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EventsConferencesThe LSCS occasionally hosts short conferences designed to publicise the value of longitudinal analysis and methods in research. Conference "Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research"***Abstract deadline extended to June 15 2009*** This conference is organised by the University of St Andrews, and funded by the Wellcome Trust. The 3-day international conference(17th to 19th September 2009) is the second in the series, following a highly successful meeting in 2007. This conference will include papers relating to five themes: The conference is preceded by a 5-day training workshop (12th to 16th September 2009). For more information, visit the Training page. Past conferencesIn September 2007, the LSCS hosted an international conference on "Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research", which attracted around 120 participants and 70 papers from a wide range of countries (New Zealand, Autralia, Canada, the USA and many European countries). The first LSCS conference (The Long View: Longitudinal Studies in Scotland) attracted over 100 delegates and was held in February 2004. External eventsScottish Longitudinal Study SeminarOn January 21 2008, a Scottish Longitudinal Study Seminar took place in Edinburgh, Victoria Quay, organised by the General Register Office for Scotland. The seminar comprised an introduction to the Scottish Longitudinal Study by SLS director Paul Boyle, presentation of three ongoing SLS studies by researchers, and discussion. ESRC NCRM Seminar "The role of interviewers in ensuring quality in longitudinal surveys"A one-day seminar on the role of interviewers in ensuring quality in
longitudinal surveys was held at the Royal Society Edinburgh
Foundation on February 20th 2008. The seminar included four invited
speakers with a lot of time for discussion, in order to stimulate
methodological research ideas and research activity in this area.
Scottish Social Survey Network seminarThe Scottish Social Survey Network organised a seminar on Thursday 3rd May 2007, at the University of Stirling. Dr Vernon Gayle (University of Stirling) delivered an overview paper entitled "Scottish Social Survey Data – Past, present and future". Professor Robert Wright (University of Strathclyde) delivered a paper entitled "Researching Scotland’s Demography". This was the first of ten seminars in the series that will run until 2010. More details can be found the website of the Scottish Social Survey Network. |
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