Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (NARTI) Upcoming Training Events
April 28, 2023
Northern Advanced Research Training Initiative (NARTI) are a network of research-led universities in the north of England, providing specialist advanced training through the facilitation of events, retreats and conferences to establish networks to share cross-regional expertise. As a self-funded initiative, NARTI operates with care and probity, with funds held and administered by the University of Leeds. Find more information about NARTI here: https://narti.org.uk/about
ACADEMY FOR GENDER, WORK AND LEADERSHIP SEMINAR SERIES supported by NARTI
RESEARCH METHODS ON GENDER AND MANAGEMENT
Seminar 5 of 6: Wednesday 17th May 2023 - Online 14.00-15.30
Content:
- Introduction to the speaker
- Research methods focus: Interviews
Host: Dr Sophie Alkhed (Lancaster University)
Speakers: Prof Patricia Lewis (University of Kent)
Click here to book your space at the event
Gendered encounters in a postfeminist context: researcher identity work in interviews with men and women leaders in the City of London
This seminar explores researcher identity work as one aspect of the research relationship when interviewing men and women elite respondents. Scholarly considerations of relationships in interviews tend to focus on the vulnerability of the interview subject, arguing that irrespective of interview topic or interviewee, the power dynamic tends to act in favour of the researcher. Elite interviews are often treated as the exception to this claim as it is argued that they have a different power dynamic, with the interviewer in a weaker position compared to their more powerful respondents. Similarly, considerations of cross[1]gender interviewing where women interview men are also understood as sites where a reversal in the power dynamic between researcher and researched occurs. In general, there is a tendency to view power relations within interview settings as a zero-sum game – one party controls the interaction at the expense of the other. However, despite this claim, there is increasing recognition that interview situations are not characterised by static power lines. Starting from this latter position, the seminar will argue that it is more fruitful to interpret the power embedded in interview interactions as fluid, dynamic and contested with the power dynamic continually moving between the interviewer and interviewee. A key aim of the seminar will be to explore how to manage a constantly moving power dynamic within an interview context.
Biography
Patricia Lewis is a Professor of Management at Kent Business School, University of Kent and is an internationally recognised scholar working in the field of gender, management, and organizations for nearly 25 years. She is known for her work on the masculine norm of entrepreneurship, postfeminist entrepreneurial femininities, and use of the concept of postfeminism to investigate the persistence of gender inequalities within a variety of organizational contexts. Her paper on the masculine norm published in Gender, Work & Organization was designated as a 2006 Classic in Gender Studies by Google Scholar Citations and is no. 5 in the top ten cited gender papers published in that year. Patricia has received funding from the British Academy, ESRC and Leverhulme. She was Joint-Editor-in-Chief of the journal Gender, Work & Organization from mid-2017 to the end of 2020 and prior to this role was an Associate Editor on the journal from 2011 to 2017. Additionally, she was lead organizer of the 11th international interdisciplinary Gender, Work & Organization 2021 virtual conference Transforming Contexts, Transforming Selves: Gender in New Times which was attended by 600 delegates from all over the world. Patricia is currently a Senior Consulting Editor of the International Small Business Journal. She also serves on the editorial boards of Organization and Gender in Management: An International Journal. She was elected to the British Academy of Management College of Fellows in September 2002. She is Co-Chair of the British Academy of Management Conference 2025 which will be hosted at the Kent Business School with the title On the Border: Management Challenges, Business Opportunities and Disrupted Institutional Contexts. Patricia has published around 50 book chapters and refereed journal papers in journals such as: British Journal of Management, Gender, Work & Organization, Human Relations, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization, Organization Studies and Work, Employment and Society. She has authored, co-authored and edited six books, the most recent being Postfeminism and Organization (edited with Yvonne Benschop and Ruth Simpson) published by Routledge in 2018. Patricia has taught across the management, diversity and qualitative methodology curriculum in the UK and Ireland at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
The Practices of Ethnography in Business and Management Studies, hosted by NARTI and the University of York on Monday 5th June.
At this event, we will be hosting four panels to discuss major themes in contemporary ethnography in business and management studies and the importance of remaking the practices of ethnography to meet their demands. Our chosen themes build on the work of recently published ethnographies on post-humanism, occupational culture, sustainability, and organization studies.
The aim is to develop a shared discussion that informs research students and early career researchers about challenges that ethnographers face when doing ethnography.
Please read the attached event flyer carefully, noting the programme timings. If you are offered a place, you will be expected to arrive in good time to avoid disruption.
The event is open and free to attend but we have a limited number of seats available so please only register if you are fully able to commit to attending. Please register to secure your attendance by 12 May 2023 at https://forms.office.com/e/jX1V516W5P.
The Academy for Gender, Work and Leadership, NARTI and Lancaster University Management School are pleased to announce a seminar series on Research Methods in Gender and Management. The seminars will take place online between January June 2023 and here you can find the Eventbrite links to individual seminars for you to book onto: Event information for the series of events (003)
Thursday 11th May (10.00-16.00)
Online via Zoom
Summary:
This is a practical workshop, with writing activities. Topics covered include writing to prompts, analysing academic writing, strategies for generating text, outlining, social writing, making time to write, constructing a ‘contribution’ argument, writing a thesis summary and building a repertoire of strategies for thesis writing (also relevant for journal article writing).
About Rowena:
Rowena Murray graduated with MA (Hons) from Glasgow University and PhD (with Distinction) from Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is Professor of Education, Director of Research, in the School of Education at the University of the West of Scotland and Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University, Melbourne. Her teaching and research focus on academic writing, the subject of her journal articles and books, includingHow to Write a Thesis, Writing for Academic Journals and The Handbook of Academic Writing(co-authored with Sarah Moore). Her research has been funded by Nuffield Foundation and British Academy.
How to apply:
If you are able to commit to participating fully in the workshop and willing to contribute towards both group and breakout room discussions, please register your interest by using the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/SA4cHY2e8Y
Zoom joining details will be sent in due course.
16-19th May 2023
Online via Zoom
WriteHere, RightNow is a unique opportunity to get some writing done with the support of colleagues and live coaching with Will Medd to help you generate a sustainable, productive writing habit in balance with the rest of life.
Course objectives:
Like so many things we have to do, writing for your research is one of those things we rarely feel satisfied with. We come up with all sorts of distractions. Convince ourselves we need to read more. Fear wasting time going down the wrong track. Worry we’re not doing justice to the complexity of the ideas we’re grappling with. It can all get so heavy, so much is at stake. Rarely do we feel satisfied; like we’ve done a good days work!
WriteHere, RightNow offers a combination of ‘retreat’ to create space to write and live coaching ‘experiments’ to explore different approaches to the experience of writing.
Focusing on a particular piece of writing, in a playful way we’ll explore what happens to our writing when we ask what our writing agenda is (What’s really at stake in this piece of work? What is the goal?), how we get in our own way (What pressure and fears are you creating?), how we might write from different experiences (What perspectives might be helpful?) and what might be worth giving a go (What are the options for playing with here?).
The retreat will include identifying new writing habits that you can start putting into practice so come prepared to try out and experiment with different approaches to your writing experience. With fun and frustration all thrown into the mix you will leave with some clarity about what works for you.
Outcomes:
Participants will come away with:
- Dedicated writing time on their topics.
- Greater awareness of what gets in their way of their writing and how to overcome that.
- Insight from colleagues about their writing experiences and strategies.
- A commitment to new writing habits.
Participants will need:
- a laptop or something else to write on (we will be writing a lot during the course)
- to have something you are currently writing with you (chapter, article, analysis, conference paper)
- to be curious, open minded about your writing, and be willing to explore different ways of changing the experience.
- to be on time! It makes a huge difference if we kick off to a good start
NOTE: this workshop will not involve assessment of your writing or engage with writing style, grammar or English. It is about the experience of writing and finding ways to work effectively.
To register, please do so via the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/ddxLiFxggf. Please only register if you are able to commit to attending. Priority will be given to those who are able to participate in all four days.
Zoom details will be sent in due course.
Wednesday 7th June 2023 (10.00-16.00)
Summary
This workshop covers definitions, purposes, criteria, examiners’ reports, roles and responsibilities, ‘originality’, outcomes and appeals. Two key topics we will look at in depth are (1) the types of questions that regularly come up in PhD vivas and (2) strategies for constructing good answers to questions in doctoral examinations. This workshop includes short activities to practise these strategies and time to consider their relevance for your viva. Finally, throughout this workshop I address participants’ questions about the viva, and I will be available after the workshop to discuss by email/Zoom any questions that are not answered during this workshop.
For further information
Murray, R. (2015) How to Survive Your Viva: Defending a Thesis in an Oral Examination, 3rd edition. Maidenhead: Open University Press-McGraw-Hill.
About Rowena
Rowena Murray graduated with MA (Hons) from Glasgow University and PhD (with Distinction) from Pennsylvania State University and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She is Professor of Education, Director of Research, in the School of Education at the University of the West of Scotland and Adjunct Professor at Swinburne University, Melbourne. Her teaching and research focus on academic writing, the subject of her journal articles and books, includingHow to Write a Thesis, Writing for Academic Journals and The Handbook of Academic Writing(co-authored with Sarah Moore). Her research has been funded by Nuffield Foundation and British Academy.
How to apply:
If you are able to commit to participating fully in the workshop and willing to contribute towards both group and breakout room discussions, please register your interest by using the following link: https://forms.office.com/e/D7YLRx7fDE.
Zoom joining details will be sent in due course.
