ESRC/BSPS Seminar Series

‘Microsimulation modelling in the UK: bridging the gaps’

A short series of four closely-spaced seminars designed to:

· Identify and agree common areas of challenge

· Encourage greater/more

o pooling of effort

o sharing of existing solutions

o collaborative research grant applications

Seminar 1 'Scaling up; scaling down'
Thursday 2^nd April; London
Speaker / Team	Topic
Holly Sutherland EUROMOD, University of Essex	EUROMOD: the flexibility to “add new countries” [Slides] [Transcript]
Sally Edwards and Simon Gault Dept. for Work and Pensions	Developing & Maintaining Dynamic Micro- Simulation Models at DWP [Slides] [Transcript]
Mark Birkin and Andy Turner MOSES, University of Leeds	E-infrastructure for large scale spatial simulations [Slides] [Transcript]
Paul Williamson University of Liverpool	Creating synthetic sub-regional baseline populations [Slides] [Transcript]
Belinda Wu MOSES, University of Leeds	Dynamic micro-simulation with spatial interactions [Slides] [Transcript]
Seminar 2 'Adding Behaviour'
Wednesday 6^th May; London
Speaker / Team	Topic
Alan Duncan and Adam Richardson University of Nottingham; Dept. for Work and Pensions	Behavioural Labour Supply Modelling in DWP [Slides] [Transcript]
Edmund Chattoe-Brown University of Leicester	Agent-based modelling and microsimulation: ne’er the twain shall meet? [Slides] [Transcript]
Kirk Harland and Alison Heppenstall CSAP, University of Leeds	Modelling individual consumer behaviour [Slides] [Transcript]
Wes Hinsley Imperial College, London	Modelling epidemics [Slides] [Transcript]
Gary Polhill and Nick Gotts Macaulay Land Use Research Institute	Modelling evolving patterns of land-use: the FEARLUS model [Slides] [Transcript]
Olga Feldman and David Simmonds David Simmonds Consulting	Household location in response to changes in transport/accessibility using SimDELTA [Slides] [Transcript]
Seminar 3 'Moving beyond tax-benefit and demographic modelling' Thursday 2^nd July; Leeds
Speaker / Team	Topic
Ben Anderson Chimera, University of Essex	Retail , expenditure and time-use [Slides 19Mb] [Transcript]
Stephen Cragg SIAS (S-Paramics)	Modelling individual vehicle and driver behaviours [Slides] [Movie 1 38Mb] [Movie 2 105Mb] [Transcript]
Dimitris Ballas University of Sheffield	Happiness [Slides] [Transcript]
Mike Murphy MAP2030 (SOCSIM), London School of Economics	A microsimulation model for projecting family and kinship networks in Britain [Slides] [Transcript]
Ruth Hancock and Marcello Morciano MAP2030 (CARESIM), University of East Anglia	Moving from a dynamic cohort microsimulation model to a dynamic population microsimulation model: an incremental approach for a UK model of long-term care charging (CARESIM) [Slides] [Transcript]
David Bell OPERA, University of Stirling	Health and social care: microsimulation in a cold climate [Slides] [Transcript]
Seminar 4 'Bridging the gaps' / ‘Setting the agenda’
Friday 11^th September; Brighton (as part of BSPS annual conference)
Speaker / Team	Topic
David Roe and Doug Rendle HM Treasury	Microsimulation in the Treasury: methods and Challenges [Slides] [Transcript]
Mike Brewer Institute for Fiscal Studies	Microsimulation at the IFS: achievements and Challenges [Slides] [Transcript]
Chris Drane Dept. for Work and Pensions	Microsimulation Modelling in the DWP – lessons learnt and future challenges [Slides] [Transcript]
Jane Falkingham and Maria Evandrou University of Southampton	Modelling with SAGE: lessons and future plans [Slides]
Justine McNamara NATSEM	Microsimulation in Australia: lessons from NATSEM [Slides] [Transcript]
Chantal Hicks Statistics Canada	Building a coherent national microsimulation strategy: lessons from Statistics Canada [Slides] [Transcript]
Paul Williamson University of Liverpool	UK microsimulation: bridging the gaps [Slides] [Transcript]