Event type:

Hybrid

Date & time:

27 Nov 2024, 13:00 – 14:00

Socioeconomic status, genes and the differential effects of parental separation on attainment

Join this event to hear Gaia Ghirardi investigate how the parental separation penalty on educational attainment varies by SES and children’s genetic propensity for education.

Parents come to pick up their children at school. Credit: hedgehog94 / Adobe Stock
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Socioeconomic status, genes and the differential effects of parental separation on attainment

Gaia Ghirardi

Sociology PhD student in the Department of Political and Social Science

European University Institute (EUI), Florence

She is also a researcher at the University of Bologna, working on the GENPOP project led by Nicola Barban.

Gaia is a sociologist with research interests in educational inequalities, social stratification, sociogenomics, and early childhood.

Further information

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Pre-booking essential

Cost

Free

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All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

Tobias Ruttenauer

t.ruttenauer@ucl.ac.uk

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