2021 events
Beyond 1.5 To Stay Alive: Small Island Developing States And Policy Change At CoP26
Age: Adults
Type: Discussion/Debate,Film Screenings
Host: Jack Corbett, Professor of Politics
Date and Time (UK Time):24/11/2021 16:00 - 17:00
Summary
CoP26 is a summit bringing together leaders, from a variety of countries that are signed up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This event will document and reflect on the process of attempting to enact policy change at CoP26.
Description
The event will consist of two parts; firstly a 20 minute film that will document the experience of a group of academics and policymakers who sought to initiate and sustain a discussion at CoP26 about the way the current climate finance regime is detrimental to SIDS (Small Island Developing States). These are the first and worst affected by climate change and includes locations such as the Maldives, Seychelles, Cuba, Aruba and Puerto Rico.
The second half of the event will feature a panel discussion where the audience will have the chance to ask questions to the academics and policymakers involved, about the climate change in SIDS and how to make an impact at an event like CoP26. The event will help to raise awareness and promote the importance of social science research for informing policy decisions in SIDS.
Beyond 1.5 To Stay Alive: Small Island Developing States And Policy Change At CoP26
Count Me In! Celebrating Student Contributions To Collaborative Video And Game Design
Age: Adults & Students at Fairmead School
Type: Virtual/Online Activity,Other
Host: Verity Ward, PhD Candidate at the University of Southampton, Social Sciences School
Date and Time (UK Time):05/11/2021 10:00 - 11:00
05/11/2021 11:30 - 16:30
Fairmead School
Summary
This is a two-part event, the first part is an online webinar open to the public and second part an invited audience. Both parts will showcase research that students at Fairmead School contributed towards, that provided new and different opportunities for student participation at school either through computer game design or video making.
Description
The Autism Community Research Network @Southampton [ACoRNS] is a research-practice partnership between Education and Psychology at the University, and school leaders and practitioners in the local community. Fairmead School is a school in Somerset for autistic students, and students with moderate learning difficulties. The event will consist of two parts; an online webinar open to the public and an interactive exhibition of student work in school. The webinar will give students an opportunity to present their work and is aimed at an adult audience of researchers and practitioners. The exhibition will involve screenings of videos and displays of student work (including a computer game).
Count Me In! Celebrating Student Contributions To Collaborative Video And Game Design
Games For Social Good
Age: General Audience(All ages)
Type: Exhibition,Participatory/Interactive
Host: Joerg Fliege, Professor of Mathematics
Date and Time (UK Time):09/11/2021 14:00 - 17:00
16/11/2021 14:00 - 17:00
23/11/2021 14:00 - 17:00
Summary
A series of interactive workshops involving online games that seek to engage the public on how societies can reach a consensus on tackling climate change and sharing resources.
Description
This event will consist of a series of online games designed to raise awareness on the issues of collaboration, fairness, and democratic participation in the context of environmental management and natural resources. Attendees will have the opportunity to play games by themselves or with university staff, who will provide guidance on the games' mechanics and features. In-person attendees will have the opportunity to play on laptops and projectors, with the chance to have discussions with non-playing attendees, and online attendees will have the opportunity to play online, watch livestreams and discuss with players and staff via an online Q&A session. Demo versions of the games will also be available for personal download.
Games For Social Good
Imagining A Sustainable Future Via Green Stories (Adults)
Age: General Audience (all ages - teachers of creative writing, members of the writing community, and aspiring writers in particular)
Type: Multi-format (talk; participatory/interactive; workshop/training)
Host: Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Business
Date and Time (UK Time):20/11/2021 09:30 - 12:00
Bitterne Park School
Summary
At this event you will have the opportunity to learn about what a sustainable society might look like and how fiction can be used to communicate green solutions to help reduce our feelings of powerlessness in the face of climate change and inspire action. You will have the opportunity to hear winning entries from previous competitions, share your ideas with others and to write your own story.
The event will have the following structure:
• 9:30: attendees arrive
• 9:45: a talk covering environmental challenges and feelings of powerlessness
• 10:00: group discussions about how a sustainable society might look
• 11:00: a talk about how a model sustainable society might look and how we can use fiction to promote sustainable behaviours
• 11:20: group discussions to come up with stories conveying green solutions
• 12:20: wrap-up talk
• 12:30: finish
Description
This event will consist of a half-day session, running from 9:30-12:30. Firstly, a talk will be given by Professor Denise Baden on the key environmental challenges we face, and how these can cause feelings of powerlessness. Attendees will then split into small groups and discuss positive visions of what they think a green society might look like, with help from university staff, who will share ideas and encourage discussion. Professor Denise Baden will then give a talk on how a sustainable society might look, considering themes such as carbon budgets and green energy. This will also cover how using fiction to convey green solutions can help tackle feelings of powerlessness over environmental change and inspire action, with the Green Stories Writing Competition being introduced. After this, attendees will work in small groups to create ideas for their own green stories and discuss these with the wider group. The session will conclude with some final thoughts by Professor Baden and details for how to submit stories to the competition.
Imagining A Sustainable Future Via Green Stories (Adults)
Law And The Creative Imagination In A Pandemic: A Time Of Remarkable Flourishing
Age: General Audience(All ages)
Type: Discussion/Debate,Virtual/Online Activity
Host: David Gurnham, Professor of Law and Haris Psarras, Lecturer in Law
Date and Time (UK Time):24/11/2021 18:00 - 19:00
Virtual (MS Teams; joining instructions sent with Eventbrite ticket)
Summary
A panel of artists and poets discuss how lockdown restrictions proved to be a unique source of creative inspiration and connection.
Description
How did the Covid-19 lockdowns and other restrictions prove to be such a potent and compelling source of creative inspiration? Law and legal rules may not be an obvious motivator for artists and poets in normal times, but this changed when the order to 'stay at home' began to impact on all aspects of life. Our panel of poets and artists share their experience of turning a crisis into an unprecedented opportunity for inspiring people of all ages and backgrounds to find solace, hope and positivity in new acts of creativity. The event looks back at the coronavirus pandemic as a rare and unusual meeting between law and the imagination: a time of isolation, of feeling caged, and for many sadly a time of loss. But also, a time of remarkable flourishing.
Law And The Creative Imagination In A Pandemic: A Time Of Remarkable Flourishing
Political Trust - Documentary Screening
Age: Adults
Type: Film Screenings
Host: Viktor Valgardsson, Research Fellow at the University of Southampton
Date and Time (UK Time):18/11/2021 20:00 - 22:30
Harbour Lights Picture House Cinema (Southampton)
Summary
This is a documentary, produced by Silverfish and commissioned by the TrustGov research project, about Political Trust. After the screening, there will be a Q&A session with the filmmakers and university staff involved in the film.
Description
The documentary explores how diverse, ordinary citizens (from the UK, USA and Denmark) feel about their governments, political institutions, politicians and why they feel this way. The film highlights the state of political trust in the world and whether it has been declining in recent times; furthermore it looks at what the consequences may be for our democracies and society. The documentary includes extensive interviews with multiple academics from the UK, USA, Denmark, France and Iceland; all within the social sciences remit. They share their findings and ideas with the audience in an engaging and relatable way, woven together with the personal stories of ordinary citizens.
Political Trust - Documentary Screening
Quiz/Debate: Water And Waste Services - Who Knows Best?
Age: Young people (11 years+) and Adults
Type: Discussion/Debate,Virtual/Online Activity
Host: Jim Wright, Professor of GIS and International Development, Simon Damkjaer, Research Fellow and Mair Thomas, Geography and Environmental Science Postgraduate Researcher
Date and Time (UK Time):13/11/2021 15:00 - 17:00
Summary
This event will be a mixture of a live debate and quiz questions that will cover the different ways data can be collected about service providers (such as water utilities or waste collection agencies). The audience will have the opportunity to vote for the most compelling and trustworthy form of data, either direct from the service provider or from consumers through household surveys.
Description
It is important to show the value of social science research in holding service providers around the world to account, and why the investment in household surveys has value. The event will begin with a short live debate where two speakers present their cases; one for the robustness of data on service quality and coverage from service providers; the other being data received from consumers via household surveys.
The quiz will focus on water and waste service from around the world, with a focus on low and middle income countries. The questions will be thought-provoking, informative and will be drawn from both data gathered from consumers via household surveys as well as via service providers.
Quiz/Debate: Water And Waste Services - Who Knows Best?
The Ethics Of Taking And Sharing Photos Online
Age: General Audience(All ages)
Type: Participatory/Interactive
Host: Holly Hancock, Research Fellow in the School of Law
Date and Time (UK Time):17/11/2021 19:00 - 20:30
Virtual
Summary
An educational workshop designed to encourage participants to think about and discuss issues on the ethics of taking and sharing photos, with a particular focus on images of the injured or deceased and the implications of privacy surrounding these.
Description
Photographs of the scenes of accidents and distressing situations have recently shocked the world, with images of Kobe Bryant's fatal helicopter crash, Emiliano Sala's body, and Christian Eriksen's collapse during the World Cup widely shared. This talk will assess the ethical implications of taking and sharing such images, and how these could be addressed in the future, in a world where smartphones are becoming increasingly commonplace.
The Ethics Of Taking And Sharing Photos Online
What's The Connection Between Food, Culture And Climate?
Age: Young People (11-15)
Type: Virtual/Online Activity,Participatory/Interactive
Host: Sebastian Reichel, University of Southampton, UK Faith Mutavi, Kenyatta University, Kenya Dr Claire Bedelian, IIED, Denmark Frank Musa, University of Malawi, Malawi Gertrude Owusu, University of Ghana, Ghana Henry Hunga, University of Malawi, Malawi Dr Yaw Atiglo, University of Ghana, Ghana Moses Asamoah, University of Ghana, Ghana Dr Daniela Anghileri, University of Southampton, UK
Date and Time (UK Time):20/11/2021 10:00 - 12:00
Summary
This session will engage with young people to use social science perspectives to understand connections between food, culture and climate, and how they differ between three countries in sub-Saharan Africa and the UK.
Description
The foods that people grow and eat depend in part on their social history and on their local cultural preferences. Food is also dependent on the climate in which it is grown. Social science perspectives on human belief systems and behaviours help us to answer questions around why we eat what we eat, and how climate change is impacting food availability and preferences in the present and might do so in the future.
The event will be an interactive session that focuses on Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and the UK, engaging the audience around issues based on their own experiences. The session will include polls, breakout rooms for discussion, and offline tasks during short breaks. A variety of topics will be covered including discussion of food preferences and changes over time, food access and availability, weather, and food seasonality and more! The participants will receive insights into how social science can be used to analyse their own
20th November:
10:00am - 12:00pm UK and Ghana time
12:00pm - 14:00pm Malawi time
13:00pm - 15:00pm Kenya time
What's The Connection Between Food, Culture And Climate?
Climate Change Impacts On Food Security And Migration
Age: 11-15 year olds
Type: Other
Host: Ailish Craig, PhD Student, School of Geography and Environmental Science
Date and Time (UK Time):15/11/2021 09:00 - 16:00
16/11/2021 09:00 - 16:00
17/11/2021 09:00 - 16:00
18/11/2021 09:00 - 16:00
19/11/2021 09:00 - 16:00
Avonbourne Boys' and Girls' School (Closed Event)
Summary
Interactive talks and workshops for a group of year 9 students will discuss the decisions made by people in Malawi and the Philippines regarding food security and migration.
Description
Climate change is creating numerous challenges to society, particularly in low-income countries. These talks will highlight how climate change has impacted food security and migration to local students. They will learn about the decisions made by people in Malawi and the Philippines and will take part in an interactive group workshop. Here they will discuss the possible coping strategies they could adopt for different scenarios around the negative impacts of climate change.
The event will follow on from the year 9 curriculum for learning on climate change and will further the students understanding of the complexities of climate change, food security and migration. Furthermore, they'll discover how the impacts vary for different households.
Climate Change Impacts On Food Security And Migration
Waves Of Change: Flooding And Heatwaves In Southampton
Age: Specialist interest (asylum seekers and refugees)
Type: Other
Host: Sien van der Plank, Senior Research Assistant in the School of Geography and Environmental Science
Date and Time (UK Time):24/11/2021 09:00 - 11:00
25/11/2021 09:00 - 11:00
CLEAR, 2 James Street, Southampton, SO14 1PJ (Closed Event)
Summary
This is a series of lessons designed to engage English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), specifically asylum seekers and refugees, as vulnerable communities in the risks of heatwaves and flooding in Southampton. These lessons will look at risks based on the current climate, potential future climate change, and how we can adapt to these hazards. Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in quizzes, games, and creative activities aimed at furthering their understanding of adaptation, based on the latest research.
Description
Asylum seekers and refugees are particularly vulnerable to climate-induced hazards, as they are likely to be inadequately supported in standard adaptation strategies. Subsequently, this series of lessons will target asylum seekers and refugees to further their understanding of hazards and adaptation. This series of lessons will comprise of 3 versions of the same 2-hour lesson for different levels of English-speakers, with language adapted to cater for Entry 1, Entry 2, and Entry 3 level ESOL. These lessons will involve several activities:
1. The creation of mood boards, based on attendees' experience and current knowledge of environmental hazards.
2. Interactive card games covering risks, adaptation, climate change, and hazard vocabulary.
3. Visualisations of flooding and heatwaves in Southampton.
4. A quiz on adaptation opportunities in Southampton.
5. Creation of an updated mood board to help attendees present their new knowledge.
These lessons will subsequently allow attendees to share their experiences of climate change hazards, gain a new understanding of heatwave and flooding adaptation strategies, explore their abilities to adapt, and learn practical methods of adaptation.
Waves Of Change: Flooding And Heatwaves In Southampton
Imagining A Sustainable Future Via Green Stories
Age: Teachers; schoolchildren aged 14-18
Type: Discussion/Debate,Participatory/Interactive
Host: Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Business
Date and Time (UK Time):09/11/2021 09:00 - 10:50
Bitterne Park School (Closed Event)
Summary
At this event, you will learn what a sustainable society might look like and will have the opportunity to participate in a writing competition to explore how green solutions can be communicated through fiction, and how this can inspire action. You will have the opportunity to hear winning entries from previous competitions, share your ideas with others and to write your own story.
The event will have the following structure:
• 9:00: A talk covering environmental challenges and feelings of powerlessness
• 9.20: Group discussions about how a sustainable society might look
• 9.45: A talk by Prof Baden about how a model sustainable society might look and how we can use fiction to promote sustainable behaviours
• 10: Group discussions to come up with stories conveying green solutions
• 10.25: Feedback ideas to group
• 10.50: Wrap up session.
Description
This event will consist of a two hour session, running from 9 - 11am with year 9 students from Bitterne Park School. Firstly, a talk will be given by Professor Denise Baden about the environmental challenges we face, and our feelings of powerlessness. Attendees will then split into small groups and discuss positive visions of what they think a green society might look like, with help from Denise, who will share ideas and encourage discussion. Professor Denise Baden will then give a talk on how a sustainable society might look, considering themes such as carbon budgets and green energy. This will also cover how using fiction to convey green solutions can help tackle feelings of powerlessness over environmental change and inspire action, with the Green Stories Writing Competition being introduced. After this, students will work in small groups to create ideas for their own green stories and discuss these with the wider group. The session will conclude with some final thoughts by Professor Baden and details for how to submit stories to the competition.
