Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
Professor Holly Sutherland among the keynote speakers discussing the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of social protection policies, particularly those aimed at increasing employment rates and improving the living standards of families with children and the elderly
Researchers can apply to early access to Understanding Society data collected since January 2016 to examine voting behaviour in the EU referendum.
New research by Dr Amanda Hughes and Professor Meena Kumari finds underweight may be an overlooked but crucial factor linking unemployment and poor health in the UK
New study by Professor Sonia Bhalotra of 18 million births in 72 countries finds mother’s health is crucial
Registration opens for London conference presenting new work from researchers using Understanding Society biomarker data to investigate links between health and social and economic factors in contemporary Britain
Innovative voucher scheme helps The Children's Society, Barnardo's, The Young Women's Trust and the Child Poverty Action Group use data from the rich longitudinal study of life in the UK for policy-relevant research
Registration is now open for the annual UK Causal Inference Meeting 2017, organised as a collaborative effort across the methodology research community in the health, economics and social sciences. Keynote speakers are Fabrizia Mealli (University of Florence) and Elizabeth Stuart (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health).
A foreword from the late Professor Sir Anthony Atkinson "EUROMOD is a great advertisement for bottom-up research, carried forward by shared enthusiasm and mutual respect."
ISER research and data from Understanding Society published as evidence by Parliament as debate over introducing new grammar schools continues
Nowcasting is a new and promising method to produce more timely indicators of income distribution. How do countries compare across the European Union?
Workshop bringing together researchers analysing the role of parental beliefs and/or information on parental investments with keynote speakers Professor Orazio Attanasio (University College London) and Professor Flavio Cunha (Rice University).
The leading conference discussing new research using data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study, with keynote speakers including Professor Sir Richard Blundell and Professor Hilary Graham