Past Events
PAST EVENTS:
AMCIS PhD Workshop
Prof. Douglas Massey, Princeton University
October 31, 2011, 11:00-17:00h
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AMCIS Inequality Lecture
Quasi-Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects on Socioeconomic Wellbeing
Prof. Douglas Massey, Princeton University
Tuesday November 1st, 2011, 16:00-17:30, drinks afterwards
Location: Agnietenkapel, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 231, Amsterdam
AMCIS PhD Methods Workshop
Longitudinal Data Analysis. Where to start and where to end? Event History Analysis and Sequence Analysis
Daniela Grunow (Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam) and Silke Aisenbrey (Assistant Professor of Sociology at Yeshiva University, NY)
October 21, 2011 (9:30 - 14:15)
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Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
Unequal Life Conditions and ‘Lifestyle Diseases’ in Uganda
Prof. Susan Reynolds Whyte
University of Copenhagen
Chronic non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular conditions are often seen as related to ‘lifestyle’ patterns in diet and physical activity. Their huge increase in the Global South is recognized as one of the major health challenges of our time. On the basis of fieldwork in Uganda, Prof. Whyte shows how social differences—between rich and poor, urban and rural, more and less educated—play out in relation to these diseases. Perceptions of health and management of chronic disease form a prism in which Ugandans as well as researchers can see differences and inequalities in contemporary Ugandan society.
June 16, 2011, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Location: Bethaniënklooster
(Barndesteeg 6b, Amsterdam)
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Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
Explaining the Political Consequences of Inequality: Relative Income Effects, Altruism, and Group Heterogeneity in Western Europe
Prof. David Rueda
Oxford University
Why is it that in some countries the rich are much more likely to support redistribution than in others? In this lecture Prof. Rueda provides an explanation that puts together material on self-interest and altruism. Data from the European Social Survey are used. David Rueada is a Professor of Comparative Politics at Oxford University. His interests include comparative political economy, the politics of industrialized democracies and comparative methods.
May 12, 2011, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Location: VOC zaal in Oostindisch Huis E0.02
(Klovenersburgwal 48, Amsterdam)
Workshop: AMCIS boekproject
Dinsdag 26 april, 2011
Locatie: Oude Manhuispoort 4-6, 1012CN Amsterdam, kamer EK01. Voor meer informatie over deze locatie: klik hier.
(Alleen voor personen die bijdragen aan het boek)
AMCIS PhD Workshop
The Institutional Frames of Gender-Class Equality
with
prof. dr. Lynn Cooke
(University of Surrey)
April 08th 2011
This workshop will detail how in the process of modernization, countries' institutional arrangements structured unique frames of gender-class equality in paid and unpaid work that still structure relative equality in employment, paid and unpaid work hours, and wages.
Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
Gender Equality and Relationship Transitions
Prof. Lynn Prince Cooke
University of Surrey
7 April 2011, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Location: Belle van Zuylenzaal
Universiteitsbibliotheek UvA, Singel 421-427, Amsterdam
Lynn Prince Cooke is a professor of sociology at the University of Surrey, UK. Her research, exploring policy effects on group outcomes, has appeared in American Journal of Sociology, European Sociological Review, and Journal of Marriage and Family, for which she co-authored the 2010 decade review essay on cross-national research. Her current research also explores how divisions of household labour affect other life transitions. She is principal investigator on the Gender Equality in Relationship Transitions (GERT) project funded by a Leverhulme Trust International Network grant. The 14 members of the GERT network are comparing how the socio-political context alters men’s and women’s employment effects on relationship dissolution in Australia, Belgium, East and West Germany, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
Determinants of Inequality in Social Capital in the Netherlands
Prof. Frank van Tubergen
Utrecht University
3 March 2011, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Location: Het Bethaniënklooster
Barndesteeg 6B (Close to Spinhuis, See more...)
Frank van Tubergen is Professor of Sociology at Utrecht University. He studies determinants of immigration and integration of ethnic minorities in Western societies. Van Tubergen published numerous articles on these and other topics in journals such as the American Sociological Review, the American Journal of Sociology, Demography and Social Forces. Currently he is running a number of large research projects, among other things a VIDI project funded by NWO and two cross-national surveys among immigrants funded by two NORFACE grants.
AMCIS Jaarconferentie
Onderwijs en stratificatie: Effecten op het gebied van Ongelijkheid, Arbeidsmarkt en Participatie in de afgelopen decennia
20 januari 2011, 9:30-17:30 uur, met borrel na afloop
Locatie: Belle van Zuylenzaal, Universiteitsbibliotheek UvA, Singel 421-427, Amsterdam
Het Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies organiseert haar eerste Jaarconferentie op 20 januari 2011. Op www.amcis.eu kunt u zich spoedig registreren.
Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
Socioeconomic inequalities in health: overview of comparative studies at European and global levels
Anton Kunst
Amsterdam Medical Centre
2 December 2010, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Belle van Zuylenzaal ( Singel 421-427)
Socioeconomic differences in health are a persistent phenomenon. Findings from all around the world show that people with lower educational levels, lower occupational positions, lower income or prosperity have an increased risk to become ill, suffer more health problems and have shorter life expectancies. However, these health differences are not always the same. In some countries the differences are larger than in others, and periods of increase are followed by periods of decrease. These variations often are unsuspected and raise deeper questions about the background of these differences, and the possibilities for policy aimed at decreasing these differences. During my presentation I will discuss the research that tries to describe and understand the variations and changes in health differences and especially pay attention to the motivations, methods and limitations of this kind of research. I will also address future challenges, like the evaluations of ‘natural experiments’. I will illustrate the overview with numerous examples from similar research I have conducted on a Dutch, European and world-wide level.
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Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
Educational Homogamy and Income Inequality
Prof. Richard Breen
Yale University
4 November 2010, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Belle van Zuylenzaal ( Singel 421-427)
Richard Breen is Professor of Sociology at Yale University and Co-Director of CIQLE, Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course. His research focuses on social stratification and inequality, social mobility, quantitative methods and the application of formal models in the social sciences. His work appeared in the Annual Review of Sociology, American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, European Sociological Review, The British Journal of Sociology, Sociological Methods and Research, etc.
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Amsterdam Inequality Lecture
What Ills Has Rising Inequality
Wrought?
Rising income inequality is a major societal shift in a number of rich countries. What impact has it had on living standards, health, mobility, democracy, and other things we value?
Prof. Lane Kenworthy
University of Arizona
7 October 2010, 15:30-17:00, drinks afterwards
Belle van Zuylenzaal ( Singel 421-427)
Lane Kenworthy is Professor of Sociology and Political Science at the
University of Arizona. He studies causes and consequences of poverty,
inequality, mobility, employment, economic growth, social policy, taxes, and public opinion in the United States and other affluent countries.
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Amsterdam Inequality Lectures
Has Market Failure Caused the Takeoff in Income Inequality?
Prof. David Grusky Stanford University
2 September 2010, 15:30-17:30, drinks afterwards
PhD Workshop
On September 2nd, from 10-13h in Spinhuis 001, the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies (AMCIS) will organize a PhD workshop with professor David B. Grusky of Stanford University. David Grusky will talk about different perspectives to social class (neo-marxist, neo-weberian, neo-durkheimian, post-class) with a particular focus on his own approach of micro classes.