SPARC News And Events Archive - 2007
Guest Speaker Seminar
Date: Wednesday, 30th May 2007
Time: 5.15pm
Topic: 'An Economic Perspective on Informal Caregiving'
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ulrike Schneider, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Institute for Social Policy and Research Institute for the Economics of Ageing
Location: Room 2041A (Swift Lecture Theatre) on the ground floor in the Arts Building in Trinity College
Outline: Economists have raised a variety of questions with regard to the informal provision of care to kith and kin. A first strand of literature sets out to explain why rational individuals would sacrifice leisure and employment and career perspectives to take on an unpaid care responsibility. A second strand of literature – which will form the core part of the presentation – focuses on the economic value and on the economic effects of informal caregiving...
Visiting Academic - Professor Ulrike Schneider (May-August 2007)
Professor Schneider trained in economics at the University of Hannover (Germany) and started working at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Department of Economics) in 2002. She is Director of the Institute for Social Policy and of the (newly established) Research Institute for the Economics of Aging. In addition, she is Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Nonprofit Organizations.
Guest Speaker Seminar
Date: 18 April 2007
Time: 4:15 pm
Topic: 'A Caring Society? Care and the Dilemmas of Human Service in the 21st Century'
Speaker: Professor Michael Fine, Deputy Director, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Location: Room 2043 (Davis Lecture Theatre) on the ground floor in the Arts Building in Trinity College
Outline: Care is no longer a private concern. In the 21st century, characterised by population ageing, family fragmentation and the entry of women into the paid workforce, it has become a major public issue...
Conference
Date: Monday 12 March 2007
Time: 9.30 am – 4.30 pm
Topic: Home Care for Ageing Populations: International Comparisons of Domiciliary Care Policies for Older People
Location: The Printing House, Main campus, Trinity College Dublin
(Please note that this conference is fully booked)
Confirmed Speakers: Prof. Caroline Glendinning, Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK Dr. Tine Rostgaard, Socialforskningsinstituttet, Denmark Prof. Andrew Scharlach, School of Social Welfare, University of California at Berkeley Prof. Hildegard Theobald, Research Centre on Ageing and Society, University of Vechta, Germany
Topic of conference: The older person’s own home, as opposed to an institution, is almost universally advocated as the preferred location for those with care needs. What exactly is meant by home, or domiciliary care? What kind of forms does it take in different countries? What are the policies that underlie these different models of home care? What are the outcomes of different home care policies?
Meeting of the Gerontology Students Forum
The GSF was established in 2006 for students researching social gerontology at a postgraduate level, with a view to creating a wide community of Irish social gerontology postgraduates. It is a forum run by students for students.
The first event of the GSF took place on the 25th of January 2007. It was hosted by students from the Social Policy and Ageing Research Centre, Trinity College. Students from universities around Ireland presented their work and a successful day was had by all. It is hoped that similar events will be held in the future hosted by other universities.