Connecting Research

Making Architecture, Making Communities (Architecture Lecture Series) - Roz Barr
2019-05-02 17:30 - 18:30 (Europe/London) | London Road, Building LO22, Room G01, University of Reading, London Road campus, Reading, RG1 5AQ
A public lecture series encouraging conversation around architecture in communities around Reading.
Roz Barr, Roz Barr Architects
Admission free. No booking required.

School of Agriculture - Crops Research Seminars: He Joe & Sophia Bellamy
2019-05-07 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
School of Agriculture – Crops Research Seminar Series.
He Joe & Sophia Bellamy

The challenge to predict rainfall in West Africa
2019-05-07 12:00 - 12:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Monday Departmental Seminar Programme – Meteorology Department
Andreas Fink
Karlsruhe Institute of Technolo

Stakeholder Mapping for Research Staff (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-05-07 13:30 - 16:00
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.

Researchfish (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-05-08 12:00 - 14:00
One to one surgery sessions will be available for research staff in using the Researchfish online outcomes reporting systems.

CentAUR and Open Access Surgery (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-05-08 12:00 - 14:45
This session is intended for researchers and those supporting them.
We can help you with queries about the open access policies that you must comply with, the gold and green options available to you and the processes to follow. We can also answer a wide range of questions about CentAUR (our institutional repository), or provide an overview of CentAUR for new users.
(See also SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING – REQUIREMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES for those needing a general overview and OPEN ACCESS PUBLICATIONS POLICIES AND WHAT THESE MEAN FOR YOU for researchers who need to comply with REF and funder open access policies. There is some overlap between these two courses.)
12.00 – 12.45, 13.00 – 13.45, 14.00 – 14.45

Ghandhi Research Seminar - Professor Dino Kritsiotis, University of Nottingham
2019-05-08 13:00 - 14:00 | Foxhill House, Room G04
Ghandhi Research Seminar Series.
Professor Dino Kritsiotis
University of Nottingham
Chair: Professor James A. Green

ICMA Research Seminars - Raphael Markellos, University of East Anglia
2019-05-08 13:00 - 14:00 | ICMA G09, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BA, United Kingdom
ICMA Research Seminars – Raphael Markellos, University of East Anglia

Introduction to Bibliometrics (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-05-09 10:00 - 12:00
Bibliometric data are increasingly used in research assessment exercises and in recruitment decisions but they can also give you insights into how your research is being used by others and help you to make informed journal choices. This session will introduce some commonly used bibliometrics and explain how they are calculated and what they mean. The issues behind the responsible use of metrics will also be explored. A hands-on section of the session will use tools such as Scopus, SciVal, Google Scholar and InCites to explore bibliometric data sources. This is a 90 minute session however the last 30 minutes will be allocated for hands on tasks.

Dr Emmanouil Karteris, Brunel University London - School of Pharmacy Research and Scholarship Seminars 2019
2019-05-09 13:00 - 14:00 | Hopkins Building, Room 101, University of Reading, Reading, RG1 6UR, United Kingdom
Dr Emmanouil Karteris, Brunel University London – School of Pharmacy Research and Scholarship Seminars 2019

“Writing for Research and Scholarship” Group - Institute of Education
2019-05-09 14:00 - 15:00 | L24, G06
Dr Naomi Flynn

Public Lecture: Albert Wolters Lecture 2019
2019-05-09 20:00 - 21:30 | Henley Business School, Room G11, Henley Business School, Whiteknights Campus, Reading, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Delivered by Professor Daniel C. Dennett, Center for Cognitive Studies, Tufts University
Autonomy is a fancy word for self-control. It comes in degrees, and while some varieties can be largely the achievement of unconscious control—for instance, the abilities to stand, walk, run and avoid obstacles—the morally important varieties require consciousness: you can’t make a promise or be “moved by reasons” without the ability to entertain alternatives, think about both the past and the future, and make informed decisions under uncertainty. We are not born with these abilities and achieving the level of autonomy of a morally responsible agent takes years of experience and maturation. This self-control is the only variety of free will worth wanting, and it has nothing to do with whether physics is deterministic or not. A thought experiment about emancipating a drone, making it more and more autonomous, reveals the outlines of the role of language and consciousness in making us the sorts of things that can be trusted to keep a promise.
Admission free, booking essential.

Nursery Vision: Reading the Ladybird Book - Three Blind Mice (MERL Seminars)
2019-05-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Museum of English Rural Life (The MERL), Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX, United Kingdom
Dr Neil Cocks, Associate Professor in the Department for English Literature at Reading.

Chemistry Research Colloquium - Dr György Hantal, University of Vienna
2019-05-13
Chemistry Research Colloquium – Dr György Hantal, University of Vienna
Title TBA

Hydro-JULES: Next generation hydrological and land surface predictions
2019-05-13 12:00 - 12:50 | GU01, Department of Meteorology
Monday Departmental Seminar Programme – Meteorology Department
Simon Dadson
CEH Wallingford

School of Agriculture Crops Research Seminar: Tobias Lane & Ahmed Omar Warsame
2019-05-14 | Frank Parkinson room, Agriculture, Whiteknights, RG6 7BE
School of Agriculture – Crops Research Seminar Series.
Tobias Lane & Ahmed Omar Warsame

Introduction to the SciVAL Research Intelligence Tool (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-05-14 10:00 - 12:00
SciVal is a powerful research intelligence tool based on bibliometric data from research publications. SciVal enables researchers and those supporting research staff to visualize their institution/group’s research performance and benchmark it relative to their peers based on a variety of different metrics. It can also help you identify areas or partners for the development of collaborative networks. This session will introduce you to the scope and possibilities of SciVal and show you how to perform targeted analyses based on the publications of your own research division. This is a 90 minute session. The first 60 minutes will explain what the tool is and how it can be used. The last 30 minutes will be an extended hands-on activity so that you get practical experience of using the tool.

Atlantic transports from free model runs, reanalyses and coupled simulations​
2019-05-14 13:00 - 13:50 | Sutcliffe Lecture Theatre, Room GU01, Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Whiteknights, RG6 6AH
Tuesday Seminar Programme – Meteorology Department
Davi Mignac Carneiro

Types of ‘Misleading Pictures’ in Wittgenstein’s Later Philosophy
2019-05-14 16:10 - 18:00
Department of Philosophy – Wittgenstein Forum
Jonathan Beale

Who is a woman? and why it matters
2019-05-14 17:00 - 19:00 | London Road, Building LO22, Room G01, University of Reading, London Road campus, Reading, RG1 5AQ
Speakers: Dr Holly Lawford-Smith and Dr Jane Jones
Chair: Prof Carol Fuller, Institute of Education
Date: 14th May 2019
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Place: Room G01, Building L22, London Road Campus
Free to attend, but registration essential.
Please email Carol Fuller to register: c.l.fuller@reading.ac.uk
Holly Lawford-Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. She obtained her BA and MA at the University of Otago, and her PhD at the Australian National University. Her interests are in social philosophy broadly construed, and latest publication is the book Not in Their Name: Are Citizens Culpable for Their States’ Actions? with Oxford University Press.
Jane Jones is a feminist philosopher and founder of The Institute of Feminist Thought, an online feminist school offering courses in feminist history and philosophy. Jane studied Social and Political Science at Cambridge before going on to gain an MPhil and PhD in feminist philosophy. Since 2011 she has been involved in feminist activism, while writing about issues at the intersection of feminist thought, politics and culture. Throughout the many years of studying and writing, Jane has worked as an educator – both in universities, and as a private tutor.

Research Data Management: An Introduction (Research Staff Development Opportunity)
2019-05-15 10:00
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.

The Urban Room - Public-facing encounters (Architecture)
2019-05-15 12:00 - 14:00 | School of Architecture
Public-facing artist ‘encounters’ will occur on Wednesdays and Fridays, 12-2pm, between 15 May and 31 May. All are welcome.
At the University of Reading this summer, we present the Urban Room: a temporary wooden structure which carries the potential for enabling conversation and encounters between people and communities across Reading as a town and the University. Built by second year Architecture students as part of their studies, the Urban Room will offer a visually stimulating focal point on the beautiful London Road campus of the University during May and June.
More details: Urban Room: May-June 2019

ICMA Research Seminars - Emese Lazar
2019-05-15 13:00 - 14:00 | ICMA G09, Henley Business School, University of Reading, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6BA, United Kingdom
ICMA Research Seminars – Emese Lazar

Public Lecture: Sooner or Later: Shifting the Timing of Electricity Demand
2019-05-15 17:30 - 18:30 | London Road, Building LO22, Room G01, University of Reading, London Road campus, Reading, RG1 5AQ
Jacopo Torriti, Professor of Energy Economics and Policy, School of the Built Environment

When we all consume electricity at the same time, energy suppliers have to activate dirty old power plants with excessive greenhouse gas emissions and high system costs. Shifting the timing of electricity demand is critical for balancing the grid when consumption is high and when there are drops in supply from renewables. However, little is known about the extent to which pricing and new technologies will enable a higher level of demand-side flexibility. In this inaugural lecture, Jacopo Torriti presents research on the timing of electricity demand, peaks, people’s activities and demand-side flexibility.
The lecture is free to attend and open to all. Registration is required in advance by emailing Sue Flanders (s.m.flanders@reading.ac.uk).

Workplace incivility: an identity based analysis
2019-05-16 | Henley Business School, Room 108, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 6UR, United Kingdom
Henley Business School – Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour research seminars.
Dr Chris Woodrow

2nd Reading Experimental and Behavioural Economics Workshop
2019-05-16 08:45 - 18:00 | Department of Economics
Keynote speakers (in alphabetical order):

Jordi Brandts (Barcelona GSE, Spain)
Marie Claire Villeval (CNRS, France)

Regular session speakers (in alphabetical order):

Puja Bhattacharya (WZB, Germany)
Steven Bosworth (University of Reading, UK)
Subhasish M. Chowdhury (University of Bath, UK)
Francesco Fallucchi (LISER, Luxembourg)
Joo Young Jeon (University of Reading, UK)
Lingqing Jiang (University of Essex, UK)
Ryan Kendall (University College London, UK)
Robertas Zubrickas (University of Bath, UK)

“Teachers' curriculum decision making in an accountability culture” & “Martial arts and well-being: understanding practice and its role in the construction of beliefs”
2019-05-16 13:00 - 14:00 | L24, G06
Institute of Education – Research Programme
Dr Rebecca Harris – “Teachers’ curriculum decision making in an accountability culture”
Prof Carol Fuller – “Martial arts and well-being: understanding practice and its role in the construction of beliefs”

Funding Update and Research News - School of Pharmacy Research and Scholarship Seminars 2019
2019-05-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Hopkins Building, Room 101, University of Reading, Reading, RG1 6UR, United Kingdom
Prof Adrian Williams

Film, Theatre and Television Research Seminars - Dr Sarah Grochala
2019-05-16 16:00 - 18:00 | Henley Business School, Room 201
Film, Theatre and Television Research Seminar series.
Dr Sarah Grochala

Department of Film, Theatre and Television Research Seminar - Dr Sarah Grochala
2019-05-16 16:00 - 18:00 | HBS 201
Department of Film, Theatre & Television Research Seminar – Dr Sarah Grochala
All staff and PGR students are welcome to attend.
