Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
ISER's evidence on the impact of time spent on social media on young people's wellbeing submitted to Inquiry, suggesting time limits, in-built into devices or programmes, could be beneficial in protecting wellbeing
Does where you live shape social & economic outcomes? Is local disadvantage the underlying cause of poverty? How about wellbeing? Nuffield Foundation workshop discusses new work by Dr Gundi Knies and colleagues in London on 22 March.
New MiSoC research by Dr Bastien Chabé-Ferret and CEPR’s Dr Paula Gobbi finds that while economic uncertainty can affect fertility rates, things have changed over the 20th century
Groundbreaking study by Dr Cara Booker, Professor Meena Kumari, Professor Michaela Benzeval and Professor Tarani Chandola, reveals the physical impact of stress on working mothers
Children who were aged 15-19 when their parents divorced are less likely to use antidepressants as adults than children who were under four-years-old when their parents divorced, according to a new study by Professor Emily Grundy
New research led Dr Amy Clair, of the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change, found high levels of stress and inflammatory marker (CRP) linked to housing type and tenure
Dr Cara Booker co-authors new study finding 40% of girls and 25% of boys had experience of online harassment or cyberbullying and 40% of girls compared to 28% of boys said their sleep was often disrupted
New release includes tax-benefit policies up to 2018 for all 28 EU countries
New project funded by the Nuffield Foundation and led by Professor Mike Brewer will facilitate the analysis of policy options in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland & England separately as well as the UK as a whole
Our latest data release features eight waves of Understanding Society data, plus 18 waves of harmonised British Household Panel Survey data, following the lives of the inhabitants of thousands of UK households in our huge panel study
New study by Professor Michaela Benzeval, Dr Alita Nandi and Dr Renee Luthra unpicks the paradox of why immigrants’ life expectancy decreases as they become more immersed in their new country