Vulnerable Selves, Disciplining Others: New approaches to bullying and conflict at work

The Human Rights and Equality Commission recently started conceptualizing bullying as discrimination and as a breach of human rights. As they emphasise the human right to live without threats or mistreatment, our response as scholars has been prolific yet uni-dimensional, each based in their own echelon and discipline without the necessary cross fertilisation of ideas, far less theory.

About this series

• Building on previous work in this field, Birkbeck, University of London is facilitating a new ESRC series called Vulnerable Selves, Disciplining Others: New approaches to bullying and conflict at work. These topics have been investigated for over twenty years, and much progress has been made to map the field.
• There nevertheless remains a desire to understand more fully the concept of bullying at work in all its vicissitudes, and to this end, these new symposia aim to bring together a truly diverse and fragmented group of experts.
• The series will be running from 2011 to 2013

Seminars:

• 18 May 2011 - Series Launch
• 19 May 2011 - Bullying, Self and Other
• 25 November 2011 - Cyberbullying
• 28 March 2012 - Bullying, Difference & Desire
• Autumn 2012 - Being Bullied, Becoming Victim & Suffering
• Winter 2012 - Toxic Leadership, Corporate Narcissism & Perversion
• Spring 2013 - Human Frailty & Organizational Demand