**Apologies for Cross-Posting**
With regards to the previously advertised public lecture by Professor
Selma Sevenhuijsen on the 27th May here at the University of Leeds, the
topic and discussant of this event has now changed. Please see below for
further details:
The ESRC Research Group for the Study of Care, Values and the Future of
Welfare (CAVA), invites you to a research seminar:
TRACE: A METHOD FOR NORMATIVE POLICY ANALYSIS FROM THE ETHIC OF CARE
Professor Selma Sevenhuijsen
(Professor of Ethics and Politics of Care, University of Utrecht)
Discussant: Professor Wendy Hollway (Open University)
Chair: Professor Fiona Williams (Director, CAVA Research Group)
Thursday 27 May 5.30 - 7pm
(followed by drinks reception)
CAVA Seminar Room (11.20), Social Studies Building, University of Leeds
PLACES ARE LIMITED so please confirm your attendance by contacting Steve
Mosby on 0113 343 4872, or by email on [log in to unmask]
ABSTRACT:
The goal of Trace is to - literally - trace the normative framework(s)
in policy documents, in order to evaluate and rethink about them from
the perspective of the ethic of care. The background aim is to develop
care as a political concept and to position care as a social and moral
practice of citizenship. Sevenhuijsen has applied this method to a range
of policy issues and debates in earlier work. This paper gives a
systematic overview of the different steps of the method, illustrating
this with practical examples.
BIOGRAPHY:
Selma Sevenhuijsen graduated in political theory and history at the
University of Amsterdam. From 1989 till 1999, she was a Professor in
Women's Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Utrecht University,
where she now holds a chair in the Ethics and Politics of Care. She is
also a visiting professor at the University of Leeds and the University
of the Western Cape. In the past she published on women and the welfare
state, the history of family law, and feminist political theory and
feminist ethics. Her recent work is aimed at further developing the
philosophical groundwork and practical applications of the ethic of care
for social policy and citizenship. She has investigated this for
(health) care policies, family politics, psychiatry and equal
opportunity politics. Her key publication on this topic is Citizenship
and the Ethics of Care (Routledge 1998). Next to her scientific work she
works as a consultant for researchers, policymakers, teachers and
welfare and care organisations, who want to apply the care ethic in
their work. In this context she aims at developing practical tools for
practitioners.
Dr Keleigh Groves
Communications Co-ordinator
CAVA Research Group
School of Sociology and Social Policy
University of Leeds
LS2 9JT
Phone: 0113 343 4605
Fax: 0113 343 3771
Web: www.leeds.ac.uk/cava
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