Conference timetable 2023 - London Metropolitan University

Student and Staff Research Conference 2023: Programme

Day 1 – Tuesday 4 July
9.30am – 10.00am	Registration
10.00am – 10.15am	Welcome by Professor Lynn Dobbs, Vice-Chancellor Introduced by Professor Klaus Fischer of the Graduate School
10.15am – 11.15am	Opening keynote lecture: In some place of the sun: creativity in the university space Dr Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Junior Research Fellow in African and Comparative Literature, St Anne’s College, Oxford Chair: Professor Matthew Barac
11.15am – 11.30am	Coffee break
	Navigating difficult environments Chairs: Professor Diana Stirbu and Ifeanyi Nwachukwu
11.30am – 11.50am	Encountering the hostile environment: recently arrived Afghan migrants in London – Professor Louise Ryan, Dr Maria Lopez and Alessia Dalceggio
11.50am – 12.10pm	How can employer branding be used to attract Black and Minority Ethnic Women in Higher Education? – Carole Afoudji
	Lightning talks Chairs: Professor Chris Chandler and Sunday Fayanju
12.10pm – 12.15pm	How expansion in digital technologies of communication is redefining London’s Trafalgar Square as a site of activism – Youjin Cui
12.15pm – 12.20pm	Negotiating borders in higher education: the experience of forced migrant students in British universities – Alessia Dalceggio
12.20pm – 12.25pm	The shift from mass production to mass personalisation: The impact of production on demand on the fashion industry – Giovanni Bordone
12.25pm – 12.30pm	Recover together, recover stronger’: An exploratory literature review on the recovery challenges of creative SMEs following the COVID-19 pandemic and proposed future recommendations – Bolanle Akintola
12.30pm – 12.35pm	Behavioural Factors Influencing Investment Decisions in the Nigerian Stock Market – Kenneth E Ibhaluobe
12.35pm – 12.40pm	Foreign Direct Investment in Nigeria: Effectiveness and Impact – Fidelis Ejike-Ume
12.40pm – 2.00pm	Lunch break and poster exhibition
	Sustainability, arts and translation Chairs: Professor Jan Bamford and Kenneth Ibhaluobe
2.00pm – 2.20pm	Wild Ways: Mixed-methods research to understand urban-rewilding behaviour in London’s private gardens – Sian Moxon, Associate Professor Justin Webb, Alexandros Semertzi
2.20pm – 2.40pm	The Dyslexic Sublime: Exploring the Artmaking Process of Dyslexic Artists through the Lens of the Sublime – Skye William Eade
2.40pm – 3.00pm	Subtitling Translation Strategies from English to Traditional Chinese: A Case Study of the Musical Film Les Misérables (2012) – Jingqiao Xu
3.00pm – 3.20pm	Q&A for pre-recorded presentations Chair: Christina Paine and Youjin Cui What is unlearning when you are an educator: Exploring how part-time higher education lecturers in Sri Lanka can unlearn to change their professional teacher identities – Mareen Ruwandi Perera Watch the presentation Making Women in Finance count – not just counting women: Closing gaps in the academy and the industry - Dr Eleni Meletiadou and Dr Nirmala Lee Watch the presentation ‘Can you hear me?’: Exploring the minoritized voices of international female students living in transnational families in the post-COVID-19 era – Dr Eleni Meletiadou Watch the presentation The entrepreneurial ecosystem of Sant Cugat del Vallès: an opportunity for growth and success – Adria Guillon The development of financial assurance in China – Xingwei Li A fuzzy approach to identity resolution – Asif Nawaz Watch the presentation How to share cyber intelligence in real-time automatically with company security system, Management and administrators – Abdiweli Mohamed Halane Watch the presentation Selective Prioritisation of Real-Time IP Packets to Improve QoS in 5G Wireless Sensor Networks – Orlando Naval Dos Santos Watch the presentation Conducive culture limiting 'space for action' – Sophia Bojeghre Watch the presentation Vindicating Presence: A Phenomenological Account on Women's experiences in grassroots social movements – Elsa Gonzalez Simon Watch the presentation Predictors of early initiation of breastfeeding and duration of breastfeeding among South African women – Ntuthuko Khanyile Watch the presentation
3.20pm – 3.35pm	Coffee break
	Identity and change Chairs: Dr Nirmala Lee and Subeksha Shresta
3.35pm – 3.55pm	The impact of organisational change on Social Capital in a European family firm – Bettina Coleman-Schoels
3.55pm – 4.15pm	Exploring OpenAI as a tool for game development – Dr Fiona French
4.15pm – 4.35pm	A professional doctorate with purpose in mind: creating an identity workspace with DBA candidates – Dr Hazel Messenger and Natalie Langley
4.35pm – 4.45pm	Coffee break
	Keynote lecture (joint student and staff presentation) Chairs: Professor Jenny Harding and Neha Doshi
4.45pm – 5.45pm	Intersectionality: the importance of a concept – Ama Agyeman and Dr Mabel Encinas
5.45pm – 5.55pm	Concluding remarks (day 1)

Day 2 – Wednesday, 5 July
9.30am – 10.00am	Registration
10.00am –11.00am	Opening keynote lecture Why we need empathy to make a better world, and small steps for how we can achieve it. Professor Jeremy Howick, Professor of Empathic Healthcare and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester Chair: Professor Ken White and Shahab Hassan
11.00am – 11.15am	Coffee break
	Health, ethics and impact Chairs: Dr Samireh Jorfi and Sangeetha Ganesh
11.15am –11.35am	A multidisciplinary approach to diabetes – Dr Dee Bhakta, Christopher Chamberlin, Dr Una Fairbrother, Dr Priyanka Ganguly, Professor Laurence Harbige, Dr Benjamin Hunter, Professor John Lodge, Dr Shawn McLaren, Professor Lijun Shang, Samuel Sowunmi, Mo Ahmed, Adriana Sevcuka, Shahab Hassan, Marwah Alanbaki, Dr Cassandra Terry, Dr Eirini Meimaridou and Professor Ken White
11.35am – 11.55am	Ethics for Impact of Research – Dr Diane Smith
11.55am –12.15pm	The Design and Development of Antivirals that Target Human Coronaviruses – Mia Outteridge
12.15pm –12.30pm	Coffee break
	Lightning talks Chairs: Dr Beatrice De Carli and Maryam Saberi
12.30pm –12.35pm	Microplastics and Human Health – Medah Ramchurn
12.35pm –12.40pm	What is unlearning when you are an educator: Exploring how part-time higher education lecturers in Sri Lanka can unlearn to change their professional teacher identities – Mareen Ruwandi Perera
12.40pm –12.45pm	Where are the women? Investigating the absence of women in Angel Investing – Natalie Langley
12.45pm –12.50pm	Comparative analyses of inward FDI flows into 6 European countries of similar size – Sharka Vokelova
12.50pm –12.55pm	Causes of rejection of assistive technologies for people with Specific Learning Difficulties – Sharmila Savani
12.55pm–1.00pm	Investigating the effect of micronutrients on oxidative stress and telomere length – Ravi Mooruth
1.00pm –1.05pm	Extracellular Vesicles in Enterovirus 71 infection – Mahamed Abdullahi
1.05pm –1.10pm	THP-1 cells’ differentiation within the tumour microenvironment – Malaravan Ragupalan
1.10pm – 1.15pm	The phenomenon of ‘future recruitment’ in the health sector – Dr Inye Abel-Tariah
1.15pm – 2.15pm	Lunch and poster presentations
2.15pm –2.55pm	Award of Prizes Presented by Oliver Brooks
	Keynote lecture (joint student and staff presentation) Chairs: Associate Professor George Fereday and Skye William Eade
3.00pm –4.00pm	Research co-production for sustainable development: Working with diverse urban communities in three global contexts – Dr Bo Tang, Dr Beatrice De Carli and Hosn Houssami
4.00pm – 4.15pm	Concluding remarks (day 2) Professor Don MacRaild, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange

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Day 1 – Tuesday 4 July

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