Next Generation: Social Sciences Lecture Series

The Open University is pleased to announce a new series of free online talks showcasing the ground-breaking research being carried out by PhD students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Join us for online talks by our PhD students in Psychology and Social Sciences, covering topics that really matter to society today, from policing, to privacy, to AI.

The 30-minute talks, plus Q&A, will be held online and are open to everyone between 14 – 21 June 2023.

Meet the Next Generation in Arts and Social Sciences - OU's Kevin Shakestaff invites you

About the talks

Sign up through the links provided below. The talks will also be recorded and made available later on the FASS website, and YouTube channel. We look forward to seeing you there!

Date and time	Title	Speakers
Wednesday 14 June @ 7-8PM	Prototypes and Stereotypes - understanding how police culture is gendered What makes an effective firearms and tactical officer? This talk will outline current research into the shared values, and underlying assumptions, about the ‘ideal’ worker. Ashleigh will examine the prototypes and stereotypes at play and discuss how the current policing culture is framed by gender, as well as the impact on inclusion. Sign up for this event via Microsoft Teams	Ashleigh Bennett (Psychology)

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Wednesday 14 June @ 7-8PM

Prototypes and Stereotypes - understanding how police culture is gendered

What makes an effective firearms and tactical officer? This talk will outline current research into the shared values, and underlying assumptions, about the ‘ideal’ worker. Ashleigh will examine the prototypes and stereotypes at play and discuss how the current policing culture is framed by gender, as well as the impact on inclusion.

Ashleigh Bennett (Psychology)

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Wednesday 21st June @ 2-3PM	The Datafication of the Citizen – Constructions of Privacy in Everyday Talk Are we regarded as the sum of our data? And what repercussions does this have for privacy and citizenship? This talk will examine how data privacy is constructed, and how this may impact our current cultural valuation of privacy, and our conduct as individual citizens. Emma’s research into data collection and surveillance has included focus groups and interviews with both laypeople and specialists in the fields of privacy and technology. Sign up for this event via Microsoft Teams	Emma Brice (Psychology)
Wednesday 21st June @ 7-8PM	What Do COVID-19 Responses tell us about the shadow price of liberty? When can a technocrat or AI determine what’s best for society? Proponents of Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA), the predominant tool for evaluating large-scale public investment decisions, think almost any social good or evil can be priced and compared – except for civil liberties. This talk will discuss how even civil liberties can be priced, but the comparability premise of BCA is flawed, and Ben will make a case for clipping technocratic wings. Sign up for this event via Microsoft Teams	Ben Watkins (Philosophy & Economics)

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Wednesday 21st June @ 2-3PM

The Datafication of the Citizen – Constructions of Privacy in Everyday Talk

Are we regarded as the sum of our data? And what repercussions does this have for privacy and citizenship?

This talk will examine how data privacy is constructed, and how this may impact our current cultural valuation of privacy, and our conduct as individual citizens.

Emma’s research into data collection and surveillance has included focus groups and interviews with both laypeople and specialists in the fields of privacy and technology.

Emma Brice (Psychology)

Wednesday 21st June @ 7-8PM

What Do COVID-19 Responses tell us about the shadow price of liberty?

When can a technocrat or AI determine what’s best for society? Proponents of Benefit-Cost Analysis (BCA), the predominant tool for evaluating large-scale public investment decisions, think almost any social good or evil can be priced and compared – except for civil liberties.

This talk will discuss how even civil liberties can be priced, but the comparability premise of BCA is flawed, and Ben will make a case for clipping technocratic wings.

Ben Watkins (Philosophy & Economics)