Cross-National Comparative Research

Challenge, co-operation and compromise

Date: 12th - 13th November 2006

Venue: Institute of Education, University of London

Speakers

Linda Hantrais Loughborough University and the London School of Economics
Deborah Quilgars Centre for Housing Policy, University of York
Peter Moss Thomas Coram Research Unit
Claire Cameron Thomas Coram Research Unit
Geoff Troman Roehampton
Bob Jeffrey Open University
Julia Brannen Thomas Coram Research Unit
Ann Nilsen Bergen University
Susanne MacGregor London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Course Outline (Programme)

12 June

10.00-10.30

Coffee

10.30

Introduction: Julia Brannen

Session 1:

Research design in cross-national comparative research

10.40 – 11.50

 

Linda Hantrais - EU Projects on Family and Welfare    Accompanying paper
Deborah Quilgars - EU project under Citizens and Governance programme
Chair: Julia Brannen

11.50 - 12.30

 

Small group discussion: See questions for discussion groups Session 1: Cross-national comparative research design

12.30 – 13.00

 

Report back session
Chair: Julia Brannen

13.00-14.00

Lunch

Session 2:

Theorising and conceptualisation in cross-national comparative research

14.00 – 15.30

 

Peter Moss and Claire Cameron - EU project on the care workforce
Geoff Troman and Bob Jeffrey – Pan European ethnographic project on creative learning
Chair: Linda Hantrais

15.30 -15.45

Tea

15.45 – 16.30

 

Small group discussion: See questions for discussion groups: Session 2 Conceptualisation in comparative cross national research

16.30 – 17.00

 

Report back session
Chair: Linda Hantrais

Session 3:

Working in cross-national teams: tales from the field

17.00 -18.00

 

This is an opportunity for participants to talk about their experiences and expectations of working cross-nationally and for the Panel to answer questions and to comment with reference to their own experiences.

17.30 – 18.00

Panel Discussion: Ulla Bjornberg, Claire Cameron, Linda Hantrais, Janet Smithson
Panel Chair: Suzan Lewis

Plenary discussion and questions

19.00

Dinner

13th June

 

Session 4:

The use and integration of different types of methods and data in cross-national comparative research

9.30 – 10.15

 

Julia Brannen and Ann Nilsen - EU projects on work-family issues
Chair: Linda Hantrais

10.15 - 10.30

Coffee

10.30 – 11.15

Susanne MacGregor – various EU projects on public health and social policy
Chair: Linda Hantrais

11.15 – 12.00

Small group discussion: see Session 4 The use and integration of different types of methods and data in comparative cross-national research

12.00 – 12.45

 

Report back session
Chair: Linda Hantrais

12.45-13.45

Lunch

Session 5:

Discussant Commentaries, Plenary and Discussion

13.45 – 14.30

 

Discussants: Ulla Bjornberg, Kathy Paine, Janet Smithson, Magdalena Szymańska
Chair: Julia Brannen

14.30 – 15.00

 

Closing plenary
Chair: Julia Brannen

15.00 Tea

Location

The workshop will be held at:

Institute of Education

University of London

London

Contact

Michelle Cage
Thomas Coram Research Unit
Institute of Education
University of London
27/28 Woburn Square
London WC1H 0AA

Tel: +44(0)20 7612 6962
Fax: +44(0)20 7612 6927
Email: m.cage@ioe.ac.uk