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DOCTORAL CAPABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCE
Coventry University Postgraduate Researcher Presentations
Oral and Pecha Kucha Format Presentation Abstracts
Online Conference
Tuesday 24th –
Wednesday 25th
March 2020
Mediating the Right to Food: The Influence of the UN
Tenure Guidelines on Inclusive Policy-Making in Nepal
Katie Whiddon
Tuesday 24th March 2020
10:00-11:30 Sustainability and Resilience
This presentation shares my research findings on the influence of human rights
instruments on struggles of marginalised peoples for access to land, forests
and rivers in Nepal. I specifically assess the factors that condition how civil
society actors utilise the UN Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure
of Land, Fisheries and Forests (2012) to advocate for participation in policy
reform. Nepal enshrined the Right to Food in the 2015 Constitution, and
established a 3-year timeframe for inclusive legal reform. My thesis maps the
activist networks that engage with the Tenure Guidelines, and interact with
policy makers to mainstream the recommendations into three processes of
legal reform: 1. the National Conservation Act; 2. a new Right to Food and
Food Sovereignty Act; 3. a new Land Policy. The findings highlight the quality of
participation, the type of advocacy, and the politics of mediation as the main
factors that condition policy influence.
Climate change adaptation and community identities:
where lies the future?
Carla Sarrouy Kay
Tuesday 24th March 2021
10:00-11:30 Sustainability and Resilience
When meeting a group of elderly peasant women in a small village in Senegal
(West Africa) to assess the motivation to conduct Participatory Action
Research on climate change perception and adaptation, they told me they
would only be interested if the project was much broader than the sole issue
of climate change, and if it addressed knowledge gaps between generations.
To achieve this, the women proposed using Participatory Video to attract the
youth and to facilitate knowledge and experience sharing between
generations, villages and beyond. Exploring often distinct yet complementary
worldviews, the research group elders review the past and the youth dares a
future beyond farming that still allies ethnic and place identities. For this
presentation, I will reflect on the successes and the challenges of this co-
creative, iterative and on-going participatory research process and its
relevance and replicability in scholar-activist research around the globe.
Understanding Knowledge Sharing on Twitter: Within
the Context of Green Clothing
Rebecca Beech
Tuesday 24th March 2022
10:00-11:30 Sustainability and Resilience
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the participatory benefits that drive
consumers’ knowledge sharing within a green clothing online community and
to understand the interplay between consumers’ knowledge sharing and
consumer empowerment. Followed by an exploration into the inter-
relationship between consumers’ motivation to share knowledge, knowledge
sharing and consumer empowerment. This study employed a qualitative
research design, entailing focus groups and semi-structured interviews. The
findings delivered an understanding into three participatory benefits that lead
to consumers’ knowledge sharing, social, psychological and functional. Social
bond experiential interactivity was unveiled, alongside three aspects that lead
to consumer empowerment, personal experiences, online tools and green
concerns. Five factors were found to lead to a disempowered consumer,
reference groups, personal experiences, scepticism, lack of confidence and
profession. An empowered consumer emerged, as a result of their green
concerns and online tools. This study adds to previous studies understanding
of an ecological citizen.
What child piracy in Somalia reveals about the
interconnections between human insecurity on shore
and maritime insecurity
Elizabeth Norman
Tuesday 24th March 2023
12:00-13:10 Safety and Security
Current estimates suggest that one-third of apprehended Somali piracy
suspects are children under the age of eighteen, who are pushed into piracy
due to fragility and insecurity on shore. Beyond their involvement at sea,
children also occupy land-based roles in piracy networks, such as guards for
hostages. However, there is little research into the involvement of children in
piracy networks. What does exist focuses on how to treat children who are
apprehended for piracy at sea, with little attention paid to the land-based
context in which children join pirate groups, or the shore-based roles they may
occupy. By looking at how organisations working in Somalia understand and
create land-based policy responses to the issue of child piracy, my research
addresses this gap. Thereby, contributing towards a better understanding of
the interrelationship between child piracy and human insecurity on shore and
the implications for future policy response.
Taking the Law into their Own Hands
Jasmine Otuko Osabutey
Tuesday 24th March 2024
12:00-13:10 Safety and Security
The emergence of globalization has promoted human rights education and the
media and scholarly work like Kodah have drawn attention to mob justice
activities constantly recurring in developing countries like Ghana. According
to Abrahams, mob justice is a means through which ordinary citizens seek
instant justice on suspects as a form of expressing their frustrations against the
inadequate effective security expected from the state. However, Bingham
suggests that the rule of law which protects human right applies equally to
everyone, publicly known and clearly stated. This is supported by the 1992
Ghana’s Constitution. The research aims at examining how mob justice violates
the principles of the rule of law especially the right to life and fair trial and
assesses the consequences of mob justice on the rule of law in Ghana’s
democracy. A conceptual framework would be designed to enhance the rule of
law and curtail mob justice in Ghana.
Application of Multi-level Modelling Techniques in
Catastrophe Bond Pricing
Marian Chatoro
Tuesday 24th March 2025
12:00-13:10 Safety and Security
Catastrophe (CAT) bonds are a form of debt financing mainly used to provide
reinsurance against the risk of catastrophic disasters. These could include
natural disasters like earthquakes or hurricanes, or man-made disasters like
terrorist attacks. These bonds cover a broad range of risks with very low
probability of occurrence and high severity of losses; and therefore can be
challenging to price. This study analyses primary data from the catastrophe
bond market to determine the key factors that have influenced CAT bond
pricing over the years. The factors will be identified through a multi-level
modelling technique that incorporates the effects of group interactions in the
regression model. The study aims to provide a more robust method of
identifying these factors as a starting point to further research, which will
apply some of these key factors in improving available CAT bond pricing
models.
Reduction of adverse damage to the heart following
anticancer treatment
Ellis Baderinwa
Tuesday 24th March 2026
12:00-13:10 Health and Well-being
According to the world health organisation, 1 in 6 deaths globally are due to
cancer and its complications. Lung cancers are one of the most commonly
diagnosed cancers and were responsible for about 1.8 million deaths, 20% of
total cancer related deaths in 2018. Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
accounts for over 80% of lung cancer cases.
Following extensive research, Crizotinib was developed and gained approval
from the Food and drug administration (FDA) in 2007 for the treatment of
NSCLC. However, as with most cancer treatment, it is unfortunately often
associated with adverse side effects such as nausea, hair loss and in more
severe cases heart damage.
My research sought to profile the effects Crizotinib treatment on heart models
and assess the effectiveness of protective therapies. The knowledge obtained
could be used to improve quality of life in patients treated with Crizotinib.
Impact of a cancer drug Doxorubicin on heart vessels
and potential alleviating therapy identification
Caroline Lozahic
Tuesday 24th March 2027
12:00-13:10 Health and Well-being
Doxorubicin is one of the most efficient cancer drugs used in the clinic.
Doxorubicin does not just specifically kill the cancer growth, it can cause
damage in the heart and vasculature and development of cardiovascular
diseases. Cancer patients treated with Doxorubicin tend to have high blood
pressure (i.e. tightened blood vessels). In the vessels, signalling receptors can
relax or tighten the vessel depending on specific stimulation. Blocking receptor
pathways activators can pin-point which specific receptors are mediating the
response of a certain stimulation, and more importantly, blocking these
receptor pathways can alleviate the harmful tightening effect of drugs, such as
Doxorubicin. We will use an animal model to detect the effect of Doxorubicin
on heart vessels, by using specific pathway blockers. This has the potential to
identify alleviating therapy options for cancer patients treated with
Doxorubicin, which will enable clinicians to improve the outcome and life
quality of cancer patients.
Emotions and Protest; Anger and Joy around Brexit
Chris Day
Tuesday 24th March 2028
12:00-13:10 Health and Well-being
Motivations to be involved in social justice events, such as protests, are not
always positive; research has suggested group-based anger, a ‘high energy
state’, can mobilise people. Specifically, collective and group-based emotion
have been investigated in social psychology as a motivation to become
involved in social movements. I will present a case study of the Put it to the
People March (held in London in March 2019). Semi-structured, in-depth
interviews with 26 attendees, were analysed using thematic analysis and a
case study approach. Background affects and the shared emotional experience
of the participants were investigated with a focus on affective practices and
emotional habitus. This presentation will look at the motivations given for
attending the march, contrasts between the emotions described before and
after and which specific collective emotions were generated during the march
and how were these experienced by participants.
Communities within Communities – An Ecosystem to
Support Ageing in Place
Jasmine Peak
Tuesday 24th March 2029
14:00-15:15 Health and Well-being & Creative Cultures
People in the UK are living longer, but this is matched with deteriorating
health. When they can no longer care for themselves, they move into
residential care. The transition to residential care involves people leaving
behind established social communities, families and friends. On average,
people who live in care homes are lonelier than those who live in the
community. Research was undertaken at 2 innovative care facilities in the
West Midlands; one that aimed to create a community within the home and
another that sought to create a community with the wider community. The
overall research aim was to investigate whether creating communities in
residential care facilities for the elderly could help to curtail the issues of social
isolation and loneliness that, are prevalent amongst the elderly residents. This
was investigated using a mixed-method approach, with findings suggesting
communal spaces, people and pre-existing support networks impact on the
communities in care homes.
Going with your gut: developing intuition for the
contemporary performing artist
Micia de Wet
Tuesday 24th March 2030
14:00-15:15 Health and Well-being & Creative Cultures
Intuition is currently understood in western psychology as a rapid thinking
process. Historically it has equally benefited and suffered from Romanticised
notions of being a powerful and whimsical inner-force. Intuition in artistic
processes is often linked directly to creative ability, expression, and the 'wow'
factor in performance. Recent developments in scientific research have linked
the experience of intuition to processes in our gut, which is now being
understood as our 'second-brain'. Intuition is under contemporary scrutiny. Is
it only a rapid thinking process, or is there a possibility it could be something
more? My research explores and inquires how a new understanding of
intuition may benefit performing artists' performance behaviour, and what
creative possibilities open up to performing artists if intuition proves to be a
developable system.
Road Freight Decarbonisation; new data and meeting
the challenges of adopting alternate powertrains
Sourabh Jha
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Sustainability and Resilience
Commercial Vehicles are the heaviest of the vehicles running on our roads.
From goods to passengers, they carry it all. However, they also contribute to
the road transport related emissions in a significant way. There are alternate
powertrain options available which can help reduce greenhouse gases
emissions from currently running conventional Diesel based engine-based
Freight vehicles. However, there is no clear winner when it comes to choosing
one over the other, especially keeping the emission targets to achieve in mind.
However simply technology (electrification hybridization etc.) may not be
enough in helping us achieve the emission targets. Hence other area to explore
could be the different and new data sources which can help us further make
the alternate powertrains more viable and more efficient. One such example is
capturing and utilizing the real time information on vehicle load. In the
presentation, we will explore the role the vehicle load can play and areas of
further research which can be taken up on the same.
Impact of corporate governance quality on firm
performance: The moderating impact of ownership
structure and types.
SHADI BANI HANI
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Sustainability and Resilience
The study will examine the impact of corporate governance quality on firm
performance by using the 10 indicators outlined by the UK Corporate
Governance Code for good governance practices in the UK.The study will
collect data on FTSE 350 members from 2010 to 2018 and compare the
performance of the most compliant firms with the UK 10 indicators
(recommendations) with those of the least compliant firms with the code.Also,
the study will measure the impact of ownership types and structure on firm
performance and examine whether one or more types have any explanatory
power to justify good or poor firm performance.The study will use a variety of
methods to measure performance while date will be collected from annual
reports, Datastream and Bloomberg databases. Data will then be analysed to
find out what relationship the results suggest between the tested variables
with performance.
Onset of convective instability in a porous medium
with a low-permeability layer during CO2 storage.
Emmanuel Luther
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Intelligent Products and Processes
Since the industrial revolution, fossil fuel has been the primary source of
energy. The rising atmospheric level of CO2 due to fossil fuel consumption has
a role in the adverse global climate change. To address the adverse climate
change, several clean energy technologies are currently being explored; so far,
these technologies are not able to meet the global energy demands. In this
limit, one global climate change mitigation strategy involves capturing CO2
from large emitters and injecting the gas into geological formations containing
saltwater and located at depths more than 800m underground. CO2 in deep
underground formations can immediately leak back to the atmosphere
through fractures except if the injected CO2 dissolves in the formation water.
Natural convection accelerates the dissolution of CO2 in the formation water,
but the process is not well understood. Hence, we investigate the process of
convective dissolution in CO2 storage.
Automatic Text Summarisation: What Size of an
Automatically Generated Summary is Enough?
Bello Aliyu Muhammad
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Intelligent Products and Processes
The Automatic text summarisation (ATS) is an area of natural language
processing (NLP) that produces the summaries from text documents
automatically. The summary produced is a fraction of the original document
but convey the salient points about the document. What fraction of the
summary is enough? The various ATS methods allow users of the summaries to
specify the fraction of the summary they need. This is however, short of the
needed automation. Some studies proposed use the percentage of the original
document as the fraction of the summary enough for ATS. Different
documents have different text sizes as well as different relevance. Some
lengthy documents have few important points and vice-versa. This may result
in leaving out many relevant aspects of the document or cause redundancy
(many irrelevant contents).
This work presents an optimal solution to the problem. Our approach produces
an optimal summaries based on the size and relevance of the original
document. Our work solves the problem of inconsistent summaries produced
from same document.
Exploring the role of Big Data Analytics capabilities in
innovation and their impacts on collaborations in the
oil and gas Industry
Habib Abubakar
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Intelligent Products and Processes
Prior research on Big Data Analytics capabilities (BDACS) – BDA management,
BDA technology, and BDA talent – shows their impacts on firm performance,
However, literature provides a limited understanding of their role in the
diverse phases of the innovation value chain – knowledge sourcing, knowledge
transformation, and knowledge exploitation activities – and how this process
may improve firms’ innovation performance. Similarly, a gap exists in
understanding how such capabilities improve innovation performance in
different types of business-to-business collaborations from strategic
management literature so far. This research utilizes a multiple case study of oil
and gas companies and their collaborating partners to (1) examine the intra-
and inter-firm Big Data Analytics capabilities required in the diverse phases of
the innovation value chain to achieve innovation performance, and (2) explore
how Big Data Analytics capabilities affect innovation performance in
collaboration with different types of alliance partners in the diverse phases of
the innovation value chain.
Mesoscale Finite Element Modelling of Failure
Behaviour of Steel-bar Reinforced Ultra High
Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete Beams with
Randomly Distributed Fibres
Yuming Zhang
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Intelligent Products and Processes
This study develops a nonlinear finite element model for simulation of
complicated failure behaviour of ultra-high performance fibre reinforced
concrete (UHPFRC) beams reinforced with steel bars and stirrups. In this
model, the continuum damage plasticity model is used as the constitutive law
for the ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) matrix, and cohesive elements
are used to simulate the softening bond-slip behaviour of the steel fibres/bars
– UHPC matrix interfaces. Both the steel fibres and bars are modelled by
elastic-plastic beam elements. As such, all the potential failure modes,
including the matrix cracking and crushing, yielding and breakage of steel bars
and fibres, and debonding of interfaces, can be simulated. A beam under four-
point loading with various shear span versus beam depth ratios was simulated
to validate the model. The results were compared well with experiments in
terms of load-deflection curves and the failure behaviour.
How to Research Vulnerable People? Methodological
Considerations for an Art-Based Project
Zsófia Hacsek
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Pecha Kucha
Given the inherent complexities of vulnerability and its potential societal
impacts, it is unsurprising that those who are highly vulnerable may struggle
with letting their voices be heard. The principle aim of this research is to
develop an understanding of gendered vulnerability and how this is potentially
influenced by dignity, by exploring innovative modes of
communication/expression (verbal and nonverbal) and how these interact. The
importance of my research is threefold. First, to contribute to the existing
knowledge base focused on gender and vulnerability. Second, to present a
unique methodological framework in the context of the extant literature by
employing a highly participatory approach centred on arts-based methods.
Finally, to present policymakers/practitioners a potential new evidence base
from which decisions concerning gender and vulnerability can be informed and
influenced. The focus of this presentation will be on the methodological
aspects of this research and the challenges and benefits of combining multiple
arts-based methods.
How Machine Learning can help to improve the safety
of Self-Driving Cars
Felix Batsch
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Pecha Kucha
Ever since Bertha Benz made the historic first drive in a car in 1888, humans
have been in charge of controlling the vehicles. This is about to change, with
autonomous vehicles on the horizon. They promise a new era of safety, and
are also predicted to reduce congestion, while allowing the once-driver to
engage in other activities. My research looks at safeguarding these future
vehicles by finding rare and dangerous road scenarios. In order to do this, I am
using simulation and machine learning to uncover faults in the design of these
autonomous systems, which would never have come to light in day-to-day
situations. These scenarios will form the foundation of autonomous vehicle
tests and certification, helping to ensure safety and ultimately, winning trust
from the public to use this new technology.
Place – Time – People: Mixed methods for a holistic
project
Carla Sarrouy Kay
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Pecha Kucha
I conduct research on climate change adaptation and knowledge sharing in
Senegal, West Africa. I explore the link between nature and culture, how our
environment shapes and is shaped by who we are. My research aims to blur
the boundary between social and natural sciences, and to bring artistic
expression to the mix; it also breaks disciplinary boundaries by recognising the
role of female peasants in the research area as de facto knowledge experts. I
use mixed methods from more traditional ones (e.g. statistical and archival
analyses, interviews and focus groups) to more creative, embodied and visual
ones (such as participatory video, field visits and autoethnography). A
methodological approach where being and listening is central; a sharing,
engaged, fully-committed approach. Thus, I aim to avoid an over-simplified
analysis of climate change adaptation in an environment highly affected by
desertification; and instead untangle the complexity of humans’ dynamics in
their environments.
Can a mobile application improve well-being of older
adults living with memory problems?
Saima Nafis
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Pecha Kucha
By 2050, 2 million people will be living with dementia causing a burden on
public health. Despite several published articles about the effectiveness of
visiting art galleries and viewing arts to improve the well-being of older adults
with a memory problem, such as cognitive impairment and dementia, visiting
art galleries is not always feasible for older adults. Digital technology (software
applications) provides a solution to this problem. Hence, a freely available
software (Armchair Gallery application) was selected to explore the impact of
arts-based digital activities on the well-being of older adults in real-life
residential care home settings. After consulting the participating care home
staff, a protocol of mixed methods feasibility study was developed. 11
participants recruited for the weekly, 45-minutes arts activity using iPads. The
preliminary results of 91% retention, positive change in participants’ cognition,
well-being, quality of life and computer proficiency, lays the foundation for
future multi-centre randomised controlled trials.
Will England have enough water in the next 25 years?
Dalrene Teresa Keerthika James
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Pecha Kucha
World water shortages are due in part to rapid population growth,
urbanisation and climate change. In order to overcome the water shortage by
using alternative options, such as reusing grey water originating from
residential or commercial buildings (excluding toilet waste water) to cater non-
drinking uses, is a sustainable approach. Using grey water for non-drinking uses
could save mains water thereby reducing pressure on natural water resources.
Reusing grey water will also reduce the incidence of sewer flooding. Grey
water must be treated in order to remove or reduce the pollutant level for it to
be safe for the end use. If untreated grey water is used for watering plants it
could lead to direct toxicity and also degrade the soil due to the presence of
chemicals. Therefore a sustainable treatment system of natural material or
waste material composite is proposed in order for it to be safe for plants.
Agent-based modelling of integrated food, energy and
water circular economies
Matt Johnston
Wednesday 25th March
10:00-11:30 Pecha Kucha
Mainstream modes of urban consumption and production are unsustainable
considering our planet’s limited carrying capacity. We have limited water,
energy and land resources to consume and biophysical cycles with limited
waste processing capacity. Reducing material and social inequality in society is
an equally pressing challenge. How can we reconcile these big issues? Circular
economics theory suggests decoupling economic growth and environmental
constraints by optimizing natural resource use and minimizing waste. In
practice complex supply chains, human relationships and organizational
hierarchies make inclusive disruption difficult. Governmental institutions and
commercial incumbents in the food, energy and water sectors dominate urban
markets. Conflicts of interest abound when trying to get buy-in from
knowledge brokers in competitive environments. Agent-based modelling
computer software can simulate the dynamics of complex social networks like
this and their evolution over time. We can use this tool to explore waste
reducing interventions without running ethical, environmental or financial
risks.
Development of Novel Nanoporous Materials for
Energy Storage requirements
Ilias Ntoukas
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Sustainability and Resilience
In our times technology is advancing with expeditious rates, thus creating the
need for efficient ways of energy storage for various applications. Batteries,
fuel cells and capacitors complement this need and researchers globally are
dealing with the synthesis of novel devices with enhanced properties to
increase the efficiency and reduce the cost. Transportation electrification is a
combination of an energy efficient powertrain system and the utilization of
sources far from fossil fuels.. One example is hybrid electric vehicles which
possess a conventional internal combustion engine system with an electric
propulsion system. Supercapacitors find a place in applications where rapid
charge or discharge is required for short term energy storage, making them
perfect candidates for hybrid electric vehicles, where currently are used for
regenerative braking. The present research focuses on the development of
novel nanoporous materials based on a new family of porous materials, the
Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) for energy storage applications.
Urban Biomining of Precious Metals from Waste
Mobile Devices
Daniel Ray
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Sustainability and Resilience
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) such as mobile phones, is a
major global waste issue. It is thought there are around 50 to 90 million
unused handsets in UK households which contain an abundance of precious
metals including Gold and Indium. The European Union has identified several
elements including Indium as critical raw materials and have highlighted that
the natural reserves are under serious threat of fully depleting within the next
100 years. It is imperative to utilise this waste stream as a secondary resource
for these precious metals. Pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical methods
are used for metal recycling, both of which are environmentally damaging,
releasing toxic gases and using vast amounts of harmful reagents respectively.
The aim of this research is to explore the use of bioleaching, an
environmentally friendly method of metal recovery, for the recycling of Gold
and Indium from waste mobile phones.
Solar thermal in buildings: a new way to store and use
solar heat in the home
Cheng Zeng
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Sustainability and Resilience
Applying renewable energy in buildings is a great way to reduce carbon
emissions from the building’s sector. As we are using more renewable energy
facilities, the technology to support their performance becomes critical. This
leads us to one emerging technology, thermochemical energy storage (TCES). It
transforms and stores the dynamic renewable heat like solar thermal into
chemical energy for long time storage. It enables heat supply when we really
need it such as in the night and rainy days. This presentation gives an overview
of the Ph.D. project in investigating the TCES reactor for residential use. It
covers the key characteristics of the technology, interesting findings through
the research, along with the future work and suggestions in the field.
Performing Peace: New Directions in Arts and Religious
Peacebuilding
Jennifer Verson
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Safety & Security
This presentation is based on Doctoral Research which examines the role of
inter-religious ceremonies in peacebuilding. The research connected Christian
and Jewish communities in the Czech Republic with Jewish participants in the
UK through shared cultural heritage. The research drew on theories and
practices of Scriptural Reasoning, an inter-faith encounter focused on shared
sacred text study and integrated participatory performance techniques to
create public-facing inter-religious events. This presentation will illustrate the
use of arts-based data in interdisciplinary religious peacebuilding research. I
will present examples from the case study: "Zichronam: From UK to Moravia-
Songs, Psalms and Blessings. Public Ceremony to remember victims of the
extermination of the Terezin Family Camp". as an example of research-led
approaches religious peacebuilding.
The Search for Peace in Conflict-Affected Societies:
Internal or External Peacebuilding Efforts? The Case of
Somalia
Ismail Jumale
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Safety & Security
Over nineteen externally-mediated national peace conferences aimed at
establishing a functional government from outside Somalia have all failed to
arrive at locally acceptable peace agreement outcomes in southcentral Somalia
throughout the 1990s, and the 2000s (Menkhaus 2018). Unlike these national
peace conferences failures, effective internally-mediated regional peace
conferences had taken place in the northwest and the northeast regions of
Somalia in the 1990s. These locally-mediated peace talks finally led to the
formation of the State of Somaliland in the 1993, and the regional government
of Puntland in the 1998 (Webersik 2014). However, it has been increasingly
questionable, why and how internally and externally mediated peace
conferences have contributed to different peace agreement outcomes to same
people, affected by same conflict. Therefore, my research aims to examine the
contemporary literature on how to build a sustainable peace in conflict-
affected countries, employed by the Liberal and the Local-ownership
peacebuilding theorists.
How does the Nigeria government enforce the security
of childs right? An analysis of Corporal Punishment in
Public Schools.
Oluwatobiloba Oyefeso
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Safety & Security
Childs rights are those rights which are created for the welfare of children.
They are agreed rights for the protection of children and are premised on the
status of their age, cognitive and physical development that makes them
vulnerable. Corporal punishment is the intentional use of pain on a child for
the purpose of correcting and instilling discipline. Corporal punishment creates
an uncomfortable learning environment that constructs fear of oppression and
fear from expression. This research seeks to address the effectiveness of the
Nigeria legal framework in regard to corporal punishment as a violation of
children’s right. This research adopts a mixed method approach by examining
primary and secondary sources. It further identifies four key areas for state
actors and international bodies to focus on while crafting and enforcing
policies towards the protection of child rights in Nigeria.
Exploring Entrepreneurship Pedagogy and Digital
Technology Adaptation in SMEs: What works?
Adeboye Dada
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Global Learning: Education and Attainment
Exploring Entrepreneurship Pedagogy and Digital Technology Adaptation in
SMEs: What works?
Participatory Research Methodologies and Equal
Participation in Process of Meaning Making.
Karl Landström
Wednesday 25th March
12:00-13:00 Global Learning: Education and Attainment
In fields such as Ethics and Social Epistemology, questions pertaining to the
ethics of knowledge and the ethics of knowledge production are prevalent.
This paper draws on theory from these two fields to engage in critically with
some of the claims made by proponents of Participatory Research
Methodologies. In this paper I argue that (1) Unequal ability to partake in the
process of meaning making is a serious epistemic and moral issue in knowledge
production and that (2) Participatory Research Methodologies offer the
potential for a more equal knowledge production process. Following these two
arguments I discuss the limitations of the argument I’m making and some of
the claims made by proponents of Participatory Research Methodologies in
general.
Keywords: Participatory Research Methodologies, Ethics of Knowledge
Production, Social Epistemology.