Event

The Department of Behavioural Sciences invites interested persons to participate in the 4th Conference on Caribbean Research Methodologies (CRM) 2027, taking place from January 13–15, 2027 in Mona, Jamaica.

Under the theme Guerrilla Intellectualism and the Urgency of Caribbean Research Praxis, the conference will explore the continued development and use of culturally relevant and affirming research methodologies grounded in Caribbean contexts, world views and interactions.

Participants will be encouraged to rethink radical thought and knowledge production in the Caribbean and consider how the region’s histories of resistance, creativity, survival and care can open new possibilities for research praxis.

Featured Speakers

-          Dr Marcus Goffe, Jamaican Attorney-at-Law, legal consultant, lecturer, community rights activist and environmental defender

-          Gaa mang Gloria Simms (MaMa G/Tekina Nuna), spiritual leader, healer, cultural ambassador and teacher and keeper of wisdom

-          Professor Sonjah Stanley Niaah, Professor of Cultural Studies at The University of the West Indies and scholar of Black Atlantic performance geographies, popular culture and Caribbean Cultural Studies

Registration Fees:

-          Regional academics: US$240

-          International academics: US$338

-          Students: US$73

The conference is being held in partnership with ICARE (International Collaboration for Anti-Racism in Education), an initiative focused on racial equity, social justice, belonging and inclusion in higher education. Partnering institutions include The University of the West Indies, Auckland University of Technology and The University of Trinidad and Tobago.

Further Information

-          Register for the conference here

-          Visit the conference website here

-          For conference enquiries, email camille.nakhid@aut.ac.nz with “CRM2027 Query” in the subject line. For local enquiries, contact Dr. Talia Esnard at talia.esnard@uwi.edu or ext. 82023.