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angusholford.bsky.social @angusholford.bsky.social · Jul 25

Opportunity for government and 3rd sector to work with experts and get research assistance support at @misoc-essex.bsky.social , all to produce evidence for policy decisions!

Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our @ukri.org @esrc @misoc-essex.bsky.social policy fellowships give gov & 3rd sector researchers expert support to investigate key policy questions www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Apply now for new Policy Fellowships to research policy questions alongside MiSoC experts - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Policy areas include obesity and nutrition, remote work, new skills and changing nature of jobs, immigration, ethnic minorities and access to family justice, wage inequality, benefits and taxes.

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Mar 5

When COVID hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. 5 years on, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of the time. Why did change endure? Our new @misoc-essex.bsky.social MiSoC Explainer www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new... @usociety.bsky.social data

Worker productivity during COVID-19 and adaptation to working from home - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

When COVID-19 hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. Now, five years on, even as life has returned to normal, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of...

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · 8d

A recording of a #webinar on exploring secondary and archival data in the social sciences is now available.

Cara Booker (@iseressex.bsky.social 🇬🇧) covered where to find different types of #data, and how sampling might impact analyses and the interpretation of results.

Webinar: Exploring secondary and archival data in social science research: An introduction | Infra4NextGen

Reusing secondary data offers significant advantages, such as saving time, expanding research scope, and allowing researchers to analyse large, existing datasets for trends across different time points or geographical contexts.

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Jul 16

Our @ukri.org @esrc @misoc-essex.bsky.social policy fellowships give gov & 3rd sector researchers expert support to investigate key policy questions www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Apply now for new Policy Fellowships to research policy questions alongside MiSoC experts - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Policy areas include obesity and nutrition, remote work, new skills and changing nature of jobs, immigration, ethnic minorities and access to family justice, wage inequality, benefits and taxes.

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angusholford.bsky.social @angusholford.bsky.social · Jun 25

My paper on the impacts of minority and own-race representation among university staff on the educational and labour market outcomes of students, with Sonkurt Sen is now published open access at Labour Economics!

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · Jul 10

New research published by Public Opinion Quarterly (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social) investigated collecting health measures with survey data.

Academics led by Tarek Al Baghal (@iseressex.bsky.social 🇬🇧) compared three designs for collecting both survey responses and biological data.

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How Different Mixed-Mode Data Collection Approaches Impact Response Rates and Provision of Biomeasure Samples

Social surveys can be enriched with the collection of objective health measures, allowing new types of research in both health and social sciences.

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CeLSIUS @celsiusnews.bsky.social · Apr 9

In the latest ep of the #LinkingOurLivesPod we talk to Emily Murray & Emily Grundy about older people's health and living situation using the ONS LS

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CeLSIUS @celsiusnews.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚀 Ready to unlock 50 years of data? Emily Grundy & Emily Murray share why you should be using the ONS Longitudinal Study.

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#DataAnalysis #LinkingOurLivesPod

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European Social Survey @ess-survey.bsky.social · Mar 5

The @clscohorts.bsky.social 🇬🇧 are recruiting a new researcher to work on the Survey Futures project.

The successful candidate will work specifically on video interviewing and complex measurement in self-completion surveys.

The deadline for applications is Friday 14 March.

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Mar 5

CALL FOR PAPERS: @LauraFumagall17
@misoc-essex.bsky.social is curating a special issue of the Journal of Economic Psychology on topics at the intersection of economics and #SurveyMethods sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

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Read the latest articles of Journal of Economic Psychology at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Mar 5

Our new @misoc-essex.bsky.social study finds that older people in good health can live more active lives - and prevent disability from developing - if small adaptations to their homes can be in place as soon as need is identified www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Housing adaptations may slow down disability in older people with initially good health - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Modifyng homes with adaptations as soon as need is identified could help older people to live more active lives for longer

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Anna Dearman @annadearman.bsky.social · Feb 24

📢 New blog from me and @jasminesamantha.bsky.social
reporting on the Festival of Genomics & Biodata from an interdisciplinary perspective!
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Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Festival of Genomics & Biodata | Blog | University of Essex

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Mar 5

When COVID hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. 5 years on, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of the time. Why did change endure? Our new @misoc-essex.bsky.social MiSoC Explainer www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new... @usociety.bsky.social data

Worker productivity during COVID-19 and adaptation to working from home - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

When COVID-19 hit, millions of workers suddenly switched to working from home. Now, five years on, even as life has returned to normal, around 40% of workers continue to work remotely at least part of...

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Feb 26

Concluding our Understanding Society Insights event today with panel of expert reflections on housing policies in light of new research @usociety.bsky.social read it here www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/02...

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Feb 26

We are at the British Academy today - presenting new research evidence on housing, creating healthy, equitable, sustainable communities - usociety.bsky.social Read our Insights report here www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/02...

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Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · Feb 21

📣📣📣Job Alert 📣📣📣

Come work with me on children’s health and human capital!

@iseressex.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

🗓️2 year Post-Doc, start Oct 2025
📝Apply by 23 March
🔗More info: tinyurl.com/y54tuds3, or contact me.

Join us at Essex! Please share 👋

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Feb 19

Join our team: Senior Research Officer with our @cempaessex.bsky.social on computational modelling + economic & health inequalities,socio-economic determinants of health, impact of taxes & benefits,economics of ageing, social policy & life course analysis www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/news/2...

We are recruiting - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis

We are looking for a researcher with a keen computational interest to join our team of developers and analysts at CeMPA. The successful candidate will help develop the microsimulation models maintaine...

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Feb 19

Our new research project, in partnership with the Money and Pensions Service & funded by the @nuffieldfoundation.org Dr Laura Fumagalli & Dr Silvia Avram investigate how individuals get into debt, manage credit commitments & how effective is debt advice www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Roots of problem debt and policies to mitigate its consequences - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

How do individuals get into debt and subsequently manage their credit commitments, and how effective is debt advice?

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Feb 19

"We are a long way from being able to use blood tests for the diagnosis, prognosis or treatment of poor mental health, but our study may be a step in the right direction." Anna Dearman writes about her new research examining the biology behind mental health here: www.iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2025/02...

Understanding the biology of poor mental health in the general population - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Feb 19

Join us! We have 3 FAB new Senior Research Officer posts here: with Prof Birgitta Rabe on children's health & human capital; with Prof Paul Clarke on machine learning methods in social science & with Prof Meena Kumari on biological ageing. @misoc-essex.bsky.social www.iser.essex.ac.uk/jobs

Jobs Archive - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

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Samuel Lado @samuellado.bsky.social · Feb 5

I really enjoyed the discussion. Thank you! @rabe-b.bsky.social @iseressex.bsky.social

Birgitta Rabe @rabe-b.bsky.social · Feb 5

Great talk today by @samuellado.bsky.social in our ISER lunchtime seminar. Children in Barcelona’s means-tested lunch clubs do better in Catalan - likely because they spend more time socialising with proficient speakers.
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ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change @misoc-essex.bsky.social · Jan 13

This FULLY FUNDED PhD with us includes 3 month work placement to see evidence being used in policy and practice. Amazing opportunity with fab supervisors @universityofessex.bsky.social www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

Understanding the links between intrahousehold dynamics and individual and household debt: New funded PhD opportunity - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

Includes a placement with the Money and Pensions Service to see how they use research evidence for policy making

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Understanding Society @usociety.bsky.social · Jan 13

New blog: @carmenvillaecon.bsky.social on crime rates and why youth clubs could be valuable investments, based on her @theifs.bsky.social research

Youth clubs could be valuable investments - Understanding Society

What are the effects of youth club closures in the UK? widespread closing of youth clubs during the 2010s driven by government austerity measures led to falling educational performance and increasing ...

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Jan 13

Using microsimulation in government - April online workshop with DWP and IMA: Call for abstracts by 20 Jan from our @cempaessex.bsky.social www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/news/2...

IMA Workshop on Microsimulation practice in government - Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis

The International Microsimulation Association (IMA), in collaboration with the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis (CeMPA), is organising a...

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Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex @iseressex.bsky.social · Jan 13

New @misoc-essex.bsky.social project @nuffieldfoundation.org with our Prof Emilia Del Bono & UCL's Prof Gabriella Conti looking at impact of access to HRT on women's work lives & wellbeing www.iser.essex.ac.uk/research/new...

New research project investigates impact of menopause and access to HRT on women's lives - Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)

New Nuffield Foundation project with UCL looks at menopause care and impact on women from different socioeconomic backgrounds

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