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Doctoral Research Conference 2023

On 14 June 2023, our community gathered together for the Doctoral Research Conference, to celebrate the excellence and diversity in doctoral research at the University.

We enjoyed an amazing range of presentations from students, inspiring keynote presentations on research integrity from Dr Etienne Roesch and on research communication from Pete Castle and student-made films, posters, image and object exhibitions amongst others.

It was a fascinating and engaging afternoon, providing an opportunity to gain an appreciation of the great things doctoral researchers are doing across a wide range of disciplines. We would like to thank everyone who was involved and to congratulate the prize winners. We look forward to seeing you at next year’s Conference.

Competition winners

Research for a better world competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Category – local community

Marta O’Brien

School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences

 

Air pollution and impact on children’s health in Reading

 

Three Minute Thesis Competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Beverley Jennings

Institute of Education

 

Should students read more books by dead white men?

People’s Choice

 

Gaia Mortier

School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences

 

Bloody treasures: The unexplored potential of external parasites

 

Research in an Object Competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Henrietta Hammant

School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences

 

Captain Oates’ sleeping bag

 

People’s Choice

 

Lana Marie Theodoulou

School of Literature and Languages

 

 

A piece of pyrite

 

Research Poster Competition

 

Judges Choice

Nagihan Ozsoy

School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

 

Shutting the doors on inflammation

People’s Choice

 

Nagihan Ozsoy

School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

 

Shutting the doors on inflammation

Research Film Competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Jane Elizabeth Bennett

School of the Built Environment

 

An autistic auto-ethnographic walk

 

People’s Choice

 

Thuraiya Al Jabri

School of Biological Sciences

 

Wild olive of Oman

 

Poetry, Rhyme & Rap Competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Hongyan Zhang

Institute of Education

 

Homesickness and me

People’s Choice

 

Hongyan Zhang

Institute of Education

 

Homesickness and me

Research Image Competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Peter Moore

School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Sciences

 

Alder generations

 

People’s Choice

 

Saumya Sood

School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy

 

Chlorophyll caught green-handed

Research Life in Pictures Competition

 

Judges Choice

 

Kimberley Perry

School of Biological Sciences

 

The art of multi-tasking

 

People’s Choice

 

Jingxian Xie

Henley Business School

 

The dichromatic journey as a doctoral researcher


2023 Conference: films and quotes

A highlights film of the 2023 conference, the winning three minute thesis talk and winning research film will be available to view here soon.