Archives by Tag 'University of Southampton'
Seminar on Fertility and Poverty: micro and macro linkages
The Centre for Global Health, Population, Poverty, and Policy at the University of Southampton School of Social Sciences, in conjunction with the ESRC are holding a Seminar on Fertility and Poverty, focusing on micro and macro linkages. The seminar takes from on the 28th and 29th of January. A limited number of bursaries are available [...]
Fertility and poverty: micro and macro linkages. Call for papers.
The University of Southhampton are hosting a workshop on ‘fertility and poverty: micro and macro linkages’ from 28th to 29th January 2010. Papers are being invited that address the following: i) New evidence on the linkages between fertility and poverty (at both macro and micro levels) ii) Barriers to contraceptive use and safe abortion amongst [...]
Courses in Small Area Estimation
The University of Southampton has two upcoming courses in “small area estimation” run out of the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute by Danny Pfeffermann and Pedro Silva. The first course “Small Area Estimation” runs from 12th to 14th October 2009. This is followed by “Advanced Methods for Small Area Estimation” taking place 15th – 16th [...]
PhD studentship in demography
The newly established ESRC Centre for Population Change at the University of Southampton is pleased to announce a new PhD studentship in demography. The studentship would suit a person with good computing skills and an interest in demographic measurement, who has, or expects to have, a postgraduate degree in demography, or a related social science [...]
Poverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence
BSPS day meeting – Sponsored in collaboration with the ESRC Poverty and Reproductive Health in Poor Countries: Issues, Measurement & Evidence Venue: New Academic Building (NABL09), LSE Friday 29th May, 2009 Background The burden of out-of-pocket expenditure related to reproductive health service use remains largely unexplored in poor country contexts. The [...]
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 [...]