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Spring 2010 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 2009/10. 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

Seminars are held on Tuesdays from 4pm - 5.30pm on the second floor of the Arthur Lewis Building (2nd Floor - 2.16 Boardroom). Tea and coffee is available from 3.45pm.

A full list of seminars can be donwloaded here

19th January: Living Standards During Previous Recessions.
Dr. Luke Sibieta, Institute for Fiscal Studies. This seminar not in Arthur Lewis, but will take place in Bridgeford St 1.69. Poster
   
26th January:

Chinese in the British Labour Market: Using SARs to Capture Intra-Ethnic Differences.

Dr. Sin Yi Cheung, Department of Sociology, University of Birmingham.
   
2nd February: Policy Evaluation and Randomised Trials.
Dr. Stephen Morris, Policy Studies Institute. Poster
   
9th February: Latent Class Models: Recent Developments.
Professor Jeroen Vermunt, Department of Methodology and Statistics, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
   
16th February:

Strategy for ModellingNon-random Missing Data Mechanisms in Longitudinal Studies Using Bayesian Methods: Application to Income Data from the Millennium : Cohort Study.
Dr. Alexina Mason, Imperial College London. Poster
   
23rd February: Immigrants in German Politics: Diversity in Mainstream Institutions.
Professor Karen Schoenwaelder, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen, Germany. Poster
   
2nd March: Household Labour Divisions, Employment and Earnings.
Dr. Susan Harkness, University of Bath. Poster
   
9th March: Redefining the Political.
Professor Stephen Coleman, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. Poster
   
16th March: Including Social Network Information In Geographical Analysis: Some Multilevel Approaches
Dr. Mark Tranmer CCSR & Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis. . Poster
   
23rd March: The National Congregations Study in Switzerland: First Results.
Professor Jörg Stolz, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Poster
   
30th March: Attitudes towards Gender Roles.
Dr. Damon Berridge, University of Lancaster. Poster
   
6th April: The Intergenerational Transmission of Cultural Capital.
Dr Alice Sullivan, Institute of Education, University of London. Poster

Details, slides and papers from the previous series' are still available: 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 2009/10.

Theseminar 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 last Wednesday of every month.  1-2pm in room 2.07B Humanities Bridgeford Street.

30th September 2009 Dr Gindo Tampubolon
Neighbourhood Social Capital & Individual Health
   
28th October 2009 Neil Armitage
Cosmopolitan Selves & Belongings
   
25th November 2009 Yung-Han Chang
Education & Mobility in Mainland China & Taiwan
   
9th December 2009 Meng Chen
Social Stratification & Social Mobility in Contemporary Urban China
   
27th January 2010 Kyung-A Kim
Women and Education in South Korea
   
24th February 2010 Jianxun Kong
Social Capital, Trust & Social Distance in Contemporary China
   
31st March 2010 Ingrid Storm
Majority Religions & National Identities in Europe
   
28th April 2010 Ben Lee
The Web 2.0 Paradigm & Political Party Organisation in the UK

A full list of seminars can be donwloaded here

If you have any further queries about the ISC Brownbag Seminar Series, please contact:
Jennifer Whillans Jennifer.Whillans@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

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