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Research events

At Sunderland, we have a highly active research community taking part in a wide range of events, showcasing the breadth and quality of the research being conducted at the University.

Upcoming events

Establishing Equitable Multispecies Co-creation in the Arts

Wednesday 5 February 2025, 4-5pm, A&D Research Seminar, Online (Teams)

Inga Hamilton, AHRC PhD candidate, Faculty of Education, Society and Creative Industries.

The arts have long used non-human species as resource, product or subject. Inga Hamilton's research has developed a new artistic genre based on a methodology of equitable multispecies co-creation. This seminar explores ways of decolonising the studio and foregrounding multispecies belonging in our work.

Contact alexandra.moschovi@sunderland.ac.uk to attend.

Artwork named Cake as Protection IIC with an Apricot Leafminer Larva

Image credit: Inga Hamilton, Cake as Protection: IIC with an Apricot Leafminer Larva. Grub ring 2023, tree resin, birch wood, water-based sealant, 600mm x 700mm x 700mm.

Building Research Networks: The Case of Museum Dialogues

Wednesday, 21 May 2025, 4-5pm, A&D Research Seminar, Online (Teams)

Prof Alexandra Moschovi, Professor of Photography/Curating, Research Student Manager for Art and Design, Faculty of Education, Society and Creative Industries

Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, Museum Dialogues is a cross-disciplinary, transnational research network that unites scholars, archivists, curators, museum workers, and art and photography practitioners to exchange innovative solutions, inquiries, and practical challenges relating to the exhibition, collection, and interpretation of photography

As Principal Investigator of the project, Alexandra Moschovi will be discussing the process behind the creation of the network, its operations, findings, and broader impact within and beyond museum contexts.

 Contact alexandra.moschovi@sunderland.ac.uk to attend.

Museum Dialogues campaign logo

Pedagogy of podcasting for authentic teaching, learning and assessment

Dr Richard Berry

Date: 12pm, 15 January 2025
Location: Hybrid online and in-person at Wearside View 121

Email andrea.howell@sunderland.ac.uk to attend this event.

Check back to see upcoming events in Business and Tourism.

Student’s perception of the personal in Personal Academic Tutoring 

Dr Deborah Bell, Dr Kate Duffy, Dionne Ross 

Date: 1112pm, 1 December 2024
Location: Hybrid online and in-person at Wearside View 121

Email andrea.howell@sunderland.ac.uk to attend this event.

 

#Pullupachair: Young persons voices around school exclusions

Dr Sarah Martin-Denham, Associate Professor of Education and Care

Date: 12pm, 12 February 2025
Location: Hybrid online and in-person at Wearside View 121

Email andrea.howell@sunderland.ac.uk to attend this event.

 

Hear my Story: Personalised digital storybooks where children with SEND can outline their teaching and Learning preferences

Dr Helen Benstead, Associate Professor, Inclusive Education

Date: 12pm, 12 March 2025
Location: Hybrid online and in-person at Wearside View 121

Email andrea.howell@sunderland.ac.uk to attend this event.

 

“The Perfect Body”: Deconstructing Disability in Physical Education Initial Teacher Training

Dr Ellen Gambles, Dr Steven Anderson, Alex Brown

Date: 12pm, 23 April 2025
Location: Hybrid online and in-person at Wearside View 121

Email andrea.howell@sunderland.ac.uk to attend this event.

Check back to see upcoming events in Engineering.

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Check back to see upcoming events in Computer Science.

The Helen McArdle Nursing and Care Research Institute Inaugural Lecture

Coming soon

The event will be hosted online.

Check back to see upcoming events in Medicine.

Enhancing 'best practice' in Trauma-Informed Higher Education: Insights from two qualitative studies exploring educator and student experiences

Date: 12pm, 13 November 2024
Location: Hybrid online and in person at Wearside View 121

Email andrea.howell@sunderland.ac.uk to attend this event.

Dr Sarah Lonbay Associate Professor of Social Sciences and Engagement and Dr John Cavener, Assistant Professor of Social Work (Northumbria University).

Past events

Sunderland '73: People's Visual History. A Co-produced and Cross-section Partnership

Amanda Ritson, Project Manager NEPN, Museum Dialogues, Faculty of Education, Society and Creative Industries

This seminar will explore the mechanics, methodologies, and modes of producing and project-managing a co-produced cultural heritage project. Taking Sunderland ’73: The People’s History as a case-study, project manager Amanda Ritson will discuss project development, fundraising, participant engagement, relationship building, partnership and evaluation, unpicking the project’s research, outcomes, and impacts.

Visit the project page for more information and resources.

Rebel Women of Sunderland – The Podcast!

The podcast builds on the successful Rebel Women of Sunderland project which celebrates the lives, work, and activism of women past and present who have made a significant contribution to culture and life in and beyond Sunderland.

The first series has three episodes produced in and with communities in Sunderland about rebel women past and present working in creative writing, sports, music, and tech.

Speakers included Professor Mary Talbot, writer and academic.

The audience joined the podcast producers and participants to listen, celebrate, and discuss the issues and themes of the first series.

This community podcast research project is funded by the University of Sunderland's SunGen and Participations Interdisciplinary research networks and delivered by We Make Culture CIC.

Rebel Women of Sunderland –The Podcast!

The podcast builds on the successful Rebel Women of Sunderland project that celebrates the lives, work, and activism of women past and present who have made a significant contribution to culture and life in and beyond Sunderland.

The first series has three episodes produced in and with communities in Sunderland about rebel women past and present working in creative writing, sports, music, and tech.

Speakers included Professor Mary Talbot, writer and academic.

The audience joined the podcast producers and participants to listen, celebrate, and discuss the issues and themes of the first series.

This is a community podcast research project funded by the University of Sunderland's SunGen and Participations Interdisciplinary research networks and delivered by We Make Culture CIC.

The INC

THE INC (Tourism, Hospitality & Events International Conference) “Tourism, Hospitality and Events: Innovation and Resilience during Uncertainty” is co-organised by the Cyprus University of Technology, the universities of Derby and Sunderland, and the Centre for Research in Tourism Excellence (CERTE).

Second International Practice Focused Research in Education Conference (IPFREC) July 3-6, 2023: Call for Abstracts

Conference theme: New Starting Points for Educational Research in Further Adult and Vocational Education

The second International Practice-Focused Research in Education Conference (IPFREC) 2023 was hosted by the University of Sunderland on the Riverside Campus from 3-6 July. IPFREC was organised and delivered by the University of Sunderland’s Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT). The conference was dedicated to encouraging international disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, scholarly discussion and debate surrounding the relationship between practice, theory, and research in Education. The IPFREC Conference Planning Committee welcomed abstracts from researchers in the discipline of education and in education-related subjects as well as researchers from other disciplines including, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and education policy.

IPFREC 2023 Conference dates:

  • 3-4 July 2023: Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference
  • 4-6 July 2023: Main Practice-Focused Research in Education Conference 

Early Career Researcher (ECR) Conference Monday 3 to Tuesday 4 July, keynotes:

  • Professor Lynne McKenna (University of Sunderland)
  • Professor Maggie Gregson (University of Sunderland)
  • Associate Professor Dr Gary Husband (University of Sunderland)

Main conference Tuesday 4 July, keynotes:

  • Dr John Johnson (ArtEZ University of Arts, Netherlands)
  • Dr Tony Charles (‘Platform A’ Art Gallery, Middlesbrough)

Main conference Wednesday 5 July, keynotes:

  • Professor Maggie Gregson (University of Sunderland)
  • Associate Professor Dr Gary Husband (University of Sunderland)

Main conference Thursday 6 July:

Dr Duncan Cross (University of Sunderland) Closing Ceremony and Closing Remarks 

Professorial Lecture

"Research Progress on Graphene Nanocomposites at the School of Engineering" by Associate Professor Panagiotis Karagiannidis

Date: Wednesday 18 January 2023

Research Seminar

'When will Immersive Virtual Reality have its day? Challenges to IVR adoption in the home as exposed in studies with teenagers, parents and experts' by Professor Lynne Hall.

Date: Wednesday 10 November 2021

Associate Professorial Lecture

‘Rethinking Healthy Places: Combining Environment and Person-centred Approaches to Support Health and Wellbeing’ by Dr Stephanie Wilkie.

Date: Wednesday 24 February 2021

Research seminars

‘Changing critical care nurses’ decision making in critically ill patients’ by Alison Hasselder, Apprentice Educational Supervisor in Practice.

‘A woman’s motivation to exercise and her sense of well-being’ by Petra Vojnova, Prof Doc. candidate.

Date: Wednesday 2 March 2022

The existential crunch that is middle age: Exploring the experiential impact of life course events on the psychosocial wellbeing of women in the UK

Speaker: Jacqui Merchant
Date: 26 June 2024

A qualitative exploratory study of trauma informed practice in social work supervision

Speaker: Julie Shaw
Date: 20 March 2024

In recent years trauma has become a well known concept in social work and other helping professions worldwide, in part due to the risk of Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue and retention. How this related to supervision in social work practice, particularly in England, is relatively unknown. This research used an Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis approach to explore eight social workers’ experience of supervision. The study considered whether trauma informed practice had a role in supervisor/supervisee relationships and how social workers made sense of the adversity and traumatic events they witnessed in their role.

The semi-structured interviews explored social workers’ understanding of Burnout, Vicarious Trauma, Secondary Trauma and Compassion Fatigue and the impact of supervision on their personal and professional development. Emergent themes related to: the system as master; supervision, for better or worse; it’s all part of the job, we just get on with it. These were explored in relation to managerialism, the impact of supervisor and environment in supervision and the balance of managing the adversity and trauma encountered in the social work role, alongside personal wellbeing and professional accountability.