DTC students make an impact
Sussex ESRC DTC students report on their impact and knowledge exchange activities.
Sophie Valeix
Sophie Valeix of the Innovation and Sustainability: Management and Policy Pathway presents her research in Ghana, in collaboration with the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Veterinary Services Directorate.
You can read the full report of her knowledge exchange activities:
Sophie also has a video blog about her fieldwork in Ghana.
Emily Danvers
Emily Danvers of the Knowledge and Society: Wellbeing, Health and Communities Pathway worked on the Higher Education Internationalisation and Mobility (HEIM) project with colleagues from the universities of Sussex, Umeå, Seville and the Roma Education Fund.
You can read the full report about her collaboration with the Roma Education Fund: Evaluating policy and practice supporting Roma students to access international Higher Education.
Paul Robert Gilbert
Paul Robert Gilbert of the Global Social Transformations Pathway was awarded funding to facilitate a workshop on Mapping the Frontiers of High Finance: Art, Anthropology & the Material Culture of Markets. The workshop was hosted by the Royal Anthropological Institute and the London School of Financial Arts and brought together anthropologists, accountancy scholars, literature scholars and artists.
A review of the workshop by Daniela M Peluso, Traversing and Translating High Finance: Mapping the Frontiers of High Finance: Art,Anthropology & the Material Culture of Markets, is available from Anthropology Today, Vol 31, No 3, June 2015.
Kerry Fox
Kerry Fox of the Understanding Behaviour Pathway was awarded funding to help pay for some of the extra living costs of moving to Porton Down, Salisbury, to do a four-month internship with Public Health England.
You can read her full report of her experience.