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Radical Statistics Conference 2010 – February 27th London

By Dan - Last updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The annual Radical Statistics Conference will be held this year on Saturday, February 27th 2010 at Friends House Euston, London NW1 2BJ.
The conference promises discussions regarding radical application of statistics as well as chance for socialising.
More details, booking etc can be found here: http://www.radstats.org.uk/conf2010/

Social Statistician Research Associate Job

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

DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, LOUGHBOROUGH  UNIVERSITY
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (Fixed term for 12 months)
(ref: GY/13339)
Department: Geography
Role Type: Research
Vacancy Posted: Friday 15 May 2009
Closing Date: Monday 01 June 2009
Salary/Benefits: £27,183 per annum
A creative social statistician is required to work on an ESRC-funded project “Benchmarking the world city network: city connectivities on the eve of the current financial crisis”.
The successful [...]

Challenging the ‘Parallel Lives’ Myth: Race, Sociology, Statistics and Politics

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, March 12, 2009

Challenging the ‘Parallel Lives’ Myth: Race, Sociology, Statistics and Politics
Wednesday May 13 th 2009 10.30 -16.00
London School of Economics
Room LG01, New Academic Building, Lincoln’s Inn Fields

The BSA Race and Ethnicity Study Group and the BSPS are taking the opportunity of the publication of ‘Sleepwalking to Segregation’? Challenging myths about race and immigration by Nissa Finney [...]

Statistician/ Perinatal Epidemiologist- City University London

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, March 2, 2009

Statistician/ Perinatal Epidemiologist, Maternity data linkage,
Department, of Midwifery and Child Health, School of Community and Health Sciences, City University London
Reference Number KG/12144  –  Grade 6/7, Two years, full time
City University London is working with partners in England and Wales to enhance the scope of the data available for monitoring maternity care and for research. A [...]

Radical Statistics 2009 Conference

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, February 16, 2009

Radical Statistics Group – Annual Conference and AGM, 2009
An Aging Society: Are We Prepared?
Saturday March 7, 2009
Oxford Institute of Aging
Manor Road Building
(Adjacent to St Catherine’s College, Manor Road)
Oxford OX1 3UQ
Registration, 9:30-10:00 am

The programme includes papers on topics such as:
- Use of demography
- Ethnicity
- Family Support
- Health
- Pensions
- Policy Making
- Effective Interventions
Registration is from £20 and [...]