Making Equality Count: Irish and International Approaches to Measuring Equality and Discrimination
Venue: Main Conference Centre, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2
Date: 23/06/2010
Time: 8.45am - 5.30pm
This Research Conference is being jointly organised by the Equality Authority, the Economic and Social Research Institute, the UCD Geary Institute and the Central Statistics Office and is being co-funded by the European Union under the PROGRESS Programme, 2007-2013.
It will be of particular interest to academics, policymakers,
statisticians and equality bodies from Ireland and also from other EU countries.
PROGRAMME
8.15 Registration
8.45 Introduction and Welcome
8.50 Opening Address:
Ms Mary White TD, Minister for Equality, Integration and Human Rights
Session 1: 9.00 - 10.45
Chair: Ms Siobhan Carey, Assistant Director General, Social and Demographic Statistics, Central Statistics Office.
‘Racism and Colorism in Post-Racial Societies’.
Professor William Darity, Duke University, USA
‘Discrimination in Ireland: Evidence from Self-Report Data’.
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Dr Helen Russell, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin.
10.45 - 11.15 Tea/Coffee
Session 2: 11.15 - 1.00
Chair: Professor Colm Harmon, Director, The Geary Institute, UCD.
‘Age Discrimination: A Field Experiment’.
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Dr Judith Rich, University of Portsmouth, UK.
‘Are Eamon and Eithne more Employable than Hardeep
and Heike? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Ireland’.
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Dr Frances McGinnity, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin.
1.00 - 2.00 Lunch
Session 3: 2.00 - 4.10
Chair: Professor Frances Ruane, Director, Economic and Social Research Institute.
‘Assessing Unequal Treatment: Gender and Pay’.
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Professor Mary Gregory, University of Oxford, UK.
‘Multiple Inequalities: Evidence from the 2006 Census’.
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Dr Dorothy Watson, Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin.
‘Disability, Labour Force Status and Social Inclusion in Ireland’.
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Professor Brian Nolan, University College Dublin.
4.10 - 4.30 Tea/Coffee
Session 4: 4.30 - 5.30
Chair: Dr Angela Kerins, Chairperson, The Equality Authority.
‘The Social Psychology of Discrimination: Theory, Measurement, and Consequences’.
Professor Miles Hewstone, University of Oxford, UK.
5.30 Wine reception
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For information please contact info@equality.ie.
The language of the conference will be English.
This conference is co-funded by the European Union under the PROGRESS Programme 2007-2013. ESRI Organisers are Helen Russell (Helen.Russell@esri.ie) and Fran McGinnity (Fran.McGinnity@esri.ie).
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