ISER’s role in £35 million investment to improve population-wide health
Professor Matteo Richiardi joins new national network to boost research into sustainable and equitable population health improvement
News
Latest news, updates and announcements from the Institute for Social and Economic Research.
News articles
Professor Emilia Del Bono awarded Fellowship to Academy of Social Sciences
President of the Academy, Will Hutton, praises new cohort of Fellows for furthering our "understanding in tackling a wide range of societal challenges"
Youth Evidence Base research report published by Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Findings show benefits of youth provision on physical health and wellbeing, pro-social behaviours and education
The unexplored impacts of international students – UK in a changing Europe
New study finds increasing numbers of international students have had no detrimental effects on the economic outcomes of British students.
New report reveals UK’s ‘precarious middle incomers’ with insecure jobs and insecure housing
Study led by Professor Donald Hirsch uses Understanding Society data to reveal the situation for middle third in income distribution
Universal free school meals in primary schools reduce obesity and improve Reading scores
New MiSoC research looked at health and educational outcomes for children in four London boroughs piloting free meals for all primary school children
Insights 2024 published showcasing new policy-relevant using Understanding Society data
Launch event - including new MiSoC study of intergenerational transmission of political engagement in immigrant families - presents a plethora of the latest UK evidence using Understanding Society data
Essex’s 60 Stories Series: Celebrating MiSoC’s rich heritage of influential policy-relevant research
For over 30 years, the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change has been a powerhouse of evidence, producing world-class quantitative research that influences policy
Call for papers: MiSoC/ERC European Social Science Genetics Network Conference III, Rotterdam 30-31 May
New research to improve understanding of how genetic endowments and environmental circumstances shape life choices and outcomes across the life-course of individuals
New book: A Research Agenda for Financial Resources within the Household
"a long overdue and important contribution to the literature...opening up the lid of the “black box” of household and family finances and taking a peek inside.’"
We are hosting the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Conference 24-26 September 2024
The prestigious interdisciplinary conference will focus on inequalities across the life course and generations. Deadline for abstracts 29 February.
MiSoC policy fellowships bring government researchers in to work with our academic experts to investigate evidence gaps
Sharing MiSoC's expertise in policy-relevant research and analysis of large data sets, with individual government researchers working in a similar area