LARIA Annual Conference 2004 Presentations

RESEARCH FOR POLICY 2004 - CHALLENGING RESEARCH - CHALLENGING RESEARCHERS

The LARIA Annual Conference was held on Tuesday 23rd – Thursday 25th March 2004 at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

As always, we were treated to a superb selection of speakers covering a wide selection of topics. If you were unable to attend the Conference, or would like to view the presentations again, they are available for download as Adobe Acrobat documents ( .pdf ).

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Tuesday 23th March 2004
Plenary: The Challenge and Value of Research to Local Authorities: Prof Ian Diamond (Economic & Social Research Council) (47k)

Plenary: Qualitative Research That Counts: Enhancing the Role and Quality of Qualitative Research for Public Sector Enquiry: Jane Ritchie (Founding Director, Qualitative Research Unit, National Centre for Social Research) (17k)

Plenary: Promoting Research Across Partnerships: Chris Fieldsend & Sophie Ross (Local Futures Group) & Steve Mulligan (East Midlands Development Agency) (57k)

Wednesday 24th March 2004
Towards Better Community Engagement: Matthew Lund (Questions Answered), Mark Henderson & Cllr Peter Hillman (Northumberland CC) (515k)

Census Under-Enumeration of Households in Bristol: Jayne Mills & Michael Legg (Bristol City Council) (1,406k)
eConsultation in East Lancashire – A Collaborative Approach: Christine Collingwood (Pendle Borough Council) (192k)
The Future of the Census: Peter Benton (Office for National Statistics) (90k)
Developing Consultation & Involvement Mechanisms in Local Strategic Partnerships – A Warts and All Appraisal: Patrick Clark (Worcestershire Partnership) (149k)
Valuing Quality of Life Improvements: Paul Murphy (FaberMaunsell) (152k)
The Good The Bad And The Ugly – A Personal View of Researching in Three Different Sectors: Debbie Wilson (DfES) (272k)
The Value of Research in Oxford City Council: Cllr Alex Hollingsworth (Leader, Oxford City Council) (275k)
Printed and Online News Media – Copyright and Licensing Issues: Laurence Bebbington (Nottingham University) (38k)

Thursday 25th March 2004

How To Get Research Findings Implemented – How To Make Sure Yours Isn’t Another Research Report That Just Gathers Dust On The Shelf: Jude Cummins (Office for Public Management) (107k)

Are Young People Engaging?: Rebecca Morris (Opinion Leader Research) & Hannah Rapport (LB of Lambeth) (991k)

Mapping Social Capital in the Eastern Region: Mike Soper (Cambridgeshire CC) (2,425k)

Race Equality and Diversity – Research on Local Government: Sarah Morgan & Laura Williams (ODPM) (31k)
Development of a Shared Local and Regional Intelligence Database: Pip Tucker (South West Observatory) (1,299k) & Sheila Bhatt (Paribus) (523k)
Corporate Really Needs To Sort This Out – A Service Approach to the Race Relations (Amendment) Act: Adrian Gowan (Medway Council) (112k)
Plenary: Developing Confidence and Competence Through Challenge: Paul Vittles (RBA Research) (50k)
Discussion Group Summary (word 97 .doc 26k)


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