Events from Social Science Research Group

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Upcoming events

Subcultures Network - International Conference, 13 to 14 April 2023

The Subcultures Network wishes to celebrate the diversity of disciplines, scholars, researchers and writers who have been involved in the Network over the past twelve years. But we also aim to encourage those who haven't been to one of our events before to submit abstracts and come and share their ideas, research and knowledge with us.

The Conference offers an 'open' call for papers, but suggests papers that engage with subject areas and themes as:

  • Youth culture and politics
  • Gender, identity and power in popular music
  • Cities and music cultures
  • Music genre and society
  • Popular music and politics
  • Ethnicity and its relationship with popular music and youth culture
  • Youth culture and sexuality
  • Pop music and sexuality Nation, traditionalism and music cultures
  • Music industry and its relationship with popular music and musicians
  • DIY culture and music making
  • Technology and its impacts on popular music
  • Clubs and pubs
  • Spaces and places

For more information on how to attend, submit an abstract or conference fees, please click on the link below.

Subcultures Network Conference 

Past events

Preventing Sexual Violence Seminar Series  

Hosted by the Social Science Research Group at UWE Bristol, this cutting-edge seminar series brought together a range of leading researchers who presented their work exploring sexual violence across different settings.

  • Male sexual aggression at UK universities: a psychological assessment of a perennial problem, 29 March 2023
    Speaker: Dr Sam Hales (University of Kent) 
    View the presentation slides (PDF).

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