Come and join the discussion! We've gathered a group of researchers to share their experiences of using social media to promote themselves and their work. From LinkedIn to Instagram, we'll be asking our panel to share their thoughts on the variety of options, opportunities, and challenges that social media holds for increasing your visibility at the different stages of your research career. 

This will be an informal discussion so feel free to come along as a participant and share your thoughts & questions. This panel offers researchers the opportunity to come and discuss the best ways to use social media to increase their research visibility. This not only improves you knowledge in this area but also gives you the opportunity to network with your fellow researchers, both of which can help you and your work succeed.  

Following the panel discussion there’ll be time for some informal networking with tea, coffee, and biscuits. 

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Speaker Bios:

Haider Raza, Senior Lecturer in Artificial Intelligence

Dr Haider Raza received his PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Ulster in 2016. He is interested in developing new algorithms for diagnostic and treatment planning in healthcare. His work spans the continuum from machine learning (ML) and eXplainable AI (xAI) foundations and theory to demonstrating novel applications in the real world to informing policy around safe ML adoption.

Haider will be sharing how he uses LinkedIn as a researcher to share his research and connect with colleagues.

Matt Lodder, Senior Lecturer, Director of the Interdisciplinary Studies Centre

Dr Matt Lodder is a researcher, curator, writer and broadcaster, focussing on the history of tattooing. He works as Senior Lecturer in Art History and Director of American Studies at the University of Essex and is one of the University’s Public Voice Scholars.

Matt will be sharing his extensive experience using a variety of social media platforms, particularly focusing on podcasts and YouTube.

Tara Van Ho, Senior Lecturer in Law

Tara Van Ho is a Senior Lecturer in the Essex Law School and Human Rights Centre. A specialist in business and human rights, she has over 13,000 followers on Twitter. Her tweets have been quoted in by international media outlets, have led to impact partnerships, and have influenced discourse at international, multi-stakeholder conferences. She will speak on using social media to create a network and enhance your impact, managing the negative side-effects of social media, and how to respond to platform changes.

Tara will be sharing her experience of Twitter and how she has navigated it since Elon Musk took it over last year.

Analisa Pais, Lecturer in Health & Social Care

Analisa is a lecturer at the school of health and social care and works within the SLT division. She qualified as an audiologist and speech language therapist in India and then completed her PhD in Clinical Speech and Language Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. Externally, she leads the Facebook dissemination team for the Collaboration of Aphasia trialists (CATs) which is an international group of aphasia researchers of which she is a member. Analisa's research interests relate to aphasia rehabilitation with a focus on communication, family, quality of life, and culturally responsive practice.

Analisa will be sharing her experience using Facebook as a team of researchers working on a shared project, and her personal experience of using Twitter and Instagram as a researcher.

Chloe Tasker, PhD Psychology student

Chloe is a first-year PhD Psychology student researching women's sexual arousal. She uses physiological measures of sexual arousal, including pupil dilation and genital arousal measures, and is exploring new methods to measure lubrication in women. She uses Instagram (@mypsychphd) to share her journey as a PhD student in a realistic way, and to share information about a potentially 'taboo' research topic.

Chloe will be sharing her experience using Instagram as a research student and how she navigates a research topic that some may not consider appropriate for public discussion.

Steve Peers, Professor of Law

Steve Peers is a Professor of Law at the University of Essex, specialising in EU law, human rights law and world trade law. He is the author, co-author or co-editor of a number of books on and articles on EU law generally, EU law and human rights, EU free movement law, and EU justice and home affairs law. He is the editor of a blog on EU law (EU Law Analysis) and frequently tweets about issues he researches.

Steve will be sharing how he uses blogs and Twitter in concert with each other to share content effectively.