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Study on children’s early years development and link to adolescent offending shortlisted for 2026 ONS Research Excellence Awards
How early childhood cognitive and socio-emotional difficulties are associated with adolescent offending, using linked education and justice records
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ISER team lead impact evaluation of Government’s Healthy Babies programme
Impact evaluation will focus on the main outcomes on infant feeding, perinatal mental health, and parent-infant relationships.
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From policy to population health: IMPACTNCD, a dynamic microsimulation for chronic disease prevention
Prevention policies operate through risk factors over decades, are rarely testable in randomised trials, and can widen or narrow health inequalities depending on how they are implemented. IMPACTNCD is an open-source, individual-level dynamic microsimulation built to appraise and evaluate such policies. It moves a synthetic population forward through time, tracking...
Presented by: Chris Kypridemos (University of Liverpool)
Venue: SSRC416 (2N2.4.16)
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Professor Meena Kumari in top 40 UK female scientists and ranked in top 400 globally
Professor of Biological and Social Epidemiology, Meena Kumari, has ranked 36th of all UK female scientists in 2026 – and 390th in the world
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Autumn Budget 2026 – new updates to UKMOD now available after cuts, increases and changes to tax and benefits
Our tax benefit microsimulation model UKMOD version B2026.05 is now available, with updates to the Autumn 2026 Budget statement and other improvements
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Mental health impacts of Universal Credit roll-out on parents with dependent children
Data from Understanding Society shows a deterioration in mental health, especially to large families and older parents
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Understanding Society Scientific Conference 2027
Presented by: Programme to be announced
Venue: University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ