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The latest wave of data is now available to researchers.
If you have created syntax for the Understanding Society dataset you can now share it with other data users through our website.
Funded PhD Studentships working with the Understanding Society team are now open for applications.
Understanding Society's annual review, showingcasing research that uses the Study, is published today.
The three new projects will focus on policy-relevant research.
A new edition of the Understanding Society Waves 1 - 7 dataset has been released today.
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.
Understanding Society has published its sixth Insights report, providing new findings for researchers and policy makers on the changes and stability in the lives of people in the UK.
Meena Kumari, Professor of Biological and Social Epidemiology discusses her pioneering work combining biological markers from blood samples with the socio-economic longitudinal data collected from participants in Understanding Society, in a new podcast for The Guardian’s Science Weekly series.
Does social mobility make it more difficult to maintain social relationships? Are people less likely to speak to their neighbours as they move in to a higher social class?
The Scottish county, East Dunbartonshire has been recognised as the top location to live in the UK if you’re a woman, according to new academic research.
Flexibility in the workplace could be a key to helping women maintain their career trajectory after having children, new research using Understanding Society data suggests
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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.
