2011 Census research conference – ESRC – RSS
2011 Census research: new data, linkage and outputs
Date: 13 May 2009
Location: Royal Statistical Society, London
This one-day conference showcases the work of nine research projects funded during 2008-09 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). These have focused on developments in 2011 census data products, innovations in census data linkage through time and emerging web-based technologies for census data dissemination. The day is intended to inform debate concerning future research priorities surrounding the delivery of data from the 2011 UK censuses and the requirements of contemporary census research users.
09.30 Registration
Chair of meeting – Prof Mike Batty, University College London
10.00 Welcome and overview – Prof David Martin, University of Southampton
2011 data developments
10.10 Towards 2011 output geographies: adapting and evaluating automated zone design methods for maintaining the 2001 output geographies – Samantha Cockings, University of Southampton
10.35 Microdata, research facilities and work practice in the UK Social Science Community Census data linkage – Dr Jo Wathan, University of Manchester
11.00 Developing Analyses of the England & Wales, Scottish and Northern Ireland Census Longitudinal Studies: health and mortality as a case study – Harriet Young, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
11.25 Coffee
Data linkage
11.45 Testing the feasibility of extending the Scottish Longitudinal Study back through time – Prof Paul Boyle, University of St Andrews
12.10 Web-based Spatio-temporal Interpolator for Census Area Statistics – Prof Nigel Walford and Dr Shaozhong Shi, Kingston University
12.35 Questions to presenters
12.50 Lunch
Emerging technologies for data dissemination
13.45 A Census data feed research network – Dr Oliver Duke-Williams, University of Leeds
14.10 Creating a Census (Meta)Data Feed – Justin Hayes, University of Manchester
14.35 DiaD – Data Integration and Dissemination – James Reid, University of Edinburgh
15.00 Census Geographic Information Visualisation (Censusgiv) – Dr Pablo Mateos, University College London
15.25 Discussion led by panel
16.00 Close
The meeting will take place at the Royal Statistical Society headquarters, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX
The following registration charges apply:
£20 RSS Retired or Student Fellows
£22 RSS CStat/GradStat
£25 RSS Fellows
£30 RSS Linked Associates
£40 None of the above
email conference@rss.org.uk for a booking form
