Faculty of Social Sciences

50th Anniversary Conference

Overview

The Faculty of Social Sciences is continuing its 50th anniversary celebrations with a conference under the theme "50 Years of Ideas, Inquiry, Impact: Reflections from the Past, Pioneers of Future Development".View Conference Programme [PDF] »
The conference promises to be an exciting one, opening with:
  • A plenary session led by stalwarts of the Faculty - former Dean Dr. George Belle, Emeritus Professor Andrew Downes and Ms. Maxine McClean
  • Presentations of research papers from current faculty and students.
  • A special 20th Patrick A. M. Emmanuel Memorial lecture 50th Anniversary edition.


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View abstract submissions for the conference below.

Abstracts

PresenterAffiliationAbstract Title
Dr. Ankie Scott-JosephLecturer - Department of EconomicsPension Reform: Is Working Longer the Answer?
Dr. Antonio AlleyneLecturer - Department of EconomicsThe Caribbean and China: Evolving Relations, A Caribbean Perspective
Dr. Cathy NorvilleTemporary Lecturer - Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and ManagementWhen Good Food is not Enough: Lessons for Sustainable Success in Service Businesses
Ms. Ceresa Springer-BarnettResearch Assistant - Institute for Gender and Development Studies: Nita Barrow UnitThe Coloniality of Protection: Gender-Based Violence, Disaster Governance, and Climate (In)justice in Barbados
Dr. Diana Weekes-MarshallDeputy Dean Faculty of Social Sciences, Lecturer Sagicor Cave Hill School of BusinessRe-imagining Risk Governance in Developing Economies: A Contextualised Model of Governance Maturity
Dr. Emmanuel AduguLecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and PsychologyExploring the Key Determinants of the Use, Uptake and Potential Adoption of Artificial Intelligence in the Caribbean
Dr. George BrathwaiteTemporary Lecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and PsychologyUsing a Rich Legacy of Excellence to Navigate Stormy Waters and Existential Threats
Dr. Glenda GaySenior Lecturer - Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business and ManagementFrom Calculators to ChatGPT: Exploring Undergraduate Students' Perceptions of Artificial Intelligence
Dr. Kai-Ann SkeeteTrade Research Fellow - Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and ServicesA September to Remember - Tales of Complete Devastation in the Caribbean: The Response of Regional Leadership to Climate Change Natural Disasters
Ms. Ona HarewoodPostgraduate student - Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic StudiesConversations on Climate Change Adaptation and the Calls for Justice in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Dr. Sandra Ochieng-SpringerLecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and PsychologyEpistemic Resistance and Renewal: Navigating Colonial Legacies and Caribbean Futures at Fifty
Mrs. Sonia MahonLecturer - Sagicor Cave Hill School of Business, Chief Academic Affairs Officer - International School for Development JusticeAt the Crossroads: Case-Based Insights into Student Retention, Academic Probation, and Institutional Response
Dr. Tracey BroomeLecturer - Department of EconomicsCan Innovatively Focused Firms Weather the Global Pandemic? Where does the Caribbean Stand?
Professor Troy LordeDean - Faculty of Social SciencesGoverning Through Austerity in a Small Island Developing State: Neoliberal (Il)logics and IMF Structural Adjustment
Mr. Wasim WorrellTemporary Lecturer - Department of Government, Sociology, Social Work and PsychologyAn Exploratory Study of the Use of Geographic Profiling in Theft from Motor Vehicle Investigations in Bridgetown, Barbados