Press Releases - July 2008

1 Jul 2008 10:23 AM Releases based on the following research will be issued during the month and can be sent to you by email. Contact the Press Team by telephone on: 01793 413122.

Standards in stem cell research help both scientists and regulators to manage uncertainty and the unknown, according to new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Efforts to standardise practices across different labs is, however, a balancing act where the autonomy of scientists and fragility of living material need to be weighed against the need for comparable data.
(18th July 2008)

The ethnic composition of primary schools has a direct impact on children’s attitudes towards those in other ethnic groups and on their ability to get on with their peers, according to a study funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
Highlighting the challenges faced by immigrant children, the study also showed that those attending schools characterised by higher ethnic diversity experienced fewer peer problems and less prejudice than those attending schools that are more homogeneous.
(24th July 2008)


Events…

1st July 2008: ESRC Seminar Series meeting: Nonlinear Economics and Finance research Community

The ESRC Research Seminar series on “Nonlinear Economics and Finance Research Community” aims to facilitate the bringing together of existing researchers for a series of seminars. This is the fourth and last in this series will focus on Nonlinear Models in Macroeconomics. The nonlinear perspective has increased our understanding of a number of issues around macroeconomic policy (including fiscal and monetary policy). It has also allowed the literature to move beyond simple linear models. The keynote talk will by Tim Besley, for the Monetary Policy Committee, Bank of England and London School of Economics.

This conference is being held at Brunel University, Uxbridge.

For further information please visit:http://www.keele.ac.uk/research/ppm/research/NLEconomics.htm#fourthWorkshop

7th- 20th July 2008: Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES): Summer school
The summer school programme will incorporate a comparative, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary approach to addressing the theme 'Aspects of Identity & Culture'. This year's summer school is co-organised between CRCEES and its international partner the Region' Scientific Research Centre, Ul'ianovsk State University and the Centre for Independent Social Science Research, St. Petersburg.

This conference is being held at St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
For further information please visit: http://www.gla.ac.uk/crcees/announce/stpetersburg.html

To register please contact: r.kay@lbss.gla.ac.uk

9th - 11th July 2008: Encounters and Intersections: Religion, Diaspora and Ethnicities
This conference is a joint venture between three current Research Programmes:

• ESRC/AHRC Programme on Religion and Society
• AHRC Programme on Diasporas, Migration and Identities
• ESRC Programme on Identities and Social Action.

The conference explores the interlinking roles of ethnicity, gender, religion and class in shaping group and individual identities from across the arts, social sciences and humanities.

This conference is being held at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.

For further information please visit:

http://www.religionandsociety.org.uk/news-and-events/public-events

18th July 2008: Health Minister joins ESRC Egenis researchers for public meeting

Join Health Minister Ben Bradshaw MP and researchers from Egenis at a public meeting to debate stem cell and embryology research.

The ESRC Centre for Genomics in Society, to offer the public the chance to ask questions and to debate the issues.

On the panel for the ‘Question Time’-style event, which will begin at 7.30pm, will be Mr Bradshaw, who is MP for Exeter, Director of Egenis Professor John Dupré and Senior Research Fellow Dr Christine Hauskeller, and Clinical Oncologist Dr Liz Toy of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.

The meeting is being held at Exeter’s Guildhall

For further information please visit: http://www.genomicsnetwork.ac.uk/egenis/events/publicevents/title,3697,en.html

31 July 2008: Closing date for registering interest for April 2009 conference in Beijing: Managing the Social Impacts of Change from a Risk Perspective

Drawing on social science expertise from China and the UK, this conference will consider what psychology, sociology, political science, economics and social policy studies have to tell us about the way people perceive and assess particular issues as risks and how they respond to them. This event sponsored by SCARR, CASS, Beijing Normal University, ESRC, RCUK, University of Kent and Beijing Normal University Beijing, China.

For further information please visit: http://www.kent.ac.uk/scarr/events/events.htm