We often present our findings at academic conferences, organize events to discuss our research and the issues surrounding it, and host presentations on education policy research by visiting speakers. Contact mcampbe1@sfu.ca for more details.
FORTHCOMING
18 March 2011
Cheryl Kaiser, University of Washington (SFU Burnaby, 2.30-4.00 pm)
Group Identification and Experiencing Discrimination: Implications for Diversity
Public talk co-sponsored with the Social Psychology Area, Psychology Department.
RECENT
Policy events
October 2010
Public lecture: Jesse Rothstein, UC Berkeley
Reforming Teacher Incentives.
October 2010
B.C. Education Policy Research Table convened by CERP
September 2010
B.C. Ministry of Education
Presentations on new research: random variation in school-average test scores (Mohsen Javdani); designation and achievement of special education students (Jane Friesen).
October 2009
The Use of Standardized Tests in Education Policy Research (SFU Vancouver)
A conference of provincial stakeholders on education policy research for B.C.
Conference presentations
October 2010
Migration and the Global City (Ryerson University, Toronto)
Ethnic identity and discrimination among children. Presentation by Jane Friesen.
July 2010
Economic Science Association (Copenhagen, Denmark)
Ethnicity, identity and discrimination among children. Presentation by Jane Friesen.
July 2010
European Society for Population Economics (Essen, Germany)
Ethnicity, identity and discrimination among children. Presentation by Jane Friesen.
May 2010
Canadian Economics Association (Quebec)
Noise or news: learning about the content of test-based school achievement measures. Presentation by Mohsen Javdani.
May 2010
Canadian Economics Association (Quebec)
Non-standard English at school: can targeted funding improve student achievement? Presentation by Jane Friesen.
March 2010
Social Psychology Talks (SFU Burnaby, 2.30-4.00)
Stereotype Threat Deconstructed? Presentation by Toni Schmader, Canada Research Chair in Social Psychology, UBC.
March 2010
Social Psychology Talks (SFU Burnaby, 2.30-4.00)
The Face of Crime, Integrity and Respect. Presentation by Paul Davies, UBC Okanagan.
February 2010
University of Queensland Psychology Department Symposium (Brisbane, Australia)
Justice in language policy and practices: language loss, discrimination and linguicide. Presentation by Stephen Wright.
September 2009
European Association of Labour Economists Annual Conference (Tallinn, Estonia)
Can Targeted Funding Improve Test Scores Of Low-Achieving Minority Students? Evidence for Aboriginal Students in British Columbia. Presentation by Michele Battisti.
August 2009
Econometric Society European Meetings (Barcelona, Spain)
Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools? Presentation by Simon Woodcock.
June 2009
IDEP Public Economics Conference (Marseilles, France)
Can targeted funding improve test scores of low-achieving minority students? Presentation by Michele Battisti.
June 2009
European Society for Population Economics (Seville, Spain)
Does more money improve outcomes for disadvantaged students? Presentation by Jane Friesen.
May 2009
Society of Labour Economists Annual Meetings (Boston, MA)
Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools? Presentation by Jane Friesen.
May 2009
Canadian Economics Association (Toronto)
Sorting, peers and achievement of Aboriginal students in BC. Presentation by Jane Friesen and Brian Krauth.
May 2009
Canadian Labour Market and Skills Researcher Network (Toronto)
Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools? Presentation by Jane Friesen.
May 2009
Workshop on Experimental Economics at the Centre for Research in Adaptive Behaviour in Economics (SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver)
Ethnicity and in-group bias among children. Presentation by Jane Friesen.
May 2009
Metropolis BC Workshop (Vancouver)
Ethnic identity and discrimination among children. Presentation by Jasmina Arifovic and Jane Friesen.
May 2009
Canadian Economics Association (Toronto)
Does public information about school quality lead to flight from low-achieving schools? Presentation by Simon Woodcock and Mohsen Javdani.
April 2009
Western Psychological Association (Portland, OR)
Intergroup contact and friendship: the reduction of prejudice in a pluralistic context. Stephen Wright and Joseph Comeau.
Seminars
November 2010
Andrew Barron, UBC
The development of implicit intergroup bias
October 2010
Jesse Rothstein, UC Berkeley
Permanent income and the black-white test score gap.
April 2010
Susan Dynarski, University of Michigan
Accountability and Flexibility in Public Schools: Evidence from Boston's Charter and Pilots.
March 2010
Cristine Campos de Xavier Pinto, UFMG
Semiparametric Estimation of Peer Effects in Classrooms.
November 2009
Jane Cooley, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A Framework for the Analysis of Time-varying Treatment Effects: How The Timing of Grade Retention Affects Outcomes.
November 2009
Eric Hanushek, Stanford
Do Better Schools Lead to More Growth? Cognitive Skills, Economic Outcomes, and Causation. |
