Social resilience webinar series, autumn 2021

Webinar 1 of 5: Thinking about social resilience from a social science perspective in crisis times

Please refer to the SCSC blog for the webinar Zoom link

For this opening seminar, we have invited researchers experienced in the study of resilience to reflect upon resilience as a concept; its advantages and challenges. The seminar thus asks: What is social resilience and what is not social resilience? What makes resilience social? And how can resilience be understood from a social science perspective? These questions and many others will be discussed at the seminar and related to various research fields including Environmental Social Sciences, Development Studies, and Social Work.

Speakers: 

Katrina Brown, Professor Emerita of Social Sciences, University of Exeter, UK. On experiences from interdisciplinary research on sustainability and environmental change, development, vulnerability and resilience.

Dieunedort Wandji, Dr. and research officer in Politics and International Development, University of Portsmouth, UK. On the development of vernacular resilience and bottom-up approaches to resilience in studies in Sub-Saharan Africa. 

Michael Ungar, Professor in Social Work and director of Resilience Research Center, Dalhousie University; CA. On researching resilience of marginalised children and families experiencing mental health challenges, community resilience in refugee and immigrant youth populations and populations experiencing violent extremism.

Chair:

Helle Rydström, Professor at the Department for Gender Studies and President of the Society for Critical Studies of Crisis, Lund university.

About SCSC

The Society for Critical Studies of Crisis (SCSC) is the culmination of more than two years of inter-disciplinary work at Lund University supported by the Pufendorf Institute through an Advanced Study Group and a CRISIS Theme. These initiatives were a response to urgent calls for political action and ethical calls for more inclusive and efficient models for crisis prevention, mitigation, and restoration.

The SCSC is a non-profit Lund University-based association which was launched at the Symposium on Critical Explorations of Crisis:  Politics, Precariousness, and Potentialities in 2019. It provides a platform for members’ engagement, both individuals and institutions with an interest in critical crisis studies. Membership in the SCSC is free. An annual general meeting will be held.

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