CCSR Seminars

Throughout the term, CCSR has a regular seminar series. Seminars are held from 4pm - 5.30pm Room 1.70 on the first floor of the Humanities Bridgeford Street building (upstairs from CCSR).

All are welcome and no booking is necessary. Queries to 0161-275-4721.

A poster showing all the seminars in this series is available as a Word file and PDF. CCSR also runs an informal lunchtime seminar series.

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5th Feb:
Marital splits and income change over the longer term. — Professor Stephen Jenkins, Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex.

12th Feb:
Explaining ethnic differences in internal migration (and what they mean for segregation). — Dr. Nissa Finney and Professor Ludi Simpson ,CCSR, University of Manchester.

19th Feb:
How British voters evaluate opposition and governing parties' competencies: a time series analysis of Gallup 'best party' data, 1971 - 1997. — Dr. Jane Green, DCERN, University of Manchester and Dr. Will Jennings (LSE.

26th Feb:
Coming to terms with diversity: white British attitudes to ethnic minorities and immigrants — Dr. Rob Ford, CCSR, University of Manchester.

4th Mar:
Borrowing strength over space in small area estimation using M-quantile Geographically Weighted Models — Dr. Nikos Tzavidis, CCSR, University of Manchester.

11th Mar:
The micro-geography of UK demographic change 1991-2001. — Dr. Paul Norman, School of Geography, University of Leeds.

18th Mar:
The civic route to effective policy outcomes: models of attitudes and civic behaviour in the Citizenship Survey. — Professor Peter John, IPEG, University of Manchester.

1st Apr:
If God is dead, are teenagers to blame? — Professor David Voas. ISC, University of Manchester.

8th Apr:
Social capital, new media and political participation in Europe. — Dr. Gindo Tampubolon. ISC, University of Manchester.

 

Details, slides and papers from the previous series' are still available: Autumn 2007, Spring 2007, Autumn 2006, Spring 2006, Autumn 2005, Spring 2005, Autumn 2004, Spring 2004, Autumn 2003 or the current series.