Event: POSTPONED: Smoothing Demographic Data: Flexible Models in Population Studies

POSTPONED: Smoothing Demographic Data: Flexible Models in Population Studies

Mon May 25 - Fri May 29
This course provides an applied introduction to modern and flexible statistical techniques for modeling demographic data. You will learn to master flexible models to extract the most from your data with the fewest assumptions.

This course provides an applied introduction to modern and flexible statistical techniques for modeling demographic data. You will learn to master flexible models to extract the most from your data with the fewest assumptions.

Books and Reports: European Commission: New Visions for Gender Equality 2019

European Commission: New Visions for Gender Equality 2019

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‘New Visions for Gender Equality 2019’ contains essays from seventeen experts from across the EU, grouped loosely around four broad thematic areas of making the case for equality; work-life balance, not a women’s affair; inequalities, discrimination and welfare; and power relations in society. Each author explores the current issues, identifies emerging thinking, and points out possible new policy directions in relation to the topic.

‘New Visions for Gender Equality 2019’ contains essays from seventeen experts from across the EU, grouped loosely around four broad thematic areas of making the case for equality; work-life balance, not a women’s affair; inequalities, discrimination and welfare; and power relations in society. Each author explores the current issues, identifies emerging thinking, and points out possible new policy directions in relation to the topic.

The Smoking Epidemic

The Smoking Epidemic

Smoking is the major reason for sex differences in last decades in high income countries
Of all lifestyle behaviours, smoking caused the most deaths in the last century. Because of the time lag between the act of smoking and dying from smoking, and because males generally take up smoking before females do, male and female smoking epidemiology often follows a typical double wave pattern dubbed the ‘smoking epidemic’. Our research aimed to answer the questions: How are male and female deaths from this epidemic differentially progressing in high-income regions on a cohort-by-age basis? and How have they affected male-female survival differences?

Because of the time lag between the act of smoking and dying from smoking, and because males generally take up smoking before females do, male and female smoking epidemiology often follows a typical double wave pattern dubbed the ‘smoking epidemic’. Research from Maarten Wensink (CPop) et al. aimed to answer the questions: How are male and female deaths from this epidemic differentially progressing in high-income regions on a cohort-by-age basis? How have they affected male-female survival differences?

Books and Reports: An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis

An Introduction to Statistical Genetic Data Analysis

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A comprehensive introduction to modern applied statistical genetic data analysis, accessible to those without a background in molecular biology or genetics, by Melinda C. Mills, Nicola Barban, and Felix C. Tropf.

A comprehensive introduction to modern applied statistical genetic data analysis, accessible to those without a background in molecular biology or genetics, by Melinda C. Mills (University of Oxford & Nuffield College), Nicola Barban (University of Essx), and Felix C. Tropf (École Nationale de la Statistique et de L’administration Économique & Center for Research in Economics and Statistic).

Event: NEW DATE: Short Course on Agent-Based Modelling for Social Research

NEW DATE: Short Course on Agent-Based Modelling for Social Research

Mon Sep 14 - Fri Sep 18
The workshop has now been rescheduled to be held between 3-25 November. Please see the new event page for updated information.

The main aims of this week-long course, hosted by the ERC Bayesian Agent-based Population Studies project team, are to familiarise the participants with the most recent advances in building, analysing and documenting agent-based models of social processes.

Event: POSTPONED: Historical Perspectives on Intergenerational Mobility

POSTPONED: Oxford Genomics for Social Science Summer School (OGSX4)

Mon Jun 15 - Fri Jun 19
The Oxford Genomics for Social Scientists Summer School will equip students with a unique insight into the emerging topic of sociogenomics and the most cutting-edge methodological techniques in this area of research. Thie one-week course provides introductory lectures by top scholars in the field of sociogenomics as well as hands-on computer lab training by experts in the field.

The Oxford Genomics for Social Scientists Summer School will equip students with a unique insight into the emerging topic of sociogenomics and the most cutting-edge methodological techniques in this area of research. Thie one-week course provides introductory lectures by top scholars in the field of sociogenomics as well as hands-on computer lab training by experts in the field.

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Promoting Social Mobility and Equal Opportunities in Europe

Promoting Social Mobility and Equal Opportunities in Europe

What do we know about chances of social mobility in Europe? To what extent can educational and labour market policies contribute to more equal societies? These were some of the questions driving presentations during a meeting organized by Population Europe, the European Consortium for Sociological Research, and the European Parliament Research Service on the 11th of November 2019.

What do we know about chances of social mobility in Europe? To what extent can educational and labour market policies contribute to more equal societies? These were some of the questions driving presentations during a meeting organized by Population Europe, the European Consortium for Sociological Research, and the European Parliament Research Service on the 11th of November 2019.

 

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