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Call for abstracts for the 2017 Understanding Society Scientic Conference - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

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13 Dec 2016

The Understanding Society Scientific Conference will be held on 11-13th July

2017 at the University of Essex in Colchester, Essex.
The deadline for submissions of abstracts is midnight (GMT) on Monday 13th
February 2017.
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15/12/2016

Call for abstracts for the 2017 Understanding Society Scientic Conference - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

The Understanding Society Scientific Conference provides an international

forum for the exchange of research based on longitudinal household panel
studies. Keynote speakers include Professor Sir Richard Blundell and Professor
Hilary Graham.
The team particularly welcomes abstracts on:
Research using Understanding Society, the British Household Panel Survey
or other household panel studies;
Health, education, employment, family and household, ethnicity, income,
wealth, consumption and survey methodology.
International comparative studies of longitudinal survey data
The team is also keen to showcase innovative statistical methods and
research that is policy relevant.
There are three types of presentation opportunities:
Oral presentations in parallel sessions (20 minute presentations with 10
minutes of questions)
Poster presentations
Workshop or symposium (90 minutes) that include 3-4 papers, and allows
plenty of time for discussion. For symposium/workshops please provide an
overall abstract and one for each paper.
The 2017 Conference is placing particular emphasis on the value of household
panel studies and will be followed by a one-day meeting (on 14th July) of key
researchers from international household panel studies. These include:
The Panel Study of Income Dynamics USA
Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey Australia
The German Socio-Economic Panel Germany
FORS Switzerland
Longitudinal and International Study of Adults Canada

How to submit an abstract

Please complete the abstract submission form, using the guidelines provided.

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Call for abstracts for the 2017 Understanding Society Scientic Conference - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

The deadline for submissions is midnight (GMT) on Monday 13th February

2017. If you have any questions, please contact Nicola Hardaker.
Abstracts will be reviewed by the conference organising committee and authors
of successful submissions will be notified by mid-April 2017.
Registration to attend the conference as a delegate (along with pre-sessional
training workshops on 10th July, and the international workshop on 14th July),
will open in April 2017.
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