Income and employment

Explaining the impacts of a changing and challenging job market, family finances, welfare reform and saving for retirement.

News - latest findings, new research, announcements

Different types of academies in England: the impact on students beyond exam performance
Silvia Avram

Dr Silvia Avram joins Professor Kristian Gleditsch for Regius Lecture on demographic change

4th UKMOD Fest – online event, Monday 20 October 2025
Photograph of Dr Spiros Samothrakis

MiSoC’s Dr Spyros Samothrakis is new Chief Scientific Adviser to Essex County Council

Projects - new and ongoing research

Piggy bank and calculator

Roots of problem debt and policies to mitigate its consequences

Next Steps in Securing the Sustainability of the European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (SUSTAIN-2)

European Social Survey (ESS-SWEP)
Food bank

Evaluating a ‘Minimum Income Guarantee’ and modelling major income supplementation policies: A development award

Podcasts - audio interviews with our researchers

Studying for a PhD at ISER

Housing and ageing

Older people’s health and living situation

Housing policy

Events

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