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Dear all, We are now inviting applications for the 4th in our 6 seminar series, Collaborative Housing and Community Resilience:http://collaborativehousing.net/ ESRC Seminar Four: Collaborative Housing, Mutual Support and Specialist Care 14th September 2015- Applications now open This seminar directly addresses the topic of community resilience and will examine the challenges and opportunities for supporting mutual self-reliance in cohousing communities. This includes the provision of different kinds of care and support. We will consider the individual and collective needs of community members, the values of cohousing communities and their everyday practices. We will examine the relationships between these things in the day to day experiences of cohousing practices and governance. We will also enquire into the relationship and potential between the ways that cohousing negotiates mutual support and the ways it is handled at state and local levels of public policy and practices, including the commissioning of specialist care. We will examine what, if anything, distinguishes cohousing's experiences, challenges and potential from other forms of community-led/community-based developments. Is cohousing distinct from other forms of intentional community? The seminar will take place at Nottingham University, Monday 14th September. We are inviting prospective participants to complete and submit an application form. Applications will close after 3pm on Monday 24th August 2015. The application form is available: http://cohousing.org.uk/event/esrc-seminar-four-collaborative-housing-mutual-support-and-specialist-care For this seminar, it is a key requirement that all applicants must state on the application form their personal/professional/research reasons for wanting to attend the seminar and what they would like to contribute to the discussion. Please return the completed application form directly to Nottingham University (instructions are in the application form). We anticipate that the seminar will be oversubscribed and so please wait for confirmation of a place from a member of the ESRC Research Seminar team before confirming plans for travel. The seminar is free of charge. We are unable to help with travel costs, with the exception of a limited number of bursaries for postgraduate/ low-wage/ non-profit sector participants. To be considered for one of the bursaries, please complete the relevant section of the application form. For general queries regarding this seminar or the series as a whole, you can email [log in to unmask] School of Geography, Politics and Sociology Room 3.70, Daysh Building Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, United Kingdom *NOTE NEW PHONE NUMBER* t: +44 (0)191 208 6959 e: [log in to unmask] w: www.ncl.ac.uk/gps<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/gps> Twitter: @communityvita ESRC Seminar series: Collaborative Housing and Community Resilience http://collaborativehousing.net/ _______________________________________________________ [log in to unmask] An urban geography discussion and announcement forum List Archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/URB-GEOG-FORUM Maintained by: RGS-IBG Urban Geography Research Group UGRG Home Page: http://www.urban-geography.org.uk