Event: Reversing the trend

The SIRIUS project has joined forces with the leading European think tank, CEPS, to organise an event that aims to begin the process of transforming the discourse on the labour market integration of migrant and refugees. The event will hosted by the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), in Brussels on the 4th December 2019 and will feature SIRIUS project coordinator Professor Simone Baglioni.

The event, titled: ‘Reversing the trend and recognising potential: Towards more evidence-based policies on the intergration of migrants and refugees in the EU’, will bring together different actors including policymakers, trade unions, employer organisations, civil society organisations and academics to move us beyond discussion and debate regarding ‘border management and security’ to a position at the intersection of integration, entrepreneurship and innovation. The event will seek to develop this dialogue at a higher level of policymaking; in other words from a European viewpoint, rather than at the national level and in doing so brings together speakers from the European Commission, the International Organization for Migration, the European Trade Union Congress and the European Parliament.

The event will therefore be a opportunity to share experiences and visions, and discuss how a coordinated and best practice-based integration strategy could unleash the potential benefits of migrants and refugees for our societies and economies rather than their arrival being used as a tool for political division.

For more information on the event and to register please follow the link below:

https://www.ceps.eu/ceps-events/reversing-the-trend-and-recognising-potential-toward-more-evidence-based-policies-on-integration-of-migrants-and-refugees-in-eu/

 

Symposium – Public values and plurality in health priority setting: consistency, coherence and consensus

The symposium will take place at GCU London on Monday 21st October 2019, and will bring together different disciplinary perspectives on plurality in public values in relation to health priority setting.   Through a series of papers from different perspectives, presented by authors and discussants, we will explore plurality and public values in health priority setting in relation to fundamentals and theories, empirical frameworks and research applications.

Organisers:
Rachel Baker (Glasgow Caledonian University)
Lucy Frith (Liverpool University)
Benedict Rumbold (Nottingham University)
Ellen Stewart (Edinburgh University)

https://www.gcu.ac.uk/yunuscentre/research/healtheconomics/projects/wellcometrust/

The Cost of Health

How do you put a price on health? That is a question Professor Helen Mason will attempt to answer during her inaugural professorial lecture.

A Professor of Health Economics at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Helen works primarily in the area of economic evaluation, focusing on the development and application of practices to measure the benefits of healthcare. She gathers the views and values of both patients and the public on healthcare resource allocation.

She said: “In all healthcare systems, decisions have to be made about how to best allocate scarce resources, including funding, staff and equipment, to improve health.

“Decisions about the allocation of these resources should be informed by the value for money that they provide, but how do we know the value of health?”

This lecture will appeal to anyone with an interest in healthcare provision, including members of the public, clinicians and those working in healthcare decision making.

Register for the event on Tuesday, 12th February at 5.30pm, Glasgow Caledonian University.

Find out more about Professor Mason’s inaugural professorial lecture

Find out more about Professor Mason

 

Q Conference Glasgow 2017

The 33rd annual Q methodology conference was hosted by GCU’s Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health last month (September 6 to 9).

The conference, held at Glasgow event venue 200SVS, was opened by Professor Cam Donaldson, Vice Principal and Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) and Yunus Chair in Social Business & Health, and Professor Rachel Baker, Director of the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health.

The aim of the conference was to provide a multidisciplinary forum for students and professionals to explore the latest research, applications, and developments surrounding the use of Q Methodology.

The keynote speaker Job van Exel, Professor of Economics and Values at Erasmus University Rotterdam, raised challenges for those working with Q methodology in relation to publications, technology and software.

Also in attendance were members of the family of William Stephenson, the originator of Q methodology: Mary Ellen and Richard Stephenson, Averil Schreiber (Stephenson).

Q Methodology is a research method used in psychology and in social sciences to study people’s subjectivity.

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Q Conference Glasgow, Early Bird Registration

EARLY BIRD registration closes on Monday 31st July for the 33rd annual conference of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, 7th – 9th September 2017, hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University. On Wednesday 6th September 2017 we will host three separate optional pre-conference workshops. Please note, as all workshops are running in parallel with each other you can only register for one.

For more information and to book a place at the Glasgow Q Conference please visit Registration.

We have a dedicated Q conference mailbox set up so please send any questions or enquiries to Qconference2017@gcu.ac.uk

For more information on the Q Conference please visit the website.

Q Conference 2017 – Registration Now Open

Registration is now open for the 33rd annual conference of the International Society for the Scientific Study of Subjectivity, 7th – 9th September 2017, hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University. On Wednesday 6th September 2017 we will host three separate optional pre-conference workshops.

For more information on the Q Conference and to book a place please visit the website.

Q Conference 2017 – Call for Papers

Only 6 days left to submit abstracts for the 33rd annual conference of the International Society for the Scientific of Subjectivity, hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University. The conference will take place at 200SVS on 7th – 9th September 2017, hosted by Glasgow Caledonian University. On Wednesday 6th September 2017, we will host preconference workshop(s) at Glasgow Caledonian University.

For more information about the conference and to submit an abstract please visit the website.