the process by which new ideas get generated. The two-hour event will be a mixture of presenting research findings and offering practical tips and suggestions drawn from the social sciences, arts and sciences.
For tickets visit: www.shef.ac.uk/english/arts-science
Who Wants to be an Economist?
Department of Economics – Professor Andy Dickerson
Closed event for local schools
Monday 15th March 2010
An interactive event designed to develop young people’s understanding of contemporary economic issues based around the 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' format. Topics such as: the financial crisis; unemployment; global warming and other environmental issues; welfare reform; education and health care provision will all be explored with input from policy makers about the role of economics and economists in developing and informing economic policy.
Business Breakfast - Job crafting: how to improve the quality of work by engaging employees
Institute for Work Psychology - Carol Tighe
Open for businesses to apply
Tuesday 16th March 2010
Sheffield Hilton Hotel, 8.00am – 9.30am (7.30am registration and breakfast)
For tickets visit: www.consultiwp.com/training/business_sessions
ConsultIWP, the commercial division of the Institute of Work Psychology, will be holding a free interactive business breakfast on the 16th March at the Hilton Hotel, Sheffield, targeted at CEO’s, Senior Managers and Directors in all sectors. Our aim is to have an audience size of at least 30 to 50 Business Leaders. This interactive session is relevant to our target audience as this session will show business leaders how they can make sure that the employees in their organisation have high quality jobs that foster high well-being and performance, particularly prevalent in the current economic climate.
Sheffield Green Roof Safari
Sheffield Green Roof Centre – Jeff Sorrill
Open to the public
Wednesday 17th March 2010
Starting at ICOSS, 15.00
For tickets contact: grsafari@thegreenroofcentre.co.uk
An urban safari of green and living roofs in Sheffield. Green roofs are one the most easily accessible sustainable technology available. Their positive impact on water management and wildlife in UK urban centres is rapidly becoming more important. Sheffield has the largest number of green and living roofs in the UK, outside London, and this tour aimed at sixth-formers and members of the public will provide an informative and interactive experience of the social science behind them.
Designing Schools - Participation in Practice
Centre for the Social Study of Childhood and Youth – Professor Allison James
Open to the public
Wednesday 17th March 2010
ICOSS, 219 Portobello, 6.00pm - 7.00pm
For more information email: lisaprocter@sheffield-now.com
Come along to this special screening of a film created with secondary school children from Sheffield that gives them a chance to have their views heard on a topic close to their hearts: school design. The film also offers practical recommendations on how to get children involved in issues, such as school design, that matter to them. Why not come along and hear what Sheffield’s young people have to say?
The event builds on workshops carried out as part of last year’s ESRC Festival of Social Science that explored methods for disseminating research to a young audience. A key theme to emerge from the 2009 event was the need to make research accessible to all young people, through using a range of digital media. Based on that theme, students this year (with the help of a professional film maker and facilitator) have created this film that informs other students – those who are about to start the school design process – of key research findings in a practical way.
Social Sciences Serving Society: Improving links between policy makers and researchers
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS) and the Public Services Academy (PSA)
Closed event for Policy Makers
Thursday 18th March 2010
Bringing together policy-makers from across the region and key academics from the social sciences, this event will both showcase the world-leading research carried out at the University of Sheffield as well as ask research users what they see as being the priorities for future research and collaboration between government and academia.
Views On Using Personal Information in Research.
School of Law – Ryan Davenport
Closed event for local schools
Thursday 18th March 2010
An event working with a select group of GCSE school children, parents and invited guests to address issues involving social science research access to personal data. The 'Y Touring Theatre Company' will introduce students to the topic through a performance of their ‘Breathing Country’ play. Provocative scenarios will then be explored in class sized workshops. The day will conclude with a ‘Question Time’ style panel and audience involving students and guests, including media.
The Art of Development: Looking at an international discipline from an innovative perspective Sheffield
International Development Network (SIDNet): Part I
Open to the public
Thursday 18th March 2010
ICOSS, Lunchtime
For tickets contact: C.Kuppuswamy@sheffield.ac.uk
Performance arts, interactive workshop and debate to promote and integrate artistic activities into the development process: this event brings international musicians SOSA-XA! (African music) and John Ball (Indian music) to Sheffield and invites the audience to experience international arts and to participate in a debate on the role of the arts in development.
Why development still matters – International Development after the global financial crisis
Sheffield International Development Network (SIDNet) Launch: Part II (In conjunction with The Exchange – Sheffield Student's Union)
Open to the public
Thursday 18th March 2010
Evening, Sheffield Student's Union Auditorium
The event will be a public debate on the future of international development in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. Invited speakers are to include Claire Melamed (Action Aid); Duncan Green (Oxfam); and Prof Stuart Corbridge (LSE). The event will also act as a public launch of Sheffield International Development Network (SIDNet): SIDNet is a group of research-active interdisciplinary scholars (many supported by the ESRC) within the University of Sheffield who will present their work before and after the debate through posters and other media. The event will be held in conjunction with The Exchange and Sheffield Student's Union.
Searching, shopping, sightseeing: Literacies in your virtual lives
Department for Information Studies – Dr Sheila Webber
Open to the public
Thursday 18th March 2010
Second Life, 8pm (GMT,) 12.00pm (Second Life Time)
Register at http://infolit-week-in-sl.ning.com/events/searching-shopping-sightseeing
Are you in Second Life (SL), the virtual world? Find it frustrating to search for information and get around? Researchers in information and digital literacies will kick off this session and then lead you onwards for some more virtually literate sightseeing, shopping and searching. Basic SL skills movement/chat skills needed.
The Good of the Game: Football, Society and Globalisation
The Public Services Academy
Open to the public
Friday 19th March 2010
Sheffield United FC Bramall Lane, 6.30pm – 8.00pm
For tickets contact: psa@sheffield.ac.uk
A glamorous evening event at a Sheffield Football stadium with a wide-ranging mandate to explore not only the benefits of football to society, but also the benefits of engaging with society to the game. It will comprise of an all-star panel consisting of former England and Sheffield Wednesday Manager, Howard Wilkinson; Former Minister for Sport, Rt Hon. Richard Caborn MP; Chairman of the Premier League, Sir Dave Richards; Sheffield United Biographer, Dr Gary Armstrong; Co-Founder of the Football Supporters Association, Dr Rogan Taylor; Chairman of Sheffield United, Kevin McCabe; Chief Executive of Sheffield and Hallamshire FA, James Hope-Gill; and chaired by ITV Sports anchor, Matt Smith.
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