Events

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

Past events

1,287 events

Seminar

Monday Afternoon Seminar: Women’s labor market participation across ethnic groups: The role of household conditions, gender attitudes, and religiosity in different national contexts

Date and time: 23 October 2017, 3:00pm–4:30pm
Presented by: Yassine Khoudja, Utrecht University

Seminar

Extra JESS Seminar: Relational Proximity, Uncertainty, and Efficiency

Date and time: 20 October 2017, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Location: 2N2.5B.24: ISER Boardroom (subject to change)
Presented by: Ernesto Reuben, NYU Abu Dhabi (work with Manuel Muñoz-Herrera)

Seminar

JESS Seminar: The short- and long-term effects of student absence: evidence from Sweden

Date and time: 18 October 2017, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Location: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room
Presented by: Sarah Cattan, UCL and IFS (visiting Sonia Bhalotra).

Conference

Ethnic minorities and the British political system: new research on engagement and representation

Date and time: 17 October 2017, 9:00am–12:13pm
Location: Council Chamber, Broadway House, Tothill Street, London SW1H 9NQ
Presented by: Dr Nicole Martin (University of Essex) - Ethnic Minority Voters in 2015: A Breakthrough for the Conservative Party? Dr Maria Sobolewska (University of Manchester) – Which ethnic minority candidates represent the views of ethnic minority constituents, and why? Dr Rebecca McKee (University of Manchester) - How MPs respond to their ethnic minority constituents. Substantive Representation of Ethnic Minorities in the UK Parliament

Seminar

Monday Afternoon Seminar: Individual Consumption in Collective Households: Identification Using Panel Data with an Application to PROGRESA

Date and time: 16 October 2017, 3:00pm–4:30pm
Location: 2N2.4.16
Presented by: Christine Valente, University of Bristol

Seminar

JESS Seminar: Gender, Crime and Punishment: Evidence from Women Police Stations in India

Date and time: 11 October 2017, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Location: 2N2.5B.24 - ISER boardroom.
Presented by: Sofia Amaral, ISER

Seminar

Monday Afternoon Seminar: The Effects of the 1930s HOLC “Redlining” Maps

Date and time: 9 October 2017, 3:00pm–4:30pm
Location: 2N2.4.16
Presented by: Bhashkar Mazumder, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Workshop

MiSoC Workshop: Emerging Questions in Migration Studies

Date and time: 5 October 2017, 8:00am–4:00pm
Location: University of Essex
Presented by: Neema Begum - Bristol, James Laurence – Manchester, David Bartram – Leicester, Silvia Galandini – Manchester, David Voas – IoE, Merlin Schaeffer – Cologne, Germany, Sarah Carol – Cologne, Germany, Hector Cebolla Boado – Madrid, Spain,

Seminar

Monday Afternoon Seminar: Bribes vs. Taxes: Market Structure and Incentives

Date and time: 2 October 2017, 3:00pm–4:30pm
Location: ISER Large Seminar Room, 2N2 4.16
Presented by: Giacomo De Giorgi, GSEM, University of Geneva

Seminar

JESS Seminar: The Impact of Public Policies on the Relationship between Fertility, Female Labour Supply and Childcare (Cancelled)

Date and time: 20 September 2017, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Location: 2N2.5B.24, ISER Boardroom
Presented by: Panayiota Lyssiotou, University of Cyprus (EUROMOD visitor)

Seminar

Monday Afternoon Seminar: Foreign Direct Investment and Agency of Women

Date and time: 18 September 2017, 3:00pm–4:30pm
Location: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Seminar room
Presented by: Sheetal Sekhri, University of Virginia

Seminar

JESS Seminar: Assets at marriage and domestic violence

Date and time: 26 July 2017, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Location: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Large Seminar Room
Presented by: Seetha Menon, European University Institute (MiSoC visiting fellow)

Conference

Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017

Date and time: 11–13 July 2017, 7:00am–3:00pm
Location: University of Essex
Presented by: Professor Sir Richard Blundell & Professor Hilary Graham as keynote speakers.

Workshop

Understanding Society workshop: Cross-national comparative research on migration using longitudinal studies

Date and time: 10 July 2017, 12:00pm–4:00pm
Location: University of Essex Essex Business School – Room 1.1 Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ

Workshop

Understanding Society workshop: Using weights and sample design indicators in Understanding Society – why, when and how?

Date and time: 10 July 2017, 12:00pm–4:00pm
Location: University of Essex Colchester Campus Square 2 ISER Building - ESSEXLab Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ

Seminar Cancelled

JESS Seminar, CANCELLED

Date and time: 28 June 2017, 12:00pm–1:00pm
Location: 2N2.4.16, ISER Large Seminar Room

Training

Oxford NCRM Summer School: An introduction to combining social science and molecular genetic research

Date and time: 26–30 June 2017, 12:47pm–12:47pm
Location: University of Oxford
Presented by: Sessions with Professor Meena Kumari, Dr Yanchun Bao and Dr Melissa Smart

Seminar

JESS Seminar: Intergenerational Coresidence and Intrahousehold Allocation

Date and time: 21 June 2017, 12:00pm
Location: 2N2.4.16, ISER Large Seminar Room
Presented by: Ben Etheridge, Economics Department

Training

Asking Sensitive Questions in Surveys – a five day NCRM course

Date and time: 19–23 June 2017, 9:00am–4:00pm
Location: University of Essex
Presented by: Dr Alessandra Gaia

Training

Methodological considerations in Biosocial Research using Understanding Society data

Date and time: 15 June 2017, 11:00pm
Location: University of Southampton
Presented by: Professor Tarani Chandola