Events

ISER hosts seminars, conferences, training and workshops throughout the year.

Past events

1,287 events

Conference

People and Places: Understanding Society 4 day mini-conference

Date and time: 4–7 April 2022, 8:00am–4:00pm
Location: Online

Conference

Why can’t we close the gender pay gap? New research evidence and policy discussion

Date and time: 31 March 2022, 10:00am–11:45am
Location: Online - please register for the link
Presented by: Dr Silvia Avram & Dr Daria Popova

Workshop

Understanding Society workshop Biology for Social Scientists

Date and time: 18 March 2022, 10:00am–3:00pm
Location: Online

Workshop

Addressing vaccine misinformation and vaccine inequalities – new evidence from British Academy funded research

Date and time: 16 March 2022, 3:00pm–5:00pm
Location: online

Workshop

Addressing vaccine misinformation and vaccine inequalities – new evidence from British Academy funded research

Date and time: 16 March 2022, 3:00pm–5:00pm
Location: online

Seminar

The Use of Advanced Social Media Targeting Methodology During Recruitment of Hard-to-Reach Audiences

Date and time: 16 March 2022, 2:30pm–3:30pm
Location: Venue: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Ipek Bilgen (NORC, University of Chicago) https://www.norc.org/Experts/Pages/ipek-bilgen.aspx

Workshop

Introduction to Understanding Society using Stata / SPSS / R / SAS

Date and time: 16–17 March 2022, 9:30am–5:00pm
Location: Online

Seminar

The Race between Mortality and Morbidity: Implications for the Global Distribution of Health

Date and time: 9 March 2022, 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Prof. Iñaki Permanyer (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics (CED), Autonomous University of Barcelona, and ICREA)

Seminar

Single Parents Competing in a Dual-Earner Society. Leveling the Playing Field

Date and time: 2 March 2022, 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Prof. Rense Nieuwenhuis (Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University)

Seminar

Are Persistence and Severity of Food Insecurity Negatively Associated with Educational outcomes? Evidence from India

Date and time: 23 February 2022, 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location: Venue: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Dr Jasmine Fledderhohann (Lancaster University) https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sociology/people/jasmine-fledderjohann

Seminar

Can Mentoring Alleviate Family Disadvantage in Adolescence? A Field Experiment to Improve Labor-Market Prospects

Date and time: 9 February 2022, 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Prof. Ludger Woessmann (University of Munich)

Seminar

Gender differences in job mobility and pay progression in the UK

Date and time: 2 February 2022, 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Silvia Avram

Conference

Understanding Society INSIGHTS 2022: Children in the pandemic

Date and time: 28 January 2022, 9:30am–11:00am
Location: online - please register for the link

Seminar

Effects of Socially-Mixed Public Housing Redevelopment on Health in Toronto’s Regent Park

Date and time: 26 January 2022, 1:30pm–2:30pm
Location: Venue: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Prof. Jim Dunn (McMaster University, Canada) https://socialsciences.mcmaster.ca/people/dunn-jim

Conference

Understanding Society INSIGHTS 2022: Did Furlough Help and Protect?

Date and time: 26 January 2022, 9:30am–11:00am
Location: online - please register for link

Conference

Understanding Society INSIGHTS 2022: The Mental Health Legacy of COVID 19

Date and time: 24 January 2022, 9:30am–11:00am
Location: online - please register for the link

Training

MiSoC training course: Introduction to Sequence Analysis for Social Sciences

Date and time: 20–21 January 2022, 8:00am–5:00pm
Location: Online
Presented by: Nicola Barban

Seminar

Using Synergies Between Survey Statistics and Causal Inference to Improve Generalizability of Clinical Trials

Date and time: 19 January 2022, 12:30pm–1:30pm
Location: Remotely via Zoom - contact the series organisers (at iserseminars@essex.ac.uk) if you do not have the link
Presented by: Prof Michael Elliot (University of Michigan)

Workshop

UKMOD Training Course – In-depth Analysis Tool

Date and time: 15 December 2021, 3:00pm–4:00pm
Location: online - please register for link
Presented by: Daria Popova & Matteo Richiardi

Training

NCRM/ISER Course Inequality in Health and Healthcare

Date and time: 3 December 2021, 9:00am–5:00pm
Location: online
Presented by: Dr Apostolos Davillas