Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Providing timelier social statistics – especially indicators on income poverty and inequality – is a priority for the Commission and the European Statistical System. New flash estimates of poverty levels across the EU give insights ahead of official estimates awaiting data release
Event at ISER hosted by MiSoC and Essex's Department of Sociology investigating the key questions around immigrant and refugee experiences
Exciting development is a reflection of the Commission’s commitment to EUROMOD’s long term future and to the value it places on analysis using EUROMOD
What shapes women’s choices about where they live? Professor Susan Harkness, Associate Director of Understanding Society's Policy Unit, discusses the 'best place to be a woman'.
Debating new evidence on the experiences of living and working in the UK at the launch of Understanding Society's Insights 2017 as part of the Festival of Social Science
With contributions from OECD, the Resolution Foundation, HM Treasury and Gingerbead, researchers presented new evidence on work incentive policies in the UK and Europe
Public event in Westminster on 8th November will focus on new University of Essex research findings and debate how these might inform better policies to support mothers with the National Childbirth Trust, the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, Working Families and Barnardo's
ISER's Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Research) at the University of Essex takes on the prestigious role.
London event showcasing three new research studies from the Universities of Essex and Manchester looking at ethnic minority voting in the last elections, the candidates at elections and how MPs respond to constituents
Household spending, sexual identity, successful ageing and the visual presentation of satisfaction scales among the themes and subjects for the latest data experiments
New study by Dr Angus Holford finds long term damage to graduate pay prospects
Employers, governments and voluntary bodies must work in partnership to tackle pay gaps