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The latest wave of the main survey is now available to download from the UK Data Service.
Understanding Society is funding Fellowships in mixed mode measurement.
The latest wave of Innovation Panel data is now available from the UK Data Service.
We're running a busy events programme over the next few months. Book your place to join us for training, discussions, conferences and a data dive.
The Innovation Panel develops and tests leading-edge survey methods for longitudinal survey research and informs the main Understanding Society parent survey.
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding researcher with a background in the social and health sciences and a strong commitment to longitudinal research to the new post of Deputy Director.
We're looking for two new researchers to join the Understanding Society team.
Submit your abstract to present at our survey methods mini-conference, taking place online 27-30 September.
Connecting Understanding Society family members over time and across households.
We're looking for proposals for the content and design of the 2022 Innovation Panel survey.
A new teaching resource using data from Understanding Society.
Each year Understanding Society supports a number of doctoral research studentships. Apply now for entry in 2021.
The CLOSER consortium which brings longitudinal studies together, including Understanding Society, will be expanding its portfolio this month.
We’ve brought together advice on mode effects to help researchers
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.
We have resources to help you use weights correctly with the Understanding Society dataset.
Important information for participants on Understanding Society interviews during the coronavirus outbreak
Understanding Society would like to understand more about how life turns out for people who move away from the UK.
Understanding Society invites proposals for the content and design of the 2021 Innovation Panel survey.
Understanding Society has launched its ninth Insights report. This year we focus on three areas of research: social integration, work and health, and geographical mobility. .
The latest Wave of Understanding Society has been released and is available to researchers via the UK Data Service.
How question wording can help surveys more accurately measure change and stability.
Our participants are involved in the development of new ways to gather health data through an innovative pilot project that aims to find out whether people can collect their own blood and hair samples.
New labour market histories that span the British Household Panel Survey and Understanding Society help researchers track changes in working lives.
The Understanding Society Innovation Panel is where methodological experiments and new ideas are tested, helping us develop and refine the main Study.
Simplifying the tracking of partnership changes in Understanding Society and BHPS.
We've developed a new teaching dataset to give students a foundation in using longitudinal data for research.
Book your place at the 2019 Scientific Conference!
Our study participants help us understand what real people think, experience and feel.
The 2019 Innovation Panel competition is now open and accepting applications.
Have you used household panel data in your research? Understanding Society is accepting abstracts for its Scientific Conference which will be held on 2-4 July 2019.
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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.