Please find information on our forthcoming seminar attached. Do
circulate to those who might be interested. Please note we are
particularly keen to encourage participation from early career
researchers, and there are a limited number of bursaries available.
SOLO LIVING SEMINAR, Monday 26th October 2009, University of Edinburgh
http://www.crfr.ac.uk/events/soloseminar.htm
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.
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.
Cost: Registration £20 (including lunch and refreshments).
There are a limited number of bursaries (contribution towards travel
and waiver of registration fee).
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Roona Simpson
Research Fellow,
Centre for Research on Families and Relationships,
The University of Edinburgh,
23 Buccleuch Place,
Edinburgh,
EH8 9LN.
www.crfr.ac.uk
0131 650 3981
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The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.
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