Essex announces new Data Research Centre for Smart Analytics
New centre will have close ties with ISER researchers in new ground-breaking study of Big Data analytics.
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Renters rejecting work place pensions
Minister acknowledges need to link housing policy with pensions policy as new ISER research with the thinktank, The Strategic Society Centre, reveals tenants most likely to opt out of new workplace pensions.
Poverty and social policy in times of crisis: The case of Greece
New studies by EUROMOD economists find failings in Greek social policy and recommends a new strategy for bolstering basic social security safety net.
Survey features prominently in poverty and ethnicity awards
Four out of five Joseph Rowntree Foundation projects on poverty and ethnicity use our Understanding Society data. Two projects for ISER.
ESRC full-funded studentships: Apply now for PhD at ISER
Apply before 14 February for one of the ESRC fully-funded studentships for ISER's thriving PhD programme
Decline in children attending church – study reveals factors for growth for Church of England
Archbishop of Canterbury on the warning signs in ISER's study of church attendance, finding those with strong leadership mostly likely to survive.
Surveys by mobile devices – New ESRC Survey Methods studentship in collaboration with TNS BMRB
ISER announces a new addition to our acclaimed postgrad programme - a PhD fully funded by TNS BMRB with ESRC studentship from the University of Essex Doctoral Training Centre.
Just who does feel British?
White majority population identifies less strongly with Britishness than most ethnic minority groups, says newly-published research.
Call for papers: Understanding Changes in Income Inequality in the Austerity Period
EUROMOD and the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-social Change to host September workshop
ISER’s international partnership with $20 million centre at University of Queensland
ISER Director Professor Heather Laurie will be international partner investigator at the new ARC Centre of Excellence for Children & Families over the Life Course
Beyond auto-enrollment: Minister launches research on pensions savings
Pensions minister to speak at launch of new research on transitions out of work-place pensions schemes.
Is the Church of England really a generation away from extinction?
Professor David Voas explains his CoE- commissioned research to BBC Radio 4 Sunday programme.