Conferences Attended

Conference Papers Given

Publications

Seminars and Workshops

Research Skill Training Courses

Conferences Attended

2012

9-23 June. Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI 2012), Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States. (Attah, A.)

2011

28-29 September. First Philippine Seafarer Congress. Manila, Philippines. (Abila, S.)

5-7 September. Acejo, I., Tang. L., Turgo. N., The LRET Research Workshop, University College London.

6-7 July.  SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University.  (All available fellows)

14-15 April. Making Connections: Migration, Gender and Care Labour in Transnational Context, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), Oxford University. (Galam, R.)

9 February. Seafarers’ Rights: Why do they matter?, London Metropolitan University. (Abila, S., Dutt, M.)

2010

18-19 August. International Symposium – 60 Years of China’s Union Law and 15 Years of China’s Labour Law: Review, Evaluation and Prospect. Beijing Normal University, China. (Zhao, Z.)

24 June. Re-Constructing Multiculturalism Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff School of European Studies, Cardiff University, UK. (Dacanay, J., Abila, S.)

2009

11 December. Cultural Translation: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff University. (Galam, R.)

17-18 September. “Have We Ever Been Post?: Critiques of Sociological Knowledge”, University of Warwick. (Turgo, N.)

25 August. Managing the Port Transit & Anti-Piracy Measures and Industry Best Practice Glasgow, UK. (Anand, N.)

14-15 July. Bristol Postgraduate Network for East Asian Studies Conference. University of Bristol, UK. (Yang, P.)

2008

9-10 December. Modern Watchkeeping and the Human Element New Delhi, India. (Anand, N.)

7-8 November. The Mariner and Maritime Law - Manning the Future North East England Branch, Newcastle UK (Acejo, I., Anand, N., Edmund, S., Leong, P., Li, L., Mazhari, S.)

4 June. Impacts of Climate Change on the Maritime Industry (ICCMI 2008) Malmö, Sweden.
(Abou-Elkawam, M.)

19-21 May. International Ship-Port-Interface Conference (ISPIC 2008). Bremen, Germany. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

2-4 April. Empowering Professional Women in the Maritime World International Conference Malmö, Sweden. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

10 April. Identities - Theoretical and Methodological Journeys, Loughborough University. (Kitada, M.)

28-30 March. The British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2008 - Social Worlds Natural Worlds. Warwick University: Coventry, UK. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

February. Cultural Trends Conference, City University of London. (Turgo, N.)

2007

November. The 4th Global Conference – Persons and Sexuality in Salzburg, Austria. (Tang, L.)

November. Crime narratives in context Workshop 6th. Euros – Cardiff University. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

4- 5 July. 2007 SIRC Symposium. (Abou-Elkawam, M.; Acejo, I.; Bernfeld, J.; Bhattacharya, S.; Gekara, V.; Ghanem, M.; Kitada, M; Li, L.; Lucero-Prisno, E.; Mazhari, S.; Tang, L.; Turgo, N.)

28 June. Reading: Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference (Humanities/Social Sciences. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

June. 9th International Symposium of Maritime Health in Esjberg, Denmark. (Tang, L.)

January 2006 – May 2008. IMO MEPC Committee meetings 52, 53, 54, 56, 57 and FSI 15. London, UK. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

2005

July. 2005 SIRC Symposium. ( Bernfeld, J.; Bhattacharya, S.; Gekara, V.; Ghanem, M.; Tang, L.)

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Conference Papers Given/Forthcoming

2012

2-7 July. ‘Trans-national labour and the implication for the representation under globalisation; examining the case of seafaring labour and the Nautilus International cross-border merger’, 16th World Congress:Beyond Borders: Governance of Work in a Global Economy, International Labour and Employment Relations Association, Philadelphia, USA. (Acejo, I.)

2-5 July. 'Maritime English and the Diverse Participants of Port VHF Communication', 20th International Conference on Maritime Education and Training – IMLA 20, Maritime Institute Willem Barentsz, Terschelling, The Netherlands. (Kataria, A.)

28-30 June. 'Imagined Communion, Mobile Communication and the Transnational Reproduction of Affective Ties among Filipino Seafarer Families', Digital Crossroads, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. (Galam, R.)

25-26 June. 'Return, integration and sense of community belongingness: a glimpse of the seafaring transnational experience', Understanding the migrant experience, Centre of Migration Policy Research, Swansea University, Swansea. (Acejo, I.)

6-9 June. 'Concepts of Shore Leave in the Context of Stress', II Congress of Maritime, Tropical and Hyperbaric Maedicine, Gdansk Medical University, Gdansk, Poland. (Lucero-Prisno III, E.)

14 November.  Fatigued for safety? Supply chain initiative in the management of OHS: the case of the tanker industry, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, IIT Kharagpur, India. (Bhattacharya, S.)

11-13 November. Middle Managers; role in safeguarding workers’ health and safety: a case of leadership on board international oil tankers, National Convention on Responsible Leadership, XLRI Jamshedpur, India. (Bhattacharya, S.)

11 November. De-traditionalization and re-traditionalization of gender relations in Filipino seafarer families, Families, Identities and Gender Research Network Symposium, Cardiff University (Galam, R.)

25-27 October. 'Health Insurance in the Philippines: The Challenges of Universal Coverage', International Conference on Global Health and Public Health Education, Hong Kong, China. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

10-14 October. 'Maritime English and the VTS', IMEC 23 International Maritime English Conference, Constanta, Romania. (Kataria, A.)

30 September. 'Maritime Piracy: Some Victim and Witness Support Challenges'. A paper presented at the Piracy Research Workshop, Greenwich Maritime Institute, Old Royal Naval College, London. (Simons, S.)

11-15 September. 'Implications of Maritime Piracy to Health and Safety of Seafarers Governance of Health and Safety of the Global Maritime Industry', XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Istanbul, Turkey (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

24 August. 'Updates on International maritime Law and Regulation', National Consultation Meetings on the Adoption of the Revised Philippine Merchant Marine Rules and Regulations, Manila, Philippines. (Dacanay, J.)

12-14 August. 'A Qualitative Study on Safety Reporting in the Chinese Shipping Industry', The 5^th International Conference on Management and Service Science, Wuhan, China. (Xue, C.)

6-7 July. 'Seafarers and Growing Environmental Concerns: To Comply or Not to Comply - Choices and Practices', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, ISBN 1-900174-39-1. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

6-7 July. 'The Health and Self-medication Practices of Seafarers', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, ISBN 1-900174-39-1. (Acejo, I., Turgo, N.)

6-7 July. 'Training and Technology: Findings from the Questionnaire Study', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University. (Tang, L.)

4-5 July. ‘'Naimbag a biag’, cultures of migration and Filipino seamen’s wives', Lancaster Intellectual Party (Postgraduate Conference), Lancaster University (Galam, R.)

4-18 June. Going It Alone: Fishermen and Their Wives Living and Surviving without the State, Brown International Advanced Research Institute: Development and Inequality in the Global South, Brown University, USA. (Galam, R.)

11-13 May. 'Does Philippine’s health insurance benefits the poor?: Tackling the issues towards universal coverage', 3rd International Conference on Health Financing in Developing and Emerging Countries, Clermont-Ferrand, France. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

21 April. Power of the Powerless: Spectacles in Chinese Cyberspace, Remembering the Event: Power, Crisis, and Transformation, A Postgraduate Interdisciplinary Conference, Cardiff University, UK. (Tang, L.)

6-8 April. 'The Plural Self: A ‘Balikbayan’ Researcher in the Field' British Sociological Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics, London. (Turgo, N.)

4 April. The determinants of the ISM Code, the International Conference on Marine and Maritime Affairs, University of Plymouth. (Bhattacharya, S.)

1 April. 'What are the implications of the regulatory regime on maritime education and training to the international maritime labour market?', Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Student Conference 2011, School of Law University of Westminster, London. (Abila, S.)

1 April. 'Maritime Piracy Victim Support Systems for Enhanced Welfare of Seafarer', Maritime Law and Policy Postgraduate Research Student Conference 2011, School of Law University of Westminster, London. (Simons, S.)

11-12 March. 'On their own: Filipino seamen’s wives and the feminisation of responsibility', International Conference on the Ideal Woman, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast. (Galam, R.)

1-2 March. Seafarers’ Perception of CBT Onboard, The 6th MOLT (Europe) European Officer Seminar, Zadar, Croatia. (Tang, L.)

24 February. Risk Management on Ships: Theory and Practice of the ISM Code, Health and safety in the Boat and Shipbuilding Industry Seminar, Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the UK, London. (Bhattacharya, S.) 

13 January. 'Safety Management System and Communities of Practice: do they complement?', Capitalism and Work Conference, Cardiff University. (Bhattacharya, S.)

2010

18 November. 'Oil Pollution Prevention from Ocean Going Tankers', presented University of Plymouth Marine Institute Public Event. (Bhattacharya, S.)

26 October. ‘'Naimbag a biag’, cultures of migration and Filipino seamen’s wives', Cardiff School of Social Sciences Doctoral Student Conference. (Galam, R.)

29 September-1 October. 'What about skills? A discussion of the role of skills in the strategic positioning of ports as essential catalysts of trade and economic growth?', 33rd Australiasian Transport Research Forum, Canberra, Australia. (Gekara, V.)

September. 'Estimating the Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Re-directing UK Import Containers' (co-authored), Logistic Research Network (LRN) Conference, Harrogate.

18-19 August. 'The Perceptions of Chinese Seafarers about the New Market Economy and Their Dependence on the State-Owned Enterprises', International Symposium – 60 Years of China’s Union Law and 15 Years of China’s Labour Law: Review, Evaluation and Prospect. Beijing Normal University, China. (Zhao, Z.)

21-23 July. '(En)Countering Martial Law: Ilokano Literature, Social Memory, and the Macros Dictatorship International Conference on Post-Colonial Praxis', University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines. (Galam, R.)

18-23 July. 'Why Seafarers Remain a Very High Risk Group to HIV', XVIII International AIDS Conference,  Vienna, Austria. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

2-5 June. 'Chinese Seafarers’ Responses to International Religious Encounters', The Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii. (Li, L.)

31 May-3 June. 'Regulatory Approaches Governing Occupational Health and Safety of Seafarers Serving Foreign Flags (A Case Study of the Philippines)', Negotiating Rights: Legal Insights in the Seafaring Sector, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (Dacanay, J.)

13 May. 'The Future of Skills in the Australian Ports Industry: Interim Report', National Ports Human Resources Forum. (Gekara, V.)

19-21 April. 'Mobility and AIDS: Predicaments of the Global Seafarers', Geneva Health Forum, Geneva, Switzerland. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

9-11 April. 'Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour of Global Seafarers Visiting the Ports of Central and South America', 1st Latin American and Caribbean Conference on Global Health and 19th Annual Global Health Education Consortium Conference, 9-11 April 2010, Cuernavaca, Mexico. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

9 April. 'The UK Tonnage Tax: the Rationale, Performance and National Benefits', Shipping Policy Seminar, Canberra, Australia. (Gekara, V.)

7-9 April. 'Saliva as Capital: Some Local Ways in the World', BSA Conference, Glasgow, UK. (Turgo, N.)

25 March. 'The Political Economy of Training and Skilling for the Logistics Industry', Supply Chain and Logistics Association of Australia (SCLAA) Seminar, Melbourne, Australia.

15-17 January. 'Governance from Abroad: Transnational linkages and the politics of decision-making among temporary migrants', Democratisation in Asia, Centre of Asian Democracy, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. (Acejo, I.)

2009

4 December. 'The Old Man and the Sea: The Conflicted Lives of Old Fishers and Fish Vendors in a Philippine Fishing Community', Ageing: Change, Challenge and Chance, St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford, UK. (Turgo, N.)

30 November – 2 December. 'The Management Strategies of Chinese State-Owned Crewing Agencies and the Impacts on Foreign Manning Business and Seafaring Labour', International PhD Seminar on Maritime Economics and Management, Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC), Denmark. (Zhao, Z.)

18-20 November 'Transnational Crews and Their Ways of Belongingness', International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia. (Acejo, I.)

9-10 October. 'Of ‘Housebounds’ and Wives: Gender Politics in a Fishing Community in the Philippines', Why Gender International Conference, University of Javyskyla, Finland. (Turgo, N.)

7-8 October. Bradford Postgraduate Conference, University of Bradford. (Turgo, N.) 

9-13 August. 'Understanding Distorted Knowledge as a Pervasive Determinant of Risk among Asia-Pacific Seafarers Research Challenges of Male Sexual Behaviour Study: The Case of Asia-Pacific Seafarers', 9th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, Bali, Indonesia. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

6-9 August. 'Studying Sexual Behaviour of Asian Men: Methodological Issues', International Convention of Asia Scholars, Daejon, Korea. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

5-7 August. 'The Concept of 'Glocalization' of Development through the BALUD Education Project', Youth and Educators Summit for the Millennium Development Goals, Makati City, Philippines. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

14-15 July. 'Politics and Propaganda in the ‘‘Official Entertainment’’: A Curious Gaze at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 2009'. Paper presented at the Bristol Postgraduate Network for East Asian Studies Conference. University of Bristol. (Yang, P.)

8-9 July. 'Training and Technology: Potential Issues for Shipping', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, UK. (Tang, L.)

1-3 July. 'Of ‘House-Bounds’ and Wives: Changing Socio-economic Roles of Men and Women in a Philippine Fishing Village', Lancaster Sociology Summer Conference, University of Lancaster. (Turgo, N.)

24 June. 'Binalot Talk', Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines. (Turgo, N.)

13-15 June. 'Laway Lamang and Puhunan (Saliva as Capital): Surviving Capitalism in a Philippine Fishing Village', 9th Asia-Pacific Sociological Association Conference, Bali, Indonesia. (Turgo, N.)

4-7 June. 'Finding Self between Ship and Home: Women Seafarers’ Identities' presented at the 7th European Feminist Conference, Utrecht, Netherlands. (Kitada, M.)

4-6 June. 'An Analysis of the AIDS Epidemic in the Maritime Industry; The Anatomy of Stress: The Filipino Seafarer and His Work', 1st International Congress of Maritime, Tropical and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gdynia, Poland. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

28 May. 'Spotlight on the Social Sciences', Cardiff University. (Turgo, N.)

24-28 May. 'International Seafarers as Patients: Towards a Model of an Effective Global Health System; Global Seafarers: Why Risky to STIs and HIV When They Work and Travel', 11th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine, Budapest, Hungary. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

21-22 May. 'Balikbayan: The Politics/texts of Doing Fieldwork at Home', Postgraduate Conference, Bristol University. (Turgo, N.)

15 May. 'Faith and Seafarers: Religion and Spirituality Manifested by Chinese Seafarers', Postgraduate Presentation Day, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. (Li, L.)

15 May. 'Bugabug and Dagat: An Ethnography of a fishing Community in the Philippines', Postgraduate Presentation Day, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. (Turgo, N.)

15 May. 'The Dependence of Chinese seafarers on their crewing agencies' Postgraduate Presentation Day, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. (Zhao, Z.)

15 May. 'Certification and Competence in Global Shipping Labour Market: Employers’ Perception of Fitness for Purpose', Postgraduate Presentation Day, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. (Mazhari, S.)

6-8 April. 'Navigating Uncertain Seas: UK Maritime Sector Unions in the Fight against Decline - the Nautilus Project', International Labour Process Conference, Edinburgh (Gekara, V.)

3-4 April. 'Belonging to both camps – the management of women seafarers’ gender identities between ship and shore' presented at the Gender Futures: Law, Critique and the Struggle for Something More Conference, London, UK. (Kitada, M.)

22-27 March. 'Work, Sex and AIDS: Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour of Seafarers; The Interplay of Stress and Work as Experienced by Filipino Seafarers', 29th International Congress on Occupational Health, Cape Town, South Africa. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

6-7 March. 'Women seafarers in the gales of a man’s world – the political strategies for their gender identity management' presented at the 8th ACS Women’s and Gender Studies Conference, Memphis, USA. (Kitada, M.)

22 January. 'Risking Marriage and Family: The Maintenance of Women Seafarers' Gender Identities' presented at the 1st SIRC-Nippon Fellow Maritime Conference, Cardiff, UK. (Kitada, M.)

2008

14-21 November. 'When Seafarers do not Use Condoms: An Analysis of their Sexual Risk Behavior', 2° Seminario de Capacitaci?n, Region NCLA, Comité International del Bienestar para la Genter del Mar, Santos, State of Sao Paolo, Brazil. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

10-11 November. 'Welfare, Labour and Health Issues and Challenges of Global Seafarers: The Need for Immediate and Comprehensive Responses', Fourth International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) Brazilian Conference, Vitória, State of Espiritu Santo, Brazil. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

3-8 August. 'A Qualitative Study on the Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour of Seafarers; Globalization and AIDS: The Case of International Commercial Seafarers', XVII International AIDS Conference, Mexico City, Mexico. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

23-26 July. 'Working Away from Home: How Filipino Seafarers Manage Stress', 8th International Conference on Philippine Studies, Quezon City, Philippines. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

29 June-2 July. 'Asbestos Exposure and Diseases among Shipbreakers: Whose Responsibility?; An Ethnographic Study on Sexual Risk-Taking Behaviour of Seafarers in the Context of AIDS', XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work,  Seoul, Korea. (Lucero, Prisno, E.)

25-28 May. 'Global Patients, Global Doctors: Lessons from the Health System of the Maritime Industry', Geneva Forum Towards Global Access to Health, Geneva, Switzerland. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

18-22 May "Seafarers and Port Reception Facilities: The Usual Warm Welcome!" In: Wittig, W. and Prieser, C. eds. The Human Element at the Ship/Port Interface. Bremen: Buchwerft-verlag.de, pp17-27. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

'Framing Marine & Coastal Pollution : The Seafarers Case'. Presented at The British Sociological Association Annual Conference 2008 - Social Worlds Natural Worlds. Warwick University: BSA. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

29 June-2 July. “An Ethnographic study on sexual risk-taking behaviour of seafarers in the context of AIDS”. Presented at the XVIII World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, ILO and International Social Security Association, Seoul, Korea. (Lucero-Prisno, E.)

2007

November. 'Seafarers & Environmental Crimes: The Dilemma'. Presented at the Crime narratives in context Workshop 6th. Euros – Cardiff University. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

November. ‘The Embeddedness of Intimate Relationships: Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace’. Presented at the 4th Global Conference – Persons and Sexuality in Salzburg, Austria (Tang, L.)

September. ‘Inspection and Control in Regulating the Occupational Health and Safety in the Tanker Industry: the Perspective of the Regulated.’ Work Employment and Society Conference, Aberdeen University, UK. (Bhattacharya, S.)

September. ‘Regulatory influences on safety standards in the shipping industry.’ A Joint Meeting of the Professional Societies, HQS Wellington, London, UK. (Bhattacharya, S.)

September. 'The UK tonnage tax: State strategies within a neoliberal paradigm'. Work Employment and Society Conference, Aberdeen. (Gekara, V.)

August. ‘Safety Culture: The influence of the ISM Code.’ Maritime Administration Seminar, World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden. (Bhattacharya, S.)

July. ‘Seafarers’ participation in safety management on board cargo ships.’ Presented and published in: SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, UK . (Bhattacharya, S.)

July. 'Increasing shipping skills in the UK: ‘Bursting’ the industry myth of diminishing interest'. Presented and published in: SIRC Symposium, Cardiff. (Gekara, V.)

July. ‘The ‘Presence’ of the Absent Seafarers: Predicaments of Seafarer-Partners’. Presented and published in: SIRC Symposium, Cardiff. (Tang, L.)

June. ‘Coping with Separation: Chinese Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace’, Presented at the 9th International Symposium of Maritime Health in Esjberg, Denmark. (Tang, L.)

February. 'How to attract future officers and masters: Lessons from the UK tonnage tax experiment'. Bremen: The 14th Bremen Nautical Association Annual Seminar. (Gekara, V.)

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Publications

2012

Acejo, I. (2012) ‘Seafarers and transnationalism: ways of belongingness ashore and aboard’, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 33(1): 69-84.

Akatsuka, K., Kitada, M. (2012) ‘EU Maritime Policies: The Report of the Task Force on the policies of employing seafarers (2)’, Kaiun, 1014 (in Japanese).

Akatsuka, K., Kitada, M. (2012) ‘EU Maritime Policies: The Report of the Task Force on the policies of employing seafarers (1)’, Kaiun, 1013 (in Japanese).

Tang, L. (2012) ‘Waiting together: Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace’, Time & Society, 21(2): 223-240.

Turgo, N. (2012) ‘I know him so well’: Contracting/tual ‘insiderness’ and Maintaining Access and Rapport in a Philippine Fishing Community, Sociological Research Online, 17 (3).

2011

Abou-Elkawam, M. (2011) 'Seafarers and Growing Environmental Concerns: To Comply or Not to Comply - Choices and Practices', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, 6-7 July, ISBN 1-900174-39-1.

Acejo, I., Sampson, H., Turgo, N., Wadsworth, E. (2011) 'The Health and Self-medication Practices of Seafarers', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University 6-7 July, ISBN 1-900174-39-1.

Anand, N. (2011) ‘New technologies against Professional Identity: Work, Skills and Identity in the Maritime Sector’, PhD Thesis, Cardiff University, online at www.sirc.cf.ac.uk

Bhattacharya, S. (2011) ‘The ISM Code: just an overrated tool?’, The International Maritime Human Element Bulletin, No. 26, May 2011.

Galam, R. (2011) ‘Navigating Lives: The Spatiotemporality of the Gender Identity, Agency, and Subjectivity of Filipino Seamen's Wives’, PhD Thesis, Cardiff University, online at www.sirc.cf.ac.uk

Kitada, M. (2011) Current Issues and Future Visions of Women Seafarers: Swaying Identities. Captain, No. 402, 23(04/05): 36-42, (in Japanese), ISSN 0911-1956.

Kitada, M. (2010) 'Women Seafarers and their Identities', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Li, L (2011) 'Values and beliefs: Chinese seafarers in an age of transition', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Livermont, E.A., Koh, Y.J., Mlambo, T., Bhawanin, M., Zhao, B. (2011) Carbon Capture and Storage in Ocean Space for the 21^st Century: Guidelines for Implementation in China', Volume 1 ISBN 978-0-854-32927-4.

Lucero-Prisno, E. (2011) 'Masculinities Afloat: Filipino Seafarers and the Situational Performance of Manhood at Sea, in Port, and at Home' (with Steve McKay).  Masculinities in Southeast Asia. Edited by Michele Ford and Lenore Lyons. Routledge. 

Sampson, H., Gekara, V.O., Bloor, M. (2011) 'Water-tight or sinking? A consideration of the standards of the contemporary assessment practices underpinning seafarer licence examinations and their implications for employers', Maritime Policy & Management, 38: 1, 81-92, DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2010.533713.

Sampson, H., Tang, L. (2011) ‘New Shipboard Technology and Training Provision for Seafarers’, Cardiff University, October, ISBN 1-900174-41-3.

Tang, L., Sampson, H. (2011) 'Training and Technology: Findings from the Questionnaire Study', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University 6-7 July, ISBN 1-900174-39-1.

Tang, L. (forthcoming) ‘Waiting together: Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace’, Time & Society.

Tang, L., Bhattacharya, S. (2011) 'Power and Resistance: A Case Study of Satire on the Internet', Sociological Research Online 16(2) http://www.socresonline.org.uk/16/2/11.html

Tang, L., Yang, P. (2011) 'Symbolic Power and the Internet: the Power of a ‘Horse’, Media, Culture & Society 33(5): 675-692.

Walters, D., Bhattacharya, S., Xue, C. (2011) 'Managing Health and Safety Through the Supply Chain: A Case Study of Supply Chain Influence in the Shipping Industry', SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, 6-7 July, ISBN 1-900174-39-1.

Zhao, Z. (2011) ‘The reform of China’s seafarers labour market – a case from the state-owned ship crewing agency’, (eds) Zhao, M., Zhao, W., Fan, L., Proceedings of International Conference on Chinese Trade Union Law and Labour Law: Review and Prospect, Social Sciences Academic Press, Beijing, China.

Zhao, Z. (2011) 'The Human Resource Strategies of Chinese State Crewing Agencies with Special Reference to Labour Export and the Experience of Chinese Seafarers', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Dacanay, J. (2010) 'Negotiating Rights: Legal Insights in the Seafaring Sector'. International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) Publication. 

Gekara V. O. (2010) ‘Union Renewal through Cross-border Merger; rationale, processes and challenges - the Nautilus International Merger’, The European Journal of Industrial Relations, 16(4): 385-394.

Jensen, O., Lucero-Prisno, E., Canals, M.L. (2010) Integreret sundhedstjeneste. DoCumentum navale: Bulletin for Norsk Forening for Maritim Medisin. Nr 43 – Vol 15 Nr 1/2.

Jensen, O., Lucero-Prisno, E., Canals, M.L. (2010) Integrated occupational health care for seafarers across the continuum of health care. International Journal of Integrated Care. Vol. 10.

Tang, L. (2010) 'Empowering or Disempowering: Online Support among Seafarer-Partners', Sociological Research Online 15(2) 6.

Tang, L. (2010) ‘Development of Online Friendship in Different Social Spaces: A Case Study’, Information, Communication & Society 13(4): 615-633. 

Turgo, N. (2010) '"Bugabug ang Dagat": Local Life in a Fishing Community in the Philippines', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Yang, P. (2010) 'Romance of the Three Unions: A Comparitive Study of the Identity Discourses of Three Indian Maritime Trade Unions', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Yang, P. (2010) 'Lads in Waiting: Another Crisis. An Exploratory Study on Indian ‘Fresher’ Seafarers', Global Labour Journal, 1(3), 331-351.

Zhao, Z. (2010) ‘The Perception of Chinese Seafarers about the New Market Economy and their Dependence on the State-Owned Enterprises’ International Symposium – 60 Years of China’s Union Law and 15 Years of China’s Labour Law: Review, Evaluation and Prospect. Beijing Normal University, China.

2009

Bhattacharya, S. (2009) 'The Impact of the ISM Code on the Management of Occupational Health and Safety in the Maritime Industry', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Gekara, V. (2009) 'Understanding attrition in UK maritime education and training', Globalisation, Societies and Education, 7:2,217—232.

Tang, L. (2009) ‘Training and technology: potential issues for shipping’, SIRC Symposium 2009, Cardiff University, 8-9 July, ISBN 1-900174-36-7.

Tang, L. (2009) ‘Shaping feelings in Cyberspace: the Case of Chinese Seafarer-Partners’, Emotion, Space and Society, 2(2) Elsevier, ISSN 1755-4586.

Yang, P. (2009) 'Ideology and Propaganda in the Official Entertainment: a Curious Gaze at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala 2009'. Router: A Journal of Cultural Studies (8), 44-59 (in Chinese).

Zhao, Z. (2009) ‘The Management Strategies of Chinese State-Owned Crewing Agencies and the Impacts on Foreign Manning Business and Seafaring Labour’. International PhD Seminar on Maritime Economics and Management, Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC), Denmark.

2008

Abou-Elkawam, M. (2008) ‘Seafarers and Port Reception Facilities: The Usual Warm Welcome!’ Wittig, W. and Prieser, C. eds. The Human Element at the Ship/Port Interface. Bremen: Buchwerft-verlag.de, pp. 17-27.

Abou-Elkawam, M. (2008) 'Seafarers' quest for better auditing regimes', The Sea, Issue 196, Nov/Dec.

Gekara, V. (2008) 'Globalisation, State Strategies and the Shipping Labour Market, The UK's to Declining Seafaring Skills', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Gekara, V. (2008) 'Are there jobs for all in the shipping industry?', The Sea, Issue 195, Sep/Oct, p4.

2007

Bhattacharya, S. (2007) 'Seafarers' participation in safety management on board cargo ships', SIRC Symposium: Cardiff University, ISBN: 1-900174-31-6.

Gekara, V. (2007) 'Increasing shipping skills in the UK: ‘Bursting’ the industry myth of diminishing interest', SIRC Symposium: Cardiff University, ISBN: 1-900174-31-6. 

Lucero-Prisno, E. (2007) International Medical Guide for Ships 3rd edition. Edited by Rob Verbist and Bas Rikken. Published by the World Health Organization, the International Maritime Organization and International Labour Organization.  WHO Press, Geneva, Switzerland.  

Tang, L. (2007) 'Coping with Separation, Chinese Seafarer-Partners in Cyberspace', PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.

Tang, L. (2007) 'The ‘Presence’ of the Absent Seafarers: Predicaments of Seafarer-Partners', SIRC Symposium: Cardiff University, ISBN: 1-900174-31-6.

Li, L. (2007) 'Why Crew Turnover Is Inevitable'. Fairplay. Vol: 359, p.13.

Wu, B., Shen, G., Li, L. (2007) 'The Transformation of the Chinese Labour Market for Seafarers', SIRC: Cardiff University, ISBN 1-900174-33-2.

2006

Bhattacharya, S. (2006) 'ISM Research: Overcoming Barriers.' Reportism. Vol: 5, pp6-7.

Bhattacharya, S. (2006) 'ISM: A Way of Life.' Reportism. Vol: 4, p6.

Bhattacharya, S. (2006) 'How well does the safety code really work?' The Sea, Issue 182.

Gekara, V. (2006) 'Recruits in need of a better deal'. The Sea, Issue 181.

Tang, L. (2006) 'Online Support and Help for Seafarers’ Partners', The Sea, Issue 180.

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Seminars and Workshops

2012

29 May. BRASS Seminar: Sustainability and Shipping, Cardiff Bay. (Akamangwa, N., Attah, A.)

14 March. 10 Key Long Term Trends in the International Maritime Transport with Dr. John Hoffman, Cardiff. (Pia, J.)

1 March. 1^st SOCSI Question Time, Cardiff. (Pia, J.)

22 February. Employment Research Unit (ERU) Meeting: Work in progress sessions, Cardiff. (Pia, J.)

19 January. Putting the Mixed Back into Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Moving Towards the Radical Middle with Prof. Anthony J. Onwuegbuzie, Cardiff. (Pia, J.)

2011

22 November. Baroness Helena Kennedy: Hadyn Ellis Distinguished Lecture, Cardiff. (Pia, J.)

11 November. Doctoral Student Conference, Cardiff. (Pia, J.)

21 September. Guy Standing Lecture: ILO as Agent of Globalisation. (Pia, J.)

11-15 September. Governance of Health and Safety of the Global Maritime Industry, XIX World Congress on Safety and Health at Work, Istanbul, Turkey. (Lucero-Prisno, D.E.)

21 July A Review of Doing Research about Women Seafarers: Women Seafarers and their identities, Cardiff University. (Kitada, M.)

10 July-2 September. The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust Research Collegium, Southampton. (Mlambo, T.)

9 June. Distinguished Lectures: Universities in Recession with Profs J Lovering, E Keep, K Matthews, P Brown, S Martin, Dr G Bristow. (Pia, J.)

6 June.  Wales for Africa International Development Summit, Cardiff. (Simons, S.)

19-20 April. Global Counter Terrorism Conference, Olympia, London. (Simons, S.) 

9 March. Cardiff Law School Seminar Series: Fear, Duty and Regulatory Compliance with Prof N Gunningham. (Pia, J.)

2010

24 November. SIRC Seminar: Ship management with Dr N Bailey (SIRC) and Mr S Davies of Graig Ship Management. (All available fellows)

3 November.  SIRC Seminar: Role of maritime education and training within the context of shipping as a globalised industry with Dr N Bailey (SIRC) and Prof S Bonsall of Liverpool John Moore's University. (All available fellows)

29 October.  SIRC Seminar: Overview of the maritime industry with Dr N Bailey (SIRC). (All available fellows)

27 October.  Cardiff University Doctoral Student Conference.  (Pia, J.)

4 October.  SIRC Seminar: Precarious employment, health and occupational issues with Prof D Walters and Prof M Quinlan.  (All available fellows)

14 September. Transport  Security Conference, Olympia, London. (Simons, S.)

11 June. Staying Safe When Doing Field Research: the Need for Preparation & Planning, Cardiff University, UK. (Abila, S.)

18 May. Mock PhD Viva (Social Sciences), Cardiff University, UK. (Zhao, Z.)

2009

9 December. Migration Research: Theoretical Approaches for Humanities Research, Cardiff University, UK. (Galam, R.)

8 December. Annual Lecture: Research & Graduate School in the Social Sciences, Cardiff University, UK. (Zhao, Z.)

30 November – 03 December.International PhD Seminar on maritime Economics and Management, Svendborg International Maritime Academy (SIMAC), Denmark. (Zhao, Z)

23 July. Managing you references Using EndNote, Cardiff University, UK (Zhao, Z.)

17 June. Criminology and Technology, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. (Galam, R.)

18 May. Talked about women seafarers' identity management at the women's seminar at Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Shipping and Marine Technology Göteborg, Sweden. (Kitada, M.)

7 April. Gender and Sexuality, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. (Galam, R.)

11 March. Nature and Nurture: The Continuing Debate, Welsh National Museum. (Galam, R.)

18 February. Recession at Work: Employment and Employment Practice after the Credit Crisis. (Galam, R.)

2008

11 December. Doing Criminology in a Hot Climate. (Galam, R.)

10 December. Social Theory and the Environment, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. (Galam, R.)

10 December. Speeding the Economic Growth of Poorer Regions: Experience in China and the EU, City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University. (Galam, R.)

8 December. Perfectionism, Cardiff University, UK. (Zhao, Z.)

4 December. Conference Know-How, Cardiff University, UK. (Zhao, Z.)

1 December. Academic Writing in the Social Sciences: Advanced, Cardiff University, UK. (Zhao, Z.) 


8 July. Fatigue and Technology at Sea Seminar, School of Psychology, Cardiff University (Abou-Elkawam, M.; Anand, N.; Bhattacharya, S.; Kitada, M; Mazhari, S.)

May. Re-scaling Geography, Global Political Economy Group – Cardiff University. (Turgo, N.)

20 February. Foundation Lecture: Politics of Place in a Globalised World Speaker: Prof. Doreen Massey. (Dacanay, J., Gekara, V., Kitada, M., Turgo, N.)

12 February. Understanding Islam. (Li, L.)

16 January. Presentations to visiting Hong Kong Polytechnic Masters Students. (all Fellows)

14 January. Marketing on a Shoestring. (Li, L.)

2007

13 December. Employer Exposure and Trust Speaker: Prof. Theo Nichols. (Dacanay, J.)

8 November. Globalisation, Employment and Transitory Migration: the Example of Seafarers Speaker: Prof. Helen Sampson. (all fellows)

31 October. MBTI Personality Inventory. (Li, L.)

24 October. Starting Out: Induction Event for New Research Students (Anand, N.; Dacanay, J.; Edmund, S.; Leong, P., Xue, C.)

October. Cardiff Work Environment Research Center Second International Seminar (Turgo, N.)

10 October. Work and Health in Europe: An International Seminar on Worker Representation and Workplace Health and Safety. School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. (Bhattacharya, S.; Gekara, V.; Tang, L.; Zhao, Z.)

September. On Postcolonial Reason, Seminar given by Prof. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Goldsmith College, London. (Turgo, N.)

September. Postgraduate Seminar on Ethnography and Fieldwork, Goldsmith College, London. (Turgo, N.)

3 April. Seminars headed by SIRC director through our study Introduction to Business. (Li, L.)

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Research Skill Training Courses

2011

7 December. Working with Long Documents with Nick Russell. Cardiff University. (Pia, J.)

2 December. Atlas.ti (qualitative analysis software). Cardiff University (Akamangwa, N.)

30 November. Keeping Research Up-to-Date with Rebecca Mogg. Cardiff University. (Pia, J.)

28 November. Effective Researcher with Dave Filipovic-Carter. Cardiff University. (Pia, J.)

25 November. Word: Working with Long Documents. Cardiff University (Akamangwa, N.)

17 November. Time Management. Cardiff University (Akamangwa, N.)

26 July. Writing Book Proposals (Humanities & Social Sciences). (Kataria, A.)

8 July. Atlas.ti (Qualitative software analysis). (Abila, S., Kataria, A.)

5 July. Publish a Journal Article in the Social & Economic Sciences. (Kataria, A.)

14 June. Researching/Writing A Literature Review in the Social Sciences. Cardiff University. (Abila, S., Pia, J.)

6 June. Mapping your mind - Creative notemaking for research. Cardiff University. (Abila, S.)

18 November. Managing your References Using EndNote. (Abila, S.)

23 July. Advanced computers skills (Anand, N.)

20 July. Presentation Skills: An Introduction. (Anand, N.)

1 May. How to be an effective researcher. (Tang, L.)

11 March. Intelligent web searching. (Tang, L.)

2008

3 June. English for Research Writing. (Edmund, S.)

3 June. Mapping Your Mind - Creative Notemaking for Research / Dr Stephen Hutchinson. (Edmund, S.)

8 July. What Next? Career Planning for PhD Students. (Leong, P.)

26 June. Excel: Using Macros. (Leong, P.)

24 June. Effective Researcher. (Leong, P.)

18 June. Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. (Leong, P.)

17 June. Staying Safe When Doing Research: The Need for Preparation & Planning in Social Science Studies. (Leong, P.)

28 May. Research Governance in the Social Sciences: Research Ethics. (Anand, N.)

8 May. Quantitative Analysis using Stata (Social Sciences). (Anand, N.)

May. Publishing in the Social Sciences, Cardiff University. (Turgo, N.)

17 April. Introduction to SPSS. (Anand, N.)

18 March. Effective Researcher. (Dacanay, J.)

14 March. Word: Working with Long Documents. (Dacanay, J.)

20-21 February. How to Take Part in an Assessed Centre. (Li, L.)

20 February. Using Microsoft Access to Organise your Data. (Anand, N.)

18 January. Rapid Reading. (Anand, N.)

2007

10 December. EndNote. (Li, L.)

6 December. Working with Long Documents. (Li, L.)

6 December. Rapid Reading. (Leong, P.)

7 November - Academic Writing in the Social Sciences: Introduction / Dr Sara Delamont. (Anand, N.; Dacanay, J.; Edmund, S.; Leong, P.)

2 November. Excel (Graphing Numeric Data). (Leong, P.)

31 October. Publishing a Journal Article in the Social Sciences / Dr Sara Delamont. (Abou-Elkawam, M.; Tang, L.)

29 October. Time Management / Ms Karen Cooke (Anand, N.; Edmund, S.)

26 October. Presenting Yourself Professionally. (Li, L.)

26 October. Information/Internet Resources for Social Science Research students. (Leong, P.)

19 October. EndNotes. (Leong, P.)

2 October. Practical Finance for Small Businesses. (Li, L.)

21 June. Mapping Your Mind – Creative Notemaking for Research. (Li, L.)

13 June. Creative Thinking and Problem Solving. (Li, L.)

11 June. Level 2 Award in Health & Safety in the Workplace. (Li, L.)

May. Effective Presentation. (Bhattacharya, S.; Gekara, V.; Tang, L.)

2-4 May. A GRAD course consisting of personal effectiveness, communication skills, networking and teamworking, and career management. (Li, L.)

4 April. Communication Skills by Cardiff University Students’ Union. (Li, L.)

14 March. Avoiding Plagiarism / Mr Andrew Lloyd. (Abou-Elkawam, M.) 

6 March. Managing Your Supervisor / Dr Hanno Koppel. (Abou-Elkawam, M.) 

5 March. Beating Thesis Blues (Humanities and Social Sciences) / Dr Sara Delamont. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

4 March. Internet Based Literature Searching for Social Scientists. (Li, L.)

3 March. Presentation Skills. (Li, L.)

6 February. China Employability Roadshow Workshop in Cardiff . (Li, L.)

29 January. Qualitative Analysis in the Social Sciences: Hands-on Introduction to NVivo / Dr Christina Silver. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

Various workshops in Cardiff University. (Acejo, I.)

2006

November. Interviewing. (Ghanem, M.)

10 November. Working with Long Documents / Dr David Atkins. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

6 November. Qualitative Analysis in the Social Sciences: Software Comparison Seminar / Dr Christina Silver. (Abou-Elkawam, M.) 

17 January. Rapid Reading / Ms Kathryn Redway. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

2005

12 November. Starting Out: Induction Event for New Research Students. (Abou-Elkawam, M.; Kitada, M.; Lucero-Prisno, E.; Mazhari, S.)

1 November. Academic writing in the Social Sciences / Dr Sara Delamont. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

25 October. Researching/Writing a Literature Review in the Social Sciences / Dr Sara Delamont. (Abou-Elkawam, M.)

October. Postgrad research skills. (Ghanem, M.)

March. Computing Skills. (Ghanem, M.)

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