The Magnificent Seven – ISER’s new PhDs graduate
A record number of new Doctors from ISER's PhD programme graduating today at the University of Essex
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The impact of mum’s mental health on her child’s development
Professor Emilia Del Bono describes her latest ESRC study in Royal Economic Society film
Pioneering studies on role of biomarkers in research at the European Health Economics Association, EuHEA 2018
ISER will play a key role with three presentations of studies featuring new research on biomarkers using data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study
Award for Best UK Public Policy Impact for Dr Paola De Agostini
Leading project informing policymakers scoops the Celebrating Research Impact Award for work with the Scottish Parliament on tax and benefit changes, using ISER's microsimulation model, EUROMOD
Essex expertise at the ESRC Research Methods Festival 2018
Professor Mike Brewer and Professor Annette Jäckle from ISER and Professor Maria Fasli from the Institute for Analytics and Data Science present sessions at the national biennial conference on innovations in social science research methods
New statistical techniques to model biomarkers for social science research
Dr Apostolos Davillas suggests new methods for modelling biomarkers and highlights their importance and potential for investigating socio-economic inequalities in health research
Quotas for women in parliament led to a sharp decline in deaths at childbirth for all women
A new study by Professor Sonia Bhalotra finds a surprising result of female empowerment as death in childbirth rates drop by over 10 per cent, vital policy evidence for countries yet to introduce gender quotas and for the UN's ambitious Sustainable Development Goals.
Ethnic and Racial Harassment, Mental Health and Ethnic Concentration at Royal Statistical Society
Dr Alita Nandi speaks about her new research on ethnic and racial harassment and mental health: resilience factors and ripple effects
ISER evidence used in new call for taxing cannabis in the UK
Health Poverty Action calls for the legalisation and taxation of cannabis using evidence from our 2013 cost benefit analysis
Over 15 million people in Europe experience a high degree of housing precariousness
New study finds problem on a 'massive scale' and defines a new comparative measure of housing precariousness for Europe using secondary data
EUROMOD analysis informs new European Commission reports on economic policies
New 2018 European Semester recommendations build on country-specific analysis supported by ISER's tax benefit microsimulation model, EUROMOD
Two leading UK charities to benefit from new research collaboration on Understanding Society data
Mind will look at links between mental health and housing and the Family Childcare Trust will look at childcare costs and availability on a local level, in new research projects using data from the UK household longitudinal study