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Impact & public engagement

Impact

I have also been involved with some other interesting projects:

High-Quality Research Support Scheme

Somali First is a joint project run by Somali organisation Transparency Solutions and the University of Bristol (UoB lead: Prof. Eric Herring). HQRS offered a full year of training for Somali early-career researchers beginning with six weeks of research training modules run out of the University of Hargeisa. I designed and taught the Gender and Social Research module. Between May and August each year I supervised a number of participants’ small-scale research projects.

PeaceCapacity

Until February 2018 I was the research associate and project officer on the ESRC-impact acceleration project PeaceCapacity (picture above). From the website: 'PeaceCapacity draws on the research of the EU-CIVCAP project. EU-CIVCAP has highlighted the lack of local ownership, and the need to fully integrate affected communities, in conflict prevention and peacebuilding. Increased capacity/local ownership correlates with increased representativeness, improving the sustainability of peace processes, especially regarding vulnerable groups, e.g. women/minorities.' This relates to the Balkans and the Horn of Africa. You can read our Catalogue of Lessons Identified for for information.


Facilitating a workshop with Khadir

Public engagement 

I have always enjoyed bringing my research to the public, through panels, lectures and workshops. I especially enjoy working with young people and several times have undertaken work with schools. If you would like me to speak to your school please do get in touch!

2017: War with Russia? Panel (photo: Julio Hermosilla)

09/04/2019 Public lecture, The Military, Gender and State Identity, for UWE Politics and IR Society

24/02/2017 Co-creator and facilitator, Widening Participation-sponsored Decoding Gender in the Media workshop. Questionnaires are distributed at and analysed following all workshops I organise in order to improve in future: as in previous years, this workshop scored a 100% positive rating for the question 'how satisfied were you with the event overall?' I also wrote a blog with reflections on running this event.

02/02/2017 Panellist, Why Masculinity Matters, with Meenakshi Bala, Medical student (MBChB) and sub-editor for gal-dem.com, Amit Singh, Co-editor, Consented, Dr Patricia Neville and Dr Bradley Stephens. Topic: Masculinity and security in an uncertain world.

18/01/2017 Facilitator, Decoding Diversity: Media Representations of Crime and Community Relations, workshop (organised by Denitsa Pencheva and Neema Beegum)

24/10/2016 Chair and co-organiser (with Bristol Festival of Ideas), 2017: War with Russia Panel with NATO's former Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for Europe General Sir Richard Shirreff, Prof. Tim Edmunds, Dr Ana Juncos and Samuel Rogers. Photo credit: Julio Hermosilla.

29/06/2016 Attendee, Discourse in Security workshop (organised by Denitsa Pencheva). Paper presented: 'Toys, Teams and Toughness: A Comparative Analysis of Army Recruitment Advertising,' discussants: Prof. Tim Edmunds and Prof. Vernon Hewitt

4/5/2016 Panellist, Save the Male: masculinity and mental health, Bristol SU

5/11/2015 Co-creator (with Prof. Jutta Weldes) and host, ESRC-sponsored Decoding Gender in the Media workshop as part of the Thinking Futures Festival (organised with the Schools-University Partnership Initiative). You can read the blog post reflecting on this workshop on the SUPI website

11/3/2015  Panellist, Young People’s Festival of Ideas: The Suppressed Majority?  What does it mean to be a modern man? 

  • Review by Bristol Eye and Storify of Twitter discussion 
  • Below: short film with clips from the event 

10/2/2015 Mini-lecture, Red Maid's school conference: de-coding gender in the media

7/11/2014 Co-creator and facilitator, ESRC-sponsored 'Decoding Gender in the Media' workshop with prof. Jutta Weldes

6/11/2013 Organiser and panellist, Thinking Futures panel: Interrogating contemporary masculinities

I was previously a contributor for Rife Magazine for young people, aiming to make academic ideas simple and bring them to a wider audience.