The UK's biggest celebration of social science returns this November with the Economic and Social Research Council's Festival of Social Science.
The Social Metrics Commission use Understanding Society to show who is poor now and how that has changed over time.
Training and events hosted by Understanding Society.
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for the upcoming Understanding Society conference on combining biological and social data.
The three new projects will focus on policy-relevant research.
Have you used the biomarker, genetics or epigenetics data from Understanding Society in your research? Would you like to engage in knowledge exchange or impact activities based on this work? Let us know! We have funding to support your time to do this and to hold events, briefings or other activities to promote the policy relevant findings from your research.
A new edition of the Understanding Society Waves 1 - 7 dataset has been released today.
On 25-27th July, over 200 survey methodologists gathered at the Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys II conference to share methodological research findings and to discuss developments in carrying out longitudinal surveys.
Does the UK Citizenship Process lead immigrants to reject British identity? This was just one of the research questions asked at the recent International Sociological Association 2018 Congress (July 15-21) in Toronto this month.
Employees who are satisfied with their jobs are more likely to volunteer in the community than those who are unhappy at work.
Funding is available for short-term Survey Methods Fellowships for research projects to better understand long term participation in Understanding Society, drop out and bias, how mixed mode data collection influences these processes and ways of addressing the resulting kinds of missing data in analyses.
We are delighted to announce that Understanding Society has been awarded an additional round of funding from the Economic and Social Research Council.
Eight new research papers which used data from Understanding Society and the British Household Panel Survey were presented at the eighth Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) conference.
CLOSER has created a series of mini animations to introduce longitudinal data - how it's collected and how researchers use it.
New data from Wave 10 of the Understanding Society Innovation Panel (IP) can now be downloaded from the UK Data Service (UKDS).
10 year olds who frequently argue with their mother are significantly more likely to develop mental health problems by the time they are 14, a new report from The Children’s Society and Barnardo’s has found.
Two charities will receive support through Understanding Society’s Research Voucher Scheme, which provides research guidance for policy relevant projects that use the Study’s data.
Using five years of longitudinal data from Understanding Society, a new study has considered what affects 16-25 year olds’ chances of finding employment after leaving education.
The UK’s gender pay gap is gradually narrowing - but women still have some way to go to match the earning level of their male counterparts, according to a new report published by the Department for Education.
A new report which was developed using data from Understanding Society has found that participating in creative and cultural activities maintains our wellbeing as we get older.
Who uses them? What impact do they have? And how can they develop for the future?
People act less ‘green’ when they feel they don’t have a good work-life balance, according to new research using Understanding Society data.
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation used Understanding Society to measure poverty rates and trends across Wales.
Young adults in the UK are now driving less than their counterparts in the early 1990s, according to a report commissioned by the Department for Transport.
The home of Understanding Society, the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, has been recognised for its world-leading social science research.
Understanding Society is inviting innovative research ideas from third sector organisations that help further their mission and drive social change through the development of a research base to inform policy, support social innovation or improve services.
Understanding Society welcomes applications from students with an interest in studying the relationship between demographic change and poverty and inequality for its new PhD studentship, starting in September 2018.
The organising committee of the Second International Conference on the Methodology of Longitudinal Surveys (MOLS2) invites submissions for a Student Paper Award.
A new report commissioned by CLOSER considers the impact and opportunities of new technology on data collection.
For the first time in the Study’s history, data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) has been harmonised with Understanding Society to create 25 years of longitudinal data.
Impact Fellow Raj Patel on the discussion from Insights 2017 on how should we tackle low pay and insecure work.
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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.
