"What it means to live in a low carbon economy"

The Hadyn Ellis distinguished lecture 2009 by Jonathon Porritt - Founder Director of Forum for the Future

Monday 16 November 2009

Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre, Julian Hodge Building, Colum Drive, Cardiffr

Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director of Forum for the Future and former Chairman of the UK Sustainable Development Commission, will deliver the second Hadyn Ellis Distinguished Lecture on Monday 16 November at the Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre.

An eminent writer, broadcaster and commentator on sustainable development, Jonathon’s lecture is entitled, “What it means to live in a low-carbon economy”.

This event is free and open to the public.

Entrance is by ticket only. To request tickets, contact:

Sue Dentten
Vice-Chancellor’s Office
Cardiff University
Main Building
Park Place
Cardiff CF10 3AT

Tel: +44 (0)29 2087 5356

Email: DenttenSE@cardiff.ac.uk

For further information visit the website

Richard Noble "Bloodhound 1000mph and a New Generation of British Engineers"

Graduate School in Physical Sciences and Engineering Annual Lecture

2pm 11 November 2009

Julian Hodge Resource Centre, Colum Drive, Cardiff

Land Speed Record breaker Richard Noble will reveal the secrets of his new SuperSonic Car (SSC) at this year’s Graduate School in Physical Sciences & Engineering Annual Lecture, entitled “Bloodhound 1000mph and a New Generation of British Engineers”.

Noble was the Project Director of Thrust SSC, which smashed the Land Speed Record (and the sound barrier) at 763.035 miles per hour on October 15th 1997. Now he hopes to beat his own record with Bloodhound, the SSC capable of exceeding 1000mph.

The lecture will be followed by a light buffet/wine reception and poster competition, allowing research students from the physical sciences & engineering disciplines to promote their work while competing for prizes. Attendance is free.

For more information or to register visit the Graduate Schools website or contact GraduateSchools@cf.ac.uk

"Labours of love in the digital home of the future"

Professor Richard Harper, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research

4:10pm 19 November 2009

Committee Room 1, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff

Discussant: Dr William Housley, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Chair: Professor Sally Power, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

For more information visit the School of Social Sciences website

Building Futures: Design in practise and Research in action

Exhibition of the design work of the Design Research Unit Wales (DRU-w) and the Centre for Research in the Built Environment (CRiBe)

12 - 30 November 2009

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Cardiff

For further information visit the Welsh School of Architecture website 

The effect of oxidative, mechanical and hormonal stresses on expression of MMPs in myogenic cells and fibroblasts from skeletal and cardiac muscle.

Professor Peter Purslow, Acting Associate Dean for Ontario Agricultural College and Professor of the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph, Canada

1pm 9 November 2009

Anatomy Lecture Theatre (E0.09), Biomedical Sciences Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff

Evolution, creation and fossils

Professor Don Prothero, Occidental College, Los Angeles, US

10 November 2009

Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main University Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff

For further information visit the Darwin 200 website 

The Future of Evolution

Professor Paul Falkowski, Rutgers University

10 December 2009

Wallace Lecture Theatre, Main University Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff

For further information visit the Darwin 200 website 

British Society for Parasitology Spring, Malaria, Trypanosomiasis and Leishmaniassis Seminar

29 March - 1 April 2010

After 47 years, we are delighted to welcome the BSP back to Cardiff, the capital city of Wales.

Increasingly, the field of parasitology involves interdisciplinary research in order to achieve maximum impact and the delegates at our meetings reflect this diversity of roles and interests. Our delegate base will extend throughout academia, research institutes, and medical institutions, as well as wider industry.
The meeting provides an important and valued opportunity for colleagues within all fields of parasitology and related disciplines to network, update knowledge and share scientific expertise. The conference will include themed symposia and plenary sessions featuring world leading scientists.

An Introduction to Children's Rights and Participation

This programme has been developed for all practitioners who work with children and young people in the statutory, voluntary and independent sectors including social care, haelth, education and public protection services.

21 September 2009 at Children in Wales, 25 Windsor Place, Cardiff

19 November 2009 venue to be confirmed

About the Trainers:
Sean O'Neill is currently a Policy Director at Children in Wales. His areas of responsibility include child poverty, children's rights, safeguarding children and advocacy. Graduating with a first class honours degree in Social Policy and Administration and a Masters in Social Science Research Methods, Sean went on to work as a housing resettlement officer, an advocacy worker and managed a Family Group Conference project. He was also a Research Associate at Cardiff University and has undertaken a number of research field studies as well as delivering lectures and training programmes on children's rights, participation and child protection. Sean is a trustee of the UK Campaign to End Child Poverty and of Funky Dragon.
Kath O'Kane is a qualified youth and community worker. Kath has a number of years' experience of facilitating, training and consultation with groups from all sectors of the community, mostly children and young people. Kath has a sound working knowledge of youth participation issues in Wales having worked for the state, voluntary and private sectors including Swansea Youth Forum and Dynamix. Kath works in a relaxed, fun, open and participatory style whilst maintaining a good sense of professionalism.

For further information call us on 029 2034 2434 or Email :info@childreninwales.org.uk

Devolution and Divergence: Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom

30 November - 1 December 2009

Over the decade since the introduction of devolution in the UK, the design, delivery and priorities for health and social care in the four countries of the Union are seemingly becoming increasingly divergent. This two day conference will examine the extent to which this is happening in reality and what the implications are for service delivery, professional practice, professional development and the education of future health and social care professionals. It will provide an opportunity for service users, policy makers, managers, professional practitioners, representatives of professional and regulatory bodies, researchers and educators to come together to discuss these issues and consider the implications for the future of service delivery and development.

The conference will include a number of invited keynote speakers including Dr Scott Greer from the University of Michigan and University College, London whose work focuses especially on post-devolution development of health policy in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales plus other speakers including representatives of service-users, practitioners, educators, students and professional body representatives.

For more information visit the SWAP website or contact Clare Kell (KellC@cf.ac.uk)

"Risky Business - The Sharp End of Medicine"

Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, Professor of Medical Sociology, University Leicester

4:10pm 12 November 2009

Committee Room 1, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff

Discussant: Professor Joanna Latimer, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Chair: Professor Gareth Williams, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

For more information or to register visit the School of Social Sciences website

Risk, resilience and gene X environment interactions in primates

Stephen Suomi, National Institute of Health, Bethesda

4:10pm 12 November 2009

Lecture Theatre 2, Tower Building, Park Place, Cardiff

For further information or to register please contact Nathalie Walters (WaltersNA1@cf.ac.uk)

The cold control theory of hypnosis

Zoltan Dienes,

4:10pm 10 December 2009

Lecture Theatre 2, Tower Building, Park Place, Cardiff

For further information or to register please contact Nathalie Walters (WaltersNA1@cf.ac.uk)

"Crime and Risk: What Empirical Investigations Tell Us About Risk Theory"

Professor Hazel Kemshall, De Montfort University

4:10pm 29 October 2009

Committee Room 1, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff

Discussant: Dr Colin Young, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Chair: Adam Edwards, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Attendance is free, but you need to book a place as space is limited by contacting Sian Moseley (MoseleySE@cardiff.ac.uk)

"When Regulation Fails: the ethical governance of german physicians 1890-1939"

Professor Robert Dingwall, Professor and Director of the Institute for Science and Society, University of Nottingham

4:10pm 3 December 2009

Committee Room 1, Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff

Discussant: Professor Helen Sampson, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Chair: Professor Mick Bloor, Cardiff School of Social Sciences

For more information or to book a place visit the School of Social Sciences website

Timescapes 2010 Conference

Registration Deadline 18 December 2009

20 January 2010

Glamorgan Building, King Edward VIIth Avenue, Cardiff

The development of Qualitative Longitudinal Methods (QLL) for studying people’s lives and worlds temporally is an exciting area of innovative methodological work in the social sciences today. The conference will (i) focus on the promises and challenges of QLL study; (ii) showcase developments in QLL methodology that are being taken forward by the Timescapes network and (iii) consider how a commitment to multidisciplinary working can assist in taking forward the agendas of QLL/temporal study.

The conference is being organised jointly by Cardiff School of Social Sciences and the Timescapes network (www.timescapes.leeds.ac.uk). Cardiff School of Social Sciences is one of the UK’s foremost multidisciplinary centres of excellence in social science research methodology. Timescapes is the first major Qualitative Longitudinal Study to be funded in the UK. Its substantive interests are in exploring the ways in which personal and family relationships unfold over time and over the lifecourse, along with the significance of time in people’s lives.

Public Lecture with Lord Bingham

12am Wednesday 18 November 2009

For more information visit the Cardiff Law School website

The New Capitalism and the Future of Policy Making and Planning

3pm - 6 pm 18 November 2009

This workshop will be led off by a short, provocative contribution from colleagues from across Cardiff University. The intention is to promote dialogue and debate on the impact of the global recession.

Please contact Rick Delbridge for further information or to register (DelbridgeR@cf.ac.uk)

"Maverick Markets"

Professor Karin Knorr Cetina, University of Konstanz

4:10pm 15 December 2009

For more information or to register visit the School of Social Sciences website