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Save the dates - Q-Step Seminar Series - Semester 1 - 2024-25 

Open to all - no booking required.

29 September: A viable measure to assess stratification at later life  

A viable measure to assess stratification at later life
Scott Oatley

Scott is a PhD student Youth in Transition: Longitudinal Comparisons of Youth Transitions in the UK using Cohort and Synthetic Cohort Data. He is interested in social stratification, social class, and social mobility. His research draws on a range of quantitative methodological techniques using longitudinal birth cohort data. 

Violet Laidlaw Room (CMB), 1-2pm 

13 October: Wealth differences in inheritance timing, types, and values in Europe 

Wealth differences in inheritance timing, types, and values in Europe 
Ginevra Floridi

Ginevra is a Lecturer in Sociology and Quantitative Methods. She does research in social and family demography using quantitative methods. Her current projects include work on parental transfers to young adults, inequality and social mobility, living arrangements, and population ageing.  

Violet Laidlaw Room (CMB), 1-2pm 

10 November: Social mobility and parenting  

Social mobility and parenting
Jasmin Wertz

Jasmin is a Lecturer in Psychology. Her research focuses on child behavioural and emotional problems, including the biosocial aetiology of these problems, and their implications for outcomes across the life-course, including educational and economic attainment and health. 

Violet Laidlaw Room (CMB), 1-2pm 

24 November: How can we synthesise/harmonise/analyse data across multiple surveys? 

How can we synthesise/harmonise/analyse data across multiple surveys? 
Valeria Skafida

Valeria is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy. Her research to date has involved using population cohort study data to understand how children’s health and wellbeing outcomes are socially stratified, and how early experiences or events relate to subsequent outcomes. She primarily uses advanced quantitative analysis methods and longitudinal survey data. 

Violet Laidlaw Room (CMB), 1-2pm