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Researcher Blog by Professor Alison Adam: Crime, policing, technology and the development of forensic science – lessons for today

Crime, policing, technology and the development of forensic science

About the author Alison Adam is Professor of Science, Technology & Society. She has published widely in the fields of Science and Technology Studies (STS), particularly around information systems (IS), gender issues and technology.  More recently her research interests have shifted focus towards historical topics, particularly the history of forensic science. Alison’s latest book is a research monograph, A History of Forensic Science: British […]

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Dr David Clarke presents UFO files at The National Archives – Thursday 08 March 2018

Journalism Reader Dr David Clarke will present a public lecture on his five years as consultant/curator of the Ministry of Defence UFO files at The National Archives. ‘UFO files in Britain’s National Archives’ at 6.00pm on Thursday 8 March will include a summary of Dr Clarke’s research on the British government’s investigations into ‘unidentified flying objects’ from WW2 to the […]

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Wednesday 31 January 2018 – Lunchtime seminar with Dr Deepayan Bhowmik (Lecturer in Computing)

Image of Deepayan Bhowmik

Speaker: Dr Deepayan Bhowmik, Lecturer in Computing, Sheffield Hallam University Title: Signal and Image processing for digital security, surveillance and trust In this seminar, Dr Bhowmik will provide an overview of his current and past research. The presentation will particularly focus on three different areas: Image and video processing for surveillance and security Visual attention modelling for scene understanding Embedded vision system design. […]

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Researcher Blog by Diane Rodgers: ‘Wyrd’ British television of the 1970s

Diane A Rodgers, Folk Horror presentation (crop), 2017

About the author Diane Rodgers is a Senior Lecturer in Media at Sheffield Hallam University specialising in alternative and cult film, television, music and comics.  Diane is also a doctoral student in C3RI where her research examines folklore in ‘wyrd’ 1970s British Film and Television folk-horror. This work will also feature as a chapter in the forthcoming book Yuletide Terror, to […]

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Sheffield Hallam Launches PhD Studentship Schemes: ‘Come and join us!’ Doctoral Researchers in C3RI

C3RI Impact Blog background. Keith Wilson, Calendar. Installation at MAC Belfast.

Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) has recently launched PhD Studentship Schemes for 2018. C3RI welcomes applicants from all aspects of cultural, communication and computing research, to work with us in our interdisciplinary research institute. Our research programme has over eighty research students. While researchers sit within their disciplinary field, the Institute offers the opportunity to make connections between the research traditions of […]

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Monday 11 December 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Mark Subryan (C3RI PhD candidate)

Picture of Mark Subryan with research seminar details

Speaker: Mark Subryan (C3RI PhD candidate) Title: Heroes and Villains: What do the discursive practices of national tabloid journalists in the UK say about professional identity and newsroom practice? Hosted by: Dr David Clarke The public’s perception of the tabloid press is either extremely positive or extremely negative. Supporters will read no other type of newspaper and detractors always complain […]

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Tuesday 05 December 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Uta Hinrichs (University of St Andrews)

Composite image - Dr Uta Hinrichs, University of St Andrews logo and details of research seminar

Speaker: Dr Uta Hinrichs Title: Visualisation as a Process Hosted by: Professor Luigina Ciolfi Building visualisations has become a process that a wide variety of people engage in independent of their background. It is hard to imagine any discipline that does not use any types of visualisation as part of their practice or research. In parallel, a variety of visualisation […]

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Dr David Clarke invited to speak about his work with the National Archives at the inaugural conference of the Science & Technology Archives Group – 17 November

Image of Dr David Clarke Photo copyright: Richard Hanson (0793 908 1208) Dr David Clarke (SHU journalism lecturer). 11.09.12 Original job number RH2944 Commissioned by Joe Field at SHU

Dr David Clarke, Principal Research Fellow in Journalism, has been invited to speak at the inaugural conference of The Science and Technology Archives Group (STAG) taking place at the Dana Research Centre and Library at the London Science Museum. David will be speaking about his work on the UFO archives release with The National Archives on Friday 17 November 2017 […]

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Saturday 25 November 2017 – Film screenings & discussion – Cinema Palestino 2017: Reels of Memory

Cinema Palestino 2017 - Reels of Memory film screening

On the centenary of the Balfour Declaration, Cinema Palestino presents Reels of memory, a reflection on history and memory in Palestinian cinema: an afternoon of films, talks and discussions. The event is a collaboration between Showroom Cinema, Sheffield Palestine Cultural Exchange and Sheffield Hallam University. The event is part of the AHRC funded Creative interruptions project.  For further information contact Dr […]

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Tuesday 21 November 2017 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Liz Austen (Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research)

Dr Liz Austen - the use of digital storytelling for capturing student voices

Speaker: Dr Liz Austen (Student Engagement, Evaluation and Research, SHU) Title: The Use of Digital Storytelling for Capturing Student Voices Dr Liz Austen is a Senior Lecturer in Research, Evaluation and Student Engagement with an interest in the student experience and the diversity of youth lifestyles. Her current research focuses on experiences within higher education. This includes literature reviewing the complexity of ‘teaching […]

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