Conference Programme, Abstracts and Papers

1st Global Conference

Friday 6th November – Sunday 8th November 2009
Salzburg, Austria

The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme

Friday 6th November 2009
from 12.30
Registration

13.30

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Rob Fisher and Gavin Fairbairn

14:00
Session 1: Human Rights
Chair: Gavin Fairbairn

Human Rights Abuses: Bullying from Insults to Torture
Ayeray Medina Bustos

The Abuse Clause in International Human Rights Law: an Expedient Remedy against Abuse of Power or an Instrument of Abuse Itself?
Hannes Cannie

Terrorism, Bullying and the Abuse of Power
Mahnaz Hashmi

15:30
Coffee Break

16:00
Session 2: Bullied Groups
Chair: Greg Lee

Violence and Intimidation in Street Level Drugs Trading
David Francis

Homophobic-bullying in Christian Churches and Boundaries of Sexual Tolerance
Alex Dubov

Children Deal with the Trauma of Living in Refugee Camps
Waseed Ahmad

17:30
Announcements
Wine Reception

Saturday 7^th November 2009
09:00
Session 3: Schools (1)
Chair: Deb Hill

Suicide and Bullying in Schools
Gavin Fairbairn

Using Disability Models to Understand how Schools Create Bullying
Neil Duncan

Intensive Training in Youth Sport: A New Abuse of Power?
Melanie Lang

10:30
Coffee

11:00
Session 4: Bullying in the Work Place (1)
Chair: Hannes Cannie

A Systems Psychodynamic Perspective of Workplace Bullying: Boundary Testing, Vacuums and Risk
Sheila White

Bullying Harassment and Toxic Personalities in Abnormal Romanian Work Situations
Violeta S. Rotarescu

The Perception of Post-Graduate Students Regarding Workplace Bullying
Christoff Botha

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Session 5: Tertiary Education
Chair: Rita Li

The (Bad) Example of the University
Kristof Vanhoutte

Mergers, Myopia, and Managerialism: Workplace Bullying and the University
Deb J. Hill and Greg Lee

University: A Bully Free Environment?
Liz Southern

15.30
Coffee Break

16.00
Session 6: Reflections on the Source of Bullying
Chair: Jerry Cusamano

Bullying – The Root and Branch of Oppression
Dave Hufton

Sovereign Authority or Leviathan Bully: Alexandre Kojève on Distinguishing the Use and Abuse of Power
Murray S. Y. Bessette

Bullying in School – The Dark Side of Human Nature? An Anthropological Examination on how Bullying Gives Pleasure
Rita Li

17.30
Session End

Sunday 8^th November 2009
09.00
Session 7: Politics
Chair:  David Francis

The Repercussions of the US Bullying on Turkish Foreign Policy in Two Case-studies: The Johnson Letter of June 5th 1964 and the Troop Deployment Proposal of March 1st 2003
Sarp Balci

Bullying at the International Level: A Look at Negotiations on World Trade
Seidu Alidu

10.00
Session 8: Bullying in the Workplace (2)
Chair: Ayeray Medina Bustos

Telling the Story: Cultures of Violence in the Workplace
Lacey Sloan

The Rage to Control: A Comparative Approach to Bullying as a Symptom of Inoperative Communities
Evy Varsamopoulou

11:00
Coffee Break

11:30
Session 9: The Bystander in Bullying
Chair: Kristof Vanhoutte

Sin of Omission: Behaviour of Bystanders in Game Theoretical Perspective
Agata Komendant

Cyber-bullying: Exploring the Role of the Whole Audience
Sue Robinson and Suki McPherson

13:00
Lunch

14:30
Session 10: Schools (2) International Reflections
Chair: Melanie Lang

Bullying: Japanese Style’
Jerry Cusumano

Relationship between Attachment Styles and Tendency of Aggression Among School Bullies in Jakarta
Eunike S. T. Suci and Hilda Kusnadi

Greek Students’ Perceptions of School Bullying: The Profile of Victims and Perpetrators
Vassiliki Kalati

16:00
Coffee Break

16.30
Session 11: Domestic Violence
Chair: Suky McPherson

Transforming Witnesses to Actors: Encouraging Bystander Intervention through Community Education
Alexandria Dick

Love me best, when I deserve it the least, because that’s when I need it the most
Sue Dominey

18.00
Development Meeting

18.30
Conference Close