ESRC Seminar Series CASCADE-NET: Civil Agency, Society and Climate Adaptation to Weather Extremes

Seminar 8:Co-creative strategies with Civil Society for resilience: role of the arts and humanities

We are pleased to announce a one-day seminar workshop exploring the Co-creative strategies with Civil Society for resilience: role of the arts and humanities

The event is co-organised by: Loughborough University, University of the West of England, Bristol, working with a number of individuals and agencies.

Date/time: 10:30-16:00, Friday 7th February 2020 (10.00am onwards for coffee & networking)

Questions to be explored:

• How to integrate co-creative methods/resources and science to build a more resilient society?
• How to combine traditional forms of communication with various creative tools to develop practices with Civil Society for resilience?
• What are the needs and priorities in interdisciplinary research – conceptual; methodological?
• Can the arts and humanities bridge expert and lay knowledge(s) and facilitate a more effective connection of academic research with policy and practice?
• What can we learn from previous best/worst practices?

The seminar will have a strong focus on group discussion and participation.

For further information about the aims of CASCADE-NET see: http://www.cascade-net.com/aims/

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please contact Sally Bellman - Administrator for Digital Storytelling Research, Loughborough University

S.Bellman@lboro.ac.uk

01509 222965 (Working days are Monday and Tuesday)

Travel Bursaries

For Early Career Researchers (e.g. PhD student; postdoctoral researcher) and Civic Society organisations:

Please note there are a number of travel bursaries which are being shared out across the nine CASCADE-NET seminars. If you would like to apply for up to £80 towards your travel costs, please email ruth.vargo@uwe.ac.uk with the following details: your name, role or post, institution/organisation, location and cost of travel. We will confirm by email in advance of the event if we can give you a bursary. Successful applicants should hold onto their rail tickets to attach to their claim form.