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Dr David Owen - Conference presentations

2019

  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E. (2019) 'Projected employment and population change in regional labour markets in the UK', paper presented to the European Regional Science Association annual conference, University of Santiago de Compostela, 7th June 2019.[view]

2018

  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E. (2018) 'Changing patterns of international migration and the UK construction industry', paper presented to the Bristish Society for Population Studies annual conference, University of Winchester, 11th September 2018.[view]

2017

  • Gumber, A. and Owen, D.W. (2017) ‘Determinants of Personal Wellbeing across Ethnic Groups in the UK: Accounting for demographic, socioeconomic, health and contextual factors’, paper presented to ONS and UK Data Service "Personal well-being data user event: Showcasing data and research", 29th March 2017, JISC, London.[view]

2016

  • Owen, D.W. and Atfield, G. (2016) 'Equality implications of the system for teacher’s pay in England', Paper presented to the Office for Manpower Economics/Incomes Data Research ‘Pay in the Public Sector’ conference, BIS Conference Centre London, 15th September 2016. [view]

2015

  • Owen, D.W., Green, A.E., Gambin, L. and Li, Y. (2015) 'Projecting UK employment by ethnic group between 2012 and 2022', Paper presented to the British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference, University of Leeds, 7th September 2015. [view]
  • Owen, D.W. (2015) ‘Variations in national identity, diversity and integration within the UK’, paper presented to the UK Data Service conference “Census Applications: Using the UK’s population census data”, University of Manchester, 17th July 2015. [view]
  • Gumber, A. and Owen, D.W. (2015) ‘Happiness and Wellbeing Inequalities by Ethnicity in the UK, Corrected for Differences in Socio-demographic, Economic and Contextual Factors’, paper presented to British Sociological Association Regional Postgraduate Day Event on Society and Crisis: "Quantitative and Qualitative Evaluations of Societal Well-Being", 4th June 2015, University of Leicester.[view]

2014

  • Gumber, A. and Owen, D.W. (2014) ‘Ethnicity, Neighbourhood Deprivation and Quality of Life: An exploratory analysis of the Annual Population Survey’, paper presented to the Labour Force Survey/Annual Population Survey User Conference, London, 28th November, 2014. [view]

2013

  • Owen, D.W. (2013) ‘How well is the impact of international migration measured between Censuses?’, paper presented to the annual conference of the British Society for Population Studies, University of Swansea, 10th September 2013. [view]
  • Green, A., De Hoyos, M., Barnes, S-A., Owen, D.W., Baldauf, B.and Behle, H. (2013) ‘Revisiting the concept of employability: key dimensions of a revised operational framework to inform labour market policy’, Paper presented to the Work, Employment and Society conference, University of Warwick September 4th 2013.
  • Owen, D.W. (2013) ‘The geography of change in ethnicity and national identity in the UK’, Paper presented to the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference, Royal Geographical Society, London, August 30th 2013. [view]
  • Owen, D.W (2013) ‘Geographical factors underlying change in national identity within the UK’, paper presented to the 7th International Conference on Population Geographies,27th June 2013, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. [view]

2011

  • Owen, D.W., 'Migrant communities and quality of life in European neighbourhoods' at 6th International Conference on Population Geographies , Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden [Paper] [view]
  • Owen, D.W. 'Analysing ethnicity, religion and identity variables' at SARs User Meeting , Royal Statistical Society, London [Presentation][view]

2010

  • Hogarth, T. and Owen, D., 'Geographical Accessibility to Training and Implications for Skills and Economic Development: a case study of East Lindsey' at UKTRC workshop ‘Transport and Social Exclusion: Employment, Education and Training Perspectives’ , University of Warwick [Presentation]
  • Owen, D., Green, A., Atfield, G.,Jones, P. and Davies, R., 'Changing labour migration to the East Midlands in recession' at British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference , University of Exeter [Presentation]
  • Green, A. E. and Owen, D. W., 'Review of geospatial resource needs' at ESRC Geospatial data needs workshop , London, UK [Paper]

2009

  • Owen, D. W., 'African migration to the UK and EU' at CRER Conference on African Transnational and Return Migration in the Context of Homeland Development from the Perspectives of Euro-African Relations and Latin American Experience , University of Warwick, UK [Paper]

2008

  • Green, A. E., Owen, D. W. and Jones, P. S., 'New patterns of international labour migration in England: regional and sub-regional perspectives' at Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona , Barcelona, Spain [Seminar]
  • Owen, D. W. and Green, A. E., 'Migrant workers and the labour force' at Warwick University Local Authorities Research Consortium - Economic Development Workstream , University of Warwick, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D. W., Green, A. E. and Jones, P. S., 'The impact of new migration to the English Midlands' at British Society for Population Studies – 2008 Annual Conference , Manchester, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D. W., Oucho, J. and Brey, E., 'Using IPUMS data from the 1999 Kenya Census to explore internal migration' at Census Microdata: findings and futures - An international conference , Manchester, UK [Paper][view]
  • Owen, D. and Green, A. E., 'Skills challenges in the context of population and employment growth: the ‘quality’ of jobs in a peripheral rural area' at Regional Studies Association Annual Conference 2008 - Regions: The Dilemmas of Integration and Competition , Prague, Czech Republic [Paper]
  • Owen, D., Green, A. E. and Jones, P. S., 'Migrant workers in the East Midlands labour market' at New Communities in Nottinghamshire - The Experience of New European Migration , West Bridgeford, UK [Paper]

2007

  • Green, A.E., Owen, D.W. and Jones, P.S., 'Assessing the Impacts of Migrant Workers in the Labour Market: The case of the English East Midlands' at European Regional Studies Association Conference , Lisbon, Portugal [Paper]

2006

  • Owen, D.W., 'Spatial analysis of segregation in the UK' at Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference , Royal Geographical Society, London [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W. and Lenoël, A., 'Identifying new migrant populations in UK cities' at Population Geography Study Group conference , University of Liverpool, UK [Paper]

2005

  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E., 'Factors associated with commuting behaviour in England and Wales' at Annual conference of the British Society for Population Studies , University of Kent, Canterbury [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The geography of poor skills in Britain: Implications for regional and local economic development' at European Regional Studies Association Conference , Aalborg [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Demographic profiles and social cohesion of minority ethnic communities in England and Wales' at Conference on ESRC programme on the family , South Bank University, London [Paper]

2004

  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Population growth, migration and economic development in rural areas' at Annual Conference of the British Society for Population Studies , University of Leicester, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Rural Labour Markets in Britain, Key Features and Challenges' at European Regional Studies Association conference , Angers, France [Paper]

2002

  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Skills and the North-South divide (in England)' at Annual Conference of the British and Irish section of the Regional Science Association , Brighton, UK [Paper]

2001

  • Owen, D.W., 'Demographic characteristics of people from minority ethnic groups living in Great Britain' at ESRC Cities programme/DLTR seminar on "Explaining ethnic differences" [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Minority Ethnic Groups and Access to Jobs' at Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference , University of Plymouth, UK [Paper]

2000

  • Tomlins, R., Johnson, M.R.D. and Owen, D.W., 'The forgotten refugees: the housing experiences of the Vietnamese communities in London' at International Migration: New Patterns, New Theories Conference , Nottingham, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E., Owen, D.W. and Wilson, R., 'Regional differences in the labour market participation of young people in the European Union' at 3rd European Urban and Regional Studies conference: "A New Europe? Urban and Regional Economies, Cultures and Governance" , Voss, Norway [Paper]
  • Tomlins, R., Johnson, M.R.D. and Owen, D.W., 'Housing careers and preferences of the Vietnamese communities in London' at ENHR Conference , Gavle, Sweden [Paper]

1999

  • Owen, D.W., 'Demographic Profiles of Britain's Minority Ethnic Groups' at Black Employment Initiative Conference on Indicators of Ethnic Inequality , SOAS, University of London, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E., 'The role of spatial and skills mismatches in understanding the labour market experience of minority ethnic groups in Great Britain' at European Urban and Regional Research Network 1999 European Conference on 'Regional Potentials in an Integrating Europe' , University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Making Local Estimates of Minority Ethnic Group Populations' at Annual Conference of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers , University of Leicester, UK [Paper]

1998

  • Owen D W, ''A demographic profile of Caribbean households and families in Great Britain' at The Caribbean Family and living arrangements in Britain and the Trans-Atlantic World , Cheltenham&Gloucester College of Higher Education [Paper]

1997

  • Green, A.E. and D.W. Owen, 'Use of the JUVOS Cohort Survey' at Unemployment Statistics' ESRC Data Workshop , London, UK [Workshop]
  • Owen D W, ''Changing patterns of residential segregation by ethnic group in England and Wales, 1981-91' at European Urban and Regional Research Network 1997 European Conference on "Regional Futures" , Europa-Universitat Viadrina, Frankfurt-am-Oder, Germany [Paper]
  • Owen D W, ''Migration by ethnic minorities within Great Britain in the early 1990s'' at annual conference of the British & Irish Section of the Regional Science Association , Falmouth College of Arts [Paper]
  • Owen D W, ''Geographical patterns of recent migration and population change for minority ethnic groups within G' at annual conference of the British Society for Population Studies , Exeter [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Migration to rural areas: An overview' at Seminar on 'In-migrants to rural areas: Expectations, perceptions and the reality of experience' , Nottingham Trent University, UK [Paper]

1996

  • Owen D W, ''What the 1991 Census told us about ethnic minority groups'' at Race into the Future , University of Warwick [Paper]
  • Owen D W, ''Establishing a picture of Britain's ethnic minority populations'' at Race into Action seminar , University of Warwick [Seminar]
  • Owen D W, 'Demographic and economic profiles of the Caribbean family in Britain' at Caribbean living arrangements and families , Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education [Seminar]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Severe labour market disadvantage in urban areas' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Strathclyde, Scotland [Paper]

1995

  • Owen, D.W., 'What the 1991 Census of Population tells us about the Chinese in Britain' at 'Working with the Chinese Community' Conference held by the Northern Race Relations Advisors Group , Tameside Business Development Centre, UK [Paper]
  • Dudleston, A.C., A.E. Green, I. Hardill and D.W. Owen, 'Gender Perspectives on Dual-Career Households' at Gender Perspectives on Household Issues' conference , University of Reading, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Integrating survey and Census data in estimating minority ethnic group populations' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK [Paper]

1994

  • Owen, D.W., 'Growth, development, size and structure of minority ethnic group populations, origins and geographic' at OPCS/ESRC Census Analysis Group conference on the Census ethnic volumes , Leeds University, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Ethnic minorities in the Midlands' at OPCS/ESRC Census Analysis Group conference on the Census ethnic volumes , Leeds University, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'The demography, geography and socio-economic characteristics of the "Black-Other" ethnic group' at OPCS/ESRC Census Analysis Group conference on the Census ethnic volumes , Leeds University, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The changing structure of the unemployed and economically inactive and their spatial segregation in Great Britain' at International conference 'Cities, Enterprises and Society at the eve of the XXIst century' , IFRESI, Lille [Paper]

1993

  • Owen D W, ''Black and ethnic minority women and the labour market'' at meeting of Equal Opportunities Commission Multiple Deprivation Working Party , Manchester [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Spatial variations in ethnic minority populations in Great Britain' at Joint Conference of the British Society for Population Studies, IBM Population Geography Study Group, British Section, Regional Science Association and ESRC Census Analysis Group on "Research on the 1991 Census" , University of Newcastle, UK [Paper]
  • Owen D W, 'A preliminary analysis of 1991 Census data on migration by ethnic groups, 1990-91' at meeting of IBG/Rowntree/ESRC Limited Life Working Party of Internal Migration in Britain , Bristol [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., A.E. Green, I. Hardill, S. Hallam and T. Marszal, 'The Geography of Labour Market Transition in Poland: Preliminary Analysis of Local Unemployment Dynamics' at VII Aesop Congress , Lodz, Poland [Oral Presentation]
  • Owen D W, ''The Census and data for Black and ethnic minority groups'' at AGM of the Aslib Social Science Information Group , London [Paper]
  • Owen D W, ''Census data and the analysis of ethnic minority populations'' at Lancashire County Council 1991 Census Seminar , Preston [Paper]
  • Owen D W, ''The potential of the 1991 Census for analysis of minority ethnic group characteristics'' at Annual Conference of the Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association , Durham [Paper]
  • Green, A.E., D.W. Owen and C.M. Winnett, 'Local Unemployment Dynamics in Great Britain' at EMRU Labour Economics Study Group Meeting , London, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Owen, D.W., 'The changing spatial distribution of ethnic minorities in Britain, 1981-91' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , Royal Holloway, University of London, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E., C.M, Winnett, C. Hasluck and D.W. Owen, 'Recent Unemployment Change: Spatial Perspectives' at Institute of British Geographers Conference , Royal Holloway, London, UK [Oral Presentation]

1992

  • Owen, D.W., A.E. Green, C.M. Winnett and C. Hasluck, 'Local Dynamics of Unemployment in Great Britain, 1978-91' at British Section Regional Science Association Annual Conference , University of Dundee, Scotland [Oral Presentation]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Census data and the analysis of spatial variations in the socio-economic circumstances of different ethnic groups' at Census Analysis Group meeting , University of Leeds, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Labour Market Aspects of Population Change in the 1990s' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University College, Swansea, Wales [Oral Presentation]

1991

  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Spatial Aspects of Skills Shortages and Implications for Training' at Annual Conference of the British Section, Regional Science Association , University of Oxford, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and D.W. Owen, 'Fall-Out from the Demographic Timebomb: A spatial perspective on the labour force effects of the "Baby Bust"' at Annual Conference of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , Plymouth Polytechnic, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Green, A.E. and D.W. Owen, 'Migration Differentials' at Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference , Sheffield, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Hasluck, C., Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'A Spatial Analysis of the Youth Labour Market: Disaggregating the Youth Cohort Study by Means of a Typology of Local Labour Markets' at Conference for TEC evaluators "Keeping Track: Young People's Progress Through the 16-19 Maze" , University of Sheffield, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Migration Differentials' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Sheffield, UK [Paper]

1990

  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Matching local labour supply and demand in Britain during the 1980s' at Annual Conference of the British Section, Regional Science Association , University of Liverpool, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Demographic Change and Labour Supply in Britain - Implications at the Local Scale' at Annual Conference of the British Society for Population Studies , University of Liverpool, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Linking large-scale spatially-referenced data sets to invsetigate migration in Britain' at Annual Conference of the Britiwsh Sociological Association , University of Surrey, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W. with Wilson, D., 'GIS in Practice: The development of 'Town Focus Plus'' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Glasgow, Scotland [Paper]

1989

  • Owen, D.W., 'The Standard Occupational Classification' at Skills and Jobs: Assessing Local Training Needs , Institute for Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'The Coventry Skills Audit' at Skills and Jobs: Assessing Local Training Needs , Institute for Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., Green, A.E. and Elias, D.P.B., 'Socio-economic and Spatial influences upon Labour Market experience in Coventry' at ESRC Urban and Regional Economics Seminar Group conference , Birmingham, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E., ''Getting on your bike' in the 1980s: Job-related migration in Britain' at European Conference of the Regional Science Association , Cambridge, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E., and Owen, D.W., 'Skill Shortages: The Local Dimension' at Conference on Skills Shortages , Ranmoor Hall, Sheffield, UK [Paper]

1988

  • Green, A.E., M.G. Coombes and D.W. Owen, 'Defining Local Labour Market Areas - With Special Reference to Young People and Implications for Policy: Some Observations from Merseyside and Deeside' at Conference of the Institute of British Geographers Industrial Activity and Area Development Study Group and Regional Science Association , Birkbeck College, University of London, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Spatial Analysis of Occupational Change in Engineering' at Institute of British Geographers, Industrial Activity and Area Development Study Group conference no technological change , University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [Oral Presentation]
  • Owen, D.W. and A.E. Green, 'Spatial Aspects of Labour Mobility in the 1980s' at Conference of the EMRU Labour Economics Study Group , University of Swansea, Wales [Oral Presentation]

1986

  • Champion, A.G., Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Housing, Labour Mobility and Unemployment' at ESRC/Rowntree Housing Studies Group Meeting , University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E., 'Labour market change and migration in Britain' at RSA workshop on urban and regional labour markets , University College, London [Paper]
  • Green, A.E., Coombes, M.G. and Owen, D.W., 'Research into TTWAs for occupational groups' at BURISA Employment Planning Forum , MSC Headquarters, Sheffield, UK [Paper]
  • Coombes, M.G., Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Local labour market areas for different social groups' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Reading, UK [Paper]
  • Charlton, M.E., Openshaw, S., Owen, D.W. and Wymer, C., 'Geography and the BBC "Domesday" Interactive Videodisk' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Reading, UK [Paper]

1985

  • Green, A.E., Owen, D.W., Champion,A.G., Goddard, J.B. and Coombes, M.G., 'What contribution can labour migration make to reducing unemployment?' at Joint Studies in Public Policy conference , Policy Studies Institute, London [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Has the urban concentration of producer service employment increased or decreased, 1971-81?' at BRSA 17th annual conference , University of Manchester, UK [Paper]
  • Charlton, M.E., Openshaw, S. and Owen, D.W., 'Building pragmatic multi-regional models of the UK space economy: some empirical experiments and a research agenda' at Annual Conference of the European Section, Regional Science Association , Budapest [Paper]

1984

  • Owen, D.W. and Green, A.E., 'Employment and population change in British local labour market areas, 1971-81' at BSRSA/IBG/BPS 'Census analysis and applications: results of the 1981 Census' conference , University of Sheffieled, UK [Paper]
  • Green, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The changing spatial distribution of socio-economic groups employed in manufacturing, 1971-81' at ESRC Urban and Regional Economics Seminar Group meeting , University of Glasgow, Scotland [Paper]
  • Gillespie, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The Conurbations and the Recession' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Durham, UK [Paper]
  • Coombes, M.G., Openshaw, S. and Owen, D.W., 'British Cities: an analysis of 1971 to 1981 changes' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Durham, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Employment change and the British urban system, 1971-81' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Durham, UK [Paper]

1983

  • Owen, D.W., 'Employment change' at Regional Science Association Census Methodology Group workshop on Functional Regions , London School of Economics, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., 'Computer graphics without GIMMS' at Regional Science Association Census Methodology Group workshop on computer graphics , Birkbeck College [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., Gillespie, A.E. and Coombes, M.G., 'Labour Demand and Supply in British Local Labour Markets, 1971-81' at 15 Annual Conference of the British Section, Regional Science Association , University of Leeds, UK [Paper]
  • Owen, D.W., Coombes, M.G. and Gillespie, A.E., 'The Differential Performance of Urban and Rural Areas in the Recession' at SSRC Urban and Regional Economics Seminar Group meeting , University of Reading, UK [Paper]
  • Gillespie, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The Geography of unemployment trends in Britain in the 1980s' at Annual Conference of the Institute of British Geographers , University of Edinburgh, Scotland [Paper]

1982

  • Champion, A.G. with Gillespie A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'Population and the labur market with special reference to growth areas in the UK' at British Society for Population Studfies conference, 'Population change in regional labour markets' , University of Durham, UK [Paper]

1981

  • Gillespie, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The current recession and the process of restructuring in the British space-economy' at 21st European Congress of the Regional Science Association , Barcelona [Paper]

1980

  • Owen, D.W. and Gillespie, A.E., 'Trends in male and female employment in the Northern Region' at 12 annual conference of the British Section, Regional Science Association , University College, London [Paper]
  • Gillespie, A.E. and Owen, D.W., 'The relationship between National and Local Unemployment Rates: A Case Study of the Northern Region, 1971-80' at SSRC Urban and Regional Economics Seminar Group meeting , University of Glasgow, Scotland [Paper]