3MT Competition is Opent Sighthill Campus is running!
Jun 26, 2025
Location
School of Applied Sciences & School of Health and Social Care, Sighthill Campus
Description
You are cordially invited to participate in the first edition of the 3MT Competition, organised jointly by School of Applied Sciences & School of Health and Social Care
CAMC research talk: 'Creativity in Motion - Unfinishing Feminist Film and Literary History'
Apr 30, 2025
Location
Merchiston Campus E17
Description
Guest speaker Dr Alix Beeston (Cardiff University) will be speaking about women’s unfinished creative labour in the late-twentieth-century United States and its afterlives in the present, focussing on the work of Kathleen Collins.
Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: Opportunity or Threat
Apr 15, 2025
Location
Loughborough University, London
Description
Until recently experts believed that creative jobs and businesses would be among the least vulnerable to AI and robotisation. However, in recent years these views have changed with the acceleration of Generative AI tools, which are already used as a low-cost substitute for creator labour previously done by humans. Undoubtedly, AI systems not only have made an impact on human creativity but have gone as far as generating new and original content, prompting some scholars to describe machine-based generative outputs as ‘artificial creativity’ (Moruzzi, 2021; Runco, 2023a, 2023b).
There are currently two discourses: on the one hand, there are enthusiasts who stress that the adoption and use of AI as a tool brings increased potential for creative tasks, expanding the reach and speed of search beyond the localised imagination of people, and ultimately resulting in augmented human talent and creativity. Digitisation of creative content has made professionals more productive and saved thousands of hours of tedious “grunt work” in activities like animation, where AI can substitute for repetitive rendering, freeing workers attention for higher-level and potentially more creative tasks.
Against this promise and opportunity sceptics report that work is already being lost, particularly in the more precarious freelance sector. Moreover, AI models depend on creative content produced by humans, which is exploited without regard for the human sources and their remuneration, since Intellectual Property enforcement is difficult with online content. From this respect, there are concerns that AI systems will eventually diminish human creativity and jeopardise the future of jobs, businesses and entire industries, including education institutions serving those industries.
This event will bring together these two contrasting perspectives to consider both sides and debate the opportunities and threats of AI for creativity.
Wardlaw Museum
7 The Scores, KY16 9AR, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Description
Our panel will explore how creative, craft-based practices and processes can subvert expectation, amplify marginalised and underrepresented voices, and drive meaningful societal change.
The panel for this discussion is made up of:
Dr Anna Brown, Senior Lecturer, University of St Andrews Business School
Vanessa Marr, Principal Lecturer, School of Art and Media, University of Brighton
Hannah Ayre, Participatory Artist, Educator and Producer, Edinburgh
Dr Sam Vettese, Senior Lecturer, School of Arts and Creative Industries, Edinburgh Napier University
In conversation: can craft change the world? will also be live streamed. Please click Join Online Event at the top of the page to register for online attendance.
Still on the theme of craft changing the world, there will be an exhibition of Vanessa Marr's Domestic Dusters project displayed throughout the Wardlaw Museum throughout March 2025. Vanessa will be lecturing in St Andrews on Thursday 20 March 2025 at The Gateway, sharing insights into her stitch-based approach to research, work that resists gendered expectations of domesticity and positions embroidery and commonplace household cloths as the catalyst for feminist and change-making conversations.
Confronting "Anti-Gender" Mobilizations across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia: Challenges and Queer-Feminist Resistances
Mar 3, 2025
Location
Date: Monday, March 3, 2025; 9:30–16:30 CET (Warsaw time); Online & In-person: Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Staszic Palace (Pałac Staszica), Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland
Registration link (for both on
Description
We invite researchers, students, activists, and the public to participate in our one-day workshop (hybrid-online and in-person sessions). During the event, the RESIST Project Team and our guest speakers will lead discussions on queer-feminist resistances to “anti-gender” mobilizations in and across Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, and Russia – four distinct national case studies that intersect at a transnational level through migration patterns, recently amplified by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 and the 2020 and 2025 presidential elections in Belarus ( Filep, 2024).
While studies show that “anti-gender” and anti-immigration mobilizations are often closely intertwined ( RESIST Project Team, 2024), issues related to gender identity and sexuality may be deprioritized by women and queer persons amid immediate survival challenges, such as migrant status, housing, employment, and health. Even in contexts not immediately threatened by war or political repression, multiply marginalized persons might be forced to choose between the ideals of gender and sexual diversity and pragmatic solutions related to other identity positions, e.g. living with a physical disability or experiencing homelessness ( Kulpa and Kania, 2024). Still, addressing and resisting “anti-gender” violence remains vital to queer-feminist movements both within and across Eastern European nations, with migration opening the possibility of cross-national collaboration. The dynamics of de- and reprioritization invite critical reflection, along with the internal tensions stemming from individual intersectional identities and the patterns of solidarity and animosity that develop across borders, migratory routes, and communities. Together, these factors create a complex landscape of displacement and belonging, shaping the experiences of individuals navigating “anti-gender” politics in the region.
Starting with a presentation of findings from the RESIST Project’s Polish and Belarusian cases, we would like to open the floor for a broader discussion on resistances to “anti-gender” mobilizations in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Russia and transnationally along migratory routes. By combining panel presentations with free-flowing ideation workshop and experience-sharing sessions, we hope to create a space of creative and respectful discussion.
This event is co-organised by the RESIST Project, the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, and Edinburgh Napier University.
Workers lives photographed - Franki Raffles in Ukraine 1989
Feb 27, 2025
Location
Online webinar with simultaneous translation attended by teachers, academics and artists from Ukraine.
Description
Invited to speak at online webinar organised by the Lviv Centre for Urban History, and the University of St Andrews and funded through the British Council
This conference marks the culmination of a pilot led by ABC Creative Music and funded by the Creative Scotland's YMI Strengthening Scheme in bringing together academics and practitioners in the field to explore current provision and potential pathways for public engagement and knowledge exchange.
Research Paper and Roundtable at British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies (BSECS) Annual Conference
Jan 8, 2025
Location
Pembroke College, Oxford University, Oxford.
Description
"Bodies and Embodiment" BSECS annual International conference. I will be discussing the concepts of beauty and ownership in the eighteenth century (research paper) and organising a roundtable discussing the conceptualisation of skin and appearances in the period.
Subject: CEDAR - Centre for Mind, Creativity, and Environment Research – Meeting https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools/school-of-applied-sciences/research/cedar
When: Dec 4th 2024 14:30-16:00 (UTC+00:00) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London.
Where: Merchiston MER_E17 ( MER_Level E) and online
Additional information:
-Refreshments are provided!
-Distinguished speakers including external guest (chartered architect) and PhD researcher
-A visit to the structures lab
Agenda items:
-15-20 minutes talks from speakers in Design Practice, Sustainability, Creativity and Built Environment.
oJanice Lau, Architype: Leading Sustainable Architects
THE ROLE OF THE ARCHITECT IN CREATING SUSTAINABLE SPACES AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR PEOPLE
oDaniel Kumah, PhD researcher at the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF TIMBER-CONCRETE COMPOSITES USING RECYCLED AGGREGATES
-A demonstration in the structures lab about timber-concrete composites
-CEDAR Updates
Knowledge Sharing Event: Effective BIM Collaboration: Strategies for Smaller Projects
Nov 15, 2024
Location
Edinburgh Napier University
Rivers suite -Craiglockhart Campus
Description
We hosted an inspiring knowledge sharing event at Edinburgh Napier University in partnership with CSY Architects. This event builds on discussions we started in a previous industry and Government engagement event we organised in June 2024 about Information Management and Collaboration strategies in Design and Construction Practices.
Event Schedule
Lunch on Arrival / Registration
Welcome and Introductions
David Philip (Cohesive)
James King (CSY Architects): Effective BIM Collaboration: Strategies
for Smaller Projects
Discussion Groups
Plenary
Break
Neil Benzies (Narro)
Andrew Waring (Digital Guerrilla)
Q+A Panel
Closing Remarks
Applying the Right UX based on Users' Needs and Future Trends of UX
Oct 18, 2024
Location
BINUS Business School campus, Jakarta, Indonesia, and online.
Description
In this guest lecture, delivered to students online and at campuses across Indonesia, Dr Jackie Cameron provides a comprehensive overview of user experience (UX) principles and their application in digital marketing contexts. Covering key definitions, industry practices and current research, Dr Cameron explores the subjective and dynamic nature of UX, emphasising its impact on user satisfaction and brand loyalty. Through practical examples, an examination of findings from contemporary studies and exploring likely future trends, the lecture highlights strategies for aligning UX design with evolving user expectations. It encourages participants to incorporate a user-centred approach in their digital strategies.
This lecture was delivered during the 6th BINUS Business School International Lecture Week, October 18-23, 2024. Theme: "AI Integration in Business and Education: Practices, Research, and the Way Forward. A Collaboration of Academic Research & Industry Practices."
Reflections of a PhD mentor: Thesis Mentor Pilot Scheme 2024
Sep 5, 2024
Location
Online
Description
In this presentation, Dr Cameron shares the experience of a mentor on the 12-week pilot at Edinburgh Napier University that aims to improve the student experience and outcomes of PhD students at the writing-up stage. She shares details about the mentoring training workshop, challenges and rewards of serving as a mentor to a PhD student at another school with stakeholders from other UK universities who are exploring similar projects. The Edinburgh Napier University PhD mentor programme was run in collaboration with the University of Glasgow. This presentation was part of a workshop run by Dr Vani Naik of Edinburgh Napier University and Dr Elaine Gourlay of the University of Glasgow, entitled: Honey, We Shrunk a Thesis Mentoring Programme! - Vitae 2024
The Transdisiplinary Workplace Research Conference TWR2024
Sep 4, 2024
Location
Edinburgh Napier University
Craiglockhart Campus
Description
The Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) network is an eclectic group of scholars and practitioners who share one goal: to contribute to the design and management of workplaces where people work to their full potential and experience high levels of mental and physical wellbeing.
Social, physical, technological and management issues merge to make this field of research truly transdisciplinary.
Edinburgh Napier University is delighted to be hosting the TWR Conference, from 4-7 September 2024, at our beautifully located Craiglockhart Campus in Edinburgh, Scotland. All academics, researchers, students and professionals interested in workplace matters are welcome.
Guest Speaker - SoMa Summer School, Sofia Music Academy, Bulgaria
Jun 30, 2024
Location
Sofia Music Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria
Description
I am presenting a guest lecture on (self)-management in the music sector. The talk highlights the many and diverse skills at play in navigating a sustainable music career in increasingly challenging economic circumstances. In exploding myths around the industries of music, novel and dynamic approaches to creation and dissemination are proposed in which the individual is agent of their own destiny and empowered to engage ethically with the conditions of the sector.
Employability attributes: Meeting deadlines, time management
Jun 26, 2024
Location
Craiglockhart Campus, Edinburgh Napier University
Description
This talk aimed to excavate marketing practitioner insights on whether meeting deadlines and time management are important graduate attributes that should be carefully considered in an employability-focused curriculum. The presentation sets out the debates on the value and role of assessment deadline extensions in university education and shares progress on a quantitative study that aims to inform assessment policy.
