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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the organising team, I cordially invite you to participate in the second workshop on "Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence Using Social
 Simulation" in Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Second Workshop on Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Evidence Using Social Simulation</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Center for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">November 21st and 22nd 2019<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="background:white">OVERVIEW:</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">The main aim of this workshop is to design collectively a strategy for structuring and developing the field, while stimulating research and technological advancements on this topic, providing a forum for the reporting and discussion
 of current approaches, and facilitating the development of subsequent collaborative work within the field and across fields. This is a 2-day event following-up the Lorentz Center workshop on “Integrating qualitative and quantitative evidence using social simulation”,
 April 2019 (</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://shorturl.at/msCJ7" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white">http://shorturl.at/msCJ7</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">).</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
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<span style="background:white">We invite all participants of the Lorentz workshop as well as other interested persons to join this follow-up workshop in Manchester; more news: </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://cfpm.org/qual2rule/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white">http://cfpm.org/qual2rule/</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">.
 The event will provide an opportunity for participants to:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
<span style="background:white">- Present their work progresses, results or preliminary drafts of their work and receive feedback from other participants;</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Discuss the next steps i.e. continuing the planned work and/or initiating new work (e.g. grant application, focused publication, further workshops, journal special issue etc.).</span><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">KEYNOTE SPEAKER:</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">Professor Alicia O’Cathain, University of Sheffield, UK (</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://shorturl.at/ackO4" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white">http://shorturl.at/ackO4</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">)</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
<span style="background:white">Title: “Various ways to integrate qualitative and quantitative data in mixed-methods research”</span><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">LOCATION:</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, All Saints Campus, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BH, UK. More information: </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://cfpm.org/contact/37/cfpm" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white">http://cfpm.org/contact/37/cfpm</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">REGISTRATION:</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">There is no charge for the workshop, but advance registration is required via </span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://shorturl.at/BHJQZ" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#0C64C0;background:white">http://shorturl.at/BHJQZ</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;background:white">.
 There is limited space available for <b>25 participants</b>. Lunch & coffee will be provided free of charge.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E"><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">IMPORTANT DATES:</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">- Deadline for registration: <b>24th October 2019</b></span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Workshop itself: 9 AM 21st to 4 PM 22nd November 2019</span><br>
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<b><span style="background:white">ORGANIZERS:</span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">- Melania Borit (Norway)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">- Bruce Edmonds (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">- Sara Mehryar (UK)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">- Nanda Wijermans (Sweden)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="background:white">SPONSORS:</span></b><br>
<span style="background:white">- Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK</span><br>
<span style="background:white">- Norwegian College of Fisheries Science, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#201F1E">- ESSA SIG Using qualitative data to inform behavioral rules in ABM (<a href="http://cfpm.org/qual2rule/" target="_blank">http://cfpm.org/qual2rule/</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Melania.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Melania Borit, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Associate professor,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="https://en.uit.no/forskning/forskningsgrupper/gruppe?p_document_id=392796"><span style="color:#0563C1">BRIDGE</span></a> research group
 leader,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Faculty of Biosciences, Fisheries and Economics,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="NO-BOK" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://uit.no/ansatte/organisasjon/ansatte/person?p_document_id=139029&p_dimension_id=88166"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#0563C1">uit.no/melania.borit</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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