The Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies at The Open University and the Centre for Policy on Ageing invite you to the 13th seminar in the Representation of Older People in Ageing Research series on Thursday, 11 February 2010

Venue: The Centre for Policy on Ageing, 19-23 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QP, from 10.30 to 4.30

Fee of  £30 (£25 for registered students) payable to Centre for Policy on Ageing, refreshments and sandwich lunch included.

Email Angela Clark  aclark@cpa.org.uk  to reserve a place and request a booking form or access programme/form at http://www.cpa.org.uk/events/events.html

‘Imagining Futures’ will look at methodological issues in asking people to imagine the future and their own ageing. Speakers will address issues such as:

· What research methods can be used to help people think about the future?

· How has the future been conceptualised and articulated in research targeted at older people?

· Is it possible to move people beyond stereotyped and negative expectations of their own ageing and of later life?

· Do particular types of research methods affect how people tend to envisage the future and their own older age?

· What are the ethical issues in asking people to think about their own ageing?

The aim of the day is to explore both practical and theoretical issues in asking people to think about their own ageing, in order to improve practice in both research and practice/policy contexts. Seminar participants will be invited to share their views and experiences throughout the day. The seminar will be of relevance to practitioners, policy makers, academics and students


10.30 Registration and Coffee

10.45 INTRODUCTION

Morning Chair, Dr Rebecca Jones, CABS, The Open University

11.00 RESEARCHING THE FUTURE WITH OLDER PEOPLE: EXPERIENCES WITH

‘THE OLDEST GENERATION’

Professor Joanna Bornat and Dr Bill Bytheway, The Open University

12.05 FUTURE MATTERS FOR AGEING RESEARCH
Professor Barbara Adam, Cardiff University

1.05 lunch Afternoon Chair, Professor Joanna Bornat    

2.00 ‘Erm, I don't know... It's not something that I really think about’: Facing the Fear in research on ageing

Dr Cassandra Phoenix, Exeter University

3.05 GUIDED DISCUSSION INVITING VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF RESEARCHING THE FUTURE

Seminar participants are invited to bring along examples of their own or other people's research where the future has been a focus. We will use these examples, in combination with the day's papers, to further examine the seminar themes.

4.10 CLOSING REMARKS