Research Meet & Greet on Polarisation

To develop relevant network connections on polarisation and related themes, and to foster collaboration between Stellenbosch and Groningen more broadly, we would like to welcome all of you to join our Research Meet & Greet session on Tuesday June 23, from 14-17, in the Orangerie ( Faculty Behavioural and Social Gadourek building)

During the Meet & Greet, researchers from different disciplines provide a short introduction to their research on polarisation (10-15 minutes) and ample time is reserved for discussion over drinks.

Program:

14.00: introduction by Vasti Roodt, dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Stellenbosch University

14.05-15.00: First set of 10-min pitches, by:

• Herman Wasserman (journalism)

• Marilia Gehrke (journalism): Weaponizing stereotypes: gendered disinformation as (political) violence.

• Vera Weissenbacher (social psychology)

• Taryn Bernard (applied linguistics): Metaphor and Discourse.

• Jonas Stein (sociology)

15:00-15.30: drinks 

15.30-16.30: Second set of 10-min pitches, by:

• Marc Pauly (philosophy): Questions of Institutional Design in Democracy and Dialogue

• Manfred Spocter (human geography): Evolving forms of spatial polarisation

• Hedy Greijdanus (social psychology)

• Anell Stacey Daries (Centre for the Study of the Afterlife of Violence and the Reparative Quest)

• Brenda Bartelink (educational sciences / comparative study of religion)

16.30-17.00: drinks 

We look forward to seeing you all on June 23!

Best wishes, 

• Namkje Koudenburg
• Marian Counihan
• Vasti Roodt
• Vera Weissenbacher