BEI Engagement Week: Resilience in an uncertain world

Join the School of Business, Economics and Informatics for an annual showcase of our research and behind the scenes activity.

Our research addresses pressing issues that impact our daily lives, from stress and wellbeing at work, to sustainability and making the most of innovative new technologies.

The theme of BEI Week 2022 is 'Resilience in an Uncertain World' and we invite staff, students, alumni and friends to join us for an exciting week of free interactive workshops and thought provoking talks taking place online and on our Bloomsbury campus.

2022 PROGRAMME

View the full schedule of events by date in our events calendar.

THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS

• Researching patterns of opening and closure in the UK museum sector, Monday 11 July, 1-2pm, online.
• Effects of the coronavirus pandemic and past outbreaks on post-traumatic stress among healthcare staff, Tuesday 12 July, 5.30-6pm, online.

PERSONAL AND ORGANISATIONAL RESILIENCE

• Scenario analysis taster, Tuesday 12 July, 12-1.30pm, Birkbeck campus.
• Building resilience in health and social care, Wednesday 13 July, 6-7pm, Birkbeck campus.
• Uncertain resilience in a certain world, Thursday 14 July, 6-7pm, Birkbeck campus.
• Resilience through collective resistance: building student-staff solidarity through collective writing, Friday 15 July, 1-2pm, online.

CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES

• AI and data science bootcamp, Wednesday 13 - Friday 15 July, 12-1.30pm, Birkbeck campus.
• A collectivist approach to cyber security involving government, industry, academia and society, Monday 11 July, 6-6.30pm, online.
• Graph neural networks: what they are and why it matters for AI applications, Tuesday 12 July, 4-5pm, Birkbeck campus.
• Interacting with a world of intelligent machines: resilience and fairness in deep learning, Tuesday 12 July, 6-7pm, Birkbeck campus.
• Mapping potential impact and risks from digital transformation in public organisations: new evidence to deliver more targeted policies to make public sectors more resilient, Wednesday 13 July, 1-2pm, online.
• Opportunities and challenges for Natural Language Processing in social sciences and humanities, Wednesday 13 July, 6-7pm, Birkbeck campus.
• Using EEG-based images to predict autism early, Thursday 14 July, 1-2pm, online.

BUILDING THE FUTURE WE WANT

• BEI talks the four-day working week, available on demand.
• Is it possible to address climate change in times of global turmoil? The role of business, Tuesday 12 July, 1-2pm, online.
• Ageing populations: what is the impact on economies and what can be done to address it? Thursday 14 July, 6-7pm, Birkbeck campus.

INSIGHTS INTO TEACHING AND LEARNING AT BIRKBECK

• The comedy of pedagogy: using stand-up comedy techniques to enhance teaching, Monday 11 July, 12-1pm, online.
• Building resilience through erratic career pathways, Wednesday 13 July, 12-1pm, online.
• A virtual tour of Birkbeck's coaching research, Thursday 14 July, 1-2pm, online.