Between policy and the POLIS - and other seminars

Dear All

Sorry for cross-pointing.

Here is a list of Health and Society Research Groups until June. All will take place at 53 Park
Place with drink and nibbles to follow. The first one in 2009 is next Wednesday on the 11th Feb and
looks to be extremely interesting.

Everyone is welcome.

Eva Elliott

11th February 2009 – 4pm
‘Between policy and the POLIS: How electronic participation exercises can facilitate democratic
decisions for public health problems’

Simon Williams
CISHE, School of Social Sciences

11th March 2009 – 4pm
‘Accident and Incident Data: The Perceptions of the Risk of Certain Incidents Versus the Reality
of Reported Data’

Neil Ellis
Seafarers International Research Centre (SIRC)

22nd April 2009 – 4pm (note not the 2nd Wednesday this month)
'Understanding and responding to place-based disadvantage: insights from a Neighbourhood Renewal
strategy in Victoria, Australia'.

Dr. Deborah Warr
Research Fellow
Melbourne School of Population Health,
University of Melbourne,

6th May 2006 – 4pm
‘Developing “just” and healthy public policy: the role of health impact assessment’

Debbie Fox
Liverpool University

10th June 2009 – 4pm
‘Dynamics of friendship networks and smoking behaviour during adolescence: A longitudinal social
network approach’
Liesbeth Mercken




Eva Elliott

RCUK Academic Fellow
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics
School of Social Sciences,
Cardiff University
53 Park Place
Cardiff
UK
CF10 3AT

Tel: 029 2087 9138

E-mail: elliotte@cf.ac.uk

CISHE website: www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/cishe
WHIASU website: www.whiasu.wales.nhs.uk