Economic and Social Research Council's 50th Anniversary

1 December 2015 - CPC Director Professor Jane Falkingham joined a panel to mark the end of a year of celebrations for the Economic and Social Research Council's 50th Anniversary.

Social science is central to answering current and future global challenges. The ESRC planned an engaging 'question time' event with an invited panel of leading experts, for an invited audience of policymakers and opinion-leaders, to highlight the value and relevance of the social sciences.

Along with Professor Falkingham panellists for the event included:

• Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute for Fiscal studies (IFS)
• David Walker, journalist, commentator and Head of Policy at the Academy of Social Sciences
• Professor Charlie Jeffery, Professor of Politics and Senior Vice-Principal, University of Edinburgh
• Professor Michael Keith, Director of the Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) and Director of the University Of Oxford Future Of Cities programme.
• Professor Anna Vignoles, Professor of Education, University of Cambridge.

The event was a topical debate in which panellists answered questions from an informed audience on current issues such as migration, economy, Europe, devolution, cities, education, population change/ageing .

For more information about the evening see the ESRC website.

Posted 06/11/2015 12:17