3rd Workshop of the Social Science Genetic Association Consortium

Hilton Nordica Reykjavik, 19 May 2012

Organizers: Daniel Benjamin (Cornell), David Cesarini (NYU) and Philipp Koellinger (Erasmus)

Note:  A workshop dinner will be held on 18 May 2012 at 7pm at the Hilton Nordica Reykjavik on the second floor in Conference Room H.

 

Topic

Presenter(s)

Time

Breakfast

 

8:45-9:15

Remarks by NSF and NIH Representatives

 

9:15-9:30

·         Session 1. Welcome, and Results to Date of the Consortium
Introduction of the organizers and the advisory board
Results on the genetic architecture of economic and political preferences
Results from GWAS on self-employment

Philipp Koellinger (slides)
Daniel J. Benjamin (slides)
David Cesarini (slides)
Philipp Koellinger (slides)

9:30-10:15

Light refreshments

 

10:15-10:30

·         Session 2. Progress Report from Ongoing Initiatives
Educational attainment
Fertility
Subjective well-being

Niels Rietveld (slides)
Melinda Mills (slides)
Meike Bartels (slides)

10:30-11:30

·         Session 3. New Approaches to Gene Discovery
Exome sequencing
1000 genomes

Sarah Medland (slides)

11:30-12:30

Lunch

 

12:30-1:45

·         Session 4. Applying Genetics in Social Science
Genes as instrumental variables
The value of economic theory in studying genetic associations

David Evans (slides)
Kevin Thom (slides)

1:45-2:45

Light Refreshments

 

2:45-3:00

·         Session 5. Coordinating Harmonized Phenotyping Efforts
Catalog of best-practice phenotyping measures
Discussion of phenotyping to prioritize
Open discussion

David Cesarini (slides)

3:00-4:00