Breathing unequal air in the UK
Does pollution affect immigrant populations disproportionately?
Podcasts
Interviews with researchers and experts on findings and policy issues.
Some of our podcasts are short introductions to a topic, whilst others are more in-depth conversations. If you have a question about what you hear please do get in touch.
If you would like to feature in a podcast please contact our Communications team.
Pets and life satisfaction
Can we put a monetary value on what pets bring to our lives?
Studying for a PhD at ISER
The subjects you can study, and the career you can expect with an ISER PhD
Families and benefit cuts
What are the effects on stress, for parents and teenagers?
The housing crisis
How is it affecting us, and how can we tackle it?
Arts and wellbeing
Are the arts good for our mental health, or are happier people more likely to engage in the arts?
Education and gender roles
Do men with degrees do more childcare and housework?
Our future care needs
What does an ageing population mean for care, jobs, and communities?
Job mobility and the gender pay gap
What parenthood means for job moves, and the gender pay gap
Being part of Understanding Society
An interview with one of our participants
Muslims, Covid, and mental health
How did COVID-19 affect the mental health of Muslims compared to non-Muslims?
Survey response rates during Covid
What happened to Understanding Society during the Covid pandemic?
Housing and ageing
Does private renting age you faster than owning a house?
Pregnancy and early childhood data
All about Understanding Society’s ‘PEACH’ file
Coastal communities
The challenges and opportunities of life by the sea
Boomerang movers
What does moving back in with your parents mean for wellbeing?
Loneliness and mental health
What can data tell us about loneliness and poorer mental health?
Religion and mental health
Attending religious services is associated with higher wellbeing, but why is this?
Climate change: attitudes and policy
What do we think about climate change, and what can we do to tackle it?
Housing, wealth and inheritance
England is now the most difficult place to find a home in the developed world. Why, and what can be done about it?
Who answers panel surveys every time, and who doesn’t?
Understanding survey attrition helps us make sure our sample is representative of the wider population
Flexible working
What does it mean for how men and women share childcare and housework?
How do we respond to government ‘stimulus payments’?
How do people react to government stimulus payments, designed to encourage spending in a recession or other crisis?
The cost of living crisis
The cost of living is affecting households across the UK. Who has been hit the hardest? And what can government do about it?
Our physical environment
How where you live can significantly affect your wellbeing.
Our ageing population
In this episode we're discussing how the experience of ageing in the UK is changing, and for many worsening.
Working from home, commuting and transport policy
In this episode we look at the tension between commuting and working from home - and how the two combined affect transport policy.
Romance fraud
Why is romance fraud on the increase? Has the pandemic changed how we meet and date people? And how can people protect themselves from being victims of this type of crime?
Inequality in the UK
This podcast explores two particular factors in the debate around long-term inequalities - the labour market and government spending.
Building Understanding Society – from survey to data
Understanding Society has been providing data on life in the UK for over a decade. In this final episode of season 3 of our podcast series we take a closer look at the Study itself.
How have the pandemic related school closures affected our children?
In this episode we look at how the Covid-19 school closures impacted children and their parents.
How are relationships – between couples and within families – changing?
Trends in partnership formation, marriage and fertility - what's changing over time? And how has the Covid-19 pandemic affected our relationships?