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Caroline Glendinning ACSS
Professor of Social Policy
Chair, UK Social Policy Association
Research Director, Adults, Older People and Carers
Social Policy Research Unit
University of York
Heslington
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Subject: Towards a Better Tomorrow? The Crucial Role of Social Science
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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:43:06 +0000
Towards A Better Tomorrow?
The Crucial Role of Social Science
6.30pm-8.00pm, followed by a drinks reception
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
The Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1
(Please note change of venue)
Chair:
Polly Toynbee, The Guardian
Speakers:
Professor Ian Diamond FBA, Economic and Social Research Council
Professor Harvey Goldstein, FBA, University of Bristol
Professor Sir Michael Rutter, FRS, FMedSci, HonFBA, King's College London
David Willetts MP
Researchers, government and policymakers address how social science research
can strengthen its involvement in policymaking, increase its impact and combat
potential public expenditure cuts.
While the social science disciplines play a crucial role in contributing to a
better quality of life, this remains under recognised in many circles. Social
scientists have an urgent need to demonstrate the value of their research and
the power of their expertise - and convince those who constitute our future
government about the short and long term contribution this makes to addressing
the many national and international challenges of our age - exploring the human
and social implications of scientific breakthroughs, analysing the consequences
of proposed new policy directions and bringing the searchlight of high quality,
evidence based scrutiny to bear in seeking ways to improve our quality of life.
About the Speakers:
Polly Toynbee is a political and social commentator for the Guardian.
Previously she was the BBC's Social Affairs Editor. Her most recent book,
written with David Walker, is Unjust Rewards. She has won the George Orwell
Prize and the British Press Awards Columnist of the Year.
Michael Rutter is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Institute
of Psychiatry. Previously he was honorary Director of the MRC Child Psychiatry
Unit from 1984 to 1994 and honorary Director of the MRC Social Genetic and
Developmental Psychiatry research Centre from 1994 to 1998.
David Willetts is Shadow Minister for Universities and Skills, and MP for
Havant. He has worked at HM Treasury, the Number 10 Policy Unit, the Centre for
Policy Studies and served as Paymaster General in the last Conservative
Government. He is a member of the Council of the Institute for Fiscal Studies
and has written widely on economic and social policy, including his book on
Modern Conservatism.
Ian Diamond is Chief Executive of the ESRC, and RCUK Chief Executives' Champion
of Research Careers and Diversity. He is a social statistician who has worked on
many aspects of official and social statistics. He becomes Vice Chancellor of
Aberdeen University in the autumn.
Professor Harvey Goldstein, FBA is Professor of Social Statistics at the
University of Bristol. He is a chartered statistician, has been editor of the
Royal Statistical Society's Journal, Series A, a member of the Society's Council
and was awarded the Society's Guy medal on silver in 1998.He was elected a
member of the International Statistical Institute in 1987,and a fellow of the
British Academy in 1996.
6.30-8.00pm, followed by a reception. Registration is not required for this
event. Seats will be allocated on arrival.
This Panel Discussion is run in partnership with SAGE and forms part of the
Festival of Social Science, 12-21 March 2010. For details of other events please
go to www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/fss
Media Partner:
Times Higher Education
The British Academy, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH Tel: 020 7969
5200, Fax: 020 7969 5300, Web: www.britac.ac.uk
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