A CeMoRe Symposium with Rachel Aldred on Transport in the Media

Provisional Programme - times are currently provisional (2 April 2014)

Location: Lancaster University Bailrigg Conference Centre (no. 25 on the campus map)

Monday June 9th

12:00-1:00 - arrival, lunch, welcome (Rachel Aldred)

1-2:15pm Controversial Transport Topics: the role of the media

Presentations with Q&A to include -

Geoff Vigar: Media Reporting of Road Pricing Proposals

Pat Kinnersly: The Media and Road Schemes: the case of the A303

Andrew Evans: Rail Safety in the Media

2:15-3:15pm: Can and Should Academics Engage in Transport Campaigning? (Chair TBC)

Open discussion, including short contributions by Steve Melia and others, discussion & debate

3:15-3:45pm - tea break

3:45-5:15pm 'New' and 'Old' Media - Methods (Chair TBC)

Part 1 - short presentations with Q&A, including Gaurav Dubey and Ronald Roberts on print media.

Part 2 - Workshop led by Tim Ryley on 'Content analysis of newspaper articles: transport applications'

5:15-5:30pm - short break

5:30-7pm - Transport Academics in the Media

Part 1 (30 minutes) - Cristina Irving Turner (Emerald) on the practicalities of communicating research findings to the media

Part 2 (1 hour) - roundtable discussion with participants (including Marilyn Johnson (via Skype), Robin Lovelace and others) drawing on personal experiences of academics engaging with the media about research and policy

8pm - Dinner at The Borough, Dalton Square, Lancaster (own cost - menus will be available from Pennie Drinkall)

Tuesday June 10th

9:30-10:00 - opening comments (Jon Shaw), discussion

10:00-12pm - From Media Coverage to Policy Change? Session co-ordinated & chaired by Tom Cohen.

Including brief presentations by Rachel Aldred and Ian Walker on analysis of coverage of cycle safety in London and Bristol.

Plus contributions discussing the media, cycle safety and cycle advocacy in the UK.

12-12:30 - summing up, comments, next steps (Rachel Aldred)

12:30pm lunch

Afternoon - CeMoRe Research Event

Campus and Local Area Maps - here

Accommodation

Lancaster University Visitor Rooms - http://www.conferences.lancs.ac.uk/bedandbreakfast/

Lancaster House Hotel (on the perimeter of the university campus)

Hotel and B&B Accommodation in Lancaster

• The Sun Hotel & Bar, Church Street
• Travelodge, King Street
• Penny Street Bridge Hotel, King Street
• Royal Kings Arms, Meeting House Lane
• The Shakespeare B&B, St Leonardgate
• Greaves House, Lancaster