NORTHERN IRELAND
19 OCTOBER – 9 NOVEMBER 2024
#ESRCFestival
TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER
Empowering Female Entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland: A Collaborative Roundtable Event
Dr Alison Hampton, Professor Joan Ballantine, Professor Pauric McGowan and Courtney Miller
Join us for a pivotal event addressing the critical issues facing female entrepreneurs in Northern Ireland. Working together to bridge the gap, this event will serve as a vital platform to explore possible solutions to the challenges female entrepreneurs face. We will delve into critical topics with various stakeholders, including challenges female entrepreneurs face, the ecosystem of support and what is needed to better support female entrepreneurs. We encourage you to attend and add your voice to the debate.
Time: 10:30am-2:30pm
Venue: The Atrium, Ulster University Belfast
Pre-registration for this event is required via our Eventbrite page.
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TUESDAY 22 OCTOBER
Epidemic! An Historical Perspective on Disease and the Role of Environmental and Public Health
Dr Aaron Lawson
Not all heroes wear capes - some work in Environmental Health. We have all lived through pandemic, but how could you help to tackle future public health crisis? This online presentation and Q&A session looks back at past epidemics across the UK, how Environmental Health and Public Health has developed over the years, and the careers that protect public health.
Time: 4pm-5pm Venue: Online
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THURSDAY 24 OCTOBER
User Content?
Exhibition opening night
LawTech Collider, Legal Innovation Centre and Belfast School of Art
This exhibition explores the individual’s relationship with their data. What does it mean to tick ‘I Agree’ to the T&Cs of apps or web services? Colliding creative practice with insights from law and tech, the exhibition interrogates the power imbalance between individual data subjects and giant corporate data users. User Content? probes what this relationship means to us as individuals and asks how content we are with it.
This interdisciplinary collaboration between creative practice and legal tech is the first cocreation of LawTech Collider, a project at the Legal Innovation Centre of Ulster University, which promotes creative practice as a means to explore law’s ability to control digital technological processes for society’s good.
FRIDAY 25 OCTOBER –SATURDAY 2 NOVEMBER
User Content?
LawTech Collider, Legal Innovation Centre and Belfast School of Art
User Content? explores the individual’s relationship with their online data. What does it mean to tick ‘I Agree’ to the T&Cs of apps or web services? Colliding creative practice with insights from law and tech, the power imbalance between individual data subjects and giant corporate data users is probed. What does this relationship mean to us as individuals and how content are we are with it?
Time: 11am-5pm (not Sunday & Monday) Venue: Belfast Exposed, Studio Gallery (1st floor), Donegall Street, Belfast.
To close the exhibition, the contributors to User Content? – the creative practitioners and legal researchers - will air their observations on using creative practice as a means to explore law’s ability to control digital technological processes for society’s good.
Date: Sat 2 November, 2pm to 4pm Venue: as above, ground floor
Registration via our Eventbrite page is required.
INVITATION ONLY
SATURDAY 26 OCTOBER
Experimental Archaeology and Crafting for Mindfulness and Mental Wellbeing
Prof Eileen Murphy and Liamog McGill
Are you interested in ancient civilisations with a desire to connect with the past? Then join us for this mixture of crafting and lightning talks and engage in handson craft experiences that bring history to life. We’ll be making replica beads of archaeological samples using the tools and resources that would have been available to stone age cultures, such as flint, seashells, soapstone and wood. You can also learn to make your own cordage, pinch pot or weave a basket; essential skills for our prehistoric ancestors. You can also view and handle archaeological artefacts from the Queen’s archaeological collections.
Time: 11am-4pm
Venue: 2 Royal Avenue, Belfast
You can register via our Eventbrite page or simply drop in on the day at any time.
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SUNDAY 27 OCTOBER
Dive into Developmental Science: Fun, Interactive Activities for Families!
Dr Jocelyn Dautel
Why not join us to learn more about developmental/social science research being conducted at Queen’s and Ulster Universities through a series of fun, free and family-friendly activities. Children and their caregivers are welcome to join us at the Ulster Museum for a morning of games, colouring and puzzles for the children and flash talks for the caregivers to share recent research findings around children and how they develop. Children can also take on the role of the researcher to see what it’s like to be involved in research studies.
Time: 11am-1pm
Venue: Ulster Museum, Belfast
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TUESDAY 29 OCTOBER
Food and Consumer Behaviour: Exploring Digital Facilities at Ulster
Dr Amy Burns, Dr Lynsey Hollywood, Kerri Grant, Pauline Kerr and Adam Morrison
Explore Ulster University’s state of the art digital facilities that enable businesses to launch successful food products and gain actionable insights on consumer behaviour. At the event, collaborate with our experts, and gain practical advice and tools that will support your growth and success in the competitive food market in today’s digital era.
Time: 9:30am-3:30pm
Venue: Ulster University Coleraine, Collab Lab M102 (beside the Diamond Hall)
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FRIDAY 1 NOVEMBER
Vox Pop: Youth Filmmaking Camp
Dr Laura Aguiar
Aged between 12 to 16 and interested in learning filmmaking and interviewing techniques? Then the Vox Pop: Filmmaking Camp is for you! Create videos capturing today’s issues for Northern Ireland’s archives and learn how to preserve stories for future generations.
This event is being delivered by partners Ulster University, Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and Northern Ireland Screen.
Time: 11am-4pm (lunch will be provided)
Venue: The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), 2 Titanic Boulevard Titanic Quarter, Belfast
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TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER
Boosting Business Success through Employee Mental Health & Well-Being: Lessons from Research
Dr Juliet Hassard
This hybrid event will explore the business drivers and benefits of promoting mental health and employee well-being in the workplace. Targeted at employees, employers, and policymakers, the event will present recent research on the economic and productivity advantages of investing in employee mental health and well-being and will provide evidencebased insights into practical solutions that organisations can implement to improve employee well-being and mental health.
Time: 1pm-3pm
Venue: Mark Pigott Lecture Theatre, Queen’s University Business School Student Hub, Riddel Hall, QUB
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TUESDAY 5 NOVEMBER
LEGO: Building our Future Together
Beverley McCormick
Explore the world of LEGO, put on your town planner hat, and build your own town for the day! Aimed at primary school aged children, this engaging and fun session demonstrates how we can use LEGO and digital technology to support educational outcomes for parents and teachers AND make new friends!
Time: 10:30am-12:30pm
Venue: Ulster University Coleraine, the Diamond Hall
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WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Alice Down the Rabbit Hole: Exploring the Harmful
Impacts of Gambling and Digital Gaming on Women
Dr Paul Kitchin and Dr Erin McEvoy
In this interactive workshop, journey with Ulster University researchers through the experiences of women with gambling addictions. Many women engage in social gaming and gambling, however in some cases something that may seem playful can actually lead to harm. Learn about the role marketing plays and question whether there is such a thing as responsible gambling.
This event is designed for women who may be interested in marketing, social gaming, and/ or gambling. Please note that this event is not open to gambling industry representatives.
Time: 12:45pm-1:45pm
Venue: Orpheus Lecture Theatre, BD 02 008, Ulster University Belfast
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WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Art, Digitalisation and Other Stories
Dr Anders Rykkja
Join us for a showcase of the exciting new MA in Arts Management arts and cultural research at Queen’s. Alongside student presentations of new work, we will have a keynote featuring stories on arts and digitalisation from Dr. Carolina Dalla Chiesa, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Following the keynote, a panel discussion will focus on the impacts of digitalisation on professionals working in the arts and cultural sector, focusing on what the advantages and challenges are of a transition towards digital platform-based labour.
This event is being run in partnership with Arts & Business NI and Thrive Audience Engagement NI.
Time: 4pm-5:30pm
Venue: The Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre, 20 University Square, Belfast
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WEDNESDAY 6 NOVEMBER
Putting the Person at the Centre of Healthcare
Dr Sean O’Conner, Dr Tanya McCance and Dr Deborah Muldrew
What does person-centred care mean to you? In an increasingly digital world, the use of technology in healthcare provides opportunities and challenges. Using the iMPAKT App, developed by researchers at Ulster University, this interactive event lets you have your say in improving healthcare conditions in an inclusive way, and equips individuals with the skills necessary to navigate the digital world.
Time: 1pm-3pm
Venue: The Hub at the MAC, Belfast
Pre-registration for this event is required via our Eventbrite page.
THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Ethics and IT: It Begins with Me!
Dr Shirley-Ann Hazlett
This half-day interactive workshop will explore the personal and organisational challenges (and solutions) regarding ethics and all things digital by discussing current research and case studies.
Senior executives will also join the workshop to discuss how they have drawn on ethical principles when integrating digital technologies in their organisations. Students will work together on related scenarios e.g. AI, personal data being publicly available, identity theft, to explore the role of personal and organisational ethics in resolving these situations.
Event: For pre-invited schools only
THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Spaces and Connections:
Healthy Ageing in Rural and Coastal Areas
Dr Claire Potter
Come along and join researchers from Queen’s and representatives from AgeNI and The Paul Hogarth Company Landscape Architects for this special event to discuss how where we live may affect our health as we get older with a particular focus on rural and coastal living. As well as sharing lived experiences around healthy ageing, attendees will be able to discuss and reflect on new research that combine the themes of healthy ageing, social connection and rural or coastal living.
Time: 11am-3pm
Venue: Fermanagh House, Enniskillen
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THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Your Vote Matters? Elections in the Past, Present and
Future
Dr Chris Colvin
Recently, it seems democracy has never been so important, and yet so threatened. As almost 50% of the global population will vote in 2024, what are some of the lessons we can learn from past elections and democratic upheavals. Is voter misinformation a new phenomenon? What will elections look like a decade from now? How can the lessons of the past inform our understanding of our democratic future? And how has the rise of social media changed the way people engage with parties and policies?
If you have an interest in history, politics or anything in between, join us for this lively discussion where our panel of economic historians, chaired by a stand-up comedian, debate threats to democracy old and new.
Time: 5pm-6pm
Venue: The Lyric Theatre, Belfast
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THURSDAY 7 NOVEMBER
Youth and Truth: How Young People Navigate Contentious Topics
Dr Eva Grew and Dr Jocelyn Dautel in collaboration with Politics in Action
This event is aimed at anyone who has something to say about young people’s challenges and resources when navigating the complex world of information. What can help young people to seek objective information? What strengthens their voice? Join us for an informal panel discussion about these topics –there will be tea, coffee, and biscuits! Whether you’re a young person, a parent, or a teacher or youth worker, we would love to hear from you. By participating in this event, we hope that young people will feel heard and make a positive difference for their community.
Time: 5pm-7pm
Venue: The Graduate School, Room TR7, Queen’s University Belfast
Pre-registration for this event is required via our Eventbrite page.
SATURDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Feeling Soundscapes
Dr Noreen Giffney
This experiential event invites attendees to reflect on how we feel about the sounds surrounding us in our daily lives, by focusing on the importance of sound in therapeutic, artistic, and musical contexts. We will have an opportunity to consider how our engagement with sound might be impacted by our memories and other senses.
Time: 9:30am-2pm
Venue: The MAC, Belfast
Pre-registration for this event is required by emailing n.giffney@ulster.ac.uk
Digital Technology and Very Young Children: Collaborating with Carers to Develop Tips and Guidance
Dr Karen Winter
This event is aimed at parents/carers of children who are aged 3 years and under and who come from a range of diverse backgrounds. Parents/carers are often on the receiving end of a lot of (often contradictory) advice regarding digital technology which leaves them feeling shame, guilt, confusion or even worried. It is less common for parents to be actively involved in developing guidance which will be of benefit to them and other carers of young children. Join us as we share some findings from our recent research in this area and we ask parents/carers to explore the questions they most want answers to.
Time: TBC
Venue: Fermanagh Early Years Children and Family Centre
Pre-registration for this event is required via our Eventbrite page.