Welcome to the UK and
Ireland Institutional
Ethnography Network!
Here you will find online resources, events, and general information about Institutional Ethnography. We aim to support the growing community of Institutional Ethnographers in the UK and Ireland, but our events are open to anyone worldwide with an interest in Institutional Ethnography.
Events
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IEN Work in Progress Sessions (NOTE CHANGE OF DAY)
First Wednesday of the month on Microsoft Teams 4pm-5.30pm (UK/Ireland time) - convert to your time zone here
2025/2026 Dates: 8th October, 12th November, 14th January, 11th February, 11th March.
An informal supportive space for people to discuss Institutional Ethnography with others, sharing research, learning, and working out problems. Set up and co-organised by Eleanor Tiplady Higgs, Niamh Storey & Kimberly Kassab with monthly hosting by Órla Meadhbh Murray. Email Órla to access the link: orla.murray@northumbria.ac.uk
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Book Launch Event (online)
Friday 26th September 3pm-4.30pm BST (convert to your timezone here)
Being ‘REF-able’. The impact agenda. The student experience. University audit culture has infiltrated academic life, but how should we respond?
Drawing on a five-year Institutional Ethnography of UK universities, the author provides a feminist take on the neoliberal university and abolitionist reflections on audit culture.
For feminist and other critical academics, the interpretative power involved in audit processes provides an opportunity to collectively challenge and subvert, re-read and re-write institutions. This book challenges the myths and misinterpretations around how academic audit processes work, arguing that if we are complicit then we have agency to do them differently.
Sign up for a free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ien-book-launch-university-audit-cultures-feminist-praxis-orla-murray-tickets-1660667544329?aff=oddtdtcreator
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International Sociological Association (ISA) WG06 IE Mentorship Seminars
These seminars are organised by Janet Rankin, alongside Suzanne Vaughan and Lauren Eastwood for the UK and Americas group, and Nerida Spina for the EU Asia-Pacific group. They are a generous space for you to join, listen to IE discussions and ask questions. You can also present your work or any puzzle you might be dealing with when working with IE.
For more information see pg. 9 of the ISA WG06 newsletter - https://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/imgen/2081-wg06newsletter-december-2024.pdf
Email Janet to be added onto the list and specify which group you wish to join (time zone EU Asia Pacific or time zone UK and Americas): jmrankin@ucalgary.edu.qa