Working Papers Seminar Series 2025-2026
Jocelyn Olcott and Tania Rispoli
25 August 2025This is the fourth edition of the Working Papers Seminar Series, an online forum where early- and mid-career scholars share work in progress with experts from the interdisciplinary field of care studies. The Fall 2025 cycle is fully supported by the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute, Duke University.
Fall Semester 2025
Women’s Work and Care in Argentina
Wednesday, September 17, 5:30–7:00 pm ET – Online
Presenter
Mariana Brocca (Universidad de Buenos Aires), “Back to the Future? Women’s Work and Social Organization of Care in Argentina’s ‘New’ Neoliberalism Era”
Respondent
Elisabeth Jay Friedman (University of San Francisco)
Gender-Equitable Growth
Wednesday, September 24, 10:05–11:20 am ET – Online
Presenter
Aashima Sinha (Levy Economics Institute), “The Road to Gender-Equitable Growth: A State-level Analysis of Social Reproduction in the U.S.”
Respondent
Elissa Braunstein (Colorado State University)
Reproductive Justice and Economics
Wednesday, October 1, 10:05–11:20 am ET – Online
Presenter
Deb Machado Nunes (Monmouth University), “Building Reproductive Justice as a Research Program in Economics”
Respondent
Nancy Folbre (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
Informal Care in Southern Europe
Monday, October 20, 10:05–11:20 am ET – Online
Presenter
Melanie Sara Palermo (University of Macerata), “Revaluing Care in Southern Europe: Gendered Dynamics and the Challenges of Informal Care on Occupation”
Respondent
Cindy L. Cain (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
Cooperatives and Care
Wednesday, November 5, 10:05–11:20 am ET – Online
Presenters
Cecilia Cornaggia (Catholic University, Milan)
Chiara Ferrari (Catholic University, Milan)
Eliana Debia (Universidad de Buenos Aires)
“The Social and Cultural Role of Cooperative Organizations: Reflections from the Thought of Martha Beatrice Webb”
Respondents
Giandomenica Becchio (University of Turin)
Chapter in Progress
Presenter
Terrion Williamson, pre‑circulated chapter workshop on the book in progress
The Unreckoned: Black Women, Serial Murder, and the Decline of the All-American City
Led by
Jennifer C. Nash
Co-sponsored by
FHI, GSF
Thursday, November 6, 12:00–1:30 pm ET – In person, Ahmadieh Family Lecture Hall, Smith Warehouse (Duke Map)
The Power of Data in Care
Wednesday, November 12, 4:45–6:15 pm ET – Online
Presenter
Julia Kowalski (University of Notre Dame), “‘The Power of Data’: Value and Quantification in Producing Care Work as a Policy Object”
Respondent
Durba Mitra (Harvard University)