Interdisciplinarity – Beyond Boundaries
Cambridge ESRC DTP Graduate Student Conference
University of Cambridge, Friday 25th October 2019
The Cambridge ESRC DTP Conference Committee invite contributions from MPhil and PhD students in all disciplines across the schools of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences to discuss the challenges, complexities, benefits and critiques of interdisciplinarity and to share interdisciplinary work.
Interdisciplinarity draws on methods, knowledge and ideas from a range of different (academic) disciplines beyond traditional boundaries. Taking an interdisciplinary approach enables contributing to and benefitting from other subjects and disciplines, and opening up the seeming dichotomy between the arts and the sciences. Through interdisciplinarity we can ask novel research questions such as: what literary theory can teach us about crime reduction, how advances in biomedicine can inform our understandings of structural violence and oppression, or how vectors, brains and button responses shape our understanding of language. Questions of this kind can bring new insights into complex challenges. But why is interdisciplinarity encouraged and what is its significance?
Interest in interdisciplinary research questions has increased considerably in recent years, both from researchers’ and funders’ perspectives. The Cambridge ESRC DTP supports interdisciplinary research through the establishment of subject-overarching thematic clusters and funders such as the European Research Council particularly “encourage proposals of a multi- or interdisciplinary nature which cross the boundaries between different fields of research” (ERC work programme 2019). Yet despite initiatives facilitating interdisciplinary work, the structures of many universities – including Cambridge – also create challenges for researchers who attempt to reach across disciplinary boundaries. Thus, to encourage engagement with interdisciplinarity beyond boundaries...
The schedule for the 2019 Conference is as follows:
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9:15-9:30 |
Introductory Remarks, Cynthia Beerbower Room, Newnham College |
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Cynthia Beerbower Room Clusters 1 & 2 |
Lucia Windsor Room Cluster 3 |
Sidgwick Hall Clusters 4 & 5 |
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9:30-11:00 |
Wellbeing & The Body
Wild Foods for Nutrition Security Charlotte Milbank
Workplaces, Employment and Well-Being: Analysis of the “Britain’s Healthiest Workplace” Dataset William Fleming
Queering the Brain: Using Queer Theory to Critique Sex Differences Research Miriam Shovel
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Heritage
Jack of All Trades, Master of None? Reflections on Interdisciplinarity in Heritage Studies Simon Weppel
The Need for Holistic Approaches to Heritage Management – a Case Study of the Kui in Thailand Alisa Santikarn |
Law & Economics
The Race to the Bottom Revisited: A Legal – Economic Analysis Maayan Menashe
Towards an Effective Role to The Libyan Audit Bureau in Enhancing Corporate Governance in Libyan Oil Sector Albahlol Alayat
How can policy-makers estimate the impact of educational interventions within a complex system? Elizabeth Killen |
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11:00-11:30 |
Coffee and Refreshments, Newnham College Iris Café |
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11:30-13:00 |
Health
Epidemiological Research in the Ageing Population Sarah Assaad
When clinical meets the empirical: how patient and public involvement research strategies can be utilized within social science research Sarah Crockford
Tba. Hannah Forde |
Cultures & Communities
Interdisciplinary Dickens: The Advantages of Technology and Empiricism Abderrezzaq Ghafsi
Multilingualism in Early Modern History Weiao Xing
Workplace Selection Preferences of Early Career Electrical Engineers in Hungary - An Interdisciplinary Approach Szabolcs Kiss |
Power & Politics
Anthropological Theory and Methods for the Study of Political Elites Michael Gerlich
Definition of Democratic Deficit Mqondobanzi Nduna Magonya
Corporate Social Responsibility in London’s SME Hotel sector Maryam Khodaviren
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13:00-14:00 |
Lunch, Newnham College Hall (registered only) |
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Cynthia Beerbower Room Clusters 1 & 2 |
Lucia Windsor Room Cluster 3 |
Sidgwick Hall Clusters 4 & 5 |
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14:00-15:30 |
Environment & Place
Not so Radiant: The Covert Politics of Le Corbusier’s Ville Radieuse Esther Luigi
Housing Tenure and Mental Health Marco Felici
A Community-Driven Nature-Based Design Framework for the Regeneration of Neglected Urban Public Spaces Gloria Osei |
Gender & Sex
Transgressive Fiction: The Accuser Theory Anja Housden-Brooks
Work, Gender and the Past: Reading Economics as Text Auriane Terki-Mignot
What can feminist narratives of reproductive activism reveal about the politics of gendered embodiment? Aideen O’Shaughnessy
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Networks & Behaviour
Power, Prices and Centrality: A Holdings-Based Model of Financial Networks Christoph Wu
Interactive Behaviour Chain (IBC) as a Scientific Model in Measuring the Behavioural Impact of Individuals on Strategic Investment Decisions Khalid Almabruk Nayel
Analysing Peer Influence: An Interdisciplinary Approach Laura Kennedy |
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15:30-16:30 |
ESRC Internships: Experiences & Panel Discussion, Cynthia Beerbower Room Amarpreet Kaur, Hannah Marshall and Alev Sen |
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16:30-17:30 |
Keynote: Professor Bhaskar Vira, Introduced by Prof. Loraine GelsthorpeCynthia Beerbower Room |
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17:30-18:30 |
Informal Drinks & Networking, The Granta |
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