BSPS Annual Conference 2010
13-15 September 2010, The University of Exeter
Strand organisers & Conference information
Please note that the call for papers closed on 7 May and further oral presentations cannot now be accepted.
The 2010 BSPS Conference will be held at the University of Exeter from 13-15 September. The University campus is on the outskirts of Exeter with wonderful views over the Exe Valley. All Conference sessions will be held on site, where Conference catering and accommodation will also be available at very reasonable rates.
There will be a full programme of simultaneous strand sessions of submitted papers.
This year, some sessions within strands have been suggested and these will be organised by the person named as session organiser, within an overall strand. Sessions within strands are shown beneath the overall strand title and are designated as such.
Plenary speakers are confirmed as Dr, Ties Boerma (WHO), Professor Bob Woods (University of Liverpool) and Dr. Tomas Sobotka (IIASA). Information updates on the Conference will be posted to the BSPS website as available. See:
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/socialPolicy/BSPS/annualConference/Home.aspx
Presenters of posters will be expected to attend the scheduled poster session on the first evening of the Conference, but posters will remain on display for the duration of the Conference.
Strand organisers are as follows:
Strand: Ageing, including ageing populations & future prospects for older people in Britain:
Emily Freeman, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.
Email: E.Freeman@lse.ac.uk
Session(s): Modelling future ageing populations.
(including papers from the Modelling ageing populations to 2030 programme, but further submissions can be accepted.)
Professor Mike Murphy, Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE.
Email: M.Murphy@lse.ac.uk
Strand: Familes &Households:
(for example, research relating to families and households, including the demography of family and household types, studies of partnerships (marriage, cohabitation, non-residential relationships, partnership dissolution), kin networks, relationships, children in families, and issues relating to the family (employment, childcare, wellbeing).
Ben Wilson, Office for National Statistics, 2300, Segensworth Road, Titchfield, Farehem, Hants PO15 5RR.
Email: orange@polarbear.fsworld.co.uk
Session(s): Gender inequality, mothers and children:
(special attention will be given to measures of gender discrimination facing mothers &
children & their analysis, including the relationship between women's empowerment
& children's wellbeing.)
Dr. Sylvie Dubuc, Department of Social Policy & Social Work, University of Oxford, Barnett House, 32 Wellington Square, Oxford. OX1 3ER
Email: sylvie.dubuc@socres.ox.ac.uk
Strand: Fertility & reproductive health:
Dr. Stuart Basten, World Population Program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Email: basten@iiasa.ac.at
Session(s): Immigration, ethnicity & fertility
Papers aiming at understanding the causes of fertility differences across immigrant and ethnic groups (e.g. socio-economic, socio-cultural, religious, political factors) and the factors of change in fertility over time are particularly welcome. Quantitative and mixed methods studying these issues are encouraged.)
Dr. Ann Berrington, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ.
Email: amb6@soton.ac.uk
Strand: Health and mortality:
Dr. Amos Channon, School of Social Sciences, University of thampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ.
Email: a.r.channon@soton.ac.uk
Strand: Historical demography:
Dr. Violetta Hionidou, School of Historical Studies, Armstrong Building, University of Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 7RU.
Email: violetta.hionidou@ncl.ac.uk
Strand: Local authority, census, planning:
Eileen Howes, Data Management and Analysis, Greater London Authority, City Hall
The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA.
Email: eileen.howes@london.gov.uk
Session(s): 2011 Census: Innovations in Content, Accessibility & Census Comparability:
(Recent developments offer potentials for the 2011 UK Census to provide more information than any previous census, and for this information to be easier to understand, search and use, either in isolation or in combination with information from previous censuses and non- census datasets, than ever before.)
Justin Hayes, Census Dissemination Unit, MIMAS, University of Manchester, Roscoe Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester M13 9PL
Email: justin.hayes@manchester.ac.uk
Session(s): Research using data from the Office for National Statistics Longitudinal Study & 'sister' studies.
(as the 2011 Census draws near, the decennial cycle of the ONS Longitudinal Study (ONS LS) has reached the key point at which plans to link to another tranche of census data are about to be put into action. It is therefore timely to highlight the research use & potential of this data set, & the more recently established 'sister' Studies in Scotland & N. Ireland. Papers including analyses of any of these data sets are invited for this session (sessions).)
Professor Emily Grundy, Centre for Population Studies, LSHTM, 49-50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP.
Email: emily.grundy@lshtm.ac.uk
OR
Jim Newman, ONS Centre for Demography, Segensworth Road, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants. PO15 5RR.
Email: jim.newman@ons.gsi.gov.uk
Strand: Methods, models & projections:
(Methodological developments, estimation and projections, and the relationships between demography, policy and politics.)
Professor Ludi Simpson, CCSR, University of Manchester, Kantorovich Building, Humanities Bridgeford Street, Manchester M13 9PL.
Email: ludi.simpson@man.ac.uk
Session(s): Development & use of area measures (classifications & deprivation):
Dr. Paul Norman, School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT.
Email: p.d.norman@leeds.ac.uk
Strand: Posters:
Cecilia Macintyre, UK Statistics Authority, 23 Walker Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 7HX.
Email: cecilia.macintyre@statistics.gsi.gov.uk
Strand: Transnational & subnational migration:
Jonathan Swan, ONSCD, Segensworth Road, Titchfield, Fareham, Hants PO15 5RR
Email:
jonathan.swan@ons.gsi.gov.uk
Session(s): International migration:
(with special emphasis on the repercussions for Britain. Topics may include conceptual and methodological discussions on human mobility & migration terminologies, transnational households - issues of separation, reunion & mobility -, irregular/ clandestine/illegal migration, forced migration, transnational communities & migrant networks, immigrant fertility & mortality, demographic impact of international migration on host society, return migration. Priority will be given to contributions challenging existing paradigms & furthering the demographic debate on human mobility
Dr. Ibrahim Sirkeci, Regent's College, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, London NW1 4NS.
Email: sirkecii@regents.ac.uk
General & administrative enquiries:
BSPS Secretariat, 020 7955 7666 (phone), Email: pic@lse.ac.uk
Notes:
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Presenters must confirm on the submissions form that they will attend the Conference at their own expense to present the paper or poster, if accepted. Please note that attendance at the BSPS Conference to present a paper or poster cannot be subsidised by the BSPS - this applies to BSPS members and non-members. (Except for student bursaries granted to BSPS student members presenting papers and posters – see bursary details below.)
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Strand organisers may allocate papers to a different strand from that to which the paper was submitted, if appropriate, but potential presenters will be advised. A maximum of two submissions per author, please.
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Presenters are encouraged to submit ongoing work with incomplete analyses and findings as posters, rather than papers. Papers should include results.
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Submissions from non-members are very welcome.
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A final abstract of approximately 250 words will be required by the end of July for the final programme.
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Presenters of papers will be required to register for the Conference before the paper is included in the final programme.
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Papers are organised into strand sessions. Each presenter will have 30 minutes in total with 20-25 minutes for presentation and 5-10 minutes for discussion/questions.
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Effective presentations – notes available on the website at:
Poster Competition at the BSPS Conference
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A prize fund of £100 in book tokens is offered for the poster(s) judged to be the best on display.
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At least 50% of the value of the Prize will be awarded to the best student poster.
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All posters accepted for the Conference will be entered automatically for the Poster Prize. The invited judges will be announced later.
Student bursaries for BSPS Conference 2010