This year’s conference will see 70 presentations, 20 poster sessions, 10 drop-in sessions, five specialist workshops, two keynote speakers: Professor Sara Arber and Professor David Bell.
Parallel sessions
Tuesday 21
- Workshop - Understanding impact
- Wealth, income & poverty
- Health (cardiovascular disease)
- Survey methods (measurement)
- Workshop - Longitudinal Modelling with Longitudinal Households
- Poverty and earning loss
- Fertility decisions
Wednesday 22
- Workshop - Genetic data in Understanding Society (part 1)
- Health (methods)
- Social mobility
- Employment & wellbeing
- Workshop - Genetic data in Understanding Society (part 2)
- Mental health & sleep
- Ethnicity – family and intergenerational issues
- Education
- Workshop - The Socio-Cultural Integration of New Immigrants in Europe
- Health (use of biomeasures)
- Employment & health
- Young people and risk attitudes
Thursday 23
- Workshop - United Kingdom Longitudinal Studies: Research, Evidence and Impact
- Health behaviours
- Family change / changing families
- Young people's wellbeing
- Survey methods (coverage and non-response)
- Health (inequalities over the lifecourse)
- Environment & wellbeing
- Ethnicity, social networks and neighbourhoods
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Conference reflections 2015
For those who couldn’t make it to the Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2015; abstracts, photos and videos from the event are now available.
Parallels, prizes & a plenary were presented on the final day
The last day of the Scientific Conference saw a keynote speech by Professor David Bell and five awards presented to PhD students, researchers and professors.
Extra conference activities encourage lively debates
The second day of the Understanding Society Scientific Conference gave researchers the chance to attend drop-in sessions, workshops and a user consultation session.
Highlights from day one of the Scientific Conference 2015
Hundreds of social scientists headed to the Understanding Society Scientific Conference today to share their research based on longitudinal data.