Dear all,
Please find below information about two key upcoming Social Research
Association (SRA) events including:
>> Thursday 22nd November >> SRA Evening seminar: “The UK Study of Abuse
and Neglect of Older People”.
>> Tuesday 4th December >> SRA Annual Conference “Learning from others:
Innovations in Social Research”.
This is the major professional learning and networking event for social
research and policy actors across national and local government, academia
and the voluntary and private sectors.
We have an excellent line up of speakers including: Ian Pearson, Minster
for Science and Innovation; Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and
Registrar General for England and Wales; Professor Peter Halfpenny,
Executive Director, ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science.
Tickets are available now and all social researchers (whether SRA members
or not) are strongly encouraged to attend this key event.
Please see the flyer and booking forms available at:
http://www.the-sra.org.uk/documents/pdfs/sra_conference_flyer_04122007.pdf
http://www.the-sra.org.uk/documents/word/annual_conference_bf_04122007.doc
for more details on workshops and the day as a whole.
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SRA EVENING SEMINAR:
The UK Study of Abuse and Neglect of Older People
5:00pm, Thursday 22nd November 2007 (light refreshments from 4:30pm)
The Nuffield Foundation, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3JS
The abuse and neglect of older people is increasingly acknowledged as a
social problem, particularly in the context of increasing longevity and the
concomitant growth in the numbers of people with disabilities, mobility and
cognitive problems.
A series of studies commissioned by Comic Relief with co-funding from the
Department of Health and conducted by NatCen and King’s College London, has
begun to address what had been a lack of research into this area.
The SRA is delighted to bring together key researchers on the projects for
an SRA evening event.
Unlike other recent presentations on this research which have looked at the
results of the various elements of the study, this evening seminar will
have a particular focus on the qualitative elements and the use and impact
of the study.
Bob Erens (NatCen) will describe the methods used to measure elder abuse,
including how the concept of elder abuse was operationalised in the survey
context. He will present findings from the national prevalence survey,
including the estimated numbers of older people experiencing different
types of abuse and neglect in the community.
Simon Biggs will examine the impact of the research on the perception of
elder mistreatment. In particular, he will examine the reception of
research in its transition from the relatively objective world of the
research process to the subjective world of the public sphere. Some policy
implications of the prevalence study will be discussed.
Josie Dixon and Alice Mowlam (NatCen) will present findings from the
in-depth interviews with some survey respondents. These findings highlight
some issues relating to how abuse and neglect of older people is defined
and explore the nature and impacts of abuse and neglect, factors that
influence older people’s ability to cope and recover from abuse or neglect
and the barriers to reporting abuse or neglect.
This meeting takes place at the Nuffield Foundation and starts at 5pm (with
light refreshments from 4.30) and will end at around 6.30pm. There is a
small charge of £5 for SRA members and £10 for non-members to attend this
event.
Directions to the Nuffield Foundation are available at:
http://www.nuffieldfoundation.org/go/contactus/page_17.html).
Please email [log in to unmask] to register your attendance. You may also
simply turn up on the evening, but priority is given to those who have
pre-registered.
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SOCIAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION (SRA) ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2007
“Learning from others: Innovations in Social Research”
Tuesday 4th December 2007, at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, University of
London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H OXG.
Please book as soon as possible as places are going quickly. A word booking
form is also available via the SRA office ( www.the-sra.org.uk )
Please note we have a variety of sponsorship and advertising options still
available for the conference. Please contact [log in to unmask]
for details.
BACKGROUND TO THE CONFERENCE:
This year, through key note speakers, a series of workshop sessions and a
panel debate, the SRA conference aims to inform the research community and
promote discussion on innovative and exciting developments in the design,
planning, implementation, analysis and dissemination of social research.
In the morning we have a line up of excellent plenary speakers.
Ian Pearson, Minster for Science and Innovation, will outline the social
and economic impact of social research and provide a government perspective
on the current and future role of social research in policy development.
Karen Dunnell, National Statistician and Registrar General for England and
Wales, will be providing a perspective on the role of social science based
social research and the issues it faces if it is to make a key and
continued contribution to policy and practice. She will also discuss
implications for social statistics users of recent changes in the
organisation of British statistics as well as providing some insight into
the innovations the Office for National Statistics is making to its
production and dissemination of statistics.
Professor Peter Halfpenny, Executive Director, ESRC National Centre for
e-Social Science, will be discussing, in a milestone address, developments
in Information and communication technology (ICT) and the role they will
play in advancing social research processes.
In the afternoon, a series of 12 workshops delivered by research experts
from academia, government and the private sector will examine and discuss
upcoming developments on the following themes:
>> Innovations in the development of research design and strategy
>> New methods and techniques for undertaking research, and exploring or
interpreting data
>> Connecting research to policy development
>> New methods of disseminating research to reach wider audiences
Finally a panel consisting of Fiona Wood, Director of Research, COI;
Professor Peter Halfpenny and Karen Elton, Research Director, Future
Foundation, will outline their thoughts and discuss “Looking ahead:
Innovations and issues for the next ten years”.
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The Social Research Association looks forward to welcoming you to these events.
Thanks
Oliver Hayllar
Chair, SRA events
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