Events round-up

The following listings represent a selection the many events organised and attended by CPC members. For our full event listings, please visit our website event pages.

Young Adults: Living and Learning in Recessional Times
To showcase key findings from our project on Young Adults' Transitions, led by Professor Ann Berrington and Dr Steven Roberts a one-day conference was held in London in December 2014. Participants considered how young people's aspirations and realities for living and learning in the UK are responding to societal changes, not least increased economic insecurity, housing and welfare changes. The event featured talks from Professor Andy Furlong (University of Glasgow) and Ben Corr (Greater London Authority). An invited panel of youth and housing experts from the third sector, local and national Government, including Vidhya Alakeson (Resolution Foundation) and Julie Jefferies (Office for National Statistics) discussed policy implications resulting from the project findings.

Visit the CPC website to view the presentations from the event.

Social science shaping society - past present and future
In January 2015, the ESRC held an anniversary reception to celebrate their 50th year at which CPC was invited to contribute an exhibition stand to showcase our latest research. Held at the House of Commons, CPC members were privileged to be among the 200 invited guests. The celebrations featured a number of high profile speakers including the Rt Hon Greg Clark MP; Minister of State for Universities, Science and Cities, Dr Alan Gillespie CBE; ESRC CEO, Professor Jane Elliott; The Guardian newspapers Polly Toynbee; and Chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE. The event provided a welcome opportunity for us to discuss our ongoing work with this high profile and influential audience.

Cohabitation trends, policies and practices: Situating the United Kingdom in an international perspective
This CPC workshop discussed the ways in which family formation in the UK has changed during the last decades, focusing on cohabitation as the fastest growing family type in the UK. Held at the Local Government Association on 6th February 2015, the workshop explored the latest developments in cohabitation trends and policies in the UK and abroad and encouraged debate about issues that affect those cohabiting at different life stages. The workshop was well-attended by demographers and legal researchers from a range of Universities, as well as interest groups, policy makers and support organisations.

How to get to 100 - and enjoy it! exhibition in Belfast, Northern Ireland
The "How to get to 100 - and enjoy it!" exhibition finished it's UK tour with a visit to W5 at Odyssey in Belfast from 19 - 29 February 2015. The final leg of the UK tour was organised in collaboration with the ARK Ageing Programme based jointly at Queen's University Belfast and Ulster University. Coinciding with the Northern Ireland Science Festival, the exhibition attracted over 1,200 visitors. The exhibition is now continuing the European tour, making its next stop at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and then the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in Geneva.

International Seminar - Building an evidence base for active ageing policies: Active Ageing Index and its potential
The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion (DG EMPL) ran this international seminar in Brussels from 16 - 17 April 2015. The seminar brought together 150 participants including researchers, policymakers and civil society representatives from all around the world. Professor Asghar Zaidi delivered a keynote speech entitled 'Trends in Active Ageing Index', presenting an overview of the trends in the Active Ageing Index over a period 2008-2012. CPC researcher Dr Arkadiusz Wisniowski also presented his co-authored paper on "Active Ageing and Policy Implications in China" in a workshop on the use of the Active Ageing Index in non-EU countries.

Download Professor Zaidi's keynote presentation and Dr Wizniowski's presentation to find out more.

British Sociological Association Conference 2015 - Societies in Transition: Progression or Regression?
The annual conference took place at the Glasgow Caledonian University from 15 - 17 April 2015. Professor Derek McGhee and Dr Emilia Pietka-Nykaza presented a paper on 'Poles and the Scottish Independence Referendum: Denizens' Perspectives' as part of the Race, Ethnicity and Migration Stream: Scotland. Professor Ann Berrington took part in the Families and Relationships session, discussing her research 'Did I forget to have children?' Understanding the Postponement of Childbearing and Childlessness from a Life Course Perspective'. In the same theme, Dr Juliet Stone and Professor Ann Berrington presented the paper 'Does perceived income adequacy matter for family formation? The role of subjective economic uncertainty for the transition to first and second births in the UK'.

Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting 2015
A group of CPC members attended the annual meeting, which took place in San Diego, CA from 30 April - 2 May 2015. Congratulations to Juliet Stone, Jeroen Spijker and John MacInnes for winning prizes for poster presentations! All CPC paper and poster abstracts presented at the conference can be downloaded from the CPC website and full presentations will be available shortly.

Posted 30/04/2015 13:49