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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.
6 December 2018 - registration is now open.
The Institute for Social and Economic Research has released a new edition of the British Household Panel Survey.
Training and events hosted by Understanding Society.
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.
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.
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).
Who uses them? What impact do they have? And how can they develop for the future?
A new report commissioned by CLOSER considers the impact and opportunities of new technology on data collection.
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.
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.
CLOSER has been investigating the success of mixed modes surveys. Do mixed modes help to boost response rates and streamline fieldwork by giving participants more choice in how they respond to surveys?
A new podcast highlights how Understanding Society has been using mobile technology to gain a better understanding of household finances.
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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.
