Conference Papers Given in 2015

30 November-2 December. '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', International Conference on Regulation, Change and the Work Environment, University of Ottawa, Canada, (Bhattacharya, S., Walters, D.)

30 November-2 December. 'Workplace Death at Sea: Chinese Surviving Families’ Experiences of
Compensation Claims', International Conference on Regulation, Change and the Work Environment, University of Ottawa, Canada, (Shan, D.)

24 October-25 October. 'Histories and Dreams: Hawaii in the Migration Imaginaries of Ilokanos', 12th Conference of the Philosophical Association of Northern Luzon, Philippines, (Galam, R.)
3 October-3 October. 'The Vita Activa of the Maritime Labour Convention: Documentary Research as Transactional Encounter', Identity, Selfhood and the Researcher. Postgraduate workshop, Cardiff University, (Graham, C.A.E.)

1 October-2 October. ''Sociology Sans Frontières: the case of Maritime Piracy in East Africa', The 3rd International Social Science and the Sea Conference, ‘Maritime Research in a Comparative Perspective’, Szczecin, Poland, (Simons, S.A.)

23 September-26 September. 'Migration Governance and the Ship as a Mobile Border/Security Space', 9th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, Sicily, Italy, (Senu, A.)
21 September-25 September. 'E-learning as a tool to promote inclusive and equitable learning opportunities', IMO WIMA Asia Regional Conference on Promoting Women's Advocacy for Domestic Ferry Safety, Manila, Philippines, (Kitada, M.)

27 August-28 August. 'Safety Management: What really gets measured and how?', MSSM Conference, Nyborg, Denmark, (Anand, N.)

25 August-26 August. 'Even if you are a spy…’ Some challenges in researcher’s positioning aboard a cargo ship', 10th Annual Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences, University of Liverpool, (Baum-Talmor, P.)

25 August-28 August. 'Narratives and Counter-Narratives Underpinning the Construction of Maritime Stowaways', 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA 2015), Prague, (Senu, A., Acejo, I.)

25 August-28 August. 'The "other" man at sea: Performing masculinity on-board merchant vessels', 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA 2015), Prague, (Turgo, N.)

25 August-28 August. 'Suboptimal work and rest patterns and potential health hazards in international maritime industry: cases from European and Chinese shipping companies', 12th Conference of the European Sociological Association (ESA 2015), Prague, (Zhao, Z., Jepsen, J.R.)

25 August-26 August. 'Dressing and Addressing: Symbolism Aboard Merchant Ships –shortlisted for best paper, 10th Annual Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences, University of Liverpool, 25-26 August (Acejo, I., Abila, S. S.)

25 August-27 August. 'Arctic Governance and Gender: Climate Change or Social Change?', A Joint WMU – IMO – Arctic Council International Conference on Safe and Sustainable Shipping in a Changing Arctic Environment (ShipArc 2015), Malmö, Sweden, 25-27 August (Kitada, M.)

5 July-9 July. 'Advocating for Seafarer maritime crime victim-witness support', The 15th International Symposium of the World Society of Victimology, Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Western Australia, 5-9 July (Simons, S.A.)

1 July-3 July. 'The effectiveness of health and safety management in Chinese shipping: from the perspective of a shipmaster’s decision-making power', The World Congress on Engineering 2015, International Association of Engineers, Imperial College London, 1-3 July (Xue, C., Walters, D., Tang, L.)

24 June-26 June. 'Managing occupational health and safety at sea: the role of worker representation in the Maritime Labour Convention 2006', British Universities Industrial Relations Association (BUIRA) 65th Annual Conference, Theme: Politics, Labour and Missing Voices, De Montfort University, Leicester, (Graham, C.A.E.)

30 May-19 June. 'Exploring functional identities: Identity work through Q-sorts', ESRC Wales DTC Seminar Workshop: Constructing and deconstructing selfhood. Families, Identities and Gender Research Network, Cardiff University, 30 May & 19 June (Llangco, M.O.S.)

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