Seminar Programme Archive

Seminar Programme Spring 2010

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10th February 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Complexity, Decoys and Design in Choice Experiments
Dr Daniel Rigby, University of Newcastle

12th February 2010 Venue: Geography Junior Lab, 1st Floor, Tower Building Time: 3.00 - 4.00 pm 
Carbon and Nitrogen in Forest Water Cycles: Implications for Carbon Sequestration
Dr Kate Heal, School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh

17th February 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Internationalisation of Services 
Dr Marta Muñoz Guarasa, Universidad de Jaén

17th February 2010 Venue: Room T4, 1st Floor, Tower Building Time: 4.00 - 5.00 pm 
Catchment Runoff and Sediment Transfer: Management Implications (detailed title tbc)
Dr Louise Bracken, School of Geography, University of Durham

24th February 2010 Venue: Baxter Suite, Room 1.36, 2nd Floor, Tower Building Time: 3.00 - 4.00 pm 
Working in the Periphery - Transport Geography and Policy in the UK 
Professor Jon Shaw, University of Plymouth

24th February 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Title to be announced
Professor David Bell, University of Stirling

1st March 2010 Venue: Geography Junior Lab, 1st Floor, Tower Building Time: 4.00 - 5.00 pm 
Ecohydrodynamics: Developing Process Understanding of Biophysical Interactions in Heterogeneous Aquatic Environments
Dr Andrew Folkhard, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

3rd March 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Valuing the Patient Experience in Economics Evaluations: Going Beyond OALY's
Professor Mandy Ryan, Health Economics Research Unit (HERU), University Of Aberdeen 

3rd March 2010 Venue: Dalhousie Building , Room 3G02 Time: 1.00 - 5.00 pm 
Special Research Workshop: Youth and Social Justice
Convener: Dr Donna Brown

10th March 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Title to be announced
Professor Andrew Briggs, Public Health and Health Policy, University of Glasgow 

17th March 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Title to be announced
Professor Tim Worrall, University of Manchester

24th March 2010Venue: Dalhousie Building, Room 2G14(P ) Time: 2.00 - 5.00 pm 
SIRE Work and Well- being Workshop 
Title to be announced Prof Tim Barmby, University of Aberdeen 
Piece Rates and Workplace Injury: Does Survey Evidence support Adam Smith? Dr Colin Green, Lancaster University
The Living Wage: An Economic Understanding and a Policy for Equality Dr Paul Seaman, University of Dundee University

31st March 2010 Venue: Room 1.1 , Economic Studies Building Time 3.30 - 5.00 pm 
Agricultural Trade
Dr Sushil Mohan, University of Dundee

Seminar Programme Spring 2009

26 January 2009 - Venue: Geography Junior Lab, 1st Floor Tower Building Time: 3.00 pm 
Coastal Flooding in Scotland: Understanding the Past and Exploring the Future
Dr Tom Ball, University of Dundee

28 January 2009 - Venue: Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building Time: 3.30 pm 
Free Online Resources for Teaching and Learning Economics
Dr Dean Grant, Economics Network/ Nottingham Trent University

3 February 2009 - Venue: Lecture Theatre 5016, Matthew Building Time : 3.30 pm 
Cruise Tourism and Regeneration 
John McCarthy, Heriot -Watt University, Edinburgh

CANCELLED - 11 February 2009 
Assessing Community Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
Professor Lynn Staehili, University of Edinburgh

18 February 2009 - Venue: Geography Junior Lab, 1st Floor Tower Building Time: 3.00 pm 
The Political Geography of Breastfeeding: Breast Milk as a Newly Mobile Bio substance 
Dr Kate Boyer, University of Southampton

18 February 2009 - Venue: Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building Time: 3.30 pm - POSTPONED until Wednesday 25th March 
Title to be announced
Professor Alan Sutherland, University of St. Andrews

4 March 2009 - Venue: Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building Time: 3.30 pm 
Longitudinal Analysis of Income - related Health Inequality
Dr Dennis Petrie, University of Dundee 

11 March 2009 - Venue: Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building Time: 3.30 pm 
Title to be announced
Professor Felix Fitzroy, University of St. Andrews 

11 March 2009 - Venue: Geography Junior Lab, 1st Floor Tower Building Time: 2.00 pm PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE 
Special Research Workshop - Four Speakers 
Mobility, Knowledge and Society - The Role of Human and Cultural Capital in Understanding Contemporary Global Talent Flows
International Human Mobility, Knowledge and Uneven Economic Development 
Professor Allan Williams, London Metropolitan University

It's not just the Economy Stupid... Capital Acquisition and Alternative Forms of Skilled Migration 
Dr Sam Scott, University of Liverpool

International Education and the Strategic Accumulation of Cultural Capital 
Dr Johanna Walters, University of Liverpool

UK Students Abroad: An Examination of the Drivers of a New Global Talent Flow 
Professor Allan Findlay, Drs Fiona Smith and Alistair Geddes, University of Dundee and Professors Russell King and Ron Skelton, University of Sussex

18 March 2009 - Venue: Geography Junior Lab, 1st Floor Tower Building Time: 3.00 pm 
Title to be announced 
Professor Mikulas Huba, University of Bratislava

18 March 2009 - Venue: Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building Time: 3.30 pm 
Modelling the Pollution Content of Trade Flows
Dr Karen Turner, University of Strathclyde 

25 March 2009 - Venue: Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building Time: 3.30 pm - moved from 18th february 
Title to be announced
Professor Alan Sutherland, University of St. Andrews

Seminar Programme Autumn 2008

7th October 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 4.00pm
Gender, job satisfaction and relative wages
Dr Karen Mumford, University of York

8th October 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Title to be announced
Professor Glen Waddell, University of Oregon, USA

15th October 2008 - Room 1.37, Baxter Suite, First Floor, Tower Building - 4.00pm 
Flooding and environmental justice 
Professor Gordon Walker, University of Lancaster

22nd October 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Title to be announced
Dr Silke Anger, German Institute for Economic Research, Berlin

29th October 2008 - Room 1.37, Baxter Suite, First Floor, Tower Building - 3.00pm
What caused the end of the Norse Greenland? Climate change, economic transformations, culture contrast and the importance of tipping points 
Dr Andrew Dugmore, University of Edinburgh

29th October 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Title to be announced
Professor Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, Loughborough University

5th November 2008 - Room 1.37, Baxter Suite, First Floor, Tower Building - 3.00pm 
Adaptation to climate change in Scotland: the Scottish Adaptation Framework
Dr Andrew Kerr, University of Edinburgh 

5th November 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm 
Title to be announced
Professor Nicholas Feltovich, University of Aberdeen 

11th November 2008 - Matthew Building, Room 5016 - 4.00pm 
Comparative strategic assessment procedures in England , Germany and Italy 
Thomas Fischer, University of Liverpool

12th November 2008 - Room 1.37, Baxter Suite, First Floor, Tower Building - 3.00pm 
Understanding the rising number of women claiming incapacity benefits 
Dr Donald Houston, University of Dundee

12th November 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth - 3.30pm 
Title to be announced
Professor José Vicente Rodriguez Mora, University of Edinburgh 

19th November 2008 - Room 1.37, Baxter Suite, First Floor, Tower Building - 3.00pm
Coastal flooding in Scotland: understanding the past and exploring the future 
Dr Tom Ball, University of Dundee 

19th November 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Title to be announced
Dr Xiaoyi Mu, University of Dundee 

Seminar Programme Spring 2008

23rd January 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Public Sector Pay in Britain: Too Much or Too Little?
Professor Monojit Chatterji, University of Dundee

28th January 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
Reconceptualising Public Space in the Contemporary Public Realm
Dr Donna Brown, University of Dundee

6th February 2008 - Lecture Hall 5016, Level 5, Matthew Building - 4.00pm 
Environmental, Social and Sustainability Accounting: The Bottom Line and Beyond 
Professor Robert Gray, University of St Andrews

11th February 2008 - Venue: Baxter Suite, Room 1.36, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
Putting Darwinism in its Place
Professor David Livingstone, Queen's University Belfast

13th February 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Valuing Health Outcomes for Economic Evaluation: Custom, Rigour and Practice 
Professor Paul Kind, University of York

18th February 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm - POSTPONED
Remote Sensing the Impact of Groundwater Lowering on the Agriculture Activities, Jeffara Plain in North-West of Libya 
Mr Tarek El-Aswed, University of Dundee

20th February 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm 
In Situ versus Migratory Human Capital Growth Across Canada's Urban-Rural Hierarchy
Professor Bruce Newbold, McMaster University 

27th February 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm 
Title to be confirmed
Professor José Vicente Rodríguez Mora, University of Edinburgh 

3rd March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm 
Storm Surge and Tsunami Sedimentation: Examples from the Northern and Western Isles, Scotland 
Dr Sue Dawson, University of Dundee

5th March 2008 - Room 1.1 Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm 
States Worse than Dead: Issues around Health State Valuation Exercises 
Dr Aki Tsuchiya, University of Sheffield 

10th March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm 
The Water Framework Directive - Reshaping the Water Law Landscape in Scotland 
Professor Colin Reid, University of Dundee 

12th March 2008 - Room 1.1, Economic Studies Building, 3 Perth Road - 3.30pm
Title to be confirmed 
Dr Alberto Paloni, University of Glasgow 

12th March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
New Landscape Symbols of "New Europe"
Dr Mariusz Czepczynski, University of Gdansk, Poland 

17th March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
British Muslims and Community Cohesion Debates
Dr Claire Dwyer, University College London 

19th March 2008 - (Time and venue to be announced)
Workshop on "Inequality Measurement and Analysis" 
Keynote Speaker: Professor Ulf Gerdtham, University of Aberdeen

24th March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
Feminisation of Labour in the Drug Economy; A Case Study of Jamaican Drug Couriers
Mrs Morgan Windram -Geddes, University of Dundee 

26th March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
Multilevel Analysis (SPANGEO)
Professor Cèline Rozenblat, University of Lausanne

31st March 2008 - Geography Junior Lab, Geography, 1st Floor Tower Building - 4.00pm
"And now for something different ..." 
Dr Andrew Black, University of Dundee