Category Archives: News

Podcast from Future of Impact conference

Listen to a podcast of CRFR’s Sarah Morton’s presentation on the Future of Impact conference along with other speakers on assessing the impact of research http://www.researchtoaction.org/2013/04/future-of-impact-conference-podcast/ and read a blog about the different presentations http://www.researchtoaction.org/2013/04/are-we-losing-sight-of-the-true-value-of-research-impact/

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Missing people

Read the latest CRFR Blog: Missing people – Hester Parr’s seminar next week, part of CRFR’s Emotions Seminar series,  will explore interviews with 23 family members of missing people in order to understand something of the emotions involved in … read more

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Family poverty underestimated

UK poverty figures underestimate the  number of families living in poverty by as much as 40% says Morag Treanor, reported in Scotland on Sunday, 7 April 2013,  http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/politics/uk-poverty-numbers-underestimated-1-2881473 Read the research paper: “Deprived or not deprived? Comparing the measured … read more

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History of working-class marriage

CRFR partner project: A history of working-class marriage, 1855-1976 blog: “We are now six months in to the project and have constructed substantial databases of family structures over the period 1861, 1881 and 1911 for our focus areas, which include … read more

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CRFR researcher joins RSE Young Academy of Scotland

Valeria Skafida joins RSE Young Academy of Scotland http://bit.ly/15Kd2lk  – Valeria is co-based at the Centre for Research on Families and Relationships and Centre for Population Health Sciences, working on the project: “An appetite for life? Changing food habits and … read more

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PhD Viva passed – birth cohort analysis of parenting

Congratulations to Stephen Hinchliffe for passing his PhD Viva. Stephen has been using Growing up in Scotland data as part of a analysis of birth cohort studies to explore the concept of collaborative parenting. The research was was funded through … read more

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