THIS EVENT IS IN PAST

6 December 2024

Venue: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh EH2 2PQ

The event focused on Challenges and Opportunities for Social Survey Data Collection in Scotland.

The programme was as follows:

Chair (a.m.): Peter Lynn (University of Essex, Director of Survey Futures)

10.00 Survey Futures objectives and activities. Peter Lynn (University of Essex) and Olga Maslovskaya (University of Southampton)
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10.20 The Survey Agency Perspective: Current issues in survey data collection. Paul Bradshaw (ScotCen), Chris Martin (Ipsos) and Joel Williams (Verian)
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11.25 Break

11.40 The Survey Commissioner Perspective: Current issues in survey data collection. Panel including Mark Bell (Scottish Crime and Justice Survey) and Morag Shepherd (Scottish Health Survey)

12.30 Lunch (provided: Upper Gallery)

Chair (p.m.): Olga Maslovskaya (University of Southampton, Deputy Director of Survey Futures)

13.30 The Survey User Perspective: What does a user look for in a survey dataset? Contributions from Prof Vernon Gayle (University of Edinburgh) and Dr Ben Matthews (University of Stirling)
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14.30 Break

14.45 Findings from a recent study into mixed mode survey designs to inform the Scottish Government long-term survey strategy. Rachel Ormston (Ipsos).
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16.00 End