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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.

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Impacts of tourism development on residents’ quality of life: a dual spillover perspective

Journal Article - April 1, 2027

1. Psychology
2. Travel
3. Health
4. Area Effects
5. Regional Economics
6. Well Being
7. Geography

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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

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Quantifying the relationship between climatic conditions and personal financial and health well-being

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Economics
5. Finance
6. Well Being
7. Geography

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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  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Biology

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Family formation and residential mobility: how do fertility and mobility intentions influence residential mobility?

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Households
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Economics
5. Family Formation And Dissolution
6. Childbearing: Fertility
7. Housing Market
8. Sociology Of Households

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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  

1. Labour Market
2. Health
3. Wages And Earnings
4. Labour Economics
5. Migration

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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  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

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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

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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

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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  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology

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

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

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

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Is religious service attendance beneficial for mental health? Causal inference using structural nested mean models

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Well Being
5. Social Behaviour
6. Religion

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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  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology

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The division of labour and female partners’ relative pay across phases of parenthood: evidence from UK dual-earner couples

Journal Article - December 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Households
3. Income Dynamics
4. Life Course Analysis
5. Household Economics
6. Wages And Earnings
7. Childbearing: Fertility
8. Time Use
9. Sociology Of Households
10. Sociology

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

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

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

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Local community identification improves wellbeing by reducing loneliness: longitudinal evidence from two studies

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Area Effects
5. Well Being
6. Social Networks
7. Geography
8. Social Psychology

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College, cognitive ability, and socioeconomic disadvantage: policy lessons from the U.K. in 1960–2004

Journal Article - August 7, 2026

1. Psychology
2. Economics
3. Public Policy
4. Wages And Earnings
5. Social Stratification
6. Higher Education
7. Human Capital

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Ethnic and gender disparities in pension receipts and savings in later life

Journal Article - August 6, 2026

1. Income Dynamics
2. Older People
3. Pensions
4. Finance
5. Savings And Assets
6. Migration
7. Ethnic Groups

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Time poverty undermines meaning in life: the mediating role of reduced intrinsic goal aspirations

Journal Article - August 1, 2026

1. Psychology
2. Health
3. Well Being
4. Time Use