Spring 2009 Joint Seminar Series

Individual and Social Change and Methods of Measurement.

The Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) and the Institute for Social Change (ISC) at Manchester University are hosting a joint seminar programme in 2008/9. 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 CCSR and ISC 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.

All are welcome and no booking is necessary. Queries to 0161-275-4721. See www.ccsr.ac.uk/seminars/ for up to date details.

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

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20-Jan: Why We Still Hate Politics
Professor Colin Hay - University of Sheffield
 
27-Jan: Robust Prediction Intervals for Unbalanced Samples
Professor Ray Chambers - Wollongong University
 
03-Feb: Europeanization and Social Movements
Professor Donatella Della Porta - European University Institute. Joint Seminar with DCERN
 
10-Feb: Experiences with data and text mining
Professor John Keane - University of Manchester
 
17-Feb: Household transitions between work and care: an analysis of the European Community Household Panel
Professor Jacqueline O'Reilly & Dr Tizana Nazio - University of Brighton & University of Turin
 
24-Feb: Understanding long-term electoral change
Professor Mark Franklin  European University Institute
 
03-Mar: Position Generator for Social Capital Research: A New Approach
Professor Nan Lin  - Duke University
 
10-Mar: Measuring electoral support for parties: a comparative assessment of the validity of three different kinds survey instruments
Professor Cees van der Eijk,University of Nottingham. Joint seminar with DCERN
 
17-Mar: Education, Social Attitudes and Civic Participation
Professor Lindsay Paterson  - University of Edinburgh
 
24-Mar: Factors accounting for neighbourhood change using the Scottish Longitudinal study
Professor Nick Bailey - University of Glasgow
 
31-Mar: Doing Kith and Kin with PRISM (Personal Relationships In the Social Mind)

Professor Ray Pahl - University of Essex

21st April: A randomised controlled trial of a door-to-door recycling campaign.
Dr Sarah Cotterill and Dr Hisako Nomura, Institute for Political and Economic Governance, University of Manchester

28th April: TBC. Professor Rob Proctor, National Centre for e-Social Science, University of Manchester

5th May: Civic engagement and social policy across Europe.
Necla Acik, CCSR, University of Manchester

19th May: Homo Janus - between Homo Economicus and The Blank Slate
Professor Colin Talbot, MBS, University of Manchester

Details, slides and papers from the previous series' are still available: Autumn 2008, Spring 2008, Autumn 2007, Spring 2007, Autumn 2006, Spring 2006, Autumn 2005, Spring 2005, Autumn 2004, Spring 2004, Autumn 2003 or the current series.