----- Original Message -----From: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">Jane JohnsonTo: [log in to unmask] href="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:31 PMSubject: Seminar, 26 April, Risk, Resilience, and Social IntegrationInternational Institute for Health and Society2006 PUBLIC SEMINAR SERIESYou are invited to attendWednesday 26th April 5.00 pmProfessor Ingrid SchoonCity University London‘Risk, Resilience, and Social Integration’What are the factors and processes enabling young people to overcome adverse childhoods and move on to rewarding lives in adulthood? Drawing on data collected from two British cohorts: the 1958 National Child Development Study and the 1970 British Cohort Study, this study investigates the phenomenon of resilience, as demonstrated in adaptive functioning in the face of adverse conditions. The particular focus lies on educational attainment as well as psychosocial health and well-being in the face of socio-economic adversity, addressing growing concerns regarding the increasing marginalisation of less privileged individuals and relatively disadvantaged social groups. Current knowledge about resilience processes is advanced by placing human development within a changing socio-historical context, comparing experiences of over 30,000 individuals born twelve years apart. While the 1958 cohort grew up in a period of extraordinary growth and social transformation, the 1970 cohort experienced their childhood during an evolving new era of uncertainty and instability. Findings suggest that interventions should aim to address interlinked problems, plan for the provision of strong and integrated service support, and create opportunities for successful pathways enabling young people to beat the odds.'Risk and Resilience: Adaptations in Changing Times, Cambridge University Press, 2006.ISBN number 0-521-54156-5
Ingrid Schoon is Prof. of Psychology and Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Development and Well- Being, City University London. Her major research interests lie with the study of human development across the life span, focusing on antecedents and outcomes of social and health inequalities, the realization of individual potential, and the transition from school to work. Ingrid is PI for the ‘Sources of resilience to adverse social environments’ project that is part of the ESRC funded Human Capability and Resilience Priority Network
This book examines resilience in context, that is, beating the odds in times of social change
- One of few longitudinal studies that traverses the entire life-span from birth to adulthood
- Designed as a major work of reference
This seminar will be chaired by Professor Mel Bartley, Director of the ESRC Priority Network on Human Resilience and Capability RES-337-25-25-001This seminar will be held at UCL RSVP seminar attendance by 21/04/06 (indicating any special needs and for directions to the seminar room) Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 020 7679 8249 Drinks & snacks at 6pm after the seminar.www.ucl.ac.uk/iish