ESRC Festival of Social Science 2020: Society from your sofa

This year’s festival has gone virtual, and as you cannot come to us, we are bringing society to your sofa! Amid a global pandemic, society is changing dramatically and at a dizzying pace. The way we work, socialise, seek medical support, spend our money and manage our relationships as individuals, families, communities and countries is changing. What will the ‘new normal’ be and how should the society of tomorrow look? Is this Zoombieapocalypse or is there a brighter future on the horizon?

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Featured events
City-zenship: What does a Brummie education look like?
Switched on for sound: how one device changed deaf children's lives forever
Fascism Past and Present: What lessons can we learn from Italy’s history?

Does Black Celebrity Activism influence you?

In light of the recent events involving the Black Lives Matter movement this year, we will be examining the impact Black celebrities and personalities have had when using their platform as political activists.


WATCH MORE events
Wednesday 11 November 
Is it a crime to be poor?
Thursday 12 November
Four years of welcoming resettled families: Reflections on the UK's CSS
Thursday 12 November 
The impact of covid-19 on the early years childcare market in England
Friday 13 November
Migration and Vulnerability During the Pandemic: Barriers to Wellbeing
Friday 13 November
Retail in a post COVID world: reflections and future directions
Friday 13 November
Supporting the multilingual child during Covid-19
Competition

If you’re passionate about the environment, we want to hear from you! We’re calling on under 16s to create a poster for our competition. Your design should identify a plastic-related problem and pose a solution to that problem.

Your design can be linked to climate action, ecosystems on-land or water or how plastics are made, sold, used and disposed of. You can use the template attached or create your own, with drawings, photographs or words - it's up to you! 

The best designs will win a £20 Waterstones voucher, and will feature on our website and twitter.

How to enter

Fill out the form and upload your design and a photograph of yourself if you have your parent or guardian's permission to www.birmingham.ac.uk/plastic-pollution before Friday 4th December. The winners will be chosen in December. Good luck!

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