The symposium, held on Wednesday 5 May, featured presentations by PGR students from the School for Policy Studies, including those who are co-supervised by an academic member of staff. 

 

The inaugural virtual event provided a fantastic opportunity for students to discuss their work in a friendly and supportive environment. It also showcased the diversity of postgraduate research within the School with presentations encompassing a wide range of topics.

 

Dissertation titles included:

• ‘Unearthing information on parental capacity to change: finding needles in haystacks’ (Katie Riches, PhD Social Work)

• ‘Playdoh Cookies and Dementia: Using Feminist New Materialism to attend to ‘Missing Middles’ in Intergenerational Programmes’ (Lois Peach, PhD Social Policy)

• ‘Universal Credit payment to couples: contrasting discourses within joint Scottish and Westminster government programme’ (Marylin Howard, DSocSci Policy Studies)

• ‘The role of housing in influencing migration intentions and expected length of stay of foreign workers in Malta’ (Brian Micallef, PhD Social Policy)

• ‘Welfare state metamorphoses under Hungary’s authoritarian regime: a critical discourse analysis from 2010-2018’ (Irene Ktori, PhD Social Policy)

• ‘Regional Inequalities: Evidence from the Chilean Case’ (Paula Ibarra Silva, PhD Social Policy)

• 'LGBT Young Generations and Contemporary Families in Mainland China’ (Fengqiang Wang, PhD Social Policy)

• ‘Women's everyday life in modernised China’ (Yunyan Li, PhD Social Policy)

• ‘Where and when are portion sizes larger in preschool children? A multilevel model analysis of eating occasion size among 1-5-year-olds’ (Alice Porter, PhD Population Health Sciences)

• ‘Assessing the impact of maternal coffee consumption on perinatal health: a systematic Mendelian randomisation study’(Peiyuan Huang, PhD Population Health Science)

PGR Director, Dr Angeliki Papadaki, said, “The idea for the Symposium came for the realisation that many PGR students reach their viva only having ever presented their research in supervisory meetings.

It was really exciting to see students sign up for this opportunity to share their research with others. I'm so proud to see the amazing work carried out by our School's PGR community, and the diverse topics, theoretical frameworks, methods and study designs they have used.”