CCSR's Informal Lunchtime Seminars

A series of informal lunch-time seminars runs each Tuesday at 12 noon from 16th February to 23rd March 2010 and 20th April to 18th May 2010. These are in addition to the more formal seminar series at 4pm on Tuesdays.

For more information about the lunchtime seminars, please contact Leen.Vandecasteele@manchester.ac.uk

16th Feb - Household responses to social transfers: a dynamic analysis of poor older person households in South Africa. Julia Mase, Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester - 1.69/1.70 Humanities Bridgeford Street Building

23rd Feb - Social disorganisation and crime in Spanish Neighbourhoods. Alfonso Echazarra, CCSR, University of Manchester - G.030/031 Arthur Lewis Building

2nd Mar - Can violent behaviour be predicted from the alcohol consumption patterns of young people?. Carly Lightowlers, CCSR, University of Manchester - 1.69/1.70 Humanities Bridgeford Street Building

9th Mar - Using mixed-methods to represent dynamic feminist social networks. Susan O'Shea, CCSR, University of Manchester - G.030/031 Arthur Lewis Building

16th Mar - The Problem of Equivalent Models in Structural Equation Modelling.Ewan Carr, CCSR, University of Manchester - 1.69/1.70 Humanities Bridgeford Street Building

23rd Mar - International and internal migration of ethnic minorities, measured from the National Pupil Dataset. Stephen Jivraj, CCSR, University of Manchester - G.030/031 Arthur Lewis Building

20th April - Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour. Alex Hill, Community Safety Co-ordinator, New East Manchester - 2.016 Arthur Lewis Building

27th April - How Unemployment and Market Precarity reduces social engagement. Preliminary analysis using the EU-SILC data. Vanessa Gash & Martina Dieckhoff - 1.69/1.70 Humanities Bridgeford Street Building

4th May - Linking the School Census to births records to enhance demographic estimates. Dick Heasman, Senior Methodologist, Office for National Statistics - G.030/031 Arthur Lewis Building

11th May - Community Cohesion and Healthcare: A Study of Overseas Trained South Asian Doctors in the UK. Yasmin Farooq, CCSR, University of Manchester - G.019 Arthur Lewis Building

18th May - New Immigration in Regeneration Areas - Urban Renewal and Community Cohesion. Kitty Lymperopoulou, CCSR, University of Manchester - G.019 Arthur Lewis Building