Jenny,
Below are the Lister Award Lectures for the last 6 years.
2001 Modes of Religiosity: a new theory of the role of religion in
human society and history Dr Harvey Whitehouse
2002 Mind Games: exploring the psychology of deception Dr
Richard Wiseman
2003 Can medicine solve the disability problem? Dr Tom
Shakespeare
2004 Slots of fun : The psychology of gambling addictions
Professor Mark Griffiths
2005 Life-swapping in cyber suburbia - the problem of stolen identity
and the internet Dr Emily Finch
2006 Computer says no: the social aspects of computer misuse Stefan
Fafinski
Regards
Jo
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Subject: [PSCI-COM] age limits
Like Lesley, I'm curious too. Even if the aim is to support early(-ish)
career researchers, imposing an age limit negatively impacts on those
who have returned to/entered research after having children, or those
who have been working half-time due to family commitments. As these
people are usually women, age limits have been discussed as part of the
'glass ceiling' in gender & science debates.
Saying that, I'm not yet 40, do social science research at the science
communication/science policy interface, and I host Brighton Cafe
Scientifique. If I can identify a topic that would be of interest to
both school children and retired scientists, I might enjoy giving the
Joseph Lister Lecture. It would be useful to find out what social
science topics have featured at the BA before.
Best wishes
Jenny
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--On 15 November 2006 10:45 +0000 Lesley Paterson
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> Hi Jo
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>
>
> I was wondering why you impose an age limit on the nominees for the
> lectures?
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>
>
> Also -- I was wondering if this was actually 'allowed' given the new
> age discrimination legislation -- although maybe it wouldn't affect
> initiatives such as this? It's a question we've been debating given
> our "Young Engineers" programme etc.
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>
>
> Cheers
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>
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> Lesley
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> From: psci-com: on public engagement with science
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> Subject: BA Award Lectures - nominations open
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>
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> Each year the BA honours five outstanding communicators with the
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> Jo
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