Connecting Research

Institutional logics and social enterprises: Entry mode choices of foreign hospitals in China - Dr Yipeng Liu (Leadership and Organisation Behaviour Research Seminar)
2019-03-21 12:00 - 14:00 (Europe/London)

Overview of Research Funding (Sciences) (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-03-21 09:30 - 12:00
Research Staff Development Opportunities.
This course is aimed at post-doctoral researchers, early career researchers and pre-lecturer staff within the Sciences. It will provide an overview of research funding with a particular emphasis on fellowships. It will cover what support is available, main funding bodies (research councils, charities etc) and preparing an application – documentation, timing, and submission.

Typography Postgraduate Seminar - Soo Kim
2019-03-21
Typography Postgraduate Seminars.
Soo Kim
Chaired by AB/EK

Public lecture: Britain's Housing Crisis: Designing future homes and cities
2019-03-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Palmer Building, Room G10, Palmer Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Britain’s housing system is broken. Sky-high house prices mean buying a home is just a dream for many people, yet it is still considered an essential pursuit. Tenants are pushed into poverty or forced to move by rent rises, pulling families and communities apart. Young people see their life options constrained in a string of shared flats, or stuck at home with their parents.
So what’s the solution? In this lecture, architect Professor Flora Samuel will deliver her manifesto for a better housing future. She will show how designing better homes and cities is crucial to resolving the current crisis. Intelligent design of towns and cities can improve people’s health and happiness. Social homes must be built in growing numbers that are not only affordable, but enviable. The aim must be to improve the physical environment for the next generation, to help them tackle a growing list of social, political and economic challenges.
Flora Samuel is Professor of Architecture in the Built Environment at the University of Reading, and a Co-Investigator at the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE), for which she leads the ‘Place’ theme.

Doctrine of Equivalents (Intellectual Property Law Seminar Series)
2019-03-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Palmer Building, Room 103
Intellectual Property Law Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr Matt Fisher, University College London
Palmer 103

Global Health Humanities Workshop 2019
2019-03-20 13:30 - 17:30

The Effects of Dietary Fat Composition on Abdominal Obesity and Related Cardiometabolic Risk & Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the generation and function of platelet-derived microvesicles
2019-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 | CHEMLT1, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR
Food and Nutritional Science Research Seminars.
Ezgi Ozen
“The Effects of Dietary Fat Composition on Abdominal Obesity and Related Cardiometabolic Risk”
Esra Bozbas
”Effects of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids on the generation and function of platelet-derived microvesicles”

Office Market Interconnectedness and Systemic Risk Exposure
2019-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Henley Business School, Room 102
Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar Series
Dr Roland Füss, University of St. Gallen

In Search of the WTO Appellate Body’s ‘Golden Age’: between Law and Practice
2019-03-20 13:00 - 14:00 | Foxhill House, Room G04
Ghandhi Research Seminar Series.
Dr Gregory Messenger
University of Liverpool
Chair: Dr Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne

Economics External Seminar - Andreas Steinhauer, University of Edinburgh
2019-03-20 12:15 - 13:30
Department of Economics External Seminar Series.
Andreas Steinhauer, University of Edinburgh
Field: Family economics and applied labour

Research Data Management: An Introduction (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-03-20 10:00 - 12:00
Research Staff Development Opportunities.
The aim of this course is to introduce general principles and practices of research data management that will be applicable to researchers at all stages of their careers working with research data in any discipline, whether in the sciences, social sciences or humanities. The course will cover: public funders’ and the University’s research data policies and requirements; data management plans for funding applications; ethics and legal compliance; storage, organisation and documentation of data; ownership and rights in data; data preservation and sharing.

School of Agriculture - Crops Research Seminars - Fiona Lahive
2019-03-19 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
School of Agriculture – Crops Research Seminar Series.
Fiona Lahive

Chemistry Research Colloquium - Professor Nora de Leeuw, Cardiff University
2019-03-18 15:30 - 16:30 | Lecture Theatre G, Chemistry, Whiteknights Campus, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Chemistry Research Colloquia.
Professor Nora de Leeuw, Cardiff University

Managing your Digital Researcher Identity (1-1 Session) (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-03-18 12:00 - 14:45
Research Staff Development Opportunities.
Tracking the impact and reach of your research outputs is much easier if you have a consistent digital identity. Give your digital identity a health check by looking at your Google Scholar, ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID and ORCiD profiles. In this one-to one session you can check which researcher identifiers you already have, which ones you might need and ensure that your research outputs are correctly attributed to you. This session can include: setting up and/or checking your Google Scholar account; setting up and/or checking your ResearcherID, Scopus Author ID, ORCiD ID; checking that your publications are correctly attributed to you in bibliographic databases.
12.00 – 12.45, 13.00 – 13.45, 14.00 – 14.45

Weather Rescue Hack-A-Thon
2019-03-16 13:00 - 17:00 | Work.Life Reading, 33 King's Road, Reading, RG1 3AR
This year the British Science Week’s citizen science project originates in part from University of Reading. To honour this, we are running our first hack-a-thon event!
Come along and get involved in the project. You will also have the opportunity to hear more about the motivations behind the project and how the data will be used from the scientists behind the project. We will have experts on hand to answer your weather and climate related questions.
Admission is free but booking is required. Please note that we cannot provide laptops so you will need to bring your own devices (the platform works on both laptops and tablets). Light refreshments will be provided.
This event will run from 1pm to 3pm, and again from 3pm to 5pm

MERL Late: More than Human
2019-03-14 19:00 - 22:00 | Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX, United Kingdom
This MERL Late explores the non-human countryside, showcasing research and creative practice from the University of Reading and beyond. Join us for an evening of weather, wildlife, livestock, machinery, plants, and much more. Avoid people at our silent disco. Buy an inhumanly tasty cocktail from our pop-up bar. Visit Sire, Maria McKinney’s absolute unit of an art intervention. Come along and help us make the unpopular popular.
Book in advance or buy on the door (subject to availability). £4 in advance (£3 students and concessions) / £5 (£3.75) on the door
Please note this event is suitable for aged 18+ only. For more information visit the MERL website.
An event for British Science Week – find more British Science Week events in Reading here.

Typography Postgraduate Seminar - Alex Heslop
2019-03-14
Typography Postgraduate Seminars.
Alex Heslop
Chaired by EK/RP

The Great Debate 2019: Can new technologies transform healthcare?
2019-03-13 20:00 - 21:30 | Henley Business School, Room G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
The increasing adoption of digital technology has resulted in fundamental changes in many industries. Yet healtcare, which represents about 10% of global GDP, has lagged behind other sectors. This is about to change as big data and artificial intelligence will deliver improvements in diagnosis and treatment that will increase health care’s reach, efficiency, accuracy and reduce waiting time for patients.
Technological advances offer significant opportunities to improve healthcare and have the potential to deliver significant value for the NHS. This year’s Great Debate will provide an update on the latest technology advances to deliver these benefits.
There will be four presentations as below, followed by a debate and Q&A.

Human-Computer Interaction
Digital Health innovation at the NHS Frontline: Transformation and reality checks
Using AI to improve clinical effectiveness
Ensuring new technologies are introduced effectively and safely

Admission free but booking is necessary. This event is being held in British Science Week – find other events in Reading here.

Celebrating Multiculturalism: Why speaking more than one language is good for your health
2019-03-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Edith Morley Building, Van Emden Lecture Theatre, Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Join in the discussion with our expert panel for a lively conversation about what multilingualism means to you.
Speaking more than one language promotes multiple identities, but not everyone sees multilingualism this way, and language policy decisions sometimes impact negatively on multilingual speakers’ life chances. All of this raises critical questions for researchers, policymakers, practitioners and individual multilingual speakers about the role of language learning in fostering a multilingual world.
In December 2017, the Salzburg Global Seminar Series hosted representatives from the spheres of policy, academia, civil society and business, representing over 25 countries, to look at the importance of language policy and practice from three perspectives – the individual, the state, and market and society – and examine how language learning can help integration, international relations and employment opportunities. The outcome of these discussions, the Salzburg Statement on Multilingualism and Integration will be launched around the world on International Mother Language Day, 21 February 2018.
As a follow up to this publication, the University of Reading will be hosting a small panel of multilingualism practitioners inviting an audience to join in the conversation. We are keen to know how the Salzburg Statement is relevant to you in your multilingual lives.
Admission is free and open to all. We hope the event will be of particular interest to bilingual families, teachers, interpreters, counsellors, and professionals who work with bilingual families.

‘Moments of Identification’: LGBTQ+ History and Heritage - Professor Richard Parkinson, University of Oxford (Classics seminar series)
2019-03-13 15:30 - 16:30 | Edith Morley, Room G25, Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Professor Parkinson’s lecture will illustrate the gradual evolution of an LGBT history project at the British Museum in a variety of formats, including A Little Gay History (2013) and subsequent exhibitions and trails. It will question how LGBT histories are best displayed – as temporary interventions or as integrated parts of permanent displays – and consider the role of an ancient historian in shaping and presenting this heritage.
Richard Bruce Parkinson is a British academic. He is currently Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of The Queen’s College, Oxford. He was previously a curator in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, British Museum. His main area of research in the interpretation and performance of Ancient Egyptian poetry of the classic period. As well as academic monographs and articles, he has written popular books on Egyptology. Drawing on his work on the ‘subaltern’ aspects of ancient literature, he has published on LGBTQ+ history across world cultures, including A Little Gay History (2013), dedicated to his husband. He recently acted as consultant to No Offence: Exploring LGBTQ+ Histories, The British Museum’s touring exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, which ran until December 2018.

Evaluation of the antiobesogenic effect in Brazilian plant extracts & Listeria monocytogenes acid resistance, extracellular GABA production and regulation in defined media
2019-03-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Harborne Lecture Theatre, Harborne Building, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR
Food and Nutritional Science Research Seminars.
Cyntia
“Evaluation of the antiobesogenic effect in Brazilian plant extracts”
Carolina Bruschi
“Listeria monocytogenes acid resistance, extracellular GABA production and regulation in defined media”

REITs Price Reactions to Changes in Interest Rates Before and During the Zero Lower Bound
2019-03-13 13:00 - 14:00 | Knight Building, Room 133
Real Estate & Planning Research Seminar Series
Dr Alexey Akimov, Lancaster University

Economics External Seminar - Almudena Sevilla, UCL
2019-03-13 12:15 - 13:30
Department of Economics External Seminar Series.
Almudena Sevilla, UCL
Field: Policy evaluation, time use and child development

Researchfish (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-03-13 12:00 - 14:00
Research Staff Development Opportunities.
One to one surgery sessions will be available for research staff in using the Researchfish online outcomes reporting systems.

Politics & International Relations Seminar - Clare Chambers, University of Cambridge
2019-03-12 16:15 - 17:45
School of Politics & International Relations Seminar Series.
Clare Chambers, University of Cambridge

Stakeholder Mapping for Research Staff (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-03-12 13:30 - 16:00
Research Staff Development Opportunities.
Understanding your key stakeholders and what they want from your research is a fundamental part of any successful communications or engagement plan. This session will introduce some simple tools to help you identify and prioritise potential stakeholders and to decide how best to work with them. We will use case studies from research teams across the University and live examples from participants to show how understanding your audiences can help you to improve your research and its impact. Led by the Research Communications and Engagement team.
This is a new session that is currently being developed. Please reserve the date and time if you think this may be of interest to you, as it is not yet available to book via Employee Self Service.

School of Agriculture - Crops Research Seminars - Deepti Angra
2019-03-12 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
School of Agriculture – Crops Research Seminar Series.
Deepti Angra

The Self Delusion: How a Maladaptive Self-Identity Threatens our Personal and Planetary Health - Professor Tom Oliver
2019-03-11 17:00 - 18:00 | Edith Morley, Room G27

Chemistry Research Colloquium - Dr Agi Brandt-Talbot, Imperial
2019-03-11 15:30 - 16:30 | Lecture Theatre G, Chemistry, Whiteknights Campus, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Chemistry Research Colloquia.
Dr Agi Brandt-Talbot, Imperial

Mindful Nature Walk
2019-03-10 11:00 - 12:00
Join us for a peaceful walk around the award-winning green campus of the University where you will be guided around the lake, wood, and Harris Gardens to take in the wonderful flowers, trees and wildlife.
The meeting point for this walk will be the gates to the Harris Gardens and please note that the paths can be quite muddy this time of year so please wear appropriate footwear.
Admission free but spaces will be limited for safety reasons.
This event will run twice, once at 11am to 12noon and again from 3pm to 4pm.
An event for British Science Week.
