Modern Slavery: Prediction, Prevention, Policies
This is a joint event between the CfS and the EFI aiming to promote collaboration between social scientists and statisticians who are interested in research in the area of tackling modern slavery related issues, including prediction of the hidden population size, prevention, and related policies. The keynote speaker is Sir Bernard Silverman and there will be short talks showcasing the research done at the University of Edinburgh in this area. Some seed funding may be available for the development of collaborative interdisciplinary projects with the Centre for Statistics.
Registration is now closed.
Date: Wednesday 3rd May 2023
Time: 9:30 - 13:30 (with lunch)
Location: The King's Buildings campus: JCMB, Lecture Theatre B.
Keynote: Sir Bernard Silverman
The current speakers for short talks are:
- Catherine Maternowska (Institute for Education, Community and Society)
- Deborah Fry (Institute for Education, Community and Society)
- Ruth King (School of Mathematics)
- Serveh Sharifi (School of Mathematics)
The full agenda is available here:
We welcome more short talks showcasing research in this area. If you would like to present your work in this meeting, please let us know in the registration form. For your talk, an emphasis on the related data in your work and any common data analysing methods and their challenges would be extremely helpful and hopefully would initiate new collaborations between statisticians and social scientists within the university.
More information and the schedule of the event will be provided closer to the time.
For any questions, please email "serveh.sharifi@ed.ac.uk".
May 03 2023
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Modern Slavery: Prediction, Prevention, Policies
The Centre for Statistics has teamed up with the Edinburgh Futures Institute to organise a research event on Modern slavery