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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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Edith Aguirre
Senior Research Officer
Tarek Al Baghal
Deputy Director, Understanding Society
Silvia Avram
Senior Research Fellow
Michaela Benzeval
Director, Understanding Society
Zsofi Boda
Reader
Cara Booker
Research Fellow and Graduate Director
Magda Borkowska
Senior Research Officer
Patryk Bronka
Senior Research Officer
Jonathan Burton
Associate Director, Surveys
Pablo Cabrera Alvarez
Senior Research Officer
Paul Clarke
Professor of Social Statistics & ISER Research Director
Anna Dearman
Senior Research Officer
Emilia Del Bono
Director of MiSoC
Paul Fisher
Research Fellow
Laura Fumagalli
Research Fellow
Paul Garcia
Senior Research Officer
Emily Grundy
Professor of Population Science, University of Essex
Karon Gush
Senior Research Officer
Angus Holford
Research Fellow
Daniel Horn
Senior Research Officer
Omar Hussein
Research Assistant (Income)
Holguer Xavier Jara Tamayo
Research Fellow
Annette Jäckle
Professor of Survey Methodology, Associate Director of Innovations for Understanding Society
Olena Kaminska
Survey Statistician
Meena Kumari
Professor of Biological and Social Epidemiology & Deputy Director ISER
Joonghyun Kwak
Senior Research Officer
Peter Lynn
Director of ISER
Jamie Moore
Research Fellow
Alita Nandi
Senior Research Fellow & Associate Director for Understanding Society
Angelina Nazarova
Senior Research Officer
Daria Popova
Research Fellow
Stephen Pudney
Visiting Professor
Birgitta Rabe
Professor of Economics
Kelly Reeve
Research Assistant
Matteo Richiardi
Professor and Director of CeMPA
Paulo Serodio
Senior Research Officer
Justin Van De Ven
Senior Research Officer
Jim Vine
Senior Research Officer
Jiawei Wu
Senior Research Officer
Carla Xena
Research Officer
Pilar Zueras
Senior Research Officer
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