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:
We welcomed Dr. Nicola Brimblecombe to present ‘Care and Place: older people’s housing and communities and their social care needs, care use, and care costs’ on Tuesday 13th January 2026.
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We are delighted to virtually welcome Professor Jerry Tew and Dr. Philip Kinghorn from the University of Birmingham, to present ‘Family and Group Conferencing for Adults – what it can offer for informal carers’ on Tuesday 27th January 2026.
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2026
- 13 January 2026 Nicola Brimblecombe, Care Policy and Evaluation Centre (CPEC), LSE
- 27 January 2026 Jerry Tew, Philip Kinghorn and Sharanya Mahesh, University of Birmingham
- 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
We welcomed Professor Catherine Needham and Dr. Emily Burn to present their research on 16th December 2025. Event recording now available.
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A ‘double headliner’ event! We virtually welcomed Dr. Maria Petrillo and Dr. Jingwen Zhang to present their research for us on 11th November 2025.
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22nd July 2025: Seminar recording now available, watch here!
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Details of our seminar on 25th February 2025 with Dr Megan Carney.
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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.
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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.
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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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