Quantitative Analyses of Growing Up in Poverty
CWiPP hosted an informal workshop on quantitative research methods of modelling the dynamics of childhood well-being and the effects of growing up in poverty on 1st August 2013. The workshop which was attended by over 20 researchers from different departments in the University of º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½. The workshop consisted of informal presentations followed by discussions. Presenters and topics included:
- Andy Dickerson and Gurleen Popli (Economics): Modelling, methods and evidence
- Robin Purshouse (Automatic Control and Systems Engineering): Agent-based approaches to modelling social systems
- Richard Rowe (Psychology): Behaviour, genetics and growing up in poverty
- Mark Tomlinson (Sociology): Artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques