Centre for Society, Health and Care Research Symposium

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This symposium brings together the members of a new focus area in the School, College and University to present their work considering some current and future challenges in health and care research. We seek to examine how the humanities, creative industries and social sciences can contribute to understanding and addressing them.

Papers will critically explore:

• The meanings of health and care, considering how these have shifted over time and across different community, institutional and political contexts, and how they have been used to frame practices that address inequity, but also to exert power;
• A range of domains and practices through which care and health are enacted, including social justice and advocacy initiatives, institutions and other spaces of care, materialities of care, and the ethics of care;
• New thinking about the futures of care, including the socio-technical imaginaries that shape health and care in the present, policy trends, and emerging challenges; and
• Fresh or established research methods and methodologies that offer ways of responding to health and care challenges beyond the biomedical model.

Our day will commence with a presentation by Professor Warwick Anderson, University of Sydney, pointing to a series of reflections on the potential theoretical models/practical ideas that our group might draw inspiration from as we think about future steps.

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Event Information

• Date:  Thursday 20 November 2025 from 9:30am - 2:00pm
• Location: Room X502, Level 5, NUSpace Building, University of Newcastle