Dr Silvia Avram joins Professor Kristian Gleditsch for Regius Lecture on demographic change
This year's prestigious lecture brings together experts to examine the potential social, economic and political challenges arising from a future with lower fertility and ageing populations
New study finds link between cortisol levels in hair and mental health for chronic pain sufferers
Chronic pain sufferers who have lower levels of the stress hormone tend to recover their mental health better than those with higher levels
Survey Measurement of Health: Implications for Social Science Research
Online training on the role of survey measurement in advancing social science research, for understanding health inequalities, guiding policy, and tracking interventions
Schooling, Skills and Sanctions: Exploring our new evidence on how school policies work with policy experts
Our MiSoC roundtable discussion event with policy experts in child development, school behaviour interventions and young offending
Apply now for new Policy Fellowships to research policy questions alongside MiSoC experts
Policy areas include obesity and nutrition, remote work, new skills and changing nature of jobs, immigration, ethnic minorities and access to family justice, wage inequality, benefits and taxes.
The ‘daughter penalty’ leaves mothers with first born daughters 30 per cent less pay than mothers with first born sons
New study used a decade of data from Understanding Society to track the earnings and behaviours of mothers following the birth of their first child
‘Shocking’ proportion of children in special schools not taking up their free school meals
Children attending special schools – who are already more likely than their peers to grow up in poverty and qualify for free school meals – are far less likely to access school food due to “unmet dietary and eating needs"
