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Conference

Understanding Society Scientific Conference

Date and time
2–4 July 2019, 11:00am–4:00pm
Location
University of Essex
Presented by
Keynote speakers: Professor Tarani Chandola, University of Manchester; Professor Hill Kulu,University of St Andrews; Monica Costa Dias, Institute for Fiscal Studies See full programme and workshops at https://www.understandingsocietyconference.co.uk/
Seminar

ISER External Seminar

Date and time
26 June 2019, 11:30am–12:30pm
Location
ISER large seminar room, 2N2 4.16
Presented by
TBC
Workshop

Workshop on Applied Microeconomics

Date and time
17 June 2019, 8:30am–4:00pm
Location
Institute for Social and Economic Research University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ
Presented by
Keynote speaker: Wilbert van der Klaauw (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Other speakers: Katrine Loken (Bergen), Imran Rasul (UCL), Selim Gulesci (Bocconi), Paul Fisher (ISER, University of Essex, TBC), Nicola Salamanca (Melbourne), Sonia Bhalotra (ISER, University of Essex), Emilia Del Bono (ISER, University of Essex, TBC)
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Workshop

Understanding Society: Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty and Poor Health Workshop

Date and time
14 June 2019, 10:00am–2:00pm
Location
Newcastle University London Campus, 102 Middlesex Street, London, E1 7EZ
Presented by
Professor Jim McManus (Vice President of the Association for Directors of Public Health), Baroness Sally Greengross (Member of the Intergenerational Fairness and Provision Committe), Jennifer Wallace (Head of Policy at the Carnegie Trust) and Dr Heather Brown (Newcastle University and Understanding Society Policy Fellow).
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Workshop

Workshop on Applied Microeconomics

Date and time
12–14 June 2019, 3:00pm–1:00pm
Location
Institute for Social and Economic Research University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ
Presented by
Keynote speaker: Paola Giuliano (UCLA) Other speakers: Basit Zafar (Arizona), Anandi Mani (Oxford), Arnaud Maurel (Duke), Gabriella Conti (UCL), Aby Adams (Oxford), Alison Andrews (IFS), Siri Isaaksson (Harvard/Stockholm), Rachel Cassidy (IFS), Adeline Delavande (ISER, University of Essex), Manuel Fernandez Sierra (ISER, University of Essex), Sonia Bhalotra (ISER, University of Essex)
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Seminar

ISER External Seminar – CANCELLED

Date and time
29 May 2019, 11:30am–12:30pm
Location
ISER large seminar room, 2N2 4.16
Presented by
Ian Walker, Lancaster
Workshop

Public policies, poverty and inequality: a discussion based on tax-benefit microsimulation models

Date and time
23–24 April 2019, 7:30am–4:00pm
Location
Universidad Externado de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia
Presented by
Katrin Gasior, Senior Research Officer at EUROMOD, Essex University; Xavier Jara Tamayo, Research Fellow at EUROMOD, University of Essex; Mónica Ospina Londoño Associate Professor and Researcher EAFIT, Medellin; David Rodríguez, Researcher at Universidad Externado and Essex