Postgraduate Conference 2012

Postgraduate Conference, 8^th February 2012

The EUSA Postgraduate Conference 2012 will take place on 8th February 2012 Teviot Row House, 10am-4:30pm.

The Conference is an opportunity for current Edinburgh Postgrads to:

• deliver a research paper or present a poster in a conference environment
• present research-in-progress and its potential impact
• contribute to the 'knowledge exchange' of Edinburgh's Postgrad community
• Engage in academic discourse in a supportive, interdisciplinary environment.
• develop your ability to communicate your research to a non-specialist audience

There are skills which are increasingly valued by UK Research councils, international funding bodies, and the research community as a whole. Postgrads will be able to contribute to the conference through panel presentations & posters.

Come along and see the range of research being undertaken by Postgrads from across the University - you can book your place through MyEd (search for Postgraduate Festival).

The programme is below, and you can find abstracts for the papers to be presented here.

Postgraduate Conference 2012 Programme

Panel 1: Health Policy - 10am

Childcare Policy in the US and UK

Caitlin McLean (Social Policy).

Panel 2: Measuring and Promoting Mental Well-Being - 11.15am

Developing a New Multidimensional Depression Assessment Scale: Preliminary Study

Ho Nam Cheung (Health in Social Sciences)

Musical interventions in the treatment of anxiety

Ellen Spaeth (Clinical Psychology & Music)

Lunch and Poster Session - 12.30pm

Panel 3: Sustainability and Identity - 2pm

Thin and Green: an Examination of Possible Influences Affecting  Women's  Attitudes towards Sustainability and Body Image

Kristen Atkens  (SSPS)

The Political Union Debate in Canada’s Maritime Provinces, 1960-1980: Why did a Union Not Happen?

Luke Flanagan (Canadian Studies)

Panel 4: Image, Character, Identity - 3.15pm

Innocence and the Anonymity of Evil: Two Horror Archetypes in Le Fanu’s Carmilla and Lindqvist’s Let the Right One In

Erin Cain (Scandinavian Studies)

Looking for the Chinese Star: The Nationalism Discourse and theShaping ofFilm Star Image in Shanghai 1920s- 1937

Zheng Ji (Chinese Studies)