This one-day conference included presentations by representatives from
inter-governmental organisations and academics presenting research carried
out using international data. It provided an opportunity for researchers
and data providers to meet and share their ideas on the changing world and issues relating to international
data research.
10.00 - 10:30 |
Registration |
Introduction and Data Providers
Chair: Professor Denise Lievesley, President, International Statistical Institute
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10.30 - 10:40 |
The role of ESDS International [slides]
Keith Cole, Director of Mimas and Head of ESDS International
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10.40 - 10:50 |
Introduction to the day and poster session round-up
Celia Russell, ESDS International |
| 10.50 - 11.10 |
OECD Data in Teaching and Learning [slides] [video: MPEG4 39MB] [audio: MPEG3 22MB]
Joachim Doll, Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
| 11.10 - 11.30 |
Data on Africa, for Africa [slides] [video: MPEG4 28MB] [audio: MPEG3 11.8MB]
Valentina Kalk, World Bank |
| 11.30 - 11.45 |
Coffee/tea break |
| 11.45 - 12.05 |
Labour Market Indicators and the New MDG goals of full and productive employment and decent work for all, a central objective of our relevant national and international policies and our national development strategies
Lawrence Jeffrey Johnson, International Labour Organisation,
Geneva, Switzerland [slides] [video: MPEG4 33MB] [audio: MPEG3 17.7MB] |
| 12.05- 12.25 |
Cross-national attitudinal research: the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) and the European Social Survey (ESS) [slides] [video: MPEG4 63MB] [audio: MPEG3 21.1MB]
Alison Park, National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) |
| 12.25- 12.45 |
Energy Statistics as a foundation to Energy Indicators [slides] [video: MPEG4 40MB] [audio: MPEG3 21.6MB]
Michel Francoeur, International Energy Agency, Paris, France |
12:45–13.00 |
Data Provider Panel Discussion - bring your questions
for the International Labour Organisation, International Energy
Agency, OECD and International Monetary Fund! |
| 13.00 - 14.00 |
Lunch and Poster session [abstracts]
Lunchtime talk: Moving into the 21st Century: Development and progress
on Data Communication [slides]
[video: MPEG4 46MB] [audio: MPEG3 25.58MB]
Yutong Li, International Monetary Fund
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International Data Academic
Research
Chair: Tanvi Desai, Data Manager, London School of Economics
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| 14:00 - 14:20 |
Using International Energy Agency Data to Calculate the Environmental Impact of Connecting Maritime Ships to Shoreside Power
[abstract] [slides]
Dr William Hall, Coventry University |
14:20 - 14.40 |
Intergenerational Transmission of Inflation Aversion: Theory and Evidence [abstract] [slides]
Dr Alexander Mihailov, University of Reading |
14:40 - 15:00 |
Empirical Investigation of Monetary Models of GBP/USD Exchange Rate in Cointegrating VAR framework with Exogenous I(1) and Structural Break [abstract] [slides]
Viet Hoang Nguyen, Leeds University Business School |
15:00 - 15.20 |
The Formation and Evolution of Childhood Skill Acquisition: Evidence from India [abstract] [slides]
Christian Helmers, University of Oxford and Manasa Patnam, University of Cambridge |
15.20 - 15.35 |
Coffee/tea break |
ESDS International use
Chair: Jackie Carter, Mimas manager, social science data services |
| 15.35 - 15.55 |
International data in research for Parliamentarians [slides] [Kenya: A political & economic profile]
Ed Beale and Ian Townsend, House of Commons Library |
| 15.55 - 16.15 |
ESDS International Data Surgery - bring your questions for the team.
Susan Noble, Celia Russell, Jack Kneeshaw, ESDS International |
If you have any questions about the conference or the service, please contact
the ESDS
International Team.
You can see a compilation of papers and posters presented by researchers at ESDS International conferences and submitted for publication on the Conference Proceedings section of this website.