Keynote Presentations

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What can Social Science Contribute to Educational Policy

Judy Sebba,  Professor of Education at the Sussex Institute.
Peter Tymms, Director of the CEM Centre, Durham University.

 

What can Social Science contribute to Neighbourhood Renewal

Jon Bright, Head of Implementation Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Murray Stewart, Visiting Professor, University of the West of England.
Michael Noble, Professor of Social Policy, University of Oxford.

 

What can Social Science contribute to improving the nations’ health

Mala Rao, Head of Public Health Workforce and Capacity, Health Improvement Directorate, Department of Health.
Philip Davies, Deputy Director of the Government Social Research Unit, HM Treasury
Mark Petticrew, Associate Director of Medical Research Council, Social and Public Health Sciences Unit.

 

What can Social Science contribute to promoting early years development

Richard Barthalomew, Manager of the Children, Young People and Families Analysis Division in DfES
Michael Rutter, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London.
Terezinha Nunes,  Professor of Educational Studies, Oxford University.

 

What can Social Science contribute to Crime Reduction

Tony Munton, Home Office .
Joanna Shapland, Professor of Criminal Justice, Director, The University of Sheffield Centre for Criminological Research.
David Wilson, Associate Professor in the Administration of Justice Program, Department of Public and International affairs at George Mason University, USA.

 

What can Social Science contribute to welfare to work

Jonathan Portes, Deputy Director of the Work, Welfare and Poverty Directorate of the Department for Work and Pensions.
Jim Riccio, Director, LowWage Workers and Working Communities Policy Area, MDRC, USA.
Robert Walker, Professor of Social Policy, University of Oxford and Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies.