These are the slides of my introduction to the ESRC-funded Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning from Incidents (IP-LFI) seminar series. I gave this presentation at the inaugural seminar on 10 Dec 2013 at Glasgow Caledonian University. Details on this seminar series are available from http://lfiseminars.ning.com/

1. Interdisciplinary Perspectives
on Learning from Incidents
ESRC Seminar Series
lfiseminars.ning.com @lfiseminars
Dr. Anoush Margaryan, Caledonian
Academy, Glasgow Caledonian University

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Prof. Allison Littlejohn, Glasgow Caledonian
Prof. Sue Scott, Edinburgh/York/Helsinki
Prof. Neville Stanton, Southampton
Prof. Rhona Flin, Aberdeen
Dr Christian Greiffenhagen, Loughborough
Mr Stuart King, Energy Institute
Mr Neal Stone, British Safety Council
Mrs Jennifer Watson, Glasgow Caledonian

3. LFI is a process through which
employees and the organisation
as a whole seek to understand
any negative safety event that
has taken place, to prevent
similar future events.

4. Gap 1: Limited disciplinary
perspectives
Gap 2: Limited methodological
approaches

5. INTERDISCIPLINARY
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Adult Workplace Learning
Organisational Learning
Sociology
Industrial Psychology
Human Factors
Ethnomethodology

6. Gap 3: Poor integration of
LFI research & practice

7. INTERSECTORAL
• Established scholars &
early-career researchers
• Industry
• Professional bodies
• Policy-makers

8. • Six seminars in 2013-2015
• Theory, methodology, policy
and practice, research-practice
nexus, R&D agenda
• Keynote talks and group work

9. • Jun 11-12, 2014: Theory @Aberdeen
• Oct 2014: Methodology
@Loughborough
• Feb 2015: Practice @EI London
• Jun 2015: Research to practice @
BSC London
• Oct 2015: R&D agenda @ Glasgow
Caledonian

10. • R&D roadmap
• Book
• Future joint activities
such as grants, courses

11. 10:15-11:40 Keynotes 1-3
11:40-11:50 Break
11:50-13:10 Keynotes 4-8
13:10-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00 Group task: Devising RQs
16:00-16:30 Operational matters

12. • Q&A after each talk
• Timing:
–green card – 5 mins left
–orange card – 1 min left
–pink card – time is up

13. Operational matters
• Dissemination plan
• Edited volume
• NING
• Planning next seminars
• What could have been done
better?