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[Commlist] 'Constructing Vulnerability' - symposium

Tue May 19 20:04:57 GMT 2026




Everyone is welcome to attend the one-day symposium ‘Constructing Vulnerability’, at Loughborough University’s East Midlands campus and online on Thursday, May 21.

Registration and further details here. <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/constructing-vulnerability-tickets-1985059749146?aff=oddtdtcreator>

The symposium is hosted by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University.

*_SCHEDULE_*

10am coffee

10:15am opening

10:30 panel 1: defining persons as vulnerable

  * *Marc Alexander*: How mental health establishes ‘vulnerability’ as
    the basis for support from a housing helpline: Self-descriptions and
    diagnostic categories
  * *Itoitz Rodrigo-Jusue*: Counter-Radicalisation and the construction
    of vulnerable individuals in the UK
  * *Kirsty Horsey*: Assumed vulnerability in surrogacy - the wrong way
    round?

11:45pm coffee break

12pm panel 2: vulnerability in institutional settings

  * *Emma Richardson, Laura Jenkins*: The interactional production of
    vulnerability in police investigative interviews: A conversation
    analytic study
  * *Katie Jordin*: Wobbly moments: Exploring caregiver practices to
    manage upset in UK preschool settings
  * *Francesca Williamson*:**Antiblackness, vulnerability, and
    interaction in pediatric surgical care

1:15pm lunch

2:30pm panel 3: reflections on vulnerability and practice

  * *Jo Sims, Marco Pino, Jessica Robles*: Vulnerable moments: When
    patients with life-limiting illnesses show upset in conversations
    with palliative care professionals
  * *Paula Saukko*: Fostering an ethos for supportive communication
    online: Experiences and challenges of people with eating disorders
  * *Cri**s**tian Tileaga and Penny Litchfield*: Navigating researcher
    vulnerability during a focused ethnographic research project

3:45pm discussion, closing

4pm: reception

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