Outline of the seminar 

1. Welcome and Introductions - (5 mins)

2. PGR-led Discussion - (5-20 mins)

    PGRs, please take this opportunity to raise any topic at all. 

3. PGR Presents:

'Effectiveness of Post-Earthquake Private Housing Reconstruction program: A Case Study of Nepal’s Gorkha Earthquake 2015'

with Namita Poudel Bhusal, Second Year PhD Candidate in Management, Hull Business School, Faculty of Business, Law and Politics. 

(15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)

Abstract:

Namita's talk will be of great value to postgraduate researchers across all disciplines.  Not only will she give us a valuable insight into her impactful research project, she will outline her clear goals in relation to her research objectives, her research questions, the research gaps she is addressing, her methodology, her key achievements, the issues and challenges she has faced so far and her recent publications.  All in all, this should be a very useful session indeed! 

4.  Perspectives on:

'The Philosophy of Photography' with Dr Dawn Wilson, Lecturer in Philosophy, School of Politics and International Studies, Faculty of Business Law and Politics. 

(10-15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)

Abstract:

Photographic technology raises urgent ethical, legal, political, epistemic, and aesthetic questions. Dawn will talk about her research in the Philosophy of Photography which is internationally recognised for launching the ‘New Theory’ of photography. We will also discuss topics such as Deepfake images, machine-learning systems, face-recognition surveillance, copyright legislation, AI artworks, the ethics of photojournalism, and museum conservation methods. 

(10-15 mins plus Q&A 5-10 mins)

5. 'Any other business’

To view the full PGR Research Culture and Community Programme click here for more details

If you have any general questions about the seminar programme, please contact Jackie McAndrew at the Doctoral College in the first instance on jackie.mcandrew@hull.ac.uk