Research Talks Podcast: Recent Episodes
Hull Business School
Research Stories from the Faculty of Business, Law & Politics at the University of Hull. Join us as we hear from research active academics and PhD students discussing their research stories and insights into the world of Business, Law and Politics.
“My name is Hannah Allison and I’m a 2nd year PhD student examining the prevention of online child sexual exploitation, from a business and management perspective. My research uses systems theory to propose a more cohesive inter-organisational approach to the prevention and pursuit of online child sexual exploitation, alongside a consideration of how potential new technologies may ease those who are tasked with preventing and pursuing online child sexual exploitation offenders. I am hoping to start my data collection soon and thank you for listening!”
This month we continue the series of FBLP Research Podcasts, where we will hear from research active academics and PhD students discussing their research stories and insights into the world of Business, Law and Politics.
This month’s contribution is from Dr Phil Mayne who has recently completed his PhD at the University of Hull, and teaches at the University of Sheffield. His thesis titled "Ethics or Efficacy? Examining Strategic Ethics and Counterinsurgency" explores the relationship between ethics and success in counterinsurgency campaigns. Through the examination of four case studies, his work shows that there is a beneficial relationship between ethics and success in COIN. His talk gives an overview of his thesis and his findings.
This month’s contribution is from Dr Rajneesh Chowdhury. Dr Chowdhury’s research brings together a body of work to make a case for Critical Systems Thinking (CST) as a state of mind through the conceptual support of what has been called Holistic Flexibility for systems consultants. Holistic Flexibility refers to the dynamic interplay between a state of mind that has the ability to absorb systemic complexity, and a state of intervention that has the ability to embrace flexibility both in intent and in form. Several enhanced people and business metrics have been reported in the ‘client’ organisations/situations in the case-studies considered in this research. Holistic Flexibility opens a new array of thinking and praxis in systems science. The ideas proposed can be explored beyond systems consultancy for general management.
Dr Chowdhury is a management researcher and consultant with focus on organization development, social impact and corporate reputation. He applies systems thinking in human-centred design and change management. His book ’Systems Thinking for Management Consultants: introducing holistic flexibility’, was published by Springer in 2019. After completing his M.A. in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University (India), Rajneesh has completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in systems thinking for management from the University of Hull Business School (UK).
As the move towards devolution in England continues, many in Yorkshire argue that, given the white rose county’s strong sense of identity, any transference of powers should be to the county as a whole rather than to the Government’s preferred option of city regions. In this study, Stewart Arnold examines just how strong the sense of Yorkshire identity and brand is and how this might contribute to the devolution debate.
Stewart Arnold is a lecturer in marketing and communications at the Hull University Business School. Now working on a part time basis, Stewart first joined the university in 1992. His research work analyses the association between identity, brand and place, especially in the context of Yorkshire.
Daniel is a final year PhD candidate at the University of Hull’s School of Politics and International Studies. He is also a member of the Centre for British Politics. In this podcast, Daniel covers three main aspects of his research: (1) his PhD research on the Conservative Party’s constitutional policies from the 1832 Reform Act to March 2020; (2) his two recent book reviews published in British Politics and Contemporary British History journals; and (3) his recent conference paper delivered at the Political Studies Association’s International Conference on the structures of constitutional rhetoric in The Conservative Party’s manifesto from 1992 to the present.
This months podcast is presented by Rick Rhodes – law PhD candidate who has just passed his viva this year! His research explores a prominent theme in restorative justice literature: the community. Rick wanted to understand, within a secondary school context, how 'restorative community' is defined, whether its inclusion offers a benefit, and the potential drawbacks of any community inclusion.
We hear from Matthew Jones, a final year PhD student, who discuss how the effectiveness of liberal constitutionalism in times of emergency can be improved using legal-political theory of Carl Schmitt, drawing examples in the form of international “terrorism”, COVID-19 and climate change.