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Human and Health Sciences

Personal and Public Lives: Exploring Relationships, Roles, and Responsibilities

An international and interdisciplinary conference

7 September to 9 September 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

Confirmed Plenary Speakers

The Centre for Research in the Social Sciences and the Centre for Health and Social Care Research are hosting this international and interdisciplinary conference at the University of Huddersfield to explore how people live and experience their personal and public lives.

The conference aims to bring together researchers and practitioners. It will examine the interface between the personal and the public in order to offer insight into the multiple and diverse roles, relationships, and responsibilities that shape people’s everyday lives.

The main themes and questions addressed by the conference are:

  • the negotiation of positive and negative aspects of relationships, within different settings such as health, social care, family and friendship networks
  • how do social and organisational contexts influence personal thoughts, emotions, desires, and actions?
  • the influence of personal background differences, such as age, ethnicity, gender, class, sexuality, and disability, on public relationships
  • changing roles and relationships in different contexts

We particularly encourage critical perspectives on different theoretical and methodological approaches, emergent ideas, and empirical findings.

Guidelines For Abstract Submission

Anonymised abstracts will be reviewed by an international, multi-disciplinary scientific committee.

Papers will be considered for oral or poster presentations.

Authors of oral presentations should plan to speak for 20 minutes and allow 10 minutes for comments and questions.

Offers of papers and abstracts of 250 words should be sent by Friday 9th April 2010 (Extended Deadline). Please use 12 point Arial font if possible.

Publications process

Selected papers may be invited to go forward for development into chapters for publication in an edited book. The decision whether to proceed to publication will be taken by the Organising Chairs and Scientific Committee.

Information to be provided

The presenting author should be first author on a paper. Please provide the following information for this author:

  • Family name
  • First name(s)
  • Address for correspondence (including postcode)
  • Telephone and fax numbers during daytime (including country and area dialling code)
  • E-mail address
  • Short work address (two lines maximum). This should include name of institution (etc.), city, country and postcode.
  • Title/Post

Accepted abstracts will be reproduced for conference participants.

Submit an abstract for the conference.

Other Conference Details

Registration Fee

The details of the registration fee are as follows;

Bookings received by 1 July 2010

Full three day Conference fee: £195.00

Day registration:

7 September: £75.00

8 September: £90.00

9 September: £60.00

Bookings received after 1 July 2010

Full three day Conference fee: £215.00

Day registration:

7 September: £75.00

8 September: £90.00

9 September: £60.00

Three course Conference Dinner cost: £35.00

Register for the conference

Conference Organisers:

Dr Sharon Wray, Reader in Sociology (s.wray@hud.ac.uk) and Dr Ruth Deery, Reader in Midwifery (r.m.deery@hud.ac.uk)

Further information can be obtained from:

Mrs M. E. Senior
Confirence Administrator,
University of Huddersfield,
Queensgate,
Huddersfield,
HD1 3DH
Direct Tel: 01484 472130
Direct Fax: 01484 472481


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