PubhD is 6 years old!

PubhD (from “Pub” + “PhD”) is now 6 years old! We created the Twitter account and this website in November 2013. The first event was held in Nottingham on January 22, 2014.

The idea quickly spread across the UK and into other countries. There have now been PubhD events in Ireland, Portugal, Finland, France, Rwanda, Belgium and Poland.

The are currently over 20 active PubhD locations. The full list can be found here.

At each PubhD event, three researchers, from any academic discipline, explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a pint or two. The talks are at a “pub level” – the idea is that you don’t have to be an academic to understand the talks.

Don’t have a PubhD in your country or city? Get in touch and we’ll try to help you get started. The PubhD Format is easy to follow and works!

 

The first PubhD outside of Europe: PubhD Kigali!

PubhD starts up in Africa tonight.

• Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PubhDKigali/
• Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2263165983734082
• First event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2234022016668929
• Twitter: @PubhDKigali

Congratulations to Lee Crawfurd for getting it up and running so quickly. It took him about one month from his initial “I’m looking to set up a PubhD in Kigali, Rwanda” email to the first event!

The topics and speakers are:

• Politics: Ethnography of citizenship, political space, and discourse in Rwanda, Chaste Niwe, Yale University.
• Drones: Using Drones for 3D/spectral imaging of natural and built environments, and the Internet of Things, Anthony Vodacek, Rochester Institute of Technology.
• Health: What we know about Venous thromboembolism among pregnant women in Kigali hospitals, Christine R. G. Ashimwe, U of Global Health Equity, Rwanda.

 

 

 

Do you have a PubhD in your city?

There are over 20 PubhD locations around Europe. The full list can be found here. (Sadly, the are no PubhD locations outside of Europe yet…)

Do you want to start a PubhD in your city? Get in touch and will try to help you get up and running!

T-shirts and PodhD podcast

Did you know we have a podcast? It’s called PodhD and is produced and presented by Guy Kiddey.

We sell t-shirts to fund the podcast – more details on how to get one on the new T-shirt page.

 

PubhD comes to France! PubhD Bordeaux starts 6 June 2017

On 6 June 2017, the first PubhD Bordeaux event will take place at The HMS Victory pub. It is being organised by Lise Monneraud from Université de Bordeaux.

At each PubhD event, three researchers, from any subject area, explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a drink or two. The talks are at a “pub level” – the idea is that you don’t have to be an academic to understand the talks.

The subjects at the first event will be:

• The idea of “loyal cooperation” in the EU.
• Ions acceleration via lasers in plasmas.
• Lifestyles (notably nutrition) and Alzheimer’s disease.

More information:

• Event details
• PDF

 

PubhD Edge Hill starts on Friday!

A new PubhD has its first event this Friday!

It is being organised by Elliot Hughes, a post-graduate student at Edge Hill University.

And they have very nice artwork to go with their launch.

PubhD Edge Hill

PubhD Sheffield starts next week!

A couple of years ago, ScienceGrrl ran a few PubhD events in Sheffield. However, it’s been dormant since then.

Now Devon Smith and Emily Fisk are starting up PubhD Sheffield officially, with their own Twitter account and a shiny new website.

At each PubhD event, three researchers, from any subject area, explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a drink or two. The talks are at a “pub level” – the idea is that you don’t have to be an academic to understand the talks. PubhD started in Nottingham in January 2014 and now there are 20 branches around Europe! A full list can be found on the PubhD Locations page.

The first PubhD Sheffield event is next week on Wednesday 2 November 2016 at Harrisons 1854.

The speakers and topics are:

• Isobel Williams: Giving meaning to feelings in Functional Neurological Symptoms
• Billy Bryan: Making medics mindful with feedback
• Emily Fisk: “Starve a Fever, Feed a Cold” – uncovering metabolism and how it could help fight antimicrobial resistance

Full event details can be found here.

PubhD arrives in London!

It’s taken a few years for it happen, but PubhD London starts next week with their first event on 27 October 2016.

At each PubhD event, three researchers, from any subject area, explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a drink or two. The talks are at a “pub level” – the idea is that you don’t have to be an academic to understand the talks.

Robyn Waite and friends launch PubhD London with the following speakers:

• Cerys Bradley, a PhD student at UCL studying Crime and Security Science, who’ll be exploring what privacy is and how we preserve it.
• Jessica Simpson, a PhD student studying sociology at City University. Her research explores student sex workers.
• Sahra Rae Taylor, a PhD student at City University in International Politics. Her research explores ‘Cosmopolitanism’ and how this is linked to education.

The event is at Topolski, Waterloo.

More details: https://www.facebook.com/events/200414003714924/

PubhD Évora’s first event: 16 June 2016

Portugal has another city hosting PubhD events!

Évora joins the other Portuguese PubhD locations of Lisbon, Guimarães and Braga. Their first event details can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1731977603745258/

At each PubhD event, three researchers from any subject area explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a drink or two. The talks are at a “pub level” – the idea is that you don’t have to be an academic to understand the talks.

More information can be found at the PubhD Évora Facebook page, or you can follow their Twitter account, @PubhDEvora.

PubhD Bristol’s first event: 1 June 2016

Another city gets to host a PubhD event: PubhD Bristol launches with their first event on Wednesday 1 June 2016. It will take place at The Robin Hood pub on St Michael’s Hill.

PubhD Bristol is being organised by Travis Bacon and Arne Scott.

At each PubhD event, three researchers from any subject area explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a drink or two. The talks are at a “pub level” – the idea is that you don’t have to be an academic to understand the talks.

The first line up is:

• Pam Lock: PhD student at the University of Bristol: “Drinking & Drunkenness in Victorian Fiction”.
• Helena Quilter, PhD student in Sustainable Plastics at the University of Bath: “Pining for Plastics”.
• Jake Barber, MRes Health Sciences at the University of Bristol: “Little Pricks: Improving the Efficiency of Nanospikes Against Bacteria”.

More information can be found at their Facebook group, their website or on Twitter.

Full details about the first event can be found here.