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LSE Seminar: Population, Education and Development

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Tweet“Population, Education and Development: Addressing the Interactions” LSE Population Research Seminar Speaker: Prof. Wolfgang Lutz Leader, World Population Program International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Chair: Prof. Mike Murphy, Professor of Demography, LSE Abstract: Education is a key determinant if international development. This Seminar presents new projections of populations by age, sex and four levels [...]

Census data workshop: migration & Longitudinal Study

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

TweetCensus data workshop: using migration data and the ONS Longitudinal Study Southend, 26 June Time: 10.30-16.00 (10.00 registration and refreshments) Date: Friday, 26 June 2009 Place: University of Essex, Southend Campus, Elmer Approach, Southend-on- Sea, SS1 1LW Booking and information: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?id=2175 This workshop will include an introduction to the data services offered by Census.ac.uk and [...]

Research workshop: Rethinking Migration

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

TweetRethinking Migration. New Glances on Migration/s   Research-Workshop, Sept, 29th and 30th 2009, Graz/Austria   CALL FOR PAPERS   The Research-group Migration at the Centre for Cultural Studies (University of Graz, Austria) invites you to submit an abstract (3000 char. incl. space) for the Research Workshop “Rethinking Migration.  New glances on Migration/s” in September 2009. [...]

Meeting on Migration Statistics: Interim Report

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, March 19, 2009

Tweet Migration Statistics: Interim Report  A meeting to discuss the interim findings of a review by the UK  Statistics Authority on improvements to migration statistics will be  held at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX  on 22nd April 2009, 2pm-4pm (coffee and registration from 1.30pm).  Please email: authority.enquiries@statistics.gsi.gov.uk  to reserve your  place – attendance is free [...]

Workshop: Fertility declines in the past, present and future

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, March 19, 2009

TweetCall for participants   ‘Fertility declines in the past, present and future: what we don’t know and what we need to know’   A joint workshop of  the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,   the British Society for Population Studies and the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure   Dates: [...]

‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ – Univ. of Oxford

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Friday, February 27, 2009

TweetOxford Institute of Ageing Spring School ‘The Multi-disciplinary Toolkit for Global Ageing’ University of Oxford 19-23 April 2009 Deadline for registrations: 2 April 2009 Download the updated brochure here: http://www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/system/files/SpringSchoolBrochure2009.pdf This four day school will address concepts and tools in demography, bio-demography, bio-medical research and practice, economics, sociology, health and policy. Special emphasis will be [...]

Census workshop: health and ethnicity

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, February 26, 2009

TweetCensus workshop: health and ethnicity – using Samples of Anonymised Records and ONS Longitudinal Study Time: 10.00-15.45 Date: Thursday, 16 April 2009 Place: Level 3A/3B, Main Building, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB Booking: http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/news/eventdetail.asp?id=2174 Rachel Stuchbury, Julian Buxton and Christopher Marshall from the Centre for Longitudinal Study Information and User Support (CelSIUS) will [...]

Conference and Workshop – Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research

By Dr Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Tuesday, February 24, 2009

TweetExploiting Existing Data for Health Research International Conference, 17-19 September 2009 Training Workshop, 12-16 September 2009     University of St Andrews – Organised by the Scottish Health Informatics Programme (SHIP) International Conference In 2007 SHIP hosted the first ‘Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research’ conference at the University of St Andrews.  Designed  for researchers and practitioners [...]