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From academics who are experts in their field to innovators in survey development and the brightest postgraduate students, the ISER staff and its Research Associates represent a unique research community that makes a major contribution to the University of Essex's standing as the leading university in the UK for social science research.
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Tarek Al Baghal
Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director for Questionnaire Design, Understanding Society
Silvia Avram
Research Fellow
Selçuk Bedük
Senior Research Officer
Michaela Benzeval
Director, Understanding Society
Cara Booker
Research Fellow and Graduate Director
Magda Borkowska
Senior Research Officer
Mike Brewer
Professor of Economics
Patryk Bronka
Senior Research Officer
Jonathan Burton
Associate Director, Surveys
Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
Senior Research Officer
Amy Clair
Research Fellow
Paul Clarke
Professor of Social Statistics & ISER Research Director
Diego Collado
Senior Research Officer
Emilia Del Bono
Director of MiSoC
Paul Fisher
Research Fellow
Laura Fumagalli
Research Fellow
Emily Grundy
Professor of Population Science, University of Essex
Karon Gush
Senior Research Officer
Zhechun He
Senior Research Officer
Angus Holford
Research Fellow
Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo
Research Fellow
Annette Jäckle
Professor of Survey Methodology, Associate Director of Innovations for Understanding Society
Olena Kaminska
Survey Statistician
Jack Kneeshaw
Associate Director Data Linkage, Understanding Society
Gundi Knies
Research Fellow
Meena Kumari
Professor of Biological and Social Epidemiology
Peter Lynn
Director of ISER
Jamie Moore
Research Fellow
Alita Nandi
Senior Research Fellow & Associate Director for Understanding Society
Daria Popova
Research Fellow
Stephen Pudney
Visiting Professor
Birgitta Rabe
Reader
Kelly Reeve
Research Assistant
Matteo Richiardi
EUROMOD Director
Jim Vine
Senior Research Officer
Carla Xena
Research Officer
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