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1 May, 2008Patrick Sturgis has become Professor of Research MethodsUPTAP researcher, Patrick Sturgis, has recently been given the title of Professor of Research Methods at the University of Southampton. We would like to wish our congratulations to him on his new post. His UPTAP project is entitled ‘Social and Political Trust: A Longitudinal and Comparative Perspective’. The project which is based at the Universities of Surrey and Essex was continue until it’s completion date at the end of August. 2 October, 2007Successful applications in 2nd round of UPTAP fundingSuccessful applications in UPTAP Round 2 are the following (* indicates that the award is conditional): Zhiqiang Feng (University of St Andrews) Nissa Finney (University of Manchester) Vanessa Higgins (University of Manchester) Paula Kautt (Cambridge University) Lavinia Mitton (University of Kent) Phil Rees (University of Leeds) Albert Sabater (University of Manchester) Marina Shapira (University of Edinburgh) Antonia Simon (Institute of Education) Xuan-Mai Stafford (UCL, University of Manchester) Large grant Liz Twigg (University of Portsmouth, University of Southampton) 14 March, 2007Press coverage for Dimitris BallasDimitris Ballas has recently been interviewed by the Yorkshire Post newspaper on his UPTAP project, ‘Exploring geographies of happiness and well-being in Britain.’ To read the full article, please click on the link below: http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2115835&SectionID=105 1 March, 2007User FellowshipsThree UPTAP User Fellowships have been awarded. The following projects and researchers will now be joining the initiative: 1. Demographic indicators of cultural consumption Orian Brook (Audiences London) and Paul Boyle (University of St Andrews) 2. Decomposition of changes in disability-free life expectancy by cause: England, 1991-2001 Dominica Rasulo (Office of National Statistics) and Ben Rickayzen (City University) 3. Understanding the unmet needs of families with severely disabled children Mark Wooley (Family Fund) and Seraphim Alvanides (Newcastle University) 27 January, 2007Yaojun LiCongratulations to Yaojun Li, who has been offered a chair in Sociology at the University of Manchester. As of 1st April 2007, Yaojun’s new job will be that of a Professor of Sociology at the Institute for Social Change (ISC), which is a Harvard-Manchester joint project studying social capital and immigration. 2 November, 2006Eric Kaufmann’s work on the cover of ‘Prospects’ magazineEric Kaufmann’s work on religion and demography went into an article that made the cover of this month’s Prospect magazine. http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=7913 1 November, 2006Daniel Guinea-Martin’s work in ‘Labour Market Trends’ :Occupational differences between the sexes declined faster in the 1990sThe tendency for men and women to work in separate occupations declined during the 1990s to a larger extent than in earlier decades, according to an article in the December issue of Labour Market Trends. This fall took place across all ethnic groups. Occupational differences between ethnic groups also fell. The article, which looks at England and Wales, primarily uses data from the 1991 and 2001 Censuses to examine occupational segregation and inequality by sex and by ethnic group. The Census, with its almost universal coverage, is the only data source that can support analysis at this level of detail. The article notes that earlier researchers found a broadly stable situation in the level of occupational sex segregation in Britain during the 20th century, with only a slightly declining trend. The fall became more pronounced following changes in the labour market and the introduction of equal opportunities legislation in the 1970s. The decline was greater between 1991 and 2001 than it had been between 1981 and 1991, partly because of the increase in the number of men and women working in service-related occupations (in which larger proportions of women have traditionally been employed). The research also found that in each ethnic group, other than Bangladeshis, men tended to work in better-paid occupations than women. However, the degree of male advantage decreased for most ethnic groups between 1991 and 2001, as did the relative advantage of White people compared with ethnic minority groups. By 2001 Indian men and women and Black Caribbean and Chinese women tended to be in better-paid occupations than their White counterparts. Reference: Blackwell, L. and Guinea-Martin, D. (2005) Occupational segregation by sex and ethnicity in England and Wales, 1991 to 2001, An analysis of trends in occupational difference and inequality, Labour Market Trends, 113(12): 501-516 http://www.statistics.gov.uk/downloads/theme_labour/LMT_Dec05.pdf 19 September, 2006Eric KaufmannEric Kaufmann is organizing the following conference: Political Demography: Ethnic, National and Religious Dimensions Sponsored by the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), in association with the Economic and Social Research Council Demography - chiefly in the form of international migration and differential fertility rates - has enormous socio-political implications and is soaring in importance. Below replacement fertility in developed countries, increased global migration and differential fertility rates between groups within states are altering population balances. In addition, growing state reflexivity and democratisation - censuses, border controls and elections - magnify demographic changes. In addition to three renowned scholars in the field, there will be seventeen panels with fifty papers addressing a range of issues involving demography, politics, ethnicity, religion, and nationalism. We welcome conference attendance from all interested members of the community. Plenary Speakers: For Further Information on the conference programme, and to register, please see the conference website at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/demography.htm 13 July, 2006James NazrooJames Nazroo is moving from Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at UCL to the Department of Sociology at the University of Manchester in October 2006. 6 June, 2006Alison SmithAlison Smith (Nuffield College, Oxford) has been appointed to a Lectureship in Social Policy at the University of Edinburgh from 1 March 2006 and has been allowed to transfer her UPTAP Post-doctoral Fellowship to Edinburgh for commencement on 1 August 2006. Next Page » |
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