CCSR
Social Statistics
This group brings together work on ethnicity, religion and migration in CCSR and more widely. Regular meetings – listed below – provide an opportunity to bring together researchers to discuss draft papers or debate specific topics. There is an annual conference which aims to show-case some of the excellent research being conducted in this area at the University of Manchester.
All meetings and conferences are open to all who are interested in attending. We particularly welcome participants form local authorities and the public and voluntary sectors generally.
Meetings:
Monday February 9
Arthur Lewis Building, Room G.019, University of Manchester
1.00 -2.00 pm
Lorraine Pannett, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (Migration and Diaspora Cultural Studies Network)
Contributing to social justice through research: using qualitative research methods to work with asylum seekers and refugees
Monday March 16
Arthur Lewis Building, Room G.019, University of Manchester
1.00 -2.00 pm
Vanessa Higgins, CCSR
Assessing diet, physical exercise and obesity amongst different ethnic groups
Conference on Migration, Community and Ethnicity
Thursday April 2nd 2009
Cordingley Theatre, Humanities Bridgeford Street, University of Manchester
Detail and booking form here: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/erm/2009-04-02/index.shtml
There is no charge for attending this conference
Monday 11 May 2009
Arthur Lewis Building, 2.016, SecondFloor Board Room, University of Manchester
1.00 -2.00 pm
James Nazroo, Sociology
Social and economic circumstances of mixed-ethnicity children in the UK: findings from the Millenium Cohort Study
Monday 8 June 2009
Arthur Lewis Building, G.030/31
University of Manchester
1.00 - 2.00 pm
Migration, marriage and employment amongst Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi residents in the UK
The meeting will discuss the paper which can be downloaded here.
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The seminar series will re-start on Monday 12 October, as below:
Monday 12 October 2009
University of Manchester
1.00 - 2.00 pm
Dr. Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez
Senior Lecturer in Transcultural Studies and Co-Director Migration and Diaspora Cultural Studies Network
Migration, Domestic Work, Affect
Monday 9 November 2009
University of Manchester
1.00 - 2.00 pm
Dr. Khatidja Chantler,School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Forced Marriage: Cultural, Religious or State Violence?