ASRF Events
On this page are details of events supported or hosted by the Adam Smith Research Foundation, along with other research-related events around the College of Social Sciences.
Are 'cultures of worklessness' passed down the generations?
Urban Studies Seminar Series
Andy Furlong (Professor, School of Education, University of Glasgow)
Date and time: Friday 26 April 2013, 3.00-4.30pm
Venue: Room 916, Adam Smith Building
What matters? Population health sciences and setting priorities in public health
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing Maurice Bloch Annual Lecture Series
Professor Sandro Galea, Columbia University, Chair of the Institute Scientific Advisory Committee
Date and time: Thursday 2 May 2013, 3.30pm
Venue: tba
Registration at: http://ihwmay2.eventbrite.co.uk
Public participation in China's environmental policy agenda
Scottish Centre for China Research Seminar Programme
Dr Lei Xie, University of Exeter
Date and time: Thursday 2 May 2013, 4.00-5.30pm
Venue: Room 915, Adam Smith Building
The Centenary of the Education (Scotland) Act 1918 as an Opportunity for New Approaches in the History of Catholic Education in Scotland
St Andrew's Foundation Research Seminar
Dr Raymond McCluskey, University of Glasgow
Date and time: Wednesday 08 May 2013, 5.15-6.15pm
Location: St. Andrew’s Building, Room 433
Between Byzantium and Brussels: The Politics of Orthodox Christianity in the European Union
Central and East European Studies / Glasgow South-East Europe Research Network (GSERN) Joint Seminar (supported by the MacFie Bequest)
Dr Lucian Leustean, University of Aston
Location: CEES Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens
The politics of housing: the role of interests groups and lobbyists in shaping policy agendas
Urban Studies Seminar Series
Keith Jacobs (Professor, Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania)
Date and time: Friday 10 May 2013, 3.00-4.30pm
Venue: Room 916, Adam Smith Building
Doing Neoliberal Education – rollback/rollout – out there/in here
School of Education Theory and Methods Seminar
Professor Stephen Ball, Karl Mannheim Professor of the Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London
Date and time: Wednesday 22nd May 2013, 1.30-3.30pm
Venue: Room 432, Level 4, St. Andrew's Building
Post-Soviet Trends in Lithuanian Historiography: the Cultural Construction of National Identity
Central and East European Studies Seminar Programme, supported by the MacFie Bequest
Dr Moreno Bonda, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Date and time: Wednesday 22 May 2013, 5.30pm (Tea and coffee from 5.00pm)
Venue: CEES Seminar Room, 8 Lilybank Gardens
School of Education Theory and Methods Seminar
Parental responsibility and parents’ rights
Parental responsibility - Some notes on the public orientation of parenting
Dr Stefan Ramackers, KU Leuven
Parents' Rights and Educational Provision
Dr Roger Marples, University of Roehampton
Venue: Room 432, St. Andrew's Building
Analysing media reporting of public health issues and policies
The Institute of Health and Wellbeing Maurice Bloch Annual Lecture Series
Dr. Shona Hilton, Programme Leader, Understanding and Uses of Public Health Research, MRC Social & Public Health Sciences Unit
Date and time: Wednesday 5 June 2013, 3.30pm
Venue: tba
Registration at: http://ihw5june.eventbrite.co.uk
