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Celebrating 30 years of EUROMOD: The academic prototype now a central pillar of European social policy analysis

Professor Holly Sutherland co-authors book documenting the remarkable story of our influential tax-benefit microsimulation model

New evidence on benefit take-up: Measurement, Determinants, Effects: Online workshop 30 October

How have the take-up rates changed over the years? Have they increased or decreased after the roll out of Universal Credit? Why do eligible individuals choose not to claim benefits? Presenting the evidence from our ESRC UKRI project.

Announcing the new Director of ISER: Professor Paul Clarke

Paul is a world-leading expert in methodological work on the use of machine learning in the social sciences, and a leading researcher on statistical methods

Family influences on children’s mental health and well-being: Online seminar 30 September 1pm

Showcasing new research from University of Essex, King’s College London and University of Manchester, using Understanding Society data

The effects of losing SEN support at educational transitions: Dr Angelina Nazarova awarded prestigious ADR UK research fellowship

Using linked administrative data to investigate which children are most likely to lose support and what happens afterwards

MiSoC Workshop – Mental Health and the Labour Market – September 22

Academic workshop showcasing the latest research from the UK on factors around mental health and labour market participation

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Latest working papers

Does asking for a stool sample affect survey participation? Evidence from the wave 16 pilot of Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-12 - September 8, 2026 - download

Occupational health inequalities and collective bargaining: a cross-national examination of the gap between migrants and citizens

ISER Working Paper Series, 2026-04 - August 31, 2026 - download

The opportunities and challenges of sampling frames enhanced with alternative data sources in the UK

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 30 - August 27, 2026 - download

Increasing consent to data linkage in web and face-to-face surveys: testing interventions designed to increase respondents’ trust, cognitive effort, or understanding of the request

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 29 - August 26, 2026 - download

Understanding Society Innovation Panel wave 17: results from methodological experiments and new data

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-11 - August 19, 2026 - download

Increasing consent to data linkage in web and face-to-face surveys: testing interventions designed to increase respondents’ trust, cognitive effort, or understanding of the request

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-10 - August 17, 2026 - download

Respondent-driven sampling with probability-based seeds: recruitment, super-seeds, and non-compliance

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 28 - August 13, 2026 - download

Mental health and firm pay premiums

ISER Working Paper Series, 2026-03 - August 4, 2026 - download

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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.