PhD student presents research at doctoral symposium

Qawiyah Haroon Tejumola, research associate and first year PhD student in the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, presented a research poster at the Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences (SGSSS) Doctoral Symposium in Dundee on May 8.

Her poster presentation illustrated the present gap in social impact measurement in the Third sector and her research plan. The symposium was an opportunity for doctoral students to showcase their work, have conversations and receive feedback from peers across social sciences.

Qawiyah’s PhD research examines how “success” is understood, measured, and enacted within the UK third sector, with a particular focus on the experiences of those responsible for implementing and evidencing it. Rather than treating success as a fixed or objective outcome, this study approaches it as a socially constructed and practice-based phenomenon, shaped through everyday organisational processes, stakeholder expectations, and resource constraints. It focuses on the relationship between funder-driven impact measurement frameworks and the everyday practices of third-sector organisations, using Glasgow Council for the Voluntary Sector (GCVS), its member organisations and third sector organisations in Glasgow as the primary research context.

Qawiyah will also be delivering a presentation at the Graduate Women Scotland Research Day in June.

Each year, the Graduate Women Scotland invite women postgraduate researchers, who are attached to a Scottish University, to speak to a non-specialist audience about their current projects. The event is an opportunity for selected female speakers to reach out to the public about their work in a friendly and supportive environment.

A diverse panel of academics will be in attendance, as well as members of the public, to provide feedback to the speakers.

This year’s event is taking place at the Glasgow Millennium hotel on June 6.