13th Edition of the Intensive Course in Nursing Ethics
2025-12-02 - 2025-12-05 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
From 2 to 5 December 2025, the KU Leuven Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law will be organising the 13th edition of the intensive course on nursing ethics. The course is interdisciplinary and draws on philosophy, nursing and clinical ethics.
During the course, experts from Belgium and abroad will give lectures on various topics within nursing ethics. During this edition, special attention will be paid to:

the ethical foundation of nursing,
dealing with nursing-ethical dilemmas,
moral distress and ethical leadership in healthcare,
nursing-ethical reasoning styles,
characteristics of the ethically competent nurse (EU PROMOCON project),
relational autonomy in end-of-life care,
the ethics of tele-palliative care,ethics in neonatology and paediatrics,
qualitative research in nursing ethics (QUAGOL).

There is plenty of time for discussion. The language of instruction is English.
The course is aimed at participants with diverse professional backgrounds such as nursing, medicine, psychology, social work, pastoral work, philosophy, health care and PhD students in all these areas. Lecturers from colleges, members of ethics committees and managers from all sectors of health care are particularly invited.
For more information and registration, please visit our course website 13th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics — KU Leuven or www.cbmer.be directly. On this website, you can also find information in the brochure. You can also email Chris.Gastmans. The deadline for early bird registration is October 15.

Ethics in dementia care
2025-07-08 - 2025-07-11 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
From 8 to 11 July 2025, the Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law of KU Leuven will organise the 11th edition of the Course on Ethics in Dementia Care. The course is interdisciplinary and draws on philosophy, medicine, nursing, gerontology and clinical ethics.
During the course, experts from Belgium and abroad will give lectures on various ethical topics within the care of people with dementia, such as: dealing with the vulnerability and dignity of patients and residents, family members and care providers, social ideas about dementia, early care planning, euthanasia, use of robots, ICT and other innovative technologies, ethical consultation at team and institutional level. There is plenty of time for discussion. The language of instruction is English.
The course is aimed at participants with diverse professional backgrounds such as physicians (geriatricians, psychiatrists, general practitioners, …), nurses, gerontologists, psychologists, paramedics, pastors, social workers, ethicists and lawyers, managers and directors of healthcare institutions, members of ethics committees and lecturers at colleges and universities. The deadline for early bird registration is May 15.
For more information and registration, please visit our website at: Ethics in Dementia Care 11th Edition 2025 — KU Leuven or at Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law (click on Ethics in Dementia Course) or send an email to Chris.Gastmans .

12th Edition of Nursing Ethics KU Leuven
2024-11-25 - 2024-11-28 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
The 12th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics. With a keynote lecture by Carlos Gomez-Virseda on relational autonomy
Since the beginning of the 1980s, nursing ethics has developed to such a degree that it is now considered a fixture within applied ethics. The specific positions occupied within health care by nurses, their expertise and their responsibilities all result in them being confronted by ethically sensitive issues.
The objective of the 12th edition of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educational issues in nursing ethics.
More specifically, the aims of this course are:
(1) To analyse fundamental notions that are being discussed in the field of nursing ethics, namely various notions of care, moral practice, the human person, vulnerability, dignity, and trust. As such, extensive understanding will be provided into the ethical and philosophical foundations of the practice of nursing.
(2) To educate participants on a range of ethical topics that are predominant in the contemporary debate in nursing ethics, namely, nursing ethics perspectives on end-of-life care and on care for older adults. These topics will be explored from a philosophical-ethical perspective as well as from an empirical-ethical perspective.
(3) To introduce participants into methodological and educational aspects of nursing ethics.
(4) To establish exchange among national and international experts with respect to new developments in nursing ethics from an international perspective.
This course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical, theological, nursing, clinicalethical) perspective. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English.
For more information see here
Deadline: 15 November 2024 (early bird: 14 October 2024)
Early bird registration: € 925
Late registration: € 1025
Eastern Europe and Low Income Countries: € 725 (early bird fee) and € 825 (until 15 november 2024 onwards)
The early bird fee applies until 15 October 2023.

11th Edition of Nursing Ethics KU Leuven
2023-12-05 - 2023-12-08 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
The 11 th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics. With a keynote lecture by Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, RN, PhD, and a course coordinator by Chris Gastmans, PhD.
Since the beginning of the 1980s, nursing ethics has developed to such a degree that it is now considered a fixture within applied ethics. The specific positions occupied within health care by nurses, their expertise and their responsibilities all result in them being confronted by ethically sensitive issues.
The objective of the 11 th edition of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educational issues in nursing ethics. More specifically, the aims of this course are:
(1) To analyse fundamental notions that are being discussed in the field of nursing ethics, namely various notions of care, moral practice, the human person, vulnerability, dignity, and trust. As such, extensive understanding will be provided into the ethical and philosophical foundations of the practice of nursing.
(2) To educate participants on a range of ethical topics that are predominant in the contemporary debate in nursing ethics, namely, nursing ethics perspectives on end-of-life care and on care for older adults. These topics will be explored from a philosophical-ethical perspective as well as from an empirical-ethical perspective.
(3) To introduce participants into methodological and educational aspects of nursing ethics.
(4) To establish exchange among national and international experts with respect to new developments in nursing ethics from an international perspective.
This course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical, theological, nursing, clinicalethical) perspective. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English.
For more information: see here
Deadline: 15 November 2023 (early bird: 15 October 2023)
Early bird registration: € 895
Late registration: € 995
Eastern Europe and Low Income Countries: € 695 (before 15 October 2023) and € 795 (from 15 October 2023 onwards)
The early bird fee applies until 15 October 2023.

9th Edition of the Course: Ethics in Dementia Care
2023-07-04 - 2023-07-07 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organisational-ethical approaches to dementia care.
The number of persons with dementia will rise considerably in the years to come. The increasing prevalence of dementia and the treatment and care for people with dementia present a myriad of important ethical questions and responsibilities. What do we think of the quality of life of people with dementia and of their subsequent end of life? What are the opinions about vulnerability and dignity in case of dementia? What do we consider to be ‘good care’ and ‘a good death’ for persons with dementia?
The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organisational-ethical approaches to dementia care. More specifically, the aims of this course are:
(1) To analyse fundamental notions that occupy central stage in the field of dementia care ethics (i.e. various notions of care, the human person, vulnerability, and dignity). As such, extensive understanding will be provided into the philosophical and ethical foundations of dementia care practices.
(2) To educate participants on a range of ethical topics that figure largely in contemporary debates on dementia care, namely, use of electronic tracking devices, use of robotics, dealing with sexual expression, advance care planning, euthanasia and other end-of-life issues. These topics will be explored from philosophical-ethical and empirical-ethical perspectives.
(3) To introduce participants into a variety of stakeholders’ perspectives on ethics in dementia care: patients, relatives, nurses, physicians, institutional managers, and society as a whole.
(4) To establish exchange among national and international experts with respect to ethics in dementia care.
For more information: Ethics in Dementia Care 9th Edition 2023 – KU Leuven
Deadline: 15 June 2023 (early bird: 15 May 2023)
Kosten Early bird registration: € 895
Late registration: € 995
Eastern Europe and Low Income Countries : € 695 (before 15 May 2023) and € 795 (from 15 May 2023 onwards)
The early bird fee applies until 15 May 2023.

10th Edition of the Intensive Course in Nursing Ethics
2022-12-06 - 2022-12-09 | OnLine
10th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in Nursing Ethics – Online
The objective of the 10th edition of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educational issues in nursing ethics.
More specifically, the aims of this course are:
(1) To analyse fundamental notions that are being discussed in the field of nursing ethics, namely various notions of care, moral practice, the human person, vulnerability, dignity, and trust. As such, extensive understanding will be provided into the ethical and philosophical foundations of the practice of nursing.
(2) To educate participants on a range of ethical topics that are predominant in the contemporary debate in nursing ethics, namely, nursing ethics perspectives on end-of-life care and on care for older adults. These topics will be explored from a philosophical-ethical perspective as well as from an empirical-ethical perspective.
(3) To introduce participants into methodological and educational aspects of nursing ethics.
(4) To establish exchange among national and international experts with respect to new developments in nursing ethics from an international perspective.
Further Information here
Registration deadline: 25 November 2022

SUMMER COURSE: ETHICS IN DEMENTIA CARE Leuven 2022
2022-07-05 - 2022-07-08 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
The number of persons with dementia will rise considerably in the years to come. The increasing prevalence of dementia and the treatment and care for people with dementia present a myriad of important ethical questions and responsibilities. What do we think of the quality of life of people with dementia and of their
subsequent end of life? What are the opinions about vulnerability and dignity in case of dementia? What do we consider to be ‘good care’ and ‘a good death’ for persons with dementia?
The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organisational-ethical approaches to dementia care.
This course starts from an interdisciplinary perspective (incorporating philosophy, theology, medicine, social sciences, nursing, as well as normative and empirical ethics). During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various ethical topics in the domain of dementia care. Time
will be provided for intensive discussion and interaction. The language of instruction will be English.
The reading materials will be distributed electronically before the start of the summer course.
Accreditation points ‘Economy and Ethics’ for Belgian physicians and accreditation points of the Dutch ‘Stichting Kwaliteitsregister Geestelijk Verzorgers’ are requested.
The fee for the on-campus course will be € 850 if you register and pay as a participant before May 15th 2022; € 950 for registration and payment from May 15th 2022 onwards. Reduced registration fee for participants from Eastern Europe and Low Income Countries is € 650 (before May 15th 2022) and € 750 (from May 15th 2022 onwards). This fee includes tuition and course materials, as well as refreshments, four lunches, and a dinner. Deadline for registration and payment: June 15th 2022. Detailed information on
registration and payment can be found here or here under Summer Course.
Full information on the course can be found here

Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in Nursing Ethics
2021-12-07 - 2021-12-10 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
This course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical, theological, nursing, clinicalethical) perspective. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English.

CARE ETHICS IN THE AGE OF PRECARITY
2021-11-19 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)
Maurice Hamington and Michael Flower will join a virtual event with the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center on Ethics and Leadership at the University of Houston on Friday, November 19 at noon (CST) for the launch of their new book, Care Ethics in the Age of Precarity. Please register here to receive the virtual meeting information.
This book assembles an international group of interdisciplinary scholars to explore the question of care theory as a response to market-driven capitalism. It offers a hopeful tone in the growing valorization of care, demonstrating the need for an innovative approach to precarity within entrenched systems of oppression and a change in priorities around the basic needs of humanity.

SUMMER COURSE: ETHICS IN DEMENTIA CARE
2021-07-06 - 2021-07-09 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
The course will be held on campus. If you are not able to attend in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is the possibility to attend online. See additional information below.
The number of persons with dementia will rise considerably in the years to come. The increasing prevalence of dementia and the treatment and care for people with dementia present a myriad of important ethical questions and responsibilities. What do we think of the quality of life of people with dementia and of their subsequent end of life? What are the opinions about vulnerability and dignity in case of dementia? What do we consider to be ‘good care’ and ‘a good death’ for persons with dementia?
The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organisational-ethical approaches to dementia care. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various ethical topics in the domain of dementia care. Time will be provided for intensive discussion and interaction.
The conference is interdisciplanary and works from the field of philosophy, medical care, nursing care, geriatrics and clinical ethics. Topics that will be covered through lectures include: dealing with vulnerability and dignity of patients, family and social workers; sexuality and intimicy; use of robots and ict; early diagnosis and care-planning; euthanasia .The course is of interest to participants from diverse professional backgrounds, such as health care administration, medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, philosophy and theology, and is open to healthcare and social workers, people from universities, university colleges, and patient associations, and members of ethics committees, and to PhD students undertaking courses of study in these areas.
Deadline for Early Bird Registration and payment: before May 15th 2021. To register for this course click on the following link.
Additional information:
Read Here

Rescheduled Course: Ethics in Dementia Care
2020-12-01 - 2020-12-04 | The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Janseniusstraat 1, Leuven, 9000, Belgium
The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organisational-ethical approaches to dementia care.
The number of persons with dementia will rise considerably in the years to come. The increasing prevalence of dementia and the treatment and care for people with dementia present a myriad of important ethical questions and responsibilities. What do we think of the quality of life of people with dementia and of their subsequent end of life? What are the opinions about vulnerability and dignity in case of dementia? What do we consider to be ‘good care’ and ‘a good death’ for persons with dementia?
See for more info the leaflet here

The Third International Young Carers Conference
2020-11-16 - 2020-11-17 | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
The need to “IDENTIFY, SUPPORT, AND LISTEN TO YOUNG CARERS” are the main recommendations identified by young carers themselves during the previous conference and this entails the participation of a wide range of stakeholders. This 3rd International Young Carers Conference will build on these recommendations and reflect on the concrete actions required to enable young carers to reach their full potential.
The Conference aims to shed light on the state-of-the-art in research and practice related to the needs and situation of young carers across the world. The call for abstracts is open for policy-makers, professionals working with young carers and young carers themselves to share current research, policy initiative, innovative practice, legislation or personal experience. Deadline Thursday 30th April see the link call for abstracts
Young carers are children and young people who provide care for a parent or relative with long-lasting limitations (chronic illness, disability, frailty or addiction). They carry out, often on a regular basis and without help or support, substantial caring tasks and assume a level of responsibility which would usually be associated with an adult. In Europe, it is estimated that around 7-8% of children have caregiving responsibilities.
While there are positive aspects to caring, many young carers provide care at great personal expense: they may struggle to balance their daily life with caregiving responsibilities, experience mental health issues as a result of their caregiving, face barriers in relation to school, further education and employment, they may also have less time for personal development and leisure and feel isolated.
The International Young Carers Conference is open to all researchers, civil society organisations, practitioners, decision makers, service providers and policy makers interested to learn about strategies implemented in different countries to listen to, identify and support young carers (what worked, what did not work, what can be replicated).
For more information, see the conference website or contact Ciara O’Dwyer

Care Ethics Research Consortium Conference 2020
2020-10-29 - 2020-10-31 | The University of Ottawa, 75 Laurier Ave E,, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Decentering ethics:
Challenging privileges, building solidarities
University of Ottawa
Ontario (Canada)
October 29-31, 2020
Local organizers: Sophie Bourgault (University of Ottawa)
and Fiona Robinson (Carleton University)
Scholars from all disciplines are invited to submit an abstract (between 250-300 words) for a 20-minute presentation (firm time limit) on the theme of Decentering Ethics. We are seeking presentations that explore how an ethic of care has addressed or can address the issues of privilege, hierarchy and solidarity in the contemporary context. All scholarly approaches are welcome including those that address or employ theory, empirical data, applications, policy, aesthetics, etc. Please note that the organizing committee encourages presentations that are not read.
See for further details this pdf

Care Ethics, Democratic Citizenship and the State
2020-10-15 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Amsterdam)
A public book launch/webinar with four presentations by the book contributors including Joan Tronto.
The virtual book launch/webinar takes place on Zoom on Thursday, October 15 from 3pm to 4.30pm CEST (Prague/Bratislava time). The program includes an opening presentation of the book followed by four short talks by authors who contributed to the volume: Joan Tronto, Jorma Heier, Kanchana Mahadevan and Sophie Bourgault. The speakers will link the arguments of their chapters to current important political/social issues. Any attendee will have a chance to participate in the closing discussion.
More information and free registration here

Care Theory meets the City
2020-09-02 - 2020-09-04 | Bologna, Bologna, Italy
The Workshop Care Theory Meets the City: Exploring Implications for the Study of Urban Inequality is organized by Mare Knibbe, Daniela Krüger and Hannah Schilling at the midterm conference of The Research Network Urban Sociology RN37 at Bologna, Italy.
We invite scholars in the fields of urban sociology and care theory to participate in a small workshop to give their perspectives on the intersections between these fields on theoretical and empirical levels. Based on our own research, we (as organizers) will introduce conceptual and methodological questions about care theory, care practices and urban inequalities and moderate a focused discussion.
If you are interested in participating, please contact us via e-mail and send us a short description of your research interests until April, 3rd 2020.
See for more information this pdf

CARE: challenges and solutions for a sustainable future
2020-04-01 - 2020-04-02 | Cutlers’ Hall, 7-15 Church Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S1 1HG, United Kingdom
The Sustainable Care Research Programme, that organises this conference, is a multi-disciplinary ESRC-funded programme (2017-2021) exploring how care arrangements, currently ‘in crisis’ in parts of the UK, can be made sustainable and deliver wellbeing outcomes. It aims to support policy and practice actors and scholars to conceptualise sustainability in care as an issue of rights, values, ethics and justice, as well as of resource distribution.
To registrate go to http://circle.group.shef.ac.uk/sustainable-care-conference-2020-registration/
Last Booking Date for this Event 20th March 2020

Nursing Ethics Intensive Course
2019-12-03 - 2019-12-06 | Park Inn by Radisson Leuven Hotel, Martelarenlaan 36, Leuven, 3010, Belgium
The 8th Edition of the Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics will be held December 2019 in Leuven Belgium.
Since the beginning of the 1980s, nursing ethics has developed to such a degree that it is now considered a fixture within applied ethics. The specific positions occupied within health care by nurses, their expertise and their responsibilities all result in them being confronted by ethically sensitive issues.
The objective of this course is to foster exchanges on foundational and methodological approaches as well as on contemporary and educational issues in nursing ethics. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. Time will be provided for intensive discussion and interaction.
Additional information:
Flyer
Brochure
Registration:
Deadline for Early Bird Registration and payment: before October 15th 2019. To register for this course click on the following link.
For more information on payment, please follow this link.

The Hidden World of Care: Medical and Health Humanities Symposium
2019-11-02 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Mead Hall, 36 Madison Avenue, Madison, NJ, 07940, United States
Join us for an afternoon of dialogue that raises critical questions on care. On November 2, together with students, faculty, and professor emerita Joan Tronto, we will look at the world through the lens of care.
Registration and Program
At a moment of political discord in our country, it is no secret that we face a care deficit. To adequately care for our children, older people, and for ourselves has become a challenge. Care impacts us all, no matter where we live or where we were born. Although political life and institutions should help us to care better, many caregivers see organizations as hindrances to care. ‘Care’ is also narrowed to care work and a commodity, professor Joan Tronto would argue, rather than seeing the full practice of care. Care holds our lives together, but it is still hidden from public space and that needs to change. During this afternoon, we grapple with questions such as: what would it mean if we would rethink our private and public commitments from the perspective of care? How should care be distributed, or who should care, for whom and why? How can we tell which institutions provide good care? And what would a caring institution look like?

London Conference In Critical Thought
2019-07-05 - 2019-07-06 | Richard Hoggart Building, Lewisham Way, London, London, SE14 6NW, United Kingdom
The 8th Annual London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT) is a free, inter-institutional, interdisciplinary conference in critical thought that takes place annually in different institutions across London.
LCCT follows a non-hierarchical, decentralised model of organisation that undoes conventional academic distinctions between plenary lectures and break-out sessions, aiming instead to create opportunities for intellectual critical exchange regardless of participants’ disciplinary field, institutional affiliation, or seniority. LCCT has no overarching or predetermined theme. The conference’s intellectual content and academic tone are set anew each year, stemming from thematic streams that are conceived, proposed and curated by a group of stream organisers.
The streams for #LCCT2019 are:
• Art MANIFESTOS: The future of an evolving form
• Automating inequality: AI, smart devices and the reproduction of the social
• The Cold War Then and Now: Theories and legacies
• Culture/Politics of trauma
• Difference, evolution and biology
• Gendered technologies, gender as technology
• Immanence, conflict and institution: Within and beyond Italian Theory
• Multiplying Citizenship: Beyond the subject of rightsLondon Conference in Critical ThoughtLondon Conference in Critical ThoughtLondon Conference in Critical ThoughtLondon Conference in Critical Thought
• Radical Ventriloquism: Acts of speaking through and speaking for
• Rethinking new materialisms: Ethics, politics and aesthetics
• Thinking critically with care
To register, please visit our eventbrite page here.
The conference is free to participate in and attend.
For more information, please visit the LCCT site
The full programme for the conference will be available shortly.

SUMMER COURSE: 'ETHICS IN DEMENTIA CARE'
2019-07-02 - 2019-07-05 | The Leuven Institute for Ireland in Europe, Janseniusstraat 1, Leuven, 9000, Belgium
The objective of the course is to foster exchanges on foundational, clinical-ethical and organisational-ethical approaches to dementia care. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various ethical topics in the domain of dementia care. Time will be provided for intensive discussion and interaction.
The number of persons with dementia will rise considerably in the years to come. The increasing prevalence of dementia and the treatment and care for people with dementia present a myriad of important ethical questions and responsibilities. What do we think of the quality of life of people with dementia and of their subsequent end of life? What are the opinions about vulnerability and dignity in case of dementia? What do we consider to be ‘good care’ and ‘a good death’ for persons with dementia?
Deadline for Early Bird Registration and payment: before May 15th 2019. To register for this course click on this link
For more information click here

UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre 9th Biennial International Conference Galway
2019-06-13 - 2019-06-14 | Institute for Lifecourse and Society, National University of Ireland, Upper Newcastle Road, Galway, Galway, NUI Galway, Ireland
Changing Families, Changing Policy, Changing Practice – Family Support Now and in the Future
Call for Abstracts (closes feb 8)This conference to be held in Galway, Ireland, welcomes proposals from delegates for presentations in parallel sessions. Abstracts are invited from the practice, policy, research and academic communities in relation to the conference themes, which are as follows:
Demography – fertility, migration, aging and intergenerational families
Austerity, poverty and social exclusion
Diversity – Migration, post-divorce and separation families
Supporting Families with particular needs and adversities -disability, mental health, homelessness, addiction
Technology in the context of Families
Family in Social Policy
Rights, citizenship, partnership and co-production
All submissions must reflect the overarching aim of the conference and focus on the changing nature and meaning of family and its implications for policy and practice. Abstracts must be submitted by February 28 2019, be no longer than 300 words, and will only be accepted if completed using the attached template. Further details of the variety of presentation types and timelines involved can be found on this template. Expanding on past years’ parallel sessions, we are seeking a variety of presentation formats this year, to include paper presentations, Pecha-Kucha presentations, posters and interactive workshops.
Abstracts will undergo a peer-reviewed process with successful applicants notified by March 20, 2019.
Submit your abstract here
For general info, regular updates and registration visit the conference site

Second Global Network Summit Toronto Call for papers
2019-06-09 - 2019-06-11 | University of Toronto, Hart House, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Carework Network is an international organization of scholars and advocates who focus on the caring work of individuals, families, communities, paid caregivers, social service agencies and state bureaucracies. Care needs are shifting globally with changing demographics, disability movements, and climate change driven environmental crises.
Its mission is to address critical issues related to carework, such as how identities influence carework; how inequality structures carework; how caring work is recognized and compensated; how state policies influence the distribution of care; working conditions of care; and whether and to what extent citizens have a right to receive, and a right to provide, care. Scholars and advocates working on issues related to elder care, child care, health care, social work, education, political theory of care, social reproduction, work/family, disability studies, careworker health and safety, and related issues are encouraged to submit proposals.
The Carework Network welcomes submissions from all academic disciplines, advocacy and nonprofit organizations, and public and private sector organizations. We also encourage participation by undergraduate and graduate students. We invite proposals for papers, fully-constituted panels, or workshops.
Authors and organizers should submit a proposal of their paper, panel, or workshop to this email only, no later than December 1, 2018.

Individual paper submissions should include title, names and contact information for author(s), and an abstract of 300 words maximum;
Fully constituted panel proposals should include a general title/theme, contact information for the organizer, and title, author, contact information, and abstract (300 words maximum) for each paper;
Workshop proposals should include a title/theme, 300 word abstract, and names and contact information for all participants.

Decisions regarding acceptances should be made by January 31, 2019.
Questions about the Global Summit may be directed to this email

Conference on social inclusion
2019-05-17 | University of Humanistic Studies, Kromme Nieuwegracht 29, Utrecht, Utrecht, 3512 HD, Netherlands
How to envision social inclusion with regard to people with profound intellectual and/or multiple disabilities?
Social inclusion has been a core policy goal for the emancipation of people with disabilities since the early sixties. With the Dutch ratification of the UN Convention in 2016 it gained further prominence on the political agenda. However, it is unclear what social inclusion should entail for people with profound intellectual and/or multiple disabilities, who often live in sheltered living institutions. To what extent does the concept of social inclusion resonate with their complex daily (care) needs? And how can we know how they experience and value social inclusion themselves?
The speakers on this conference will discuss how we can think about social inclusion with regard to the marginalized group of people with profound intellectual and/or multiple disabilities and will help us to verbalize social inclusion to better think, talk and practice social inclusion in research and practices of good care for people with profound intellectual and/or multiple disabilities.
Speakers:
Prof. Dr. Christine Bigby (Professor at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Director Living with Disability Research Centre)
Prof. Dr. Stacy Clifford Simplican (Senior lecturer at Vanderbilt University in Nashville)
Dr. Alice Schippers (Executive director Disability Studies the Netherlands, vice president IASSIDD, senior researcher VUmc in Amsterdam)
Prof. dr. Evelien Tonkens (Professor of Citizenship and Humanisation of the Public Sector at the University of Humanistic Studies in Utrecht)
Admission is free, but you need to sign up for this event, please click this link: which also gives you the details of the programme

Blurring Boundaries: Rethinking Gender and Care Augsburg Germany
2019-03-13 - 2019-03-15 | Universität Augsburg, Universitätsstr. 2, Augsburg, Bayern, 86159, Germany
Blurring Boundaries – Rethinking Gender and Care is the international closing conference of the interdisciplinary Bavarian Research Association ForGenderCare „Gender and Care. Dynamics of care in the context of institutions, practices, technology, and media in Bavaria”
Please download the conference timetable and program here
Please register by emailing to conference@forgendercare.de no later than January 20th, 2019. Please note that there is no conference fee. The conference dinner, however, will need to be paid for individually. Please keep checking this site for upcoming information.
We are looking forward to our keynotes:
Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 17:00-19:00: Public Keynote, Augusta-Saal Gabriele Winker, TU Hamburg
Thursday, March 14, 2019, 09:00 – 10:00 Fiona Robinson, Carleton University Why are Caring Societies so elusive? Reconciling answers from political economy and moral psychology
Friday, March 15, 14:15-15:15: Final Keynote Mascha Madörin, Switzerland The future of care work – some thoughts from a macroeconomic point of view
For more information see the Conference website
See also the original announcement: CfP: Blurring Boundaries: Rethinking Gender and Care

European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Edinburgh 2019
2019-02-13 - 2019-02-15
The Centre for Creative Relational Inquiry (CCRI) fosters qualitative research that is situated, positioned, context-sensitive, personal, experience-near, and embodied; research that embraces the performative and the aesthetic; research that engages with the political, the social, and the ethical; research that problematizes agency, autonomy, and representation; research that cherishes its relationship with theory, creating concepts as it goes; research that is dialogical and collaborative; and research that is explicit and curious about the inquiry process itself.

Enactivism and care ethics
2019-01-09 17:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | Westerberg Campus, Barbarastraße 22c, building No. 93, room 93/E31, Osnabrück, Germany
Early January an interesting presentation will be organised in Osnabrück, Germany:
Enactivism and care ethics – Foregrounding the relational domain, by Petr Urban (Prag, Czech)
See also an interview with Petr Urban here

PhD workshop by Joan Tronto - Care in Neoliberal, Nordic welfare states
2019-01-09 | Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1 Building 25.1, Roskilde, 4000, Denmark
The Nordic welfare states are usually assigned the status of gender equal states, where full time paid work can be combined with motherhood (and daughterhood). This has been based upon large parts of care as a responsibility of the state and professionalization of care for pre-school children, sick and elderly. However, decades of neo-liberalism in terms of marketization, self-responsibilizing and increasing reliance on volunteering have had effects upon welfare professionals and those traditionally considered vulnerable. Tronto will address how care is affected and how these changes relate to a what some have seen as a change in the relationship between productive and reproductive work i.e. as the predominance of a new form of capitalism, a financialized capitalism.
More information about venue and program you find here
Registration click here – 10th December 2018 at the latest. Participants must include abstract upon registration if they wish to present a paper.
Deadline: Papers must be sent no later 2nd of January to PhD Coordinator Julie Skjold Omdal

A bit of Japan in Osnabrück
2019-01-04 18:00 - 20:00 (Europe/Amsterdam) | the university guest house, Lürmannstrasse 33, Osnabrück, Germany
Kari Tsushima (Kyoto,Japan) will present: A Precarity of Need Interpretation for Dependency Workers in Japan. Her presentation includes ‘Dependency Work and Transparent Self’ by Eva Feder Kittay; the Payment Gap between workers and volunteers; and the Japanese Welfare Reform in 1990s. She will address these topics through Need interpretation by Nancy Fraser, the five care phases by Joan Tronto and Precarity by Judith Butler.
More informatiom can be obtained from Mrs Jorma Heier (see below for contact details).

Intensive Course on Foundational Approaches, Contemporary and Educational Issues in the Field of Nursing Ethics
2018-12-04 - 2018-12-07 | KU Leuven, Oude Markt 13, Leuven, Belgium
This course works from an interdisciplinary (philosophical, theological, nursing, clinical ethical) perspective. During the course, national and international experts will give presentations on various topics in the domain of nursing ethics. There will be time for intensive discussions. The language of instruction will be English.

Care as essential human condition
2018-12-01 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Amsterdam) | The Janskerk, Janskerkhof 26, Utrecht, Utrecht, 3512 BN, Netherlands
20th H e n r i N o u w e n L ecture
STEPHAN POSNER
Stephan Posner resists the ongoing downgrading of care as a ‘product’, a burden or a debit entry. Instead of this view giving and receiving care can be seen as an essential human condition.
Reservations by email below or written to:
Avenue Concordia 117, 3062 LG Rotterdam, The Netherlands
See also the (Dutch) Flyer
