People

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.

Researchers

Tarek Al Baghal

Research Fellow

Gina Anghelescu

Senior Research Officer (Statistical Support Officer, Understanding Society)

Silvia Avram

Research Fellow

Yanchun Bao

Research Fellow

Nicola Barban

Reader

Selçuk Bedük

Senior Research Officer

Michaela Benzeval

Director, Understanding Society

Sonia Bhalotra

Professor of Economics

Cara Booker

Research Fellow and Acting Graduate Director

Magda Borkowska

Senior Research Officer

Mike Brewer

Deputy Director ISER; Director MiSoC

Malcolm Brynin

Graduate Director; Reader

Nick Buck

Research Professor

Jonathan Burton

Associate Director, Surveys

Bastien Chabe-Ferret

Senior Research Officer

Amy Clair

Research Fellow

Paul Clarke

Professor of Social Statistics

Apostolos Davillas

Senior Research Officer

Paola De Agostini

Senior Research Officer

Emilia Del Bono

Professor of Economics and Director of Research

Adeline Delavande

Professor of Economics

Gabriel Facchini

Senior Research Officer

Manuel Fernandez Sierra

Senior Research Officer

Paul Fisher

Research Fellow

Laura Fumagalli

Senior Research Officer

Katrin Gasior

Senior Research Officer

Emily Grundy

Director of ISER, University of Essex

Karon Gush

Senior Research Officer

Charlotte Hamilton

Project and Impact Dissemination Officer, Understanding Society

Susan Harkness

Associate Director for Policy

Angus Holford

Research Fellow

Amanda Hughes

Senior Research Officer

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

Executive Director, Euromod

Gundi Knies

Research Fellow

Elif Kubilay

Senior Research Officer

Meena Kumari

Professor of Biological and Social Epidemiology

Heather Laurie

Professor of Sociology

Chrysa Leventi

Research Fellow

Peter Lynn

Professor of Survey Methodology

Andreea Moldovan

Senior Research Officer (Biomarker)

Alita Nandi

Research Fellow

Andrea Papini

Senior Research Officer

Alari Paulus

Research Fellow

Alina Pelikh

Senior Research Officer (Policy Unit)

Daria Popova

Research Fellow

Stephen Pudney

Visiting Professor

Birgitta Rabe

Senior Research Fellow

Matteo Richiardi

EUROMOD Director Designate

Milagros Ruiz

Senior Research Officer (CLOSER)

Shamit Saggar

Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Research

Bernhard Schmidpeter

Senior Research Officer

Melissa Smart

Senior Research Officer (Genetics)

Holly Sutherland

Research Professor and Director of EUROMOD

Miko Tammik

EUROMOD Research Data & Policy Analyst

Iva Valentinova Tasseva

Senior Research Officer

Alexander Wenz

Senior Research Officer

Min Zhang

Senior Research Officer

Postgraduate students

Vilma Agalioti-Sgompou

PhD student

Alexandria Andrayas

ISER PhD Student

Liza Benny

ISER PhD Student

Kristopher Bevan

ISER PhD Student

Franco Bonomi Bezzo

ISER PhD Student

Paulino Font Gilabert

PhD student

Joshua Fullard

Phd Student

Katrin Gasior

Senior Research Officer

Cathie Hammond

PhD student

Farzaneh Hemmati Torabi

PhD student

Yuliya Kazakova

ISER PhD Student

Jennifer Kelley

ISER PhD Student

Valerija Kolbas

PhD student

Carlos Lagorio

PhD student

Chimwemwe Magalasi

ISER PhD Student

David McAleavey

ISER PhD Student

Oana Mihai

PhD student

Greta Morando

Research Fellow

Ipek Mumcu

PhD student

Linh Nguyen

PhD student

Brendan Read

ISER PhD Student

David Rodriguez

Phd Student

Enrico Rubolino

ISER PhD Student

Claudia Samano Robles

Phd Student

Iva Valentinova Tasseva

Senior Research Officer