School of Geography - Faculty of Environment

PRESENTATIONS

National/International Conferences, Workshops & Seminars

• Valentine, G. (2009 forthcoming) invited keynote presentation at International Conference on Women and Urban Space, Seoul, Korea, September
• Valentine, G. (2009) Drunk and disorderly? Strategies of control and resistance in the context of young people’s alcohol consumption in UK public space, invited lecture at the Are the Kids Alright? International lecture series as part of the EU Youth in Action Programme, Leipzig, Germany, April.
• Valentine, G. and Hughes, K. (2008) The role of the family in pathways in, and out, of problem internet gambling, 4th Congress of the European Society of Family Relations, Jyväskylä, Finland, September.
• Valentine, G. and Hughes, K. (2008) Problem internet gambling and the role of the family: implications for well-being and prevention. Gambling and Social Responsibility Forum: Mapping the Way Forward Conference, Manchester, UK, September.
• Hughes, K. and Valentine, G. (2008) Gamblers and their significant others: interplays of commentary in understanding real lives. Vital Signs: Researching Real life Conference, Manchester, UK, September.
• Valentine, G. and Sporton, D. (2008) ‘How other people see you, it’s like nothing that’s inside’: the impact of disidentification and disavowal on young people’s subjectivities. Keynote address at the AHRC/ESRC Encounters and Intersections: Religion, Diaspora and Ethnicities Conference, Oxford, UK, July.
• Valentine, G. (2008) New geographies of family life: intimacies and spatialities. International Conference on Geographies of Children, Youth and Families, Reading, July.
• Valentine, G. (2008) Home-school links: the implications of information and communication technologies for sites of learning and spaces of childhood. Invited presentation at ESRC Seminar Series: the Educational and Social Impact of New Technologies on Young People in Britain, Oxford, UK, July.
• Valentine, G. (2008) Population change: implications for the future of care, work and intergenerational relations, Big Conversation International Workshop, Leeds, June.
• Valentine, G. and Hughes, K. (2008) Internet gambling: home as a virtual playground? Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Boston, USA, April.
• Valentine, G. (2008) Theorising intersectionality: the importance of space to lived experiences of subjectivity. World University Network virtual seminar, April.
• Hughes, K., Valentine, G. and Kenten, C. (2008) Displaying families? British Sociological Association Family Study Group conference, Hull, January.
• Kenten, C., Valentine, G., Hughes, K. (2007) From the roll of the dice, to the click of the mouse: exploring the cultural geographies of internet gambling, IGU Conference Cultural Aspects in Economic, Social and Political Geographies, Buenos Aires, Argentina, October.
• Valentine, G. (2007) Living with difference: reflections on geographies of encounter. Invited Progress in Human Geography Annual Lecture. Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, UK, September.
• Valentine, G., Holloway, S.L. and Jayne, M. (2007) Learning to drink: intergenerational patterns of alcohol consumption. Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, UK, September.
•  Valentine, G. (2007) The role of language in processes of belonging and citizenship. Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, USA, April.
• Valentine, G. (2007) Creating spaces: lessons from the use of WebCT as an online research tool for accessing children’s voices. World University Network virtual seminar, March.
• Valentine, G., Holloway, S.L. and Jayne, M. (2006) Knowing your limit: femininity and alcohol consumption, Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, London, UK, September.
• Valentine, G. (2006)  Liquid leisure: drinking cultures and public space. invited keynote presentation at the International Leisure Studies Annual Conference, Making Space: Leisure, Tourism and Renewal, Bristol, UK, July.
• Valentine, G. (2006) The use of on-line technologies in identities research. ESRC Methods Festival, Oxford, UK, July.
• Valentine, G. (2006) Invited keynote presentation, Reflections on bodies that matter: childhood and children’s geographies. Contested Bodies Conference, Durham, UK, July.
• Valentine, G., Sporton, D. and Nielsen, K-B. (2006) Language on the move. British Association for Applied Linguistics – Language Migration and the Re-theorisation of Socio-Linguistic Space Conference, Leeds, June.
• Valentine, G. (2006) The right to be heard: language and citizenship. Citizenship and Belonging in the 21st Century International Conference, Leeds, March.
• Valentine, G., (2005) Drinking places: young people and drinking cultures in rural environments, Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, London, September.
• Valentine, G. (2005) Children and public space, London Women and Planning Forum, ESRC Seminar Series: Capital Designs-women & planning in contemporary London, June.
• Valentine, G. and Marsh, J. (2005) 'It's not what you have, it's the way that you use it: Children, ICT and attainment’. Invited keynote presentation at Nesta FutureLab 14-19-Transitions, Technology and Learning, Conference, April.
• Valentine, G (2004) Sister fate? The future of feminist geography, invited presentation at University of Minnesota, Future of Feminist Geography International Seminar Series, Minnesota, November.
• Jayne, M. and Valentine, G. (2004) Public space and the culture of childhood, invited keynote presentation at COST A19, Children's Welfare Conference, Zagreb, Croatia, November.
• Valentine, G. (2004) Geography: looking forward, International Geographical Union (IGU) Conference, Glasgow, August.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton T. (2004) Bodytalk: radical geographies of sign language. Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Philadelphia, USA, March.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton T. (2003) Spaces of community: D/deaf culture, language and politics. International Geographical Union Conference, Rio de Janerio, Brazil, June.
• Valentine, G. (2003) Re-defining norms: D/deaf young people’s transitions to independence, Uncertain Transitions Conference, Edinburgh, UK, June.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton, T. (2003) Talking Shops: the Role of Spoken Language in the Production of Exclusionary Work Spaces, Gender, Work and Organisations Conference, Keele, UK, June.
• Valentine, G. (2002) Being seen and heard? The methodological and ethical complexities of working with children and young people, Government Social Researchers Conference, Sheffield, UK, September.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton, T. (2002) The right to be heard: D/deaf activism in the city, Rights to the City Conference, Rome, Italy, May.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton, T. (2002) Processes of marginalisation: understanding D/deaf lives, Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Los Angeles, US, March.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton, T. (2002) Being seen and being heard: understanding the marginalisation of 'vulnerable youth', European Context Seminar, Brighton, UK, March.
• Valentine, G. and Holloway, S.L. (2001) Children's use of the Internet: a time of safety or a time of risk? Unprotected Time of Young People in the EU Conference, University of Bologna, Italy, October
• Valentine, G., Butler, R. and Skelton, T. (2001) Living on the edge: the marginalisation and resistance of vulnerable youth, Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, New York, US, February.
• Valentine, G. and Holloway, S.L. (2001)The digital generation? Children, ICT and social exclusion, Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, New York, US, February.
• Valentine, G. (2001)Whatever happened to social geography? Reflections on the cultural turn in human geography, invited keynote presentation at New Zealand Geographical Society and Institute of Australian Geographers Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, January.
• Valentine, G. and Holloway, S.L. (2001) The digital generation? Children, ICT and social exclusion, the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Plymouth, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. and Skelton, T. (2000) Silent voices: issues of D/deaf citizenship ESRC/Joseph Rowntree Conference, University of Keele, UK September.
• Valentine, G. (2000) Whatever happened to social geography? Reflections on the cultural turn in human geography, invited keynote presentation at an international symposium to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Department of Geography, University of Trondheim, Norway, September.
• McNamee, S., Butler, R., Skelton T. and Valentine, G. (2000) Researching vulnerable young people, British Sociological Association Youth Study Group Conference, University of Surrey, July.
• Skelton, T. and Valentine, G. (2000) Preliminary and emerging themes from research on British Deaf young people Manchester Metropolitan University, UK June.
• McNamee, S., Butler, R., Skelton T. and Valentine, G. (2000) Transitions to adulthood: processes of marginality and exclusion British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of York, UK, April.
• Valentine, G. (1999) Being seen and heard? The ethical complexities of working with children and young people at home and at school, Children’s Geographies Conference, Liverpool, UK, November.
• Valentine, G. and Holloway, S. (1999) Virtual dangers? Geographies of parents’ fears for children’s safety in cyberspace, Children and the Built Environment seminar, Ayr, Scotland, May.
• Holloway, S. and Valentine, G. (1999) Masculinities, femininities and the heterosexual economy of the IT classroom, the Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Hawaii, US, March.
• Bingham, N., Holloway, S. and Valentine, G. (1999) The place of technology: re-cognising children's Internet use, the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Leicester, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. (1998) Break Time: geographies of pupils' use of space and time, WGSG session, RGS/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Kingston University, UK, January.
• Holloway, S., Valentine, G. and Bingham, N. (1999) "Oh they're gorgeous": adolescent femininity and new information and communications technology, the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Leicester, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. (1998) Being seen and heard? The ethical complexities of working with children and young people at home and at school, Children's and Young People's Geographies Workshop, San Diego, US, November.
• Valentine, G. (1998) Exploring children and young people’s narratives of identity, Children's and Young People's Geographies Workshop, San Diego State University, US, November.
• Bingham, N., Holloway, S. and Valentine, G. (1998) Integrating the Internet: The Practice of Technology in Everyday Life, Conference on ‘Technology and the Space of Modernity’, University of Wales, Gregynog, UK, October.
• Bingham, N., Holloway, S. and Valentine, G. (1998) Life Around The Screen: On the Sociality of Young People’s Use of the Internet, IN-TELE Conference, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France, September.
• Valentine, G., Holloway, S. and Bingham, N. (1998) Children, Technology and Culture: The 2nd International Conference on Children and Social Competence, Brunel University, London, UK, July.
• Bingham, N., Holloway, S. and Valentine, G. (1998) Re-locating Children’s Use of the Internet, International Broadcasting Symposium on ‘Youth and the Global Media’, University of Manchester, UK, April.
• Bingham, N., Holloway S. and Valentine, G. (1998) Bodies in the Midst of Things: Re-Locating Children’s Use of the Internet, Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association, University of Edinburgh, UK, April.
• Valentine, G., Holloway S. and Bingham N. (1998) At home or off limits: children, technology and processes of social exclusion, Children and Social Exclusion Conference, Hull University, UK, March.
• Holloway, S. Valentine, G., and Bingham, N. (1998) Children’s social networks, ‘virtual communities’ and on-line spaces, Association of American Geographers, Boston, US, March.
• Valentine, G. (1998) Taking up space: the management and discipline of hungry bodies SCSG/PSG session, RGS/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Kingston University, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. (1997) Bodyspace: the discipline and management of hungry bodies, International Critical Geography Conference, Vancouver, Canada, August.
• Valentine, G. (1997) Eating identities: food, family, home and the lifecourse, RGS/Institute of British Geographers Conference, Glasgow, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. (1996) 'Oh yes I can'. 'Oh no I Can't': children and parents' understandings of kids competence to negotiate public space safely, Association of American Geographers, Charlotte, US, April. Discussant on a panel about Appropriations of Place and a discussant for a session titled 'Public Space/Public Spheres.
• Valentine, G. (1996) Discover the world - and eat it: food and globalization, Popular Culture Association Annual Conference, Las Vegas, US, March.
• Valentine, G. (1995) They are only adults what do they know: children's experiences of negotiating danger, Children and Competence Conference, Surrey, UK, July.
• Valentine, G. (1995) Stranger: danger: parental concerns for children's safety, Children and Risk Conference, London, UK May.
• Valentine, G. (1995) Stranger-Danger: the impact of parental fears on children's use of space, Royal Dutch Geographical Association Children & Environments Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, April.
• Valentine, G. (1995) New kids on the block, British Sociological Association Conference, Leicester, UK, April.
• Valentine, G. (1995) Angels & devils: moral landscapes of childhood, Institute of British Geographers Conference, Northumberland, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. (1995) Stranger-Danger: geographies of children's safety, Institute of British Geographers Conference, Northumberland, UK, January.
• Valentine, G. (1995) Parents' concerns for children's safety in urban neighbourhoods', Association of American Geographers Conference, Chicago, US, March.
• Valentine, G. (1994) British Association for the Advancement of Science Conference, Loughborough, UK, September.
• Valentine, G. (1994) Women's fear of male violence, Landscapes of Fear Conference, University College London, UK, May.
• Valentine, G. (1994) Convened two sessions with H. Nast (Kentucky). Invited to chair a session on 'Identity & Space'. Discussant on a panel about 'The Future of Feminist Geography', Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, San Francisco, California, US, March.
• Valentine, G. (1994) Mapping space: separatism and difference, invited keynote presentation at the New Horizons in feminist Geography International Conference, Kentucky, USA, January.

Invited National and International Research Seminars

• School of Social Sciences, University of Cardiff Spring Seminar series: The State of the Child
• Centre for Criminological Research, School of Law, University of Sheffield
• Centre for Policy Studies, University of Leeds
• Research Unit in Health, Behaviour & Change, University of Edinburgh
• Centre for Criminal Justice and Law, University of Leeds
• Department of Criminology, University of Keele
• Department of Sociology, University of Newcastle
• Centre for the Social Study of Childhood University of Hull,
• Institute of Education, University of London
• Women's Studies Department of University of Lancaster
• UK Departments of Geography at: University of Oxford, University of Bristol, University of Durham, University College London, London School of Economics,  Royal Holloway, University of Leeds, University of Nottingham, University of Leicester, Dundee University, University of Staffordshire, University of Cork, University of Loughborough, University of Hull, University of North London, University of Keele, University of Nottingham Trent, Bolton Institute.
• International Departments of Geography: University of Sydney (Australia), University of Kentucky (USA), University of North Carolina (USA), University of Minnesota (USA), San Diego State University (USA), Queens University (Canada), Gronigen University (Netherlands), University of Science & Technology (NTNU)(Norway), University of Otago (New Zealand), Universitat Bern, (Switzerland), National Taiwan Normal University (Taiwan) and Hualian University (Taiwan), and the Christina Institute, University of Helsinki (Finland).

Knowledge Transfer Presentations

• Children and young people’s gambling, Gambling Commission Research Briefing Event for stakeholders, Birmingham, December 2008.
• Where people drink and why, Knowledge Exchange Showcase Workshop, Leeds, October 2008
• Identities on the move, New Migration, Knowledge Exchange Showcase Workshop, Leeds,May 2008.
• New forms of participation: problem internet gambling and the role of the family, Stakeholder workshop,
  London, May 2008.
• Identities on the Move, Stakeholder Workshop, London, November 2007
• It’s hard to discuss a problem with a stranger anyway: the unmet advice needs of hard to reach groups, invited presentation at Citizens Advice Bureau national workshop, November 2006.
• Tackling prejudice: a shared agenda for the equality strands, invited presentation at the Equality Challenge Unit Conference, Loughborough, July 2006.
• Understanding Prejudice, invited keynote presentation at European Union, Citizens Advice Bureau Conference on Race and Religion, Leeds, August 2005.
• Understanding Prejudice: the implications for the Disability Movement invited presentation at the Disability Rights Commission, London (and video-linked to Manchester and Edinburgh DRC offices), March 2005.
• Understanding Prejudice: Implications for the Commission for Equality and Human Rights, invited presentation at the Department of Trade and Industry, Women and Equality Unit, January 2005.