Big data, ordinary lives: social-historical approaches to British birth cohort data

Big data, ordinary lives: social-historical approaches to British birth cohort data

An ‘in-conversation’ workshop between historians and sociologists

Wednesday 18 October 2023, 13.00–18.00

A set of interdisciplinary conversations about the challenges and rewards of working with birth cohort data for histories of education, health, and the life course

Speakers: Dr JD Carpentieri (UCL); Dr Chris Jeppesen (Cambridge); Dr Laura Carter (Université Paris Cité); Professor Penny Tinkler (Manchester); Professor Christina de Bellaigue (Oxford) Event organised by Dr Laura Carter (POP Fellow at TORCH, Michaelmas Term 2023) and co-hosted with the Oxford University History Faculty Centre for the History of Childhood

Programme:

13.15-13.30: Welcome and introduction, Dr Laura Carter

13.30-15.00: Conversation 1 - Education, childhood, and the lifecourse, Dr JD Carpentieri and Dr Chris Jeppesen

15.00-15.30: Coffee break

15.30-17.00: Conversation 2 - Women’s health, Dr Laura Carter and Professor Penny Tinkler

17.00-18.00: Roundtable with Professor Christina de Bellaigue, Professor Penny Tinkler, Dr JD Carpentieri, Dr Chris Jeppesen, and Dr Laura Carter

To register for a free ticket, please click here to register via Eventbrite

This event is hosted by Dr Laura Carter, Visiting Fellow on the Paris-Oxford-Partnership Programme