Being “resilient” and achieving “resilience”: from governmental discourses to the national research agenda in the contexts of the cost of living crisis.

The Centre for Population Health Sciences at the University of Southampton invites you to a multidisciplinary webinar entitled:

Being “resilient” and achieving “resilience”: from governmental discourses to the national research agenda in the contexts of the cost of living crisis.

Speakers:

Dr Sara Vilar-Lluch, School of English, University of Nottingham,

Dr Michael Kranert, Department of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University of Southampton​

Dr Dianna Smith, Geography & Environmental Science, University of Southampton​

Dr Donna Clutterbuck, School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton​

Prof Nisreen Alwan, School of Primary Care, Population Sciences and Medical Education, University of Southampton​

When:

Friday 10th May 2024 11-12 UK Time

Where:

Online - Please register for this webinar here: https://forms.office.com/e/recKjzXQk7?origin=lprLink

Synopsis:

The concept of ‘resilience’ is pervasive. Initially developed in legal terminology, 'resilience’ permeated natural sciences and technological domains, social sciences, ecology and political discourses. We will discuss (i) the construal of ‘resilience’ in the contexts of food insecurity and cost of living in governmental discourses in the UK; (ii) up to which extent the political representations are reflected in research funding calls of UK national funding bodies, thus showing possibility of shaping research agendas; (iii) up to which extend official uses of ‘resilience’ reflect lay people’s understandings of the concept. We combine a corpus-based discourse analysis of UK governmental discourses and research funding calls with a focus groups qualitative study.