Workshop

Biomarkers in social science research

Organisers

Thomas Crossley, James Banks

Date & Time

From: 30 April 2010
Until:

Type

Workshop

Venue

The Institute for Fiscal Studies
7 Ridgmount Street,
Fitzrovia,
London,
WC1E 7AE

The purpose of this one-day workshop is to exchange ideas on the utility of biomarkers in social science research, and to discuss priorities for future data collection. The morning will be given over to presentations of social science research using biomarkers. The afternoon session will involve presentations and discussions around current and future data collection. This workshop is part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) funded project “Novel measurement methods for understanding economic behaviour”.

Speakers include:

  • Professor Melanie Bartley, UCL
  • Professor Nick Buck, ISER, Essex
  • Dr Hilary Cronin, Trinity College Dublin
  • Professor Hendrik Juerges, Mannheim
  • Professor Moshe Szyf, McGill
  • Professor James Nazroo, Manchester
  • Professor Andrew Steptoe, UCL