1st Global Conference (2009)
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 7th 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 8th 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
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