Presenting at Your First International Conference: A PhD Student’s Experience
As I waited for my fellow academics to reply to my attempt at generating audience participation, I was glad I said no to the offer of whisky at last night’s conference social. After a nervous second, thankfully, around half…
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National Fitness Day
In celebration of National Fitness Day, Nathan, one of our PhD researchers, has written a blog about the importance of physical activity, and in relation to his research area of developing an exercise intervention that reduces the bone and…
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How Researching Bisexuality Helped Me Understand Myself
I am a firm believer that the best research comes from both a professional and a personal investment in the material. The journey of my PhD is one that began in childhood. I turned to the media, as so…
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Navigating LGBTQI+ progress: The case of the Marriage Equality Act 2013
As Manchester Pride approaches, I reflect on this year’s celebration of the ten-year anniversary of the Marriage Equality Act 2013 and what this means in terms of broader understandings of LGBTQI+ justice. My research focuses on exploring the spatial…
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Celebrating Manchester Pride Through Poetry
In celebration of Manchester Pride 2023, Phil Harper – a research student based in our Graduate School – share’s poetry they’ve written based on their doctorate which currently looks at care staff’s understanding of the needs of non-binary individuals…
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Exploring the Concept of Izzat: Its Influence on the Lived Experiences and Psychological Wellbeing of South Asian Women in the UK
In celebration of South Asian Heritage Month (July 18 – August 17), Rabeya speaks of her research on the concept of izzat. My research is focused on the concept of izzat (which can be loosely translated to mean honour,…
Read MoreA week in Reykjavik for RE:22 Nordic Ethnology and Folklore Conference
Here is a photo essay of my week in Reykjavik in June 2022. Please listen to the audio below for my reflections on the experience. I presented a paper of my research into Ella Mary Leather (1874 -1928) a…
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A Practice based Research Inquiry investigating the implications of time and space on paintings made by mid-life contemporary women painters.
My project aims to understand the impact of time and space on my painting and the painting of other mid-life contemporary women painters and to identify how this manifests itself within the processes and forms of painting practice. The…
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A posthuman summer
Training is integral to a PhD project. For me this meant applying for leading Posthuman theorist – Professor Rosi Braidotti’s summer school 2022. The prospect was incredibly exciting, Braidotti’s interdisciplinary work is key to the framework and methodology of…
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Exchange Life in Kanazawa University and Japan
Between June and July 2022, I applied for a six-week exchange at Kanazawa University, and participated in the activities of the Urban Planning Laboratory there. My PhD research aims to develop a novel methodological approach for modelling and analyzing…
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