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Dr Silvia Avram joins Professor Kristian Gleditsch for Regius Lecture on demographic change - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) This year's prestigious lecture brings together experts to examine the potential social, economic and political challenges arising from a future with lower fertility and ageing populations

The far-reaching consequences of declining fertility and ageing populations explored in this year’s Regius Lecture 21 October with @misoc-essex.bsky.social Dr Silvia Avram joining the UK Regius Professor of Politics Kristian Gleditsch - book on link www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Opportunity for government and 3rd sector to work with experts and get research assistance support at @misoc-essex.bsky.social , all to produce evidence for policy decisions!

Worker productivity during COVID-19 and adaptation to working from home - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) When COVID-19 hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. Now, five years on, even as life has returned to normal, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of...

When COVID hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. 5 years on, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of the time. Why did change endure? Our new @misoc-essex.bsky.social MiSoC Explainer www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new... @usociety.bsky.social data

Webinar: Exploring secondary and archival data in social science research: An introduction | Infra4NextGen Reusing secondary data offers significant advantages, such as saving time, expanding research scope, and allowing researchers to analyse large, existing datasets for trends across different time points or geographical contexts.

A recording of a #webinar on exploring secondary and archival data in the social sciences is now available.

Cara Booker (@iseressex.bsky.social 🇬🇧) covered where to find different types of #data, and how sampling might impact analyses and the interpretation of results.

Apply now for new Policy Fellowships to research policy questions alongside MiSoC experts - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) Policy areas include obesity and nutrition, remote work, new skills and changing nature of jobs, immigration, ethnic minorities and access to family justice, wage inequality, benefits and taxes.

Our @ukri.org @esrc @misoc-essex.bsky.social policy fellowships give gov & 3rd sector researchers expert support to investigate key policy questions www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

My paper on the impacts of minority and own-race representation among university staff on the educational and labour market outcomes of students, with Sonkurt Sen is now published open access at Labour Economics!

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How Different Mixed-Mode Data Collection Approaches Impact Response Rates and Provision of Biomeasure Samples Social surveys can be enriched with the collection of objective health measures, allowing new types of research in both health and social sciences.

New research published by Public Opinion Quarterly (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social) investigated collecting health measures with survey data.

Academics led by Tarek Al Baghal (@iseressex.bsky.social 🇬🇧) compared three designs for collecting both survey responses and biological data.

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In the latest ep of the #LinkingOurLivesPod we talk to Emily Murray & Emily Grundy about older people's health and living situation using the ONS LS

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🚀 Ready to unlock 50 years of data? Emily Grundy & Emily Murray share why you should be using the ONS Longitudinal Study.

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#DataAnalysis #LinkingOurLivesPod

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

The @clscohorts.bsky.social 🇬🇧 are recruiting a new researcher to work on the Survey Futures project.

The successful candidate will work specifically on video interviewing and complex measurement in self-completion surveys.

The deadline for applications is Friday 14 March.

CALL FOR PAPERS: @LauraFumagall17
@misoc-essex.bsky.social is curating a special issue of the Journal of Economic Psychology on topics at the intersection of economics and #SurveyMethods sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

Housing adaptations may slow down disability in older people with initially good health - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) Modifyng homes with adaptations as soon as need is identified could help older people to live more active lives for longer

Our new @misoc-essex.bsky.social study finds that older people in good health can live more active lives - and prevent disability from developing - if small adaptations to their homes can be in place as soon as need is identified www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

📢 New blog from me and @jasminesamantha.bsky.social
reporting on the Festival of Genomics & Biodata from an interdisciplinary perspective!
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Worker productivity during COVID-19 and adaptation to working from home - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) When COVID-19 hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. Now, five years on, even as life has returned to normal, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of...

When COVID hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. 5 years on, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of the time. Why did change endure? Our new @misoc-essex.bsky.social MiSoC Explainer www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new... @usociety.bsky.social data

Concluding our Understanding Society Insights event today with panel of expert reflections on housing policies in light of new research @usociety.bsky.social read it here www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/02...

We are at the British Academy today - presenting new research evidence on housing, creating healthy, equitable, sustainable communities - usociety.bsky.social Read our Insights report here www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/02...

📣📣📣Job Alert 📣📣📣

Come work with me on children’s health and human capital!

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🗓️2 year Post-Doc, start Oct 2025
📝Apply by 23 March
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We are recruiting - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis We are looking for a researcher with a keen computational interest to join our team of developers and analysts at CeMPA. The successful candidate will help develop the microsimulation models maintaine...

Join our team: Senior Research Officer with our @cempaessex.bsky.social on computational modelling + economic & health inequalities,socio-economic determinants of health, impact of taxes & benefits,economics of ageing, social policy & life course analysis www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/news/2...

Roots of problem debt and policies to mitigate its consequences - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) How do individuals get into debt and subsequently manage their credit commitments, and how effective is debt advice?

Our new research project, in partnership with the Money and Pensions Service & funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org Dr Laura Fumagalli & Dr Silvia Avram investigate how individuals get into debt, manage credit commitments & how effective is debt advice www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Understanding the biology of poor mental health in the general population - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

"We are a long way from being able to use blood tests for the diagnosis, prognosis or treatment of poor mental health, but our study may be a step in the right direction." Anna Dearman writes about her new research examining the biology behind mental health here: www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Join us! We have 3 FAB new Senior Research Officer posts here: with Prof Birgitta Rabe on children's health & human capital; with Prof Paul Clarke on machine learning methods in social science & with Prof Meena Kumari on biological ageing. @misoc-essex.bsky.social www.iser.essex.ac.uk/jobs

I really enjoyed the discussion. Thank you! @rabe-b.bsky.social @iseressex.bsky.social

Understanding the links between intrahousehold dynamics and individual and household debt: New funded PhD opportunity - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) Includes a placement with the Money and Pensions Service to see how they use research evidence for policy making

This FULLY FUNDED PhD with us includes 3 month work placement to see evidence being used in policy and practice. Amazing opportunity with fab supervisors @universityofessex.bsky.social www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Youth clubs could be valuable investments - Understanding Society What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s driven by government austerity measures led to falling educational performance and increasing ...

New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research

IMA Workshop on Microsimulation practice in government - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis The International Microsimulation Association (IMA), in collaboration with the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA), is organising a...

Using microsimulation in government - April online workshop with DWP and IMA: Call for abstracts by 20 Jan from our @cempaessex.bsky.social www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/news/2...

New research project investigates impact of menopause and access to HRT on women's lives - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) New Nuffield Foundation project with UCL looks at menopause care and impact on women from different socioeconomic backgrounds

New @misoc-essex.bsky.social project @nuffieldfoundation.org with our Prof Emilia Del Bono & UCL's Prof Gabriella Conti looking at impact of access to HRT on women's work lives & wellbeing www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Understanding the links between intrahousehold dynamics and individual and household debt: New funded PhD opportunity - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) Includes a placement with the Money and Pensions Service to see how they use research evidence for policy making

Understanding the links between intrahousehold dynamics and individual and household debt: New funded PhD opportunity - includes £19k pa scholarship, fees paid and work placement!! www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

New UKMOD tax-benefit microsimulation updates and models for 2025 policy system - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) With over 100 users across academia, government, the devolved assemblies, and the third sector, UKMOD is the pre-eminent tax-benefit microsimulation model for the UK

Updates to our UKMOD tax-benefit microsimulation models for UK from our @cempaessex.bsky.social Open access and free! www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Hi all - start (sort-of) the New Year by following @usociety.bsky.social @iseressex.bsky.social @misoc-essex.bsky.social and @cempaessex.bsky.social - all based here at the @universityofessex.bsky.social