Past events
Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2017
Presented by: Professor Sir Richard Blundell & Professor Hilary Graham as keynote speakers.
Venue: University of Essex
Understanding Society workshop: Cross-national comparative research on migration using longitudinal studies
Venue: University of Essex Essex Business School – Room 1.1 Wivenhoe Park Colchester CO4 3SQ
Understanding Society workshop: Using weights and sample design indicators in Understanding Society – why, when and how?
Venue: University of Essex Colchester Campus Square 2 ISER Building - ESSEXLab Colchester, Essex CO4 3SQ
JESS Seminar, CANCELLED
Venue: 2N2.4.16, ISER Large Seminar Room
Oxford NCRM Summer School: An introduction to combining social science and molecular genetic research
Presented by: Sessions with Professor Meena Kumari, Dr Yanchun Bao and Dr Melissa Smart
Venue: University of Oxford
JESS Seminar: Intergenerational Coresidence and Intrahousehold Allocation
Presented by: Ben Etheridge, Economics Department
Venue: 2N2.4.16, ISER Large Seminar Room
Asking Sensitive Questions in Surveys – a five day NCRM course
Presented by: Dr Alessandra Gaia
Venue: University of Essex
Methodological considerations in Biosocial Research using Understanding Society data
Presented by: Professor Tarani Chandola
Venue: University of Southampton
JESS Seminar: Income effects on children’s life satisfaction: longitudinal evidence for England
Presented by: Gundi Knies, ISER
Venue: 2N2.4.16, ISER Large Seminar Room
JESS Seminar: CANCELLED/POSTPONED (Growing) Up in smoke? Maternal pre- and post-natal behaviours and child development
Presented by: Sarah Cattan, UCL and IFS (joint with Gabriella Conti and Francesca Salvati)
Venue: 2N2.4.16, ISER Large Seminar Room
JESS Seminar: IVF, multiple births and birth quality: analysis of a reform in Sweden
Presented by: Hanna Muhlrad (Gothenburg) and Sonia Bhalotra (ISER)
Venue: 2N2.4.16 (ISER Large Seminar Room)
JESS seminar: Ex-ante evaluation of business failure prediction: an index approach
Presented by: Marialuisa Restaino, University of Salerno
Venue: Large Seminar Room: 2N2.4.16
Monday Afternoon Seminar: Title tbc
Presented by: Kristiina Huttunen, Aalto University/UCL
Venue: 2N2.4.16 - ISER Seminar room
JESS seminar: Portfolio Selection via Hybrid Graphical Least Square Estimation
Presented by: Hongsheng Dai, Department of Mathematics, University of Essex
Venue: Large Seminar Room (2N2.4.16)
MiSoC Workshop on Parental Beliefs, Information and Investments
Presented by: Orazio Attanasio (University College London) and Flavio Cunha (Rice University).
Venue: Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Launch of Understanding Society Epigenetic Data
Presented by: Professor Michaela Benzeval, Professor Meena Kumari, Professor Marcus Pembrey, Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Genetics, Great Ormond Street, Institute of Child Health and Bristol University and others
Venue: Royal Society for Public Health, 28 Portland Place, London, W1B 1AD
JESS Seminar: C-reactive protein, antidepressant use, and trajectories of psychological distress in UKHLS
Presented by: Amanda Hughes (ISER)
Venue: Large Seminar Room (2N2.4.16)
5th Annual UK Causal Inference Meeting (UK-CIM)
Presented by: Fabrizia Mealli (University of Florence) and Elizabeth Stuart (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Venue: Essex Business School
Contact Time with Patients – Does it Make A Difference? Professor Fiona Nolan at the Health Research Group
Presented by: Professor Fiona Nolan
Venue: Seminar Room, Social Sciences Building