SOCIAL STATISTICS IN MANCHESTER

15th January 2009
HANSON ROOM, GROUND FLOOR, HUMANITIES BRIDGEFORD STREET

Registration is free - contact: Margaret Martin

Draft programme

9.15-9.45Registration, coffee
9.45-10.00Introductions from:
Professor Alistair Ulph, Dean, Faculty of Humanities, UoM
Professor David Farrell, Head of School of Social Sciences, UoM
10.00-11.20Social Statistics: within the discipline area
Chair: Professor David Farrell
Applying statistical methods to the analysis of longitudinal data
Professor Ian Plewis
Applying statistical methods to the analysis of social networks
Dr. Mark Tranmer
Applying statistical methods to estimating characteristics of small areas
Dr. Nikos Tzavidis
Applying statistical methods to issues of confidentiality and privacy
Dr. Mark Elliot
11.20-11.40Refreshments
11.40-13.00Social Statistics: within the university
Chair: Professor Alistair Ulph
Social statistics and medicine
Professor Andrew Pickles, Health Methodology, School of Medicine
Social statistics and mathematical statistics
Professor Jianxin Pan, School of Mathematics
Social statistics and education
Professor Daniel Muijs, School of Education
Social statistics and social change
Professor Ed Fieldhouse, Institute for Social Change
13.00-14.00Lunch
11.40-13.00Social Statistics: within the School of Social Sciences
Chair: Professor Angela Dale, Director, Centre for Census and Survey Research
Applying social statistics to ethnicity research
Professor James Nazroo, Sociology
Applying social statistics to demography
Dr. Nissa Finney, Centre for Census and Survey Research
Applying social statistics to the labour force
Dr. Ken Clark, Economics
Applying social statistics in a European contex
Dr. Vanessa Gash, Centre for Census and Survey Research
15.20-15.40Refreshments
15.40-16.10Social Statistics: a view from Australia
Chair: Professor Denise Osborn, Economics
Professor Ray Chambers, University of Wollongong (visiting UoM)
16.10-17.10Social Statistics in the city
Using social statistics in a local authority context
Sarah Henry, Manchester City Council
Chair: Dr. Stephan Rudolfer, RSS Local Group
Using social statistics: a historical perspective
Professor Brian Robson, Centre for Urban Policy Studies, UoM
Chair: Mr. John Acaster, Manchester Statistical Society
17.10-17.15Summing up
Professor Ian Plewis