News
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UK EMCA Doctoral Network
The North West Doctoral Training Centre is pleased to announce its participation in the UK EMCA Doctoral Network. The UK EMCA Doctoral Network is a unique community for students interested in the interrelated fields of ethnomethodology and conversation analysis...
Viva success: Ann-Charlott Timander
Congratulations to NWDTC student Ann-Charlott Timander, from the Health & Wellbeing pathway at Lancaster, who has passed her viva. Ann-Charlott’s title was ‘The Reclaiming and (Re) construction of Positive Identities in the Recovery Process by Women and Men with...
Discursive Practice event
When the workshop on discourse analysis was over, we were all exhausted, but really wanted more. During two intense days we managed to cover and organise theoretical thoughts on discourse, and a little bit about narrative. We also saw examples of how it's done and had...
NWDTC research impact: Life and Limb exhibition
Joseph Kelly is a CASE student working with the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool on a project entitled ‘Supply Chains and Transnational Bonds: Slavery and Capitalism in Anti-Slavery Britain’. Joe’s research interests have led to his involvement in an exciting...
5th Annual Postgraduate Science and Technology Studies Conference
The Department of Sociology and the Centre for Science Studies at Lancaster University hosted the 5th annual postgraduate science and technology studies (STS) conference from Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th March 2015, gratefully funded by the ESRC North West DTC and...