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Home Space? Public and private in new welfare settings

A series of five seminars based at the Open University, funded by ESRC, taking place between 2012 and 2014.

This innovative seminar series brings together a multi-disciplinary group of researchers, policy-makers and practitioners to explore feelings of 'home' and 'belonging' in public service and care settings across the life course, in spaces including childcare environments, hospitals and sites of care for older people.  This focus will open up wider questions about governance and policy changes, public and private lives, power and space

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LATEST NEWS

Seminar Two, on the home in policy and governance was held on 21 March, 2013, and speakers included Professor Janet Newman, Julia Slay (New Economics Foundation), Dr Catherine Needham, Dr Jessica Pykett, Dr Sophie Bowlby.  You can find out more here.

A Reading Group meeting was held on 28 February in advance of this seminar: more details here.

The first seminar in the series was held on Tuesday 11 December 2012,  with speakers including Professor Christine Milligan, Dr Janet Fink, Dr Peter Kraftl, Professor Alison Blunt, Dr Jane Hamlett.  Read more about the day here

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Grant number: ES/J022403/1

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