Epigenetics for social scientists

Who is the course for?

This course is primarily aimed at social scientists who want to understand how to make use of Understanding Society’s epigenetic (methylation) data in their work. If you are interested in accessing and using the epigenetic data available from Understanding Society, then please do register for this course.

Prerequisite:

Participants should have some experience of statistical analysis, preferably of the main survey data from Understanding Society. No prior knowledge of genetics or epigenetics is expected.

What will I learn?

This course has two elements:

• a lecture that will cover what epigenetic data are available from Understanding Society, what they mean and how to access them
• a demonstration of how to use these data to explore the correlation between participants’ biological clock and socio-economic position

Course content and format

Lecture and demonstration

Course materials

In addition to handouts of the presentation slides, participants will receive scripts used during the demonstrations.

Data, software and technical requirements

N/A