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Colloquium on The Knowledge Based Economy

Please note, this research programme has now concluded and these pages are maintained here as a record of the activities of the Institute for Advanced Studies.

19-20 October 2005

Format

The format of the colloquium was relatively unique: we invited people from different disciplines (geography, education and literacy, political economy, technology studies, gender studies, sociology and organisation and management studies) to speak for 10 - 15 minutes on the issues that KBE raised for their work and/or discipline. The discussions were far more illuminating than we had imagined, and far more informative than many conferences where speakers have a lot longer. The consensus was that this kind of multi-disciplinary thinking encourages the lateral thinking often generated in more orthodox fora.

Themes explored

Geography
Speakers: Ramon Ribera-Fumaz, James Faulconbridge, Dick Walker

Education
Speakers: David Barton, Karin Tusting

Value
Speakers: Stefano Harney, Sol Picciotto

Knowledge
Speakers: Ossie Jones, Karel Williams

Work
Speakers: Sharon Bolton, Roger Penn, Robin Fincham

Ethics
Speakers: Phil Macnaughten/Matthew Kearnes, Bronislaw Szerszynski, Larry Reynolds

Gender/Exclusion
Speakers: Ann Bergman, Sylvia Walby, Harriet Bradley

Corporations
Speakers: Stephen Ackroyd Ian Kirkpatrick, Gerry Hanlon

Organisations
Speakers: Mike Reed, Anthony Hesketh, Jason Ferdinand, Dave Simm

Colloquium attendees

External

• Ann Bergman (University of Karlstad, Sweden)
• Harriet Bradley (Bristol University)
• Jason Ferdinand (Liverpool University)
• Robin Fincham (Stirling University)
• Gerry Hanlon (Leicester University)
• Stefano Harney (Leicester University)
• Ossie Jones (Manchester Metropolitan University)
• Ian Kirkpatrick (Leeds University)
• Mike Reed (Cardiff University)
• Richard Walker (University of Berkeley)
• Karel Williams (University of Manchester)

Lancaster

• Stephen Ackroyd (Organisation, Work and Technology)
• David Barton (Literacy Research Centre)
• Sharon Bolton (Organisation, Work and Technology)
• James Faulconbridge (Geography)
• Steve Fleetwood (Organisation, Work and Technology)
• Zoe Fowler (Literacy Research Centre)
• Mary Hamilton (Educational Research)
• Ant Hesketh (Management Learning and Leadership)
• Geraint Howells (Law School)
• Matthew Kearnes (Centre for the Study of Environmental Change)
• Phil Macnaghten (Centre for the Study of Environmental Change)
• Uta Papen (Linguistics and English Language)
• Roger Penn (Sociology)
• Maria Piacentini (Marketing)
• Sol Picciotto (Law School)
• Larry Reynolds (Centre for the Study of Environmental Change)
• Andrew Sayer (Sociology)
• David Simm (Accounting and Finance)
• Karin Tusting (Literacy Research Centre)
• John Urry (Sociology)
• Sylvia Walby (Sociology)
• Sue Walters (Literacy Research Centre)
• Gemma Wibberley (Organisation, Work and Technology)
  

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