People and Places: Understanding Society presents 4 days of online mini-conferences in April

The People & Places mini-conference is a four day, online conference curated by the Understanding Society team. Each day of the conference focuses on a particular theme. The mini-conference is free to attend, but advance registration is required. You can attend on just one day, or come for the whole conference. The conference features new research using data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study.

4
April
2022

People and Places Day 1 – Travel behaviour and commuting

Presenters:

  • Dr Luke Munford, University of Manchester
  • Dr Colin Whittle, University of Bath
  • Professor Rachel Aldred, University of Westminster
  • Sonkurt Sen, ISER – University of Essex
  • Rosie Samuel, University of Leeds

Chair: Dr Kiron Chatterjee, UWE Bristol

5
April
2022

People and Places Day 2 – Experiences of ethnic minority groups
Presenters:

  • Professor Yaojun Li, University of Manchester
  • Natalie Bennett, Newcastle University / University of Sheffield
  • Professor Alexey Bessudnov, University of Exeter
  • David Knapp, University of Tartu, Estonia
  • Vasileios Antonopoulos, Race Disparity Unit Cabinet Office

Chair: Dr Alita Nandi, Understanding Society, University of Essex

6
April
2022

People and Places Day 3 – Social and spatial inequalities

Presenters:

  • Professor Nissa Finney, University of St Andrews)
  • Dr David McCollum, University of St Andrews
  • James Morrison, Royal Society of Arts
    Research Professor
  • Heather Brown, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
  • Laura Ai Sim Tan, University of Essex
  • Dr Camilla Barnett, University of Stirling
  • Dr Daria Denti, London School of Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute

Chair: Dr Rory Coulter, University College London

7
April
2022

People and Places Day 4 – Places, health and well-being

Presenters:

  • Dr Sarah Knight, University of York
  • Marie Mueller, University College London
  • Dr Matthew Hobbs, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Professor Manuel Bagues, University of Warwick
  • Professor Sarah Curtis, Durham University and University of Edinburgh
  • Dr Hei Wan Mak, University College London
  • Nilofer Sait, University College London

Chair: tbc

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