Our essence
The Transforming Care Network aims to create links and cooperation among scholars involved in social care and care policy research. One of the main aims is to connect research on care across different policy fields: early childhood education and care, care for adults with disabilities, and long-term care for frail older people.
Spring School: Researching Care and Care Policy in Europe
Polytechnic of Milan (5-7 June, 2024)
We invite PhD students and early career researchers in sociology, political science, social work, and economics to apply for the Spring School in Researching Care and Care Policy in Europe: challenges for care resilience in turbulent times to be held at Polytechnic of Milan, Italy, from Wednesday 5th June 2024 (h. 14) to Friday 7th June 2024 (h. 14).
Continue reading →Transforming Care Conference 2025, in Helsinki
The 7th Transforming Care Conference will be held in Helsinki, Finland in 2025. It will take place from Wednesday 25 June 2025 to Friday 27 June 2025 in the recently renovated Main Building of the University of Helsinki in the very centre of Helsinki.
Upcoming Transforming Care Book Seminar: Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes – Flexible Boundaries
We invite you to participate in the upcoming Transforming Care book series seminar Dec. 4th, 16:30-18:00CET, where the edited book Unpaid Work in Nursing Homes: Flexible Boundaries will be presented by the authors and discussed. Register for the seminar here.
Image: Delegates at the 6th Transforming Care Conference in Sheffield, UK (2023). Photo by Dan Williamson.