Institute for Social and Economic Research World leading research and evidence to improve people’s lives

Understanding Society is the UK Household Longitudinal Study collecting annual data from individuals in households across the UK to provide rich and detailed evidence for research and policy making.

MiSoC is the ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change conducting ground-breaking research into how people’s lives are changing and what makes a difference to reducing inequalities in society.

CeMPA is the Centre for Microsimulation and Policy Analysis providing free-to-access models for analysis of the potential impact of tax and benefit policies in the UK and around the world.

Cross National Surveys Unit provides expertise in survey methodology for large scale social science survey research projects around the world.