Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Each day of the conference focuses on a particular theme - health and wellbeing, transport and commuting, social and spatial inequalities, and the experiences of ethnic minorities
8-9 June - call for abstracts on substantive or methodological issues relating to migration, ethnic relations and their consequences for both immigrants and their descendants, and for the sending and receiving societies.
Join a panel of policy experts to discuss our latest research led by Dr Silvia Avram, Professor Susan Harkness & Dr Daria Popova, alongside new studies from UCL and ENSAE Paris, online on 31 March.
Bringing together researchers across academic disciplines to improve our understanding of how genetic endowments and childhood circumstances shape life choices and health and socio-economic outcomes, with keynote speeches from Professor Melinda Mills and Dr Adam Rutherford
The Tony Blair Institute for Global Policy use our microsimulation model to predict the impact across society - with the poorest due to be hit hardest
New study finds we did become a little bit more egalitarian during Lockdown 1 but many women ended up doing more than their fair share again once restrictions eased
How did the pandemic impact on children? Did furlough really help and protect jobs and livelihoods? What is the legacy of COVID 19 on mental health? Join a panel of experts to discuss the academic analysis of the latest data from our UK Household Longitudinal Study, Understanding Society, over three mornings in January.
Our online resources, developed by survey expert Dr Neli Demireva, are designed to guide charities and commmunity groups through the process of surveying their users to assess need in the local area or to find out how their support is helping them
Grade inflation led to a squeeze on clearing places which had a negative impact on access to university for Black and South Asian students
Professor Birgitta Rabe presented our latest research findings to an audience of over 1,500 delegates from around the world at a joint seminar organised by OECD and the American Educational Research Association
Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study run by a team of scientific experts at ISER, now covers the period from 2009 to 2020, and includes the harmonised British Household Panel Survey data from 1991.
New study following almost three decades of teaching pay and school results finds evidence that a pay rise for UK teachers could mean better results for students and a boost to pupil wellbeing post-lockdown