Celebrating Social Science!
The UK's biggest celebration of social science returns this November with the Economic and Social Research Council's Festival of Social Science.
News
A new measure of poverty in the UK
The Social Metrics Commission use Understanding Society to show who is poor now and how that has changed over time.
Autumn events from Understanding Society
Training and events hosted by Understanding Society.
Call for abstracts - Understanding Society Conference: Combining Biological and Social Data
Researchers from all disciplines are invited to submit abstracts for the upcoming Understanding Society conference on combining biological and social data.
New Policy Fellows for Understanding Society
The three new projects will focus on policy-relevant research.
Apply for impact support for research using Understanding Society biomarker, genetics or epigenetics data
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.
Understanding Society Waves 1-7: new edition
A new edition of the Understanding Society Waves 1 - 7 dataset has been released today.
New survey innovations highlighted at international conference
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.
The latest research on ethnicity and immigration uses Understanding Society data
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.