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Call for recruitment of participants by 16 January 2025 for the Blind Paper Peer Review for the Domesticity Under Siege conference (April 2–4, 2025), hosted by the School of Architecture Technology and Engineering.

We seek blind peer reviewers for draft papers submitted to the Domesticity Under Siege International Architectural Conference (April 2–4, 2025), hosted by the School of Architecture Technology and Engineering. This is an excellent opportunity for PhD students and academic colleagues who have expertise, connection, or interest in the topic, to gain valuable experience in academic blind peer-reviewing processes. The conference explores themes such as: Domesticity under threat from wars, disasters, and climate change. The uncanny and invasive agents in domestic spaces. Gender, labour, and technology concerning the home. For more information, visit our website: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/domesticityundersiege/   If interested, please email by 16th January 2025 to: Terry Meade: T.Meade@brighton.ac.uk or Judit Pusztaszeri: J.Pusztaszeri3@brighton.ac.uk   We look forward to your participation! Best regards, The Domesticity Under Siege Conference Team    

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Research and Knowledge Exchange Magazine – Issue 18

I am delighted to share the latest Research and Knowledge Exchange magazine with you. Research and Knowledge Exchange Magazine, Issue 18 At the University of Brighton, we are proud of our research and knowledge exchange activity, which enriches our teaching, drives important partnerships and collaborations, and produces new knowledge and positive societal impact. We know that many throughout the University contribute to our endeavours and impact and are interested in finding out more. The digital magazine provides a snapshot of our activity. Find out more about how we address global challenges, from improving health outcomes both locally and around the world to contributing to creative, sustainable economies, as well as shining a light on inequalities and creating a cleaner, greener planet. Discover why the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology is championing our new Health Innovation Hub, which professor has been awarded the prestigious Ernest Rutherford Medal for […]

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Gavin Ambrose has published a new book with the ALTA Museum World Heritage Rock Centre in Norway and Norwegian Salmon Rivers

This features Jan Ekman, who fished the Alta in Norway for nineteen years, 1970-1988. He was a keen photographer and took over 6,000 photos from his trips. A few were used in his 1983 book about the river and the dam (re-published in English in 2013: Seven Nights on the Alta), but most of them were only shared with a few fishing friends. After Jan passed in 2004, his family donated the negatives to the Alta Museum so they could be properly archived and the Museum has kindly agreed to let almost 200 images be included in this book. These photos were taken long before the modern digital cameras that capture great images, even in low light. Fishing was done at night, often with clouds and rain. The midnight sun helped, but it didn’t reach the canyon floor so even though Jan used Kodak Tri-X film, apertures were large and shutter […]

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Call for papers for Domesticity Under Siege International Architectural Conference UOB (2-4/4/25) – Deadline 22 November 2024

School of Architecture Technology and Engineering wanted to bring to your attention the call for papers to the upcoming Domesticity Under Siege International Architectural Conference, University of Brighton, UK; 2nd-4th April 2025. To submit an abstract for consideration proposals should be emailed to dus-brighton25@brighton.ac.uk Deadline for entries is 22 November 2024. More information can be found at the DUS website With any questions please contact: Terry Meade – T.Meade@brighton.ac.uk or Judit Pusztaszeri – J.Pusztaszeri3@brighton.ac.uk      

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Deadlines extended for Student Research Experience Scheme (SRES) Project Lead applications to Friday 01 November 2024

The deadline for the Student Research Experience Scheme (SRES) Project Lead applications has been extended to Friday 01 November. SRES offers hands-on research opportunities for undergraduate and taught postgraduate students across all disciplines. Students can participate in real research projects in addition to their studies alongside academic staff and postgraduate researchers. This experience allows students to gain valuable research skills, insights into higher-level research work, and support for future career plans, including potential research degree study.    

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News: PURE profile – help and what to do

Now is a great time to make sure your Pure profile is up-to-date and does justice to all the work you’ve put into your Research and Knowledge Exchange. Pure provides the detailed public face of the university’s research. It feeds search engines very well and is the main way peers, senior staff and students, as well as the press and public get to find out more about you and your work. There is a Sharepoint site to help you through the mechanics of adding material to the system. Access to the editor is through the link  https://cris.brighton.ac.uk/.   Any problems or questions with this end of things, please contact Pure Support <Pure-Support@brighton.ac.uk> A few reminders of the basics. You should have an image – either a portrait or an image of your work. You should create profile text under suitable headings, prioritising ‘Research interests’. These should be in paragraphs rather than […]

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News: Payment deadline for invoices 2 July 2024 for current SAM QR RKE Projects and IAA projects

Please send all payments to Karen Gainsford – K.Gainsford@brighton.ac.uk for start of day Tuesday 2nd July 2024 or if a regular supplier Tuesday 9th July 2024. Deadline should be worked to for all payment requests – from RKE Central Team Deadline is: End of June please. 31st July 2024 is the financial year end and we must have placed the order, received the goods, been invoiced for them and paid for them before 31st July 2024 . End of June gives us enough lead time to sort all this out If it’s an item from a ‘usual’ supplier (who send invoices regularly) and will be sent in a day or two then next week at the latest (5th July 2024) ”    

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News: The University of Brighton Design Archives will receive £315,000 from the Research England Museum, Galleries and Collections Fund –

Retaining their position among the country’s top archives to receive support, the Design Archives will receive £63,000 in each of the next five academic years. The award recognises that the Design Archives team, collections and facilities provide a unique and significant contribution to research, scholarship and research impact in the UK and internationally. Funds are only granted to institutions that serve both their own and the wider research community. The funding followed a competitive review of university museums and galleries, led by Dr Nick Merriman OBE, Chief Executive of English Heritage, and formerly, Chief Executive and Director of Content for the Horniman Museum and Gardens. See the University SharePoint feature for more details https://unibrightonac.sharepoint.com/sites/home/SitePages/University-of-Brighton-Design-Archives-receives-%C2%A3315,000-funding.aspx?dm_i=1SNX,8LD0W,9WGGSV,ZLP5G,1  Image: Sue Breakell Archive Director at the University of Brighton Design Archives, and a Principal Research Fellow and Lesley Whitworth  Deputy Curator and Senior Research Fellow in the University of Brighton Design Archives. Posted by Karen […]

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News: University of Brighton Design Archives, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), are working in collaboration with The National Archives to explore and problem-solve the challenges of archival collection management

If you are a conservator or an archivist interested in joining the network, please contact Sirpa Kutilainen – (s.kutilainen@brighton.ac.uk) Preservation and Digital Resource Coordato from The Univeristy of Brighton Design Archives   Read about a forthcoming project event: https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/brightondesignarchives/2024/03/27/shutdown-protecting-collections-in-a-changing-climate/ Developed by the University of Brighton Design Archives, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and working in collaboration with The National Archives, the event will explore and problem-solve the challenges of working with existing buildings housing archival collections whilst building capacity for more sustainable and cost-effective practices. The event is conservator-lead, driven by professionals from across the sector experimenting with reducing energy consumption whilst centring the historic collections in their care. It will facilitate discussion and discovery, sharing methodologies and evolving innovative approaches to this work, and will establish a support network for colleagues across the archive sector who seek a […]

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Organisation: Global Creative Economy Council

The Global Creative Economy Council (GCEC) brings together academics, practitioners, policy professionals and investors from five continents to identify and discuss emerging trends of global significance in creative economy practice and policy. In particular, it aims to provide inclusive perspectives on global policy issues that span both Global South and Global North, and consider ideas for transnational policies and standards. Supported by Creative PEC and the British Council, it contributes to the work of both organisations by providing targeted insights and related research. https://pec.ac.uk/people/global-creative-economy-council/ Posted on behalf of  Stuart Hedley – Research and Knowledge Exchange    

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£500 prize Research and Knowledge Exchange = Research Poster Competition has been extended to Monday 18 March 2024

The deadline for submissions to the Research Poster Competition has been extended. The Research and Knowledge Exchange team would like to encourage all research staff, as well as postgraduate research students, to participate. There will be three categories for judging and a prize of £500 each for research-related expenses for each of the following: People’s Prize Postgraduate Research Student prize Staff prize Voting for the People’s prize takes place at our Research and Knowledge Exchange Showcase Event, open to our entire University of Brighton community, including all academic and professional staff and students. Taking place at the Sallis Benney Theatre at Grand Parade (3pm-4.30pm). You can vote for your favourite research poster on display in the Grand Parade foyer. Competition winners will be announced at the Showcase Event and there will be an opportunity for networking over refreshments at the end of the day. Visit the Research and Knowledge Exchange Week blog to see the timetable for […]

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Call for Papers: by 12 April 2024 for Symposium Vestiges of Memory – Intersections between photography and autobiographical memory – University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury, UK | 18 July 2024

“I cannot penetrate, cannot reach into the Photograph. I can only sweep it with my glance, like a smooth surface” (Barthes, 2000: 106) We are pleased to announce the call for papers for the International research symposium that focuses on the intricate relationships between photography and autobiographical memory, which is scheduled to take place on 18 July 2024 at The University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury, UK. This interdisciplinary event aims to explore ways in which 21st century artists, photographic practitioners and other researchers attempt to reach and rummage beyond the smooth surface of the photograph, and contemplate its relationship and contributions to the construction of autobiographical memory. We invite scholars, artists, academics, practitioner-researchers, researcherpractitioners, and other professionals doing research into relationships between memory and images created through the “frightfully speculative eye” (Deleuze, 1990: 243) of the photographic camera to propose papers and panels that explore, but are not […]

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Call for submissions Symposium – “After AI” | 17 May 2024 – Deadline abstract submission: 28 March 2024

This is organised by “Shifting Power”  a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project exploring the long-term impacts of AI, particularly those that do not centre (primarily) White, Western European notions of innovation, morality and justice. I have copied part of the call below. Call for submissions to be found here: https://afteraisymposium.com/ The symposium date: 17 May 2024 Information about:“Shifting Power” and the research project This UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship project explores the long-term impacts of AI, particularly those that do not centre (primarily) White, Western European notions of innovation, morality and justice. To help us explore the future of this technology, and the consequences we expect it to have on people, society, the planet and beyond, the Shifting Power team is hosting a symposium on what happens “After AI”. As part of our current explorations into the topic with researchers and enthusiasts from all over the world, we have learned that our understanding of […]