Explore current and completed research projects.
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This project will investigate the impacts of menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on various aspects of women’s lives
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A project analysing multi-dimensional well-being in a life course perspective in the UK, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden, through the lenses of a rich dynamic microsimulation framework.
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A pilot project will develop a text analysis code, using the open-source software Python, that will summarise features of personal statements submitted to one UK university.
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The project will investigate how individuals get into debt and subsequently manage their credit commitments, and the effectiveness of debt advice.
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This project will investigate the impact of free breakfast schemes on children’s well-being and academic outcomes in English primary schools.
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This project will evaluate the impacts of changes in local food environments in England on a range of childen’s and adults’ health outcomes and behaviours.
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This project will explore how family living arrangements have changed over recent decades
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'Enhancing Policy Modelling' is a large research programme that brings together scientists, policymakers, and charities interested in using economic policies to improve people's health.
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This project will harness outputs from key social science Research Infrastructures in Europe and other reliable sources to support the aims of the ‘Next Generation EU’ programme and to inform EU youth policy.
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How have the take-up rates evolved over the years? Have they increased or decreased, especially after the rolling out of Universal Credit? Why do eligible individuals choose not to claim benefits? Is non-claiming temporary or permanent? Are there groups in society that are more inclined not to claim social benefits? These are some of the questions that this project is addressing.
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The research project has two principal aims. The first objective is to create a detailed and comprehensive overview of the demographic dynamics that characterise regional labour markets at the NUTS-3 level, focusing on the medium-to-long-term perspectives (2030 to 2040), together with their implications.
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Aiming to deliver a step change in survey research to ensure that it will remain possible in the UK to carry out high quality social surveys of the kinds required by the public and academic sectors to monitor and understand society, and to provide an evidence base for policy.
