Social Science Research Committee agenda: 23 July 2008

Friday 11 July 2008

Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London

9.30am Welcome – Jane Barrett, SSRC Secretary and Roger Jowell, Chair

9.45am Item 1: Corporate planning and priority setting – Richard Calvert, Director of Strategy and Resources
Presentation and discussion

10.15am Item 2: How the Agency carries out research – Alisdair Wotherspoon, Chief Scientist’s Team
Presentation and discussion

10.45am Break

11.00am Item 3: Paper: SSRC/08/1/1 A Strategy for Social Science Research in FSA – Jane Barrett, Head of Social Science Research Unit
Advance paper, presentation and discussion

12.00pm Item 4: Social science dimensions of the Agency’s research portfolio – panel session with representatives across key business areas
Alison Tedstone – Head of Nutrition Science
Alison Gleadle – Head of Enforcement, Science and Policy Division
Nick Tomlinson – Head of Food Protection Division
Jaswinder Bennie – Head of Consumer and Employee Engagement Branch
Bill Adamson – Head of Strategic Policy and Consumer Engagement Branch, FSA Scotland
Series of short presentations and discussion

1.00pm Lunch - Committee Room C

2.00pm Item 5: Next steps – Roger Jowell
Item 5.1. Paper: SSRC/08/1/2 SSRC Terms of Reference and Code of Practice
Item 5.2 Paper: SSRC/08/1/3 SSRC Work programme
Item 5.3.Date of next meeting
Advance paper for discussion

3.00pm Item 6: Questions from observers

3.15pm: Close – Roger Jowell