Seminar Series |
Autumn 2011 Seminar Series - Understanding Individual and Social Change
The Institute for Social Change (ISC) and the Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) at Manchester University are hosting a joint seminar programme in 2011/12. Invited experts in quantitative methods and social statistics will explain their latest research on aspects of individual and social change and methods of measurement.
The joint seminar programme will be of interest to all members of ISC and CCSR as well as to many others in the University and outside.
Unless listed otherwise below, seminars are held on Tuesdays from 4pm - 5.15pm, and are held in Room 1.69/1.70 Humanities Bridgeford Street. Tea and coffee is available.
A full list of seminars can be donwloaded here |
| 20th September: |
George Leckie , University of Bristol ,
School League Tables in the Uk: Understanding & Communicating the uncertantity in schools' scores
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
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| 27th September: |
Dr Vikki Boliver, University of Durham
How fair is access to prestigious UK universities?
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 4th October: |
Prof Rainer Schnell, University of Dusiburg-Essen.
The Use of cryptographic Bloom Filters for Linking Records Over Time
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 11th October: |
Dr Michael Bruter & Sarah Harrison, London School of Economics
The Psychology of Voters in the 2010 UK General Elections
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar
Room Change: Hanson Room Humanities Bridgeford Street |
| 18th October: |
Dr Annette Jackle, ISER, University of Essex.
First Equals Most Important? Order Effects in Vignette-Based Measurement
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 25th October: |
Prof Jorge Rodruiguez Menes, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Inequality, Heterogamy and Mobility
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 1st November: |
Dr Robert Simmons, University of Lancaster.
Why are migrants paid more: evidence from Italian football
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 8th November: |
Prof Jean Tillie, University of Amsterdam
With or Without Us: The public Islam debate in Western Europe
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 15th November: |
Prof David Steel, University of Wollongong, Australia.
Analysing and interpreting Survey design effects
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 22nd November: |
Prof Rune Slothuus, Aarhus University, Denmark
Political Parties as Opinion Leaders during an Economic Crisis?
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
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| 29th November: |
Laurent Lesnard, Sciences-Po.
Optimal Matching and the Social Sciences
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 6th December: |
Geoffrey Evans, Oxford University
Re-evaluating Models of Voting Behaviour in Political Science: Towards Non-Endogenous Explanations?
Please view the poster for an abstract on this seminar |
| 13th December: |
Prof Peter Elias, University of Warwick.
Higher Education, intergenerational mobility and earnings |
Details, slides and papers from the previous series' are still available: Summer 2011, Spring 2011, Autumn 2010, Spring 2010, Autumn 2009 , Spring 2009, Autumn 2008 |
ISC Brownbag Seminar Series
The Institute for Social Change (ISC) a at Manchester University are hosting a Brownbag seminar series in 2011/12.
The Brownbag seminar series will be of interest to all members of ISC both staff and students as well as to many others in the University and outside.
Seminars are held on the first Wednesday of every month. 1-2pm in room 2.07B Humanities Bridgeford Street.
