TOMORROW AT PROKALO’S ROUGH AND READY RESEARCH SHARE 

5pm , Evolution House, 5th floor boardroom. 

Drinks and nibbles throughout. 

We are very happy to announce that tomorrow we will have three speakers:

Vrej Haroutounian, 1st year PhD Candidate in Landscape Architecture.

Matluba Khan, 4th year PhD Candidate in Landscape Architecture

Roxana Bakhshayesh Karam, 3rd year PhD Candidate in Architecture.

Each presenter will share their research for 15 minutes and we will discuss any issues that they are having and open the floor to conversation…

and we are delighted to announce that joining us for our discussion throughout will be Professor Billie Giles-Corti!*

Really looking forward to seeing everybody!

all the best,

The Prokalo Team X

*Professor Billie Giles-Corti is a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, and directs the McCaughey VicHealth Community Wellbeing Unit in the Centre for Health Equity. For two decades, she and a multi-disciplinary research team have been studying the impact of the built environment on health and wellbeing. She currently leads an NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence (CRE) in Healthy Liveable Communities, which was established in 2014. Professor Giles-Corti has published over 300 articles, book chapters and reports, and by citations is ranked in the top 1% of researchers in her field globally. She is an Honorary Fellow of both the Planning Institute of Australia and the Public Health Association, a Fulbright Scholar, and an NHMRC Elizabeth Blackburn Fellow for being the top ranked female in public health in 2015.   

Last week we had a wonderful session with a vibrant and animated conversation about the stresses and strains of research at our first ‘Researcher’s Anonymous’ meeting, We discussed looking out for your well-being throughout research and how we might form supportive and collaborative interdisciplinary networks, all over a well earned glass of wine – We’d like to thank everyone for a fun and convivial evening! We will have future ‘Researcher’s Anonymous’ meetings alongside the Rough and Ready series which will explore many themes pertinent to early career researchers and the world of academia – if you have an idea for a workshop get in touch!

NEXT UP! We return to our Rough and Ready Research Share format. We are always looking for contributors to get in touch so please give us a shout if you would like to present. It’s not too late if you would like to go for it this coming Tuesday! Be brave! [Contact: Laura.Bowie@ed.ac.uk]

We are currently getting ready for the next session which will be on the 25th OCTOBER – pop it in your diaries! We will announce our speakers on Friday. so watch this space!

Til’ Friday, take care!

Becky, Laura and Roxana.

x

‘RESEARCHERS ANONYMOUS’ 

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Tuesday 11^th October

Board Room, 5^th Floor, Evolution House

5:15pm

Come along to Researchers Anonymous! and break the isolation of the research experience.

 After the overwhelming success of last week’s ‘Rough and Ready PhD share’ we are continuing the series with our new format: ‘The Rough and Ready Research Share’ with the aim of encouraging informal discussions, support and fostering research connections within the school.

This time (Tuesday 11^th October, 5:15pm) we’re planning a ‘Researchers Anonymous’ session – the aim is to make connections (social and research-based) with other students and to share the many trials and tribulations of being a researcher. Come along willing to discuss your research and the highs and lows of your research experience.

Wine, nibbles, and friendly and informal atmosphere provided

 Look forward to seeing you all there!

All the best,

Becky and Laura

CALL FOR PRESENTERS

For the 11th October

5pm Evolution House Board Room

Prokalo’s Rough and Ready Research Share

Last week Prokalo had its first seminar in the new series with an entirely new format and it was a roaring success! We had seven presenters, who we would love to thank for such a diverse range of topics and our attendees for such a lovely evening of debate, discussion and open minds.

BUT DON’T WORRY IF YOU MISSED OUT…

After the overwhelming success of last week’s ‘Rough and Ready PhD share’ we are continuing the series with our new format with the aim of encouraging informal discussions, feedback and ideas centered on the research taking place in the school.

This time (Tuesday 11^th October, 5:15pm) we are looking for speakers to share their research in a little more depth – with 2-3 15-20 minute slots to share new ideas, elements you might be struggling with or even a practice run for an upcoming conference presentation. We suggest as little preparation as possible to foster this idea of informality, discussion, and mutual support! So if it’s not quite ready don’t panic- be brave!

If you’re interested drop us an email – we’d like to publicise the event with names so if you could send a title to us by Friday that would be grand. You can send us your power point on Tuesday. [email: laura.bowie@ed.ac.uk]

Remember this is open to staff and students alike.

Look forward to seeing you all there 

Tuesday 11^th October

Board Room, 5^th Floor, Evolution House

5:15pm

Additionally, please don’t forget that we are still looking for suggested external speakers for our symposium next term. So if you have any ideas, let us know!

All the best,

Becky, Laura and Roxana