The People & Places mini-conference is a four day, online conference curated by the Understanding Society team. Each day of the conference focuses on a particular theme. The mini-conference is free to attend, but advance registration is required. You can attend on just one day, or come for the whole conference.
Programme (draft)
13.00 – 13.05 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
Chair: Dr Rory Coulter (University College London)
13.05 – 13.45 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Social and spatial mobilities across the UK: equal opportunities?
Professor Nissa Finney (University of St Andrews)
Dr David McCollum (University of St Andrews)
13.45 – 13.50 Q&A FOR KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
13.50 – 14.00 BREAK
14.00 – 14.20 Economic security and multiple long-term conditions: exploring the impact of diagnosis on income growth
James Morrison (Royal Society of Arts)
14.20 – 14.40 The rural–urban poverty gap in England: Exploring the role of individual and place based factors
Research Professor Heather Brown (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
14.40 – 15.00 Being unemployed, becoming unemployed and physical health across disadvantaged and less disadvantaged areas in England
Laura Ai Sim Tan (University of Essex)
15.00 – 15.10 BREAK
15.10 – 15.30 Sexual Identity and Welfare Inequalities in the United Kingdom
Dr Camilla Barnett (University of Stirling)
15.30 – 15.50 Coming Out of the Woods. Do local support services influence the propensity to report sexual violence?
Dr Daria Denti (London School of Economics, Gran Sasso Science Institute)
15.50 – 16.15 Q&A FOR PRESENTERS
16.15 – 16.25 CLOSING REMARKS
