MiSoC former staff and students

Former staff

This information is published with the consent of the individuals named below. Therefore, it is not guaranteed to be a complete list of all of MiSoC’s former staff and students.

Name	Job Title at ISER	Date left ISER	First Destination Job Title	First Destination	Current Position (as at Spring 2023)	Employer name
Selin Koksal	Senior Research Officer	2024	Post Doctoral Researcher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine	Post Doctoral Researcher	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Anna Dearman	Senior Research Officer	2023	PhD Student	ISER University of Essex	PhD Student	ISER University of Essex
Pilar Zueras	Senior Research Officer	2022	Researcher	Centre d’Estudis Demografics (CED)	Researcher	Centre d’Estudis Demografics (CED)
Joonghyun Kwak	Senior Research Officer	2022	Postdoctoral Researcher	Department of Education, University of Oxford	Postdoctoral Researcher	Department of Education, University of Oxford
Dr Amy Clair	Research Fellow	2021	Postdoctoral Fellow	Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide	Postdoctoral Fellow	Australian Centre for Housing Research, University of Adelaide
Professor Mike Brewer	Professor of Economics	2020	Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist	Resolution Foundation	Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist	Resolution Foundation
Dr Iva Tasseva	Senior Research Officer	2020	LSE Fellow	London School of Economics and Political Science	LSE Fellow	London School of Economics and Political Science
Dr Paola de Agostini	Senior Research Officer	2020	Senior Economist	Joseph Rowntree Foundation	Senior Economist	Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Dr Yanchun Bao	Research Fellow	2019	Lecturer	University of Essex	Lecturer	University of Essex
Dr Elif Kubilay	Senior Research Officer	2019	Assistant Professor	University of Essex	Assistant Professor	University of Essex
Dr Bernhard Schmidpeter	Senior Research Officer	2019	Researcher	RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research	Researcher	RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Dr Bastien Chabe-Ferret	Senior Research Officer	2019	Research Associate	Luxembourg Institute of Social and Economic Research (LISER)	Research Associate	LISER
Dr Sofia Amaral	Senior Research Officer	2018	Postdoctoral Researcher	CesIfo	Postdoctoral Researcher	CesIfo
Dr Andrea Salvatori	Research Fellow	2017	Labour Economist	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)	Labour Economist	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Professor Stephen Pudney	Professor of Economics	2016	Professor of Econometrics	University of Sheffield	Professor of Econometrics	University of Sheffield
Dr Simonetta Longhi	Research Fellow	2016	Associate Professor	University of Reading	Associate Professor	University of Reading
Professor David Voas	Professor of Population Studies	2016	Professor of Social Science, Head of Department in the new Department of Social Science	University College London	Professor of Social Science, Head of Department in the new Department of Social Science	University College London
Dr Mark Bryan	Senior Research Fellow	2015	Reader	University of Sheffield	Reader	University of Sheffield
Dr Joseph Gomes	Senior Research Officer	2015	Assistant Professor and Resident Fellow	University of Navarra	Assistant Professor and Resident Fellow	University of Navarra
Professor Heather Laurie	Director of ISER	2014	Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor Research	University of Essex	Pro Vice-Chancellor Research (retired)	University of Essex
Dr Maria Iacovou	Senior Research Fellow	2013	Director Social Sciences Research Methods Centre (SMRC), Reader	University of Cambridge	Director Social Sciences Research Methods Centre (SMRC), Reader	University of Cambridge
Professor Amanda Sacker	Professor in Quantitative Social Science	2012	Professor of Lifecourse Studies	University College London	Professor of Lifecourse Studies	University College London
Professor John Ermisch	Professor of Economics	2011	Professor of Family Demography	University of Oxford	Professor of Family Demography	University of Oxford
Dr Tina Haux	Senior Research Officer	2011	Lecturer	University of Lincoln	Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Policy	University of Kent
Professor Lucinda Platt	Senior Lecturer	2011	Professor of Sociology	Centre for Longitudinal Studies	Professor of Social Policy and Sociology	London School of Economics
Professor Stephen Jenkin	Professor of Applied Economics	2010	Professor of Economic and Social Policy	London School of Economics	Professor of Economic and Social Policy	London School of Economics
Dr Emanuela Sala	Chief Research Officer	2010	Tenured Lecturer in Research Methods	University of Milano Bicocca	Senior Reader	University of Milano Bicocca
Dr Francesa Zantomio	Senior Research Officer	2009	Senior Research Fellow	Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies (IRVAPP), Trento,  Italy	Associate Professor	Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Professor Thomas Siedler	Chief Research Officer	2009	Senior Researcher, German Socio-Economic Panel Study	German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin	Professor of Economics	University of Hamburg
Professor Arnstein Aassve	Chief Research Officer	2007	Assistant Professor of Demography	Bocconi University	Professor of Demography	Bocconi University
Professor Morten Blekesaune	Chief Research Officer	2007	Scientist	Norwegian Social Research (NOVA), Oslo	Professor	University of Agder
Professor Jonathan Gershuny	Director and Professor of Sociology	2006	Professor of Sociology	University of Oxford	Professor of Sociology	University of Oxford
Professor Maria Almudena Sevilla-Sanz	Senior Research Officer	2006	Senior Research Officer	Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR), Oxford	Professor of Economics and Public Policy	University College London
Dr Man-Yee Kan	Senior Research Officer	2006	Research Fellow	University of Oxford	Associate Professor of Sociology	University of Oxford
Professor David Pevalin	Senior Research Officer	2003	Lecturer, School of Health and Human Sciences	University of Essex	Professor, Department of Sociology	University of Essex
Dr Elena Bardasi	Senior Research Officer	2003	Consultant	The World Bank	Senior Economist	The World Bank
Professor Ken Burdett	Professor	2004	Assistant Professor, Department of Economics	University of Wisconsin Madison	Professor of Economics	University of Pennsylvania
Professor Marco Francesconi	Principal Research Officer	2004	Professor of Economics	University of Essex	Professor of Economics	University of Essex
Professor Alison Booth	Professor of Applied Economics	2003	Professor of Economics	University of Essex	Professor of Economics	Australian National University
Professor Lorenzo Capellari	Nuffield Career Development Fellow	2001	Assistant Professor	Università del Piemonte Orientale	Professor of Economics	Università Cattolica Milan
Professor Martin Biewen	Senior Research Officer	2001	Assistant Professor	University of Heidelberg	Professor of Econometrics and Statistics	University of Tübingen

Former students

Name	Date of graduation	First Destination	Current Employer (as at Spring 2023)	Job Title
Dr Katrin Gasior	2023	Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI)	Southern African Social Policy Research Insights (SASPRI)	Senior Research Officer
Dr Sonkurt Sen	2022	Institute for Applied Microeconomics, University of Bonn	Institute for Applied Microeconomics, University of Bonn	Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Alexander Wenz	2019	University of Mannheim, School of Social Sciences	University of Mannheim, School of Social Sciences	Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Iva Tasseva	2019	ISER, University of Essex	London School of Economics and Political Science	LSE Fellow
Dr Andrea Catalina Blanco Moreno	2018	ISER, University of Essex	Universidad Nacional de Colombia	Professor of Economics
Dr Federico Zilio	2018	University of Cambridge	Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research	Research Fellow
Dr Duygu Ozdemir	2017	University of Erlangen-Nuremberg	University College London	Associate Lecturer
Dr Greta Morando	2017	University College London (Institute of Education)	University College London (Institute of Education)	Research Fellow
Dr Andrea Geraci	2017	Institute for New Economic Thinking, University of Oxford	Competence Centre for Microeconomic Evaluation	Research Economist
Dr Stefanie Hoherz	2017	Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Federal Institute for Population Research	Research Fellow
Dr Wouter Zwysen	2016	University of Essex	University of Essex	Senior Research Officer
Dr Beatriz Yadira Diaz Cuervo	2016	Universidad del Rosario, Columbia	Los Andes University, Colombia	Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr Seetha Meenon	2016	European University Institute	University of Southern Denmark	Assistant Professor
Dr Marcello Morciano	2016	University of Modena and Reggio Emilia	Health Organisation, Policy and Economics (HOPE)	Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor
Dr Angus Holford	2015	ISER, University of Essex	ISER, University of Essex	Research Fellow
Dr Alari Paulus	2015	ISER, University of Essex	Bank of Estonia	Senior Economist
Dr Dorothee Schneider	2015	ISER, University of Essex	Office for National Statistics	Senior Research Analyst
Dr Feifei Bu	2015	University of Stirling	University College London	Senior Research Fellow
Dr Laura Fumagalli	2015	ISER, University of Essex	ISER, University of Essex	Research Fellow
Dr Emily Gilbert	2014	Centre for Longitudinal Studies, UCL	Mayors Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC)	Principle Research Officer
Dr Tina Rampino	2014	University of Queensland, Australia	Australian Institute for Business and Economics	Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Dr Francesco D’Amuri	2014	Italian Central Bank	Italian Central Bank	Deputy head of household and labour market division
Dr Sarkis Manoukian	2014	School of Economics and Finance Management, University of Bristol	Glasgow Caledonian University	Research Fellow
Dr Lavinia Parisi	2014	Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy	Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Italy	Assistant Professor
Dr Marta Favara	2013	Inter-American Development Bank, Washington	University of Oxford	Senior Research Officer
Dr Karon Elizabeth Gush	2013	ISER, University of Essex	ISER, University of Essex	Senior Research Officer
Dr Thomas Ieuan Martin	2013	University of Warwick	University of Warwick	Teaching Fellow
Dr Guillermo Rafael Novella Zavala	2013	Inter-American Development Bank, Washington	Inter-American Development Bank	Researcher
Dr Magdalena Monika Rokicka	2013	Instytut Badan Edukacyjnych (Educational Research Institute), Warsaw	Instytut Badan Edukacyjnych (Educational Research Institute), Warsaw	Assistant Professor
Dr Barbara Menara	2012	University of Central Lancashire	University of Central Lancashire	Senior Lecturer
Dr Juan Francisco Perales-Perez	2012	University of Queensland, Australia	University of Queensland, Australia	Associate Professor
Dr Giacomo Damioli	2011	Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini, Rome	European Commission	Researcher
Dr Francesa Zantomio	2011	Ca’ Foscari University of Venice	Ca’ Foscari University of Venice	Professor
Dr Alvaro Martinez Perez	2010	Universitat de Barcelona, Spain	University of Sheffield	Lecturer
Dr Priscilla Ferreira	2009	University of Minho, Portugal	University of Minho, Portugal	Assistant Professor
Dr Lara Tavares	2009	Bocconi University, Italy and Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Univ. de Lisboa	University of Lisbon, Portugal	Assistant Professor
Dr Killian Mullan	2007	SPRC, Uni of NSW, Australia	Aston University, Birmingham	Lecturer
Dr Thomas Siedler	2007	German Institute for Economic Research (DIW), Berlin	Universitat Potsdam	Professor
Dr George Saridakis	2006	Loughborough University	University of Kent	Professor
Dr Mark Bryan	2005	ISER, University of Essex	University of Sheffield	Reader