Events

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

Past events

988 events

Seminar

Reassessing Poverty Dynamics in Britain and the US

Date and time: 16 February 2009, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Peggy McDonough (Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada) Co-authors: Diana Worts and Amanda Sacker

Seminar

Changes in the Distribution of Income among Single Mother Families – Murphy Brown meets Inequality

Date and time: 9 February 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: James Ziliak (Department of Economics, University of Kentucky, USA) Co-author: Christopher Bollinger

Seminar

The impact of social security changes on return migration, onward migration and international travel of New Zealand citizens in Australia This seminar will be held on THURSDAY 05-02-2009

Date and time: 5 February 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: Jacques Poot (Population Studies Centre, University of Waikato, New Zealand) Co-author: Lynda Sanderson

Seminar

The Impact of Dependent Interviewing on Interview Dynamics: Implications for Longitudinal Survey Design

Date and time: 4 February 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Noah Uhrig, ISER and Emanuela Sala, ISER

Seminar

Is there a wage curve for the highly educated?

Date and time: 28 January 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Sanna-Mari Hynninen, ISER visitor, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland.

Seminar

An Equality Measurement Framework for Britain – outcomes, processes and autonomy

Date and time: 26 January 2009, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Tania Burchardt (STICERD, London School of Economics) (joint with Polly Wizard)

Seminar

Occupational Change in Britain and Germany

Date and time: 21 January 2009, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Simonetta Longhi and Malcolm Brynin, ISER

Seminar

Does ethnic diversity erode trust?: Putnam’s ‘hunkering-down’ thesis reconsidered

Date and time: 19 January 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: Patrick Sturgis (Southampton Statistical Science Research Institute, University of Southampton) Co-authors: Ian Brunton-Smith, and Sanna Read, Nick Allum

Seminar

A Meta Analysis of the Preference Reversal Phenomenon

Date and time: 12 January 2009, 4:00pm
Presented by: Peter Moffatt (University of East Anglia) Co-author: Nicholas Bardsley

Seminar Cancelled

The long-term impacts of selection by ability: Evidence from the Aberdeen Children of the 1950s

Date and time: 17 December 2008, 1:00pm–2:00pm
Presented by: Emilia Del Bono (ISER)

Seminar

Hither or Thither? Migration Patterns among UK Graduates and the implications for Regional Economic Disparities <strong>Tuesday Seminar </strong>

Date and time: 9 December 2008, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Maria Abreu (Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge) Co-authors: Michael Kitson, Philip David Wales

Seminar

The Three Rs: The Scope for Literacy and Numeracy Policies to Raise Achievement

Date and time: 1 December 2008, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Sandra McNally (London School of Economics)

Seminar

Multi-process Event-History Analysis of Internal Migration and Leaving the Parental Home using the BHPS: How the Social Capital Mediates?

Date and time: 26 November 2008, 1:00pm
Presented by: Sergi Vidal (ECASS visitor, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Seminar

Primary and secondary effects in the explanation of immigrants’ disadvantage in education

Date and time: 24 November 2008, 4:00pm–5:00pm
Presented by: Hector Cebolla Boado (Department of Sociology II, Universidad Nacional de EducaciÛn a Distancia ñ Spain)

Seminar

Social tourism – the potential role of holidays in reducing social exclusion

Date and time: 20 November 2008, 4:00pm
Presented by: <strong>Special Thursday Policy Seminar </strong> Lynn Minnaert (Centre for Tourism Research, University of Westminster)

Seminar

How and Why the Dynamics od Poverty Differ across European Countries

Date and time: 19 November 2008, 1:00pm
Presented by: Giacomo Damioli (ISER)

Seminar

The importance of being present: The influence of ‘absent’ parents and ‘present’ step-parents on children’s educational attainment.

Date and time: 10 November 2008, 4:00pm
Presented by: Janne O. Jonsson (Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University ñ Sweden)

Seminar

Part-Time Employment, Non-Participation, and Life Satisfaction of Mothers in Germany

Date and time: 5 November 2008, 1:00pm
Presented by: Eva Berger (ISER visitor, DIW, Berlin)

Seminar

Longitudinal Evidence on the Impact of Victimisation on Labour Market Outcomes and General Well-Being

Date and time: 27 October 2008, 4:00pm
Presented by: Steve Stillman (MOTU Economic and Public Policy Research ñ New Zealand)

Seminar

The route to take-up: raising incentives or lowering barriers?

Date and time: 22 October 2008, 12:00pm
Presented by: Francesca Zantomio (ISER)