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Seminar: Professor Catherine Needham and Dr. Emily Burn

We welcomed Professor Catherine Needham and Dr. Emily Burn to present their research on 16th December 2025. Event recording now available.

Image: Book front cover Text: Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring Join us to celebrate the launch of Shirin M. Rai's book, Depletion: The Human Costs of Caring The book examines the human costs of care work, how these costs are reproduced across the boundaries of class, race, gender, and generation and how they might be reversed. Date: Monday, 18 November 2024 Time: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm, followed by refreshments from 5:30 - 6:00 pm.

Depletion: The human costs of caring (book launch)

Hand drawn illustration showing the visible and invisible parts of the care ecosystem. The visible parts of the ecosystem are shown in the top half of the image, the word ‘Visible’ appears above a tree. Characters in care settings appear with various buildings. The following text headings are also visible in the top half of the image, ‘Statutory’, ‘Care Home’, ‘services at home’, ‘Emergency services’, ‘Primary care’, ‘New services’, ‘HOSPITAL’, ‘REHAB’ and ‘Care providers’. The invisible parts of the ecosystem and shown in the bottom half of the image, the word ‘Invisible’ appears underground, below tree roots. Characters in care settings appear with various icons synonymous with social and wellbeing activities. The following text headings are also visible in the bottom half of the image, ‘Community’, ‘Community centre’, ‘School’, ‘Advice’ and ‘drop in’.

A flourishing social care ecosystem

Read about our new visual representation of a care ecosystem, drawn by artist Laura Brodrick.

What can a Computational Approach bring to Social Care Research?

Daniel Valdenegro Ibarra and Charles Rahal outline what is being done at the Centre for Care in this area with the specific objective of reducing inequalities across the social care landscape.

three People playing board game in care environment.

What does it mean to describe social care as an ecosystem?

Emily Burn and Catherine Needham explore what it means to describe social care as an ecosystem.

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