Date: 22/06/2026
What is…? Knowledge exchange 30th June
What is…? Knowledge exchange
SCDTP masters & PhD students, wider doctoral student body, PDFs & supervisors
When: Tuesday 30th June 13.00-14.00 online on Teams
Overview
‘What is…?’ events are held online on the last Tuesday of the month and this is our last one for 2025-26. Currently the series is co-led by SCDTP students Deborah Timoni and Ramon Almeida and the focus is very flexible – methods, making impact, and approaches to ethical research. Each session with have 3 presentations exploring how our SCDTP researchers are addressing relevant questions in various fields. Each presenter will showcase how their area of expertise intersects with a particular challenge, encouraging us as researchers to think beyond our immediate focus areas.
June 2026 Programme
We are pleased to offer a great range of speakers and topics:
- What is the role of psychology in the development of AI and AI-assisted robotics? Dr Mohamed Ismail Abdul Kader, SCDTP postdoctoral fellow, University of Portsmouth
- What is an elephant telling us – and can we tell? Understanding animal behaviour and human perception in an era of increasing human–wildlife conflict, Tapinder Sidhu, SCDTP PhD student, University of Portsmouth
- What is Mattering? Making ‘Matter’ Matter in Multispecies Research? Elisabeth Pedersen, SCDTP PhD student, University of Brighton
How to join
We are moving to Teams to avoid confusion! No need to sign up in advance, just join us online.
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/35697864089267?p=E3ho4ADC5GXoXFDDdu
Meeting ID: 356 978 640 892 67
Passcode: 3Vj2wD6X
