How our data makes a difference for organisations from charities to government.
A new case study from Understanding Society says the ‘hostile environment’ policy increased Black people’s psychological distress
End of life charity wants government to give terminally ill people early pensions
New policy evaluation case study examines 2013’s under-occupancy penalty
Bright Blue examines adequacy, accessibility and fairness of social security system
Built Environment Committee mentions research in report on housing demand
How has Understanding Society been used by researchers, policymakers and analysts in the first ten years of the Study?
Research supports new Welsh Government homeworking aim
The Scottish Government uses Understanding Society for research on mothers returning to work and gender roles and attitudes.
Findings using Understanding Society contributed to select committee inquiry evidence.
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The Economic and Social Research Council is the primary funder of the study The Study is led by a team at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Essex.
