Professor Matteo Richiardi takes over as the new Director of EUROMOD
Leading our innovative research in microsimulation, Professor Richiardi takes over from Professor Holly Sutherland on 1 October 2018.
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Universal Basic Income – new research at the ESRC Festival of Social Science
Experts discuss the latest research findings at our open Westminster event on 5 November and consider how or whether the increasingly popular idea of a universal basic income could help reduce poverty and increase living standards
The unhelpful language of student debt and impact on access – new research on higher education funding
Dr Angus Holford explains his new research to audiences as part of a prestigious panel discussion at the New Statesman fringe events at the Labour and Conservative conferences
Migration challenges in the UK at the dawn of Brexit
New ISER research on university staff and Brexit to be presented at the Centre for Migration Studies' annual workshop on 26 September
How difficult childhoods could lead to premature ageing
New study using biomarkers and socio-economic data, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, suggests that the ageing process may be affected by circumstances in our youth
Understanding Society Conference: Combining Biological and Social Data
Showcasing current and ongoing work based on biomarker, genetics and epigenetics data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Panel Study, in London on 6 December
The costs of reducing child poverty by increasing Child Tax Credit
New calculations by Professor Holly Sutherland and Iva Tasseva using EUROMOD, the microsimulation model developed at Essex
Challenging poverty in developing countries – the impact of our innovation in microsimulation in Mozambique
New spin-off models based on EUROMOD, our tax-benefit microsimulation model developed at Essex, are informing effective policies to combat poverty in developing countries
Female employment and child inequality: New briefing for All Party Parliamentary Group
New briefing by Professor of Public Policy, Susan Harkness, shows that changes in female employment have helped to mitigate the trend of rising income inequality, but in families where the mother is the sole breadwinner the risk of poverty is high
Taking the Long View 2018: annual review of ISER’s current research published
The review provides an insight into some of our new research, including the impacts of both racial harassment and housing on mental health, university drop-out rates, gaps in UK pay and infertility and genetics.
New funding for Understanding Society confirmed
ISER's world-leading UK Household Longitudinal Study awarded new funding from the Economic and Social Research Council
International Conference: Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys II this week at Essex
Bringing together researchers from around the world involved in the design, implementation and analysis of longitudinal surveys, to share methodological research findings