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Field an experiment or suggest questionnaire content for the next wave of the Innovation Panel.
The latest Annual Report gives a summary of key data on the use of the Study, alongside a selection of research and impact from the year.
Join us on the 1-3 July for three days of longitudinal and household panel research.
Apply before the 19 March to become one of the next Understanding Society Fellows
The call for new Fellows is now open.
Our latest Annual Report highlights some of the achievements, research and policy impact from 2023.
Understanding Society is hosting the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies Annual Conference, with pre-conference events that you can book a place on now.
Understanding Society and ISER are hosting the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (SLLS) annual conference in September 2024.
The latest dataset is now available from the UK Data Service.
The latest wave of Understanding Society is now available
The new funding will support a further six waves of data collection, extending the Study to the year 2032
We have a range of resources to help you (or your students) get started with using our longitudinal data
Apply now for funding to undertake a project based on Understanding Society data.
We're looking for experienced users of our data to join our new group and provide a user's perspective on datasets before they are released.
Read the latest report, summarising our work in 2022.
11-13 July - book you place at our three-day conference to explore the latest research using longitudinal panel data.
The latest wave of the UKHLS dataset can be downloaded from the UK Data Service
Proteomic panels and epigenetic clocks have been added to our nurse collected health assessment data.
Our Annual Report shows how Understanding Society grew in 2021.
Apply now to be considered for our latest Fellowship programme.
Survey methods specialist, Dr Tarek Al Baghal will be helping to lead the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
The latest wave of the main survey is now available to download from the UK Data Service.
The Innovation Panel develops and tests leading-edge survey methods for longitudinal survey research and informs the main Understanding Society parent survey.
Participants from our coronavirus study gave blood samples to test for Covid antibodies.
New research compares teachers to other occupations using biomarker data
New research shows negative effects of ethnic diversity on wellbeing dissipate with time
Join Understanding Society for a week of online debates exploring policy in a 'post-Covid' world.
Understanding Society has reached the milestone of 10 waves of data!
New data from Understanding Society shows the impact of the coronavirus on NHS treatment for people with long-term health conditions, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
We've expanded and refreshed the User Guide for the Understanding Society main survey.
The Economic and Social Research Council has announced new support for Understanding Society, taking data collection for the Study up to the end of 2025.
How inequality really can get 'under our skin'
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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.
