{"id":89585,"date":"2023-11-30T15:35:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=89585"},"modified":"2023-11-30T15:45:30","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:45:30","slug":"virtual-community-event-to-highlight-social-sciences-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/11\/virtual-community-event-to-highlight-social-sciences-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual community event to highlight Social Sciences research"},"content":{"rendered":"

An array of award-winning research on topics ranging from addiction stigma to the origins of evil will be shared at the virtual Social Sciences Research Colloquium<\/a> next week.<\/p>\n

The Faculty of Social Sciences (FOSS) welcomes the Brock and wider communities to this annual event, which highlights the research being undertaken by select recipients of the FOSS Student Research Award as well as the Faculty\u2019s Early Career Researcher and Distinguished Researcher for 2022.<\/p>\n

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Associate Professor Pascal Lupien, recipient of the Faculty of Social Sciences Early Career Researcher award for 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n

Associate Professor Pascal Lupien in the Department of Political Science says he was honoured to receive the 2022 Early Career Researcher Award earlier this year. He is looking forward to sharing his research on the complexities of how Indigenous social movement organizations in Latin America use social media during protests.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy aim is to shed light on both the empowering opportunities and unforeseen challenges that arise in the intersection of activism and the digital realm,\u201d says Lupien. \u201cI look forward to engaging in a meaningful dialogue about the evolving dynamics of social movements in our interconnected world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Professor Tony Volk, recipient of the Faculty of Social Sciences Distinguished Researcher award for 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n

Professor Tony Volk, who was named the 2022 Distinguished Researcher for FOSS, says that he is excited to share \u201csome shocking synchronicities that we’ve found in both the development and evolution of evil personality traits\u201d at next week\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FOSS award is quite fitting given that this work is based on input and help from more than a dozen faculty and students from both Child and Youth Studies and Psychology as well as FOSS funding and support,” he says.<\/p>\n

The colloquium, which will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, Dec. 6 from 1 to 3:30 p.m., includes the following presentations:<\/p>\n