Conference Papers Given in 2014
6-7 November. 'The subtle link? : Redefining gender boundaries among seafaring families in an Ilonggo community', 24th Conference on West Visayan History & Culture, Maritime Heritage of Western Visayas, University of the Philippines Visayas, (Acejo, I.).
17-19 September. 'The Impacts of Work-place Injuries Claims on Chinese Seafarers' Mental Health', International Congress for Occupational Health and Work Organisation and Psychosocial Factors, Adelaide, Australia, (Shan, D.).
10-13 September. 'Maritime Piracy Multi-level Victimization of Seafarers in East Africa', 14th Annual conference of European Society for Criminology, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, (Simons, S.A.).
25-26 August. '''Forgetting'' who don’t matter: kinship and survival in a Philippine fishing community' BEST RESEARCH PAPER, 4th International Conference on Political Science, Sociology and International Relations (PSSIR 2014), Bangkok, Thailand, (Turgo, N.).
19 August. 'Riding the wave of corporate freedom: a comparative study on practices of worker employment and management of workplace health and safety in the maritime and dock sectors', Academic Seminar, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, India, (Bhattacharya, S.).
30 June-2 July. 'The role of trade unions in supporting and promoting worker participation in health and safety within a globalised industry: dock workers’ experiences in container terminals in two regions', International Symposium on Governance, Change and the Work Environment, Cardiff University, (Wadsworth, E., Bhattacharya, S., and Walters, D.).
30 June-2 July.'Unionising Precarious Workers: example of global Filipino seafarers from the Philippines', International Symposium on Governance, Change and the Work Environment, Cardiff University, (Buiser, R.).
30 June-2 July. 'Exploring the relationship between occupational injuries and time into tour in the seafaring industry', International Symposium on Governance, Change and the Work Environment, Cardiff University, (Devereux, H.).
30 June-2 July. 'Effectiveness of the Enforcement and Implementation of the Standard Employment Contract for Seafarers (POEA-SEC)', International Symposium on Governance, Change and the Work Environment, Cardiff University, (Pia, J.).
30 June-2 July. 'Chinese Seafarers' Claims for Work-place Injuries', International Symposium on Governance, Change and the Work Environment, Cardiff University, (Shan, D.).
13 June. '"Prepare for the worst": The importance of research design', Annual Social Science Doctoral Conference, Cardiff University, (Baum-Talmor, P.).
13 June. 'Does the likelihood of experiencing a work related accident increase as the length of time a seafarer has been onboard ship increases?', Annual Social Science Doctoral Conference, Cardiff University, (Devereux, H.).
13 June. 'The Intended and Unintended Consequences of State border regulation, policing and Policies on Undocumented Migration: The Case of Seafarers and Maritime Stowaways', Annual Social Science Doctoral Conference, Cardiff University, (Senu, A.).
12 June. 'Workers’ rights defence on China’s Internet', Connected Life 2014: A Multidisciplinary Conference for Emerging Internet Research, University of Oxford, Oxford, (Tang, L., Yang, P., Shan, D.).
28-30 May. 'Promoting Local Content: Ship Crewing and the Upstream Oil & Gas Sector', 5th WISTA Africa Conference: Women in Maritime Oil & Gas, Atlantic Hotel, Takoradi, Ghana, (Akamangwa, N.).
12-25 May. 'Multiple Maritime Piracy Victimizations of Seafarers in Eastern Africa', World Society for Victimology, 30th Anniversary Victimization, Victim Assistance & Criminal Justice course, Inter-University Centre, Dubrovnik, Croatia, (Simons, S.A.).
23-25 April 'Invisible workers' Blood and Tears: Chinese Seafarers' Claims for Occupational Casualties', British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Leeds University, (Shan, D.).
31 March. 'Global seafarers and leadership from the perspective of diversity in CSR', The 2nd International Conference on Maritime Women: Global Leadership, Malmo, Sweden, (Kitada, M.).
20 March. 'Sailing Through Life at Sea: Physical and Emotional Aspects of Seafarers’ Welfare', Welfare, Voice of Humanities Conference, Cardiff University, (Baum-Talmor, P.).
30 January-1 February. 'Does Regulating Health and Wellbeing Guarantee Positive Outcomes for Seafarers?', The Health and Welfare of Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects Conference, Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull, (Akamangwa, N.).
30 January-1 February. 'Sailing Through Life at Sea: Physical and Emotional Aspects of Seafarers’ Welfare', The Health and Welfare of Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects Conference, Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull,(Baum-Talmor, P.).
30 January-1 February. 'The Impacts of Undocumented Maritime Migration and Maritime Piracy on the Emotional Health of Seafarers', The Health and Welfare of Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects Conference, Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull, (Senu, A., and Simons S.A.)
Poster Presentations
Baum-Talmor, P. (2014) 'The notion of career in a globalised industry: The case of seafarers', WON FIRST PLACE IN POSTER COMPETITION, Ethnography Symposium, Ipswich, UK, 27-29 August.
Devereux, H. (2014) 'Are there Accident "Black Times" among Seafarers?', The Health and Welfare of Seafarers: Past, Present and Prospects Conference, Maritime Historical Studies Centre, University of Hull, 30 January-1 February.
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