About CIRCLE
Professor Fiona Williams and Professor Sue Yeandle co-direct the Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE).
Formed in 2006, the Centre contributes policy-oriented and theoretical work on the theme of care and its contemporary relevance for public policy.
CIRCLE builds on the work of CAVA, the ESRC-funded Care and Values Research Group led by Fiona Williams and based in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds between 1999 and 2005.
The Centre also develops the programme of work on care, gender, equalities and labour markets led by Sue Yeandle while director of the Centre for Social Inclusion at Sheffield Hallam University from 2003 to 2005.
CIRCLE is home to a number of influential and significant partnerships and projects. It seeks to inform and influence academic, policy and theoretical debates on key issues relating to care, labour and equalities through high quality research using advanced and innovative methods and techniques.
Working at international, national and local levels, the centre houses an expert, multi-disciplinary research team and the Faculty's pilot Knowledge Transfer project, CiC in Social Care.
The Centre for International Research on Care, Labour and Equalities (CIRCLE) is committed to the following pursuits.
- Developing new knowledge and understanding of major social and public policy issues.
- Working in partnership with external agencies within higher education and across the public, private and third sectors.
- Contributing to policy developments, debates and decision-making through partnerships and innovative knowledge transfer activities.
Key Conference
Fifth International Carers Conference - new frontiers in caring: 2010 and beyond, 8 to 11 July 2010.
Fifth International Carers Conference flyer [PDF: 634KB]