SOLO LIVING SEMINAR, Monday 26th October 2009, CRFR, University of Edinburgh http://www.crfr.ac.uk/events/soloseminar.htm
PARTICIPANTS REQUESTED
Abstracts of 250 words for 10-15 minute presentations by 30th June 2009 to [log in to unmask] Please note these are not formal paper presentations, rather an opportunity to communicate ongoing work and discuss this topic area with others.
THE EVENT
This event provides an interdisciplinary forum for the dissemination of and discussion about research on solo living, or one-person households. The morning session reports the findings of a two year in-depth study investigating the experiences and circumstances of working age adults living alone in various locations in Scotland with presentations by Professors Lynn Jamieson and Fran Wasoff, and Dr. Roona Simpson. The afternoon session is an opportunity for those working in this area to present their research, including work in progress, and to explore possibilities for international collaborative research. Members of the Solo Living Research Network
(http://www.crfr.ac.uk/sololivingnetwork.html) are particularly welcome.
Solo living is analytically separate from being single, although partnership status and living arrangements are often related. The number of people who live alone is growing at all ages of adult life and across many societies.
In any one country, this population is not homogeneous but made up of diverse socio-demographic characteristics and circumstances, with clear gender differences. This trend can be interpreted as an aspect of more general processes of increasing individualization, or more optimistically of greater democracy in intimate relationships. It is also a trend which impacts on future demands for a range of social provision such as income support, pensions, health, housing and transport. For both theoretical and policy reasons, it is particularly important to broaden and deepen our understanding of this growing population.
This international seminar welcomes participants using various methodologies and from a range of academic backgrounds. We encourage participation from those working on specific sub-populations, such as those in living-apart-together (LAT) relationships or non-resident parents, on related areas such as singleness, fertility, or migration trends, or looking at solo-living across the life course or living alone at younger or older ages. We also invite attendance from those interested in learning more about the topic area and using living arrangement as a category of analysis.
DELEGATE INFORMATION
Cost: Registration £20 (including lunch and refreshments).
There are a limited number of bursaries (contribution towards travel and waiver of registration fee).
To register see http://www.crfr.ac.uk/events/soloseminar.htm
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