Next Workshop on Political Representation Issues
Interested colleagues, including research fellows and students, are warmly invited to attend the first of the McDougall Trust's 2012 series of lunchtime workshops on political representation issues. Light refreshments will be available from 12.40 pm and after the workshop. Please aim to arrive by 12.50 pm.
Tuesday 27 March 2012, 1.00-2.30 pm (with a short break at 1.55 pm):
Electoral Systems and Gender Balance
Speakers: Professor Sarah Childs of Bristol University and
Dr Rosie Campbell, Birkbeck College, University of London
Chair: Michael Steed, McDougall Trust
Venue: Lakeman Library, 6 Chancel Street, London SE1 OUX
An opportunity to hear about and discuss how different voting systems impact on the representation of the genders with Professor Sarah Childs of Bristol University and Dr Rosie Campbell of Brirkbeck Colege, University of London.
Please register your interest in attending by noon on Monday, 26 March 2012. Please note places are limited.
Contact point: the Trust's Executive Secretary, Paul Wilder (telephone: 020 7620 1080, e-mail: admin@mcdougall.org.uk or post: 6 Chancel Street, London SE1 0UX). Registrants will be sent an email confirming the workshop details. Do check the website for details of future workshops.
Directions to Chancel Street: The nearest underground stations are Southwark and Waterloo (Jubilee, Bakerloo and Northern lines). Waterloo and Waterloo East mainline stations are close by. Chancel Street is the third turning south of Blackfriars Bridge, east side of Blackfriars Road, which is served by bus routes 45, 63 and 100.
McDougall Trust is a registered charity that encourages study in political science, with particular emphasis on research in democracy, elections, voting systems and forms of government. The Trust maintains the Lakeman Library for Electoral Studies, a unique resource, and publishes, through Taylor & Francis, the quarterly election studies journal Representation (ISBN 0034-4893).
Other forthcoming workshops in 2012
Tuesday 17 April (tbc): New Electoral Boundaries in (England and Wales) with Professor Ron Johnston OBE, University of Bristol, Professor Charles Pattie, University of Sheffield and David Rossiter
Tuesday 29 May (tbc): New Zealand's MMP Referendum and General Election of November 2011 with Professor Jack Vowles, University of Exeter