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FORTHCOMING EVENTS

ESRI Seminars

ESRI Seminars usually take place on Thursdays at 4 p.m. in the ESRI at Sir John Rogerson's Quay, unless stated otherwise. No booking is required. Please note that Seminar dates may change. Please check the web site regularly, at www.esri.ie.

ESRI Policy Seminar: Globalisation, Markets and Healthcare Policy: Redrawing the Patient as Consumer

Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2.
Date: 05/11/2009
Time: 4 pm.
Speaker: Jonathon Tritter, Institute of Governance and Public Management, Warwick Business School.

ESRI Research Seminar: "Do Migrants Improve Governance at Home? Evidence from a Voting Experiment"

Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2
Date: 12/11/2009
Time: 4 p.m.
Speaker: Dr Catia Batista, Department of Economics, TCD.  

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Training Workshop: Effective Collaboration in Multidisciplinary Research: A Learning Experience

Venue: ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2.
Date: 03/11/2009
Time: 9:00 to 13:00

This Training Workshop is part of the project “Strengthening the role that Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities (SSH) have on the European Research Area Development” (PLATON+ www.platonplus.net) funded under the EU RTD 7th Framework Programme.

This project aims to communicate socio-economic research results to policy makers, Civil Society Organisations and business communities across Europe, and to contribute to strengthening collaboration between socio-economic researchers and researchers from other disciplines. 

The objective of this Training Workshop is to engage researchers from both Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities and other research areas into a group-based learning experience to help participants to understand the value of Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities integration in technological research. It will also highlight the complex and demanding collaboration context in cross-disciplinary research.

Visit our website for further details.

Registration: Deadline: 25 October 2009. To register please click here.

For further information please contact Donal Smith on 00 353 1 8632031.

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Growing Up in Ireland Research Conference 2009

Venue: Dublin Castle
Date: 07/12/2009
Time: 9.15 to 16.30

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Trinity College Dublin are holding the Growing Up in Ireland Research Conference 2009 in Dublin on 7th December.

Growing Up in Ireland is the only nationally representative longitudinal study of children in Ireland. It follows the progress of almost 20,000 children – a cohort of 8,500 9-year-olds and a cohort of 11,000 9-month-olds. It will provide the basis for research and policy formation for many years to come.

The conference will be opened by Mr Barry Andrews T.D., the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Papers will be presented by members of the Growing Up in Ireland Study Team and the following international keynote speakers:

  • Dr. Satya Brink, Director of National Learning Policy Research with Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC)
  • Professor John Bynner, Emeritus Professor of Social Sciences in Education at the Institute of Education, London
  • Professor Sir Michael Rutter, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Unit, the Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College, London and Consultant Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital

Early booking is encouraged. Bookings can only be made on the attached Registration Form. 

Download Registration Form

Download Brochure

Conference queries should be directed to Ms Claire Delaney via email, claire.delaney@esri.ie or by phone, 01 8632053.

Growing Up in Ireland is a Government study. It is funded by the Department of Health and Children through the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in association with the Department of Social and Family Affairs and the Central Statistics Office.

The Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is overseeing and managing the Study, which is being carried out by a consortium of researchers led by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) and Trinity College Dublin.

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PUBLICATIONS

Budget Perspectives 2010
Callan, T, (ed.), Barrett, A, Goggin, J., Gorecki, P. K., Keane, C., Kearney, I., Matthews, A. (TCD), Walsh, J.R., ESRI Research Series 12, October 2009.

Ireland: Health System Review. Health Systems in Transition, 2009; 11(4): 1 – 268
McDaid, D. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies), Wiley, M.M., Maresso, A. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies), Mossialos, E. (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies), World Health Organization on behalf of European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, October 2009.

Perinatal Statistics Report 2007
Health Research and Information Division, ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series 017, ESRI & Department of Health and Children, October 2009.

Projecting the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland
Layte, R., (ed.), Barry, M. (TCD), Bennett, K. (TCD), Brick, A., Morgenroth, E., Normand, C. (TCD), O'Reilly, J.,Thomas, S. (TCD), Tilson, L. (TCD), Wiley, M.M., Wren, M. (TCD), ESRI Research Series No. 13, October 2009.

Quarterly Economic Commentary, Autumn 2009
Barrett, A., Kearney, I., Goggin, J., ESRI Forecasting Series, October 2009.

Social Indicators Research, Vol 93 No 3, September (II) 2009: Comparing Work-Life Conflict in Europe: Evidence from the European Social Survey
McGinnity, F. (ed.), Whelan, C.T. (ed.) (UCD), Dordrecht: Springer.

"A Code of Practice for Grocery Goods Undertakings and An Ombudsman: How to Do a Lot of Harm by Trying to Do a Little Good"
Gorecki, Paul K., ESRI Working Paper No. 320, Dublin: ESRI, October 2009.

"Acute Public Hospital Services: Challenges for Reform in the Context of the 'Preferred Health System'"
O'Reilly, J., Brick, A., Wiley, M.M., in R. Layte (ed.) et al, Projecting the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland, Dublin: ESRI, October 2009.

"Assessing Vulnerability of Selected Sectors under Environmental Tax Reform: The Issue of Pricing Power"
Fitz Gerald, J., Keeney, M. (Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland), Scott, S., in M. S. Andersen & P. Ekins, Carbon Energy Taxation: Lessons from Europe, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

"Class and Poverty: Cross-Sectional and Dynamic Analysis of Income Poverty and Lifestyle Deprivation"
Watson, D., Whelan, C. T., Maitre, B., in D. Rose & E. Harrison (eds.), Social Class in Europe: An Introduction to the European Socio-Economic Classification, London, Routledge, October 2009.

"Climate Change and Violent Conflict in Europe Over the Last Millennium"
Tol, R. S. J., Wagner, S. (Institute for Coastal Research, GKSS Research Centre), in Climatic Change, 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-009-9659-2, Published online 30 September 2009, The Netherlands: Springer, October 2009.

Consumer Sentiment Index
Latest Consumer Sentiment Index.

"Counting Only the Hits? The Risk of Underestimating the Costs of Stringent Climate Policy"
Tavoni, M. (Princeton University), Tol, R. S. J., ESRI Working Paper No. 324, Dublin: ESRI.

"Economic Impacts on Key Barents Sea Fisheries Arising from Changes in the Strength of the Atlantic Thermohaline Circulation"
Link, M. P. (University of Hamburg), Tol, R. S. J., Global Environmental Change, Vol. 19, 2009, pp422–433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.07.007, Published online 7 October 2009, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

"Fiscal Policy for Recovery"
Fitz Gerald, J., ESRI Working Paper No. 326, October 2009.

"General Practitioner Care"
Thomas, S. (TCD), Layte, R., in R. Layte (ed.), Projecting the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland, Dublin: ESRI, October 2009.

House Price Index
Latest permanent tsb/ESRI House Price Index.

"International Cooperation on Climate Change Adaptation from an Economic Perspective"
de Bruin, K. C. (Wageningen University), Dellink, R. B. (Wageningen University), Tol, R. S. J., ESRI Working Paper No. 323, October 2009.

"Intra- and Extra-Union Flexibility in Meeting the European Union’s Emission Reduction Targets"
Tol, R. S. J., Energy Policy, Vol. 37, 2009, pp4329–4336, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2009.05.048, Published online 13 October 2009, The Netherlands: Elsevier.

"Negative Equity in the Irish Housing Market"
Duffy, D., ESRI Working Paper No. 319, Dublin: ESRI, October 2009.

"Outpatient Services"
Layte, R., in R. Layte (ed.), Projecting the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland, Dublin: ESRI, October 2009.

"Resonances from Economic Development for Current Economic Policy-making"
Ruane, F., in M. Mulreany (ed.), Economic Development 50 Years On 1958-2008, Dublin: Institute for Public Administration, October 2009.

"Tax Reform: Selected Issues"
Callan, T., Keane, C., Walsh, J. R., in T. Callan (ed.) et al, Budget Perspectives 2010, October 2009.

"The EU 20/20/2020 Targets: An Overview of the EMF22 Assessment"
Böhringer, C. (Carl von Ossietzky University), Rutherford, T. F. (Centre for Energy Policy and Economics, ETH, Zurich), Tol, R. S. J., ESRI Working Paper No. 325, October 2009.

"The Recession, Budgets, Competition, and Regulation: Should the State Supply Bespoke Protection?"
Gorecki, P. K. in T. Callan (ed.) et al, Budget Perspectives 2010, October 2009.

"The Future of the EU Budget: Irish Perspectives"
Matthews, A. (TCD), in T. Callan (ed.) et al, Budget Perspectives 2010, October 2009.

"The Public-Private Sector Pay Gap in Ireland: What Lies Beneath?"
Kelly, E., McGuinness, S., O'Connell, P.J., ESRI Working Paper No. 321, October 2009.

"The Complex Task of Projecting the Demand for and Delivery of Health Care"
Layte, R., Morgenroth, E., Normand, C. (TCD), in R. Layte (ed.), Projecting the Impact of Demographic Change on the Demand for and Delivery of Healthcare in Ireland, Dublin: ESRI, October 2009.

"What Role for Property Taxes in Ireland?"
Callan, T., Keane, C., Walsh, J. R., ESRI Working Paper No. 322, October 2009.

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FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS

(Please note that the publication dates of forthcoming publications may change. Please check the ESRI web site at www.esri.ie).

A Woman's Place, Female Participation in the Irish Labour Market
Russell, H., McGinnity, F., Callan, T., Keane, C., Equality Authority, November 2009.

Annual Report on Asylum and Migration Statistics 2007
Joyce, C., ESRI Survey and Statistical Report Series No. 018, November 2009.

Hidden Disadvantage? A Study of the low participation in Higher Education by the Non Manual Group
McCoy, S., Byrne, D., O’Connell, P. J., Kelly, E., Doherty, C., Higher Education Authority, November 2009.

Parents' Perspectives on Parenting Styles and Disciplining Children
Halpenny, A. (DIT), Nixon, E. (TCD), Watson, D., Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, November 2009.

Poverty and Deprivation in Ireland in Comparative Perspective
Whelan, C.T. (UCD), Maitre, B., ESRI Research Series No. 11, November 2009.  

SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Alcohol use in Ireland: A Profile of Drinking Patterns and Alcohol-related Harm from SLÁN 2007.
Morgan, K. (RCSI), McGee, H. (RCSI), Dicker, P. (RCSI), Brugha, R. (RCSI), Ward, M. (RCSI), Shelley, E. (RCSI), Van Lente, E. (NUI, Galway), Harrington, J. (UCC), Barry, M. (NUI, Galway), Perry, I. (UCC), Watson, D., Department of Health and Children and The Stationery Office, November 2009.

SLÁN 2007: Survey of Lifestyle, Attitudes and Nutrition in Ireland. Injuries in Ireland: Findings from National Population Surveys
Molcho, M. (NUI Galway), Barry, M. (NUI Galway), Van Lente, E. (NUI Galway), McGee, H. (RCSI), Morgan, K. (RCSI), Conroy, R. (RCSI), Watson, D., Perry, I. (UCC), Harrington, J. (UCC), Department of Health and Children and The Stationery Office, November 2009.

Study on the Costs of Participating in Higher Education
McCoy, S., Calvert, E., Smyth, E., Darmody, M., Higher Education Authority, November 2009.

Pension Policy: New Evidence on Key Issues
Callan, T., Keane, C., Walsh, J., ESRI Research Series No. 14, November 2009.

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New Projects

Towards a Green Net National Product for Ireland
Richard Tol, Seán Lyons
A newly EPA-funded project will work towards estimating the Green Net National Product for the Republic of Ireland. The Green Net National Product corrects the Net National Product, a measure of economic welfare, for environmental pollution and degradation of natural resources. The project will update the ESRI Environmental Accounts and extend them to include more emissions and resources. It will regularly provide projections of the Environmental Accounts for future years, using the HERMES and ISus models. The national Environmental Accounts will be extended to regions and income classes. The project will estimate the expenditures on environmental protection.

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Sport and Physical Activity in Dublin
Pete Lunn
The aim of the project is to produce original, quantitative research on participation in sport and exercise in the Dublin region. The publication of the findings will coincide with Dublin’s selection as European City of Sport in 2010.

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OTHER NEWS

"Budget Perspectives 2010" Conference
The ESRI/FFS "Budget Perspectives 2010" Conference took place on 13 October 2009. Visit our website for details.

Energy Policy Issues for Ireland
This seminar, on 15 October 2009, was presented jointly by the ESRI Energy Policy Research Centre and the UCD/TCD Electricity Research Centre with the aim of addressing short and medium term issues relevant to Irish energy policy. The slides can be downloaded from our website.

Health Conference
On October 21 the findings of a major research project on health demographics were presented at a conference opened by the Minister for Health and Children. Visit our website for details.

ESRI Research Bulletin
The ESRI Research Bulletin aims to make ESRI research findings more accessible to a wide audience. The articles are short, non-technical summaries of work published by ESRI staff in journal articles, books and book chapters and research reports. For further details visit our website at www.esri.ie/bulletin.

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