Category Archives: Seminar
Dr Simon Smith: Online research – analysing forums
The latest PhD seminar featured Simon Smith presenting to us two pieces of research that he had worked on: a health management project in digital inclusion and an international local e-democracy project. Both projects involved the use and analysis of … Continue reading
Colin Alexander: Public Diplomacy in Central America
The second part of this week’s PhD seminar was student led, with Colin Alexander presenting his research to us. The following is a summary of my notes from the presentation. Colin’s research analyses the tussle between China and Taiwan in … Continue reading
Upgrade process
Part 1 of this weeks PhD seminar focussed on the upgrade (or transfer) process that we have to go through, in my my case within 24 months – by September 2012. The discussion started with brief introductions and one-line description … Continue reading
Intellectual Craft, David Hesmondhalgh
The latest ICS PhD seminar focussed on the development of research questions and the theoretical background in which they sit. Dave started by discussing the concepts of theory, method and technique and brought our attention to Robert Alford’s 1998 book The … Continue reading
Engaging critically with literature, Giles Moss
In PhD seminar #2, Dr Giles Moss spoke to us about the importance of engaging with literature in a critical way and about the importance of a literature review as well as its purpose and place in a document, particularly … Continue reading
The research imagination, Stephen Coleman
This PhD seminar with Stephen Coleman described the need for imagination in research. Key topics included: counter-intuitism and the need to consider what to do and what it means if something does not go as expected; reflectivity and the need … Continue reading
e-Participation and Online Deliberation 