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Dr Rosie Harding and Dr Ruth Fletcher have been awarded an AHRC Research Networking grant
Dr Rosie Harding and Dr Ruth Fletcher from the Research Institute of Social Sciences have been awarded an AHRC Research Networking grant worth £35,987 to establish the ‘ReValuing Care: Perspectives from Gender, Sexuality and Law’ international research network. Members of the network will include academics working on issues related to care from a variety of different sites, disciplines and contexts, including healthcare, childcare, eldercare, environmental issues, animal welfare and other related fields. The network builds on academic connections initially developed through the AHRC-funded Research Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality (2004-2009), and will facilitate the strengthening of links between CentreLGS partner institutions, (Keele, Kent and Westminster) and the creation of new research collaborations with the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender at the University of Adelaide, alongside other new international and interdisciplinary academic collaborations that arise through the network activities. The grant funds the development of the network through two workshops and a website, and will run for 2 years from March 2012.
Care has been a mainstay of feminist research for the last three decades, with different approaches to care being ascendant at different times. The research questions at the heart of this research network will contribute to future conceptual understandings of care, through providing physical and virtual spaces for scholars to interact, discuss and present their work. The participants in the research network will be drawn from a variety of different disciplinary backgrounds and will therefore draw on a multiplicity of conceptual approaches and methodological tools. At the heart of the planned research network is a commitment to creating opportunities for open dialogue between academics and activists, advocates and others working in the third sector. To do so, the network will run two international, interdisciplinary workshops. The first workshop, 'Resources for Caring' will take place on 19-20 September 2012 at Keele University. Workshop 2, 'Caring about Social Interconnection' will take place in September 2013 at the University of Adelaide. More information and a call for papers for the first workshop will be circulated soon.
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