Online events and presentation recordings
In this seminar series we invite colleagues, partners and experts, whose work aligns with the mission of our Centre, to share their work with us and our audiences, to deepen our understanding of the critical issues in social care in the UK and around the world.
Our next seminar:
Our first Seminar of the academic year is on 14th October with Dr. Emilia Leinonen from the University of Jyväskylä
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A ‘double headliner’ event! We virtually welcome Dr. Maria Petrillo and Dr. Jingwen Zhang to present their research for us on 11th November 2025.
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2025
- 11 November 2025 Maria Petrillo, University of Sheffield and Jingwen Zhang, University of Manchester
- 16 December 2025 Catherine Needham and Emily Burn, University of Birmingham
2026
- 13 January 2026 Nicola Brimblecombe, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), LSE
- 17 February 2026 Jennifer M. Piscopo, Royal Holloway University of London
- 24 March 2026 Shereen Hussein and Erika Kispeter, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- 12 May 2026 Gabriella Alberti and Marketa Dolezalowa, Leeds Business School
Previous and recordings
Details of our seminar on 25th February 2025 with Dr Megan Carney.
Read More about Seminar: “Safety is Number One, Healthcare is Number Two”: Care and Emigration Aspirations in the U.S.
Seminar recording now available! Isabel Shutes presents ‘International Care Labour Markets and Ethical Recruitment’.
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Event recording now available! Dr Jagriti Gangopadhyay to presents ‘Non-traditional forms of later-life care in India’. 29th October 2024.
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We virtually welcomed Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer from the University of Birmingham, to present Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers. A recording of the presentation is now available to watch.
Read More about Seminar: Understanding suicide and homicide risk in unpaid carers, Dr Siobhan O’Dwyer
We welcomed Dr Sophie Rutter from the Information School, University of Sheffield, to present Community care workers’ access to hygiene facilities: the right to working conditions which “respect health, safety and dignity”
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We welcomed Dr Yanan Zhang to present ‘Health inequalities across older adults cared for by daughters and sons in modernising China’ on 28th May 2024. A recording of the presentation is now available to watch.
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Event recording now available. We welcomed Adelina Comas-Herrera to present a seminar on Tuesday 26th March 2024.
Read More about Seminar: Long-Term Care: from the individual experiences to the global context
Seminar recording now available. We welcomed Dr Tanja Ahlin from the University of Amsterdam to present an online seminar on Tuesday 27th February 2024.
Read More about Seminar: Transnational Care Collectives: Digital technologies for elder care in Indian nurse families
Seminar recording now available. We virtually welcomed Dr Sayendri Panchadhyayi from National Law School of India University, to present ‘Intimate Transactions in Carework: Precarity, Purpose and Pleasure’.
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Recording now available. We welcomed Professor Mary Larkin, Jenny Kartupelis MBE and Dr Manik Gopinath from the Open University to present an online seminar on Tuesday 23rd January 2024.
Read More about Seminar: ‘The value and practice of relational care with older people’
We partnered with the Nuffield Trust to host a webinar on 7th June 2023, which explored shared challenges in implementing social care reform.
Read More about How do we ‘unstick’ social care reform across the four UK countries?