This symposium, hosted by the Center for Social & Behavioral Science in partnership with the School of Labor and Employment Relations, will be a continuation of the Fall 2022 symposium. Faculty from various disciplines will present their research on this relevant topic.
Category: Past Events
CSBS + CCIL Cancer Research Symposium
Co-sponsored by the Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS) and the Cancer Center at Illinois (CCIL), the Cancer Research Symposium aims to unite researchers across the Illinois campus interested in research addressing aspects of the cancer care continuum.
Food Security Working Group (FSWG) | Lunch & Learn Sessions
The Lunch & Learn sessions, open to Illinois faculty, staff, and students interested in exploring the food security space, are intended to further the scholarly exchange among the newly formed Food Security Working Group led by CSBS and Illinois professors Kelley Lemon, Merin Oleschuk, and Bobby J. Smith.
Storytelling Series with Dr. Jacinda Dariotis | March 23 at 12pm
The Storytelling Series features the stories of faculty from across campus who are teaching, employing, and developing novel qualitative research techniques. The series seeks to highlight the journeys of our faculty – what led them here to UIUC – and take a deeper dive into the innovative methods they are applying in their research.
CSBS Social & Behavioral Health Funding Series | NSF | March 9
The Social & Behavioral Health Funding Series invites program staff from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to discuss funding opportunities relevant to faculty and research professionals working in the areas of social and behavioral health.
CSBS Social & Behavioral Health Funding Series | NIH | Feb 16
The Social & Behavioral Health Funding Series invites program staff from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to discuss funding opportunities relevant to faculty and research professionals working in the areas of social and behavioral health.
Food Security Working Group – Meet & Greet
This Meet & Greet event, open to all Illinois faculty, staff, and students, marks the launch of the Food Security Working Group, a campus-wide initiative to support those interested in getting connected to this work, as well as research resources for those interested in food security.
QRI Storytelling Series – Dr. Christina Bollo
The Storytelling Series features the stories of faculty from across campus who are teaching, employing, and developing novel qualitative research techniques. The series seeks to highlight the journeys of our faculty – what led them here to UIUC – and take a deeper dive into the innovative methods they are applying in their research.
Policy & Research Legislative Fellows Program Info Session
This session will provide more information regarding the Policy and Research Legislative Fellows Program run by the Center for Social and Behavioral Science. This non-partisan initiative, supported by the Office of the Chancellor-Public Engagement, matches graduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) with a state legislator representing Champaign-Urbana or a neighboring district.
QRI Storytelling Series – Dr. Melissa Ocepek
This session titled, There are Two Things I Love: Food and Talking, Mostly about Food, explored how an extroverted foodie (Dr. Ocepek) became a qualitative researcher working to understand the very complicated everyday information world of food. Dr. Ocepek provided an in-depth discussion of her approaches to qualitative research rooted in institutional ethnography and highlighted some of her favorite methods, including photo voice.