“Sustaining Resilient Families, Households & Communities” seminar.
When: Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 10:30
Where: Conference Rm 2.31, NIRSA, Iontas Building, North Campus
Seminar Schedule:
11:00-11:30 Coffee / Informal introduction
11:30-11:40 Welcome
11:40-12:30 PD Dr. Markus Promberger: "Resilience: Conceptual and empirical questions for social research”, Co-ordinator of EU FP7 RESCuE Project, IAB Institute for Employment Research of the Federal Employment Agency, Nurnberg, Germany.
12:30-13:00 Dr. Jane Gray and Dr. Jenny Dagg: "Longitudinal and Biographical aspects of resilience", Department of Sociology/NIRSA, Maynooth University.
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Prof. Mary Corcoran and Patricia Kettle: "Cultivating resilience from the ground up: urban agriculture in a European context", Department of Sociology, Maynooth University.
14:30-15:00 Dr. Sinéad McGilloway: : "Building resilience through community-based family-focused interventions: the role of research and evaluation”, Department of Psychology, Maynooth University.
15:00-15:30 Dr. Catriona O’Toole: “Fostering resilience through education: Creating opportunities for meaningful participation, belonging and cognitive engagement.”, Department of Education, Maynooth University.
15:30-16:00 Prof. Pat Dolan: "Resilience in real world contexts", UNESCO Chair, and Director UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.
Lunch included
To attend please RSVP:
Dr. Jenny Dagg P: 01-7086150/3350 E: jennifer.dagg@mu.ie
Dr. Jane Gray P: 01-7086456 E: jane.gray@mu.ie
This seminar is organised and co-hosted by the research clusters on ‘Sustaining Communities’ and ‘Global and Community Health’ and is supported by the MU Research Development Office.Research Cluster: Sustaining Communities