ESRC SCARR network and CARR centre, LSE

Rosebery Hall, London, 12 December 2005.

Participation by pre-booking only.

Early Bird price (to October 21): £15

After October 21: £25

Full details at: http://www.kent.ac.uk/scarr/events/trustcontext.htm

Trust and social progress

Professor Lord Layard, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE
Trust, travel and proximity

Professor John Urry, University of Lancaster
Discussant: Professor Mike Power, CARR, LSE.

Why do people still trust doctors?

Professor Mike Calnan, University of Bristol
Discussant: Professor Chris Hood, University of Oxford.

A psychological approach to understanding how trust is built and lost

Professor Richard Eiser, University of Sheffield and Dr Matthew White, Jena
Discussant: Professor Graham Loomes, University of East Anglia

Trust enables people to collaborate, negotiate and trade under conditions of
uncertainty. The demands placed on trust in a more complex and globalised
economy, where people live more flexible and diverse lives, are growing, at
a time when trust in experts, public authorities and other institutions is
increasingly questioned. This one-day conference will analyse developments
and discuss future directions in trust research.

Relevance: Trust is of relevance for my research in the area of location-based applications and pervasive play. How does trust in one’s position or the position of others change when the system temporarily fails? How does trust relate to user’s expectations about pervasive environments? Does trust enhance collaboration among strangers during game play?

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