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FORTHCOMING EVENTS
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.
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.
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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