- Sonia Bhalotra
MiSoC’s Sonia Bhalotra writes for the ESRC’s Economics Observatory on the ‘shadow pandemic’ that is the global surge of domestic violence since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis.
Blog
ISER researchers discuss their work in these blog posts.
Is hate crime rising during the Covid-19 crisis?
- Renee Luthra
- Alita Nandi
Writing for the ESRC-funded Economics Observatory, MiSoC’s Renee Luthra and Alita Nandi explore whether the Covid-19 crisis is likely to create a more hostile environment for immigrants and ethnic minorities
What difference will the COVID Summer Food Fund make to children’s lives?
In a new blog for the ESRC’s Economics Observatory, Birgitta Rabe with co-authors Claire Crawford and Ellen Greaves investigate the likely impacts of the government’s decision to extend free school meals to children at home during term-time and over the summer holidays
Dr Malcolm Brynin – obituary
- David Rose
David Rose, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at ISER, pays tribute to our former colleague, Dr Malcolm Byrnin, who sadly passed away last week.
How will the response to coronavirus affect gender equality?
- Susan Harkness
Writing for the ESRC’s Economics Observatory, MiSoC’s Susan Harkness explores why women have borne such a heavy economic and caring burden during the coronavirus pandemic and whether the negative impact will persist
What are the prospects for young people joining the labour market now?
Writing for the ESRC’s new Economics Observatory, Emilia Del Bono and Angus Holford investigate the impact of the Covid-19 economic downturn on employment prospects for new graduates and current higher education students.
Open schools first for the hardest hit children
- Ayse Guveli
Writing for the LSE, MiSoC researcher Ayse Guveli explores the effect of Covid-19 related school closures on children’s educational opportunities and future outcomes, and how this varies by social and family background.
COVID-19 and educational losses: The case for sending the youngest back to school
- Birgitta Rabe
- Jo Blanden
In a blog for the LSE, ISER researcher Dr Birgitta Rabe and Dr Jo Blanden of the University of Surrey explore the decision to send the youngest students back to school this summer and explain why doing so may be important for children’s education and wellbeing, as long as health risks can be mitigated.
Homes, health, and COVID-19: how poor housing adds to the hardship of the coronavirus crisis
- Amy Clair
Writing for the Social Market Foundation’s Ask The Expert series, Dr Amy Clair explores how COVID-19, and the actions taken to mitigate its spread, highlight the central role of the home in people’s lives, and how that affects their health.
Maternal investments in children: the role of expected effort and returns
- Sonia Bhalotra
Inequalities in child developmental outcomes emerge early in life and persist, with parents playing a critical role in determining these differences. MiSoC researcher Professor Sonia Bhalotra investigates the importance of subjective expectations of returns to and effort costs of the two main investments that mothers make in newborns: breastfeeding and stimulation
Do migrants undercut the job quality of natives?
- Neli Demireva
MiSoC researcher Dr Neli Demireva, together with Dr Wouter Zwysen, investigate the employment outcomes and types of jobs migrants, ethnic minorities and white British majority members do
Political and ethnic identity
- Alita Nandi
- Lucinda Platt
MiSoC’s Dr Alita Nandi and Professor Lucinda Platt (LSE) investigate the relationship between people’s political and ethnic identities across different majority / minority ethnicities