Dr Alita Nandi Senior Research Fellow & Associate Director for Understanding Society, University of Essex
- anandi@essex.ac.uk
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@alitanandi
Research Interests
I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER). I conduct empirical research primarily in the areas of ethnicity and gender, specifically investigating differences in subjective wellbeing (e.g., life satisfaction, mental health) as well as economic wellbeing (e.g., income, wages). My other research activities are (i) in the formation, measurement and impact of identity on life outcomes, (ii) causes and consequences of harassment and discrimination, (iii) in measurement of institutional characteristics in developing countries and exploring their effects.
I am the Associate Director (Outreach) for Understanding Society and have contributed to its questionnaire design, particularly to the measurement of ethnic identity and identity across other dimensions and data management activities including partnership history datasets.
Research projects:
What Works Wellbeing: Work, Learning and Wellbeing
Poverty across ethnic groups through recession and austerity
Partnership dissolution and formation: how do they affect income, employment and well-being?
Misoc Project: Identity, behaviour and wellbeing
Teaching
- Applications of Data Analysis
- Introduction to Understanding Society using Stata
- Understanding Society Online Courses
Books
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Publications
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Understanding Society at 10 years
Lucinda Platt, Gundi Knies, Renee Reichl Luthra, et al.
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Briefing note COVID-19 survey: ethnic differences in effects of COVID-19: household and local context
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When does hate hurt the most? Generational differences in the association between ethnic and racial harassment, ethnic attachment, and mental health
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Ethnic diversity in the UK: new opportunities and changing constraints
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Unravelling the ‘immigrant health paradox’: ethnic maintenance, discrimination, and health behaviours of the foreign born and their children in England
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The relationship between political and ethnic identity among UK ethnic minority and majority populations
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Religiosity and mental wellbeing among members of majority and minority religions: findings from Understanding Society, The UK Household Longitudinal Study
Ozan Aksoy, David Bann, Meg E. Fluharty, et al.
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Political and ethnic identity
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Low income dynamics among ethnic minorities in Great Britain
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Design and implementation of a high-quality probability sample of immigrants and ethnic minorities: lessons learnt
Peter Lynn, Alita Nandi, Violetta Parutis, et al.
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Local institutional structure and clientelistic access to employment: the case of MGNREGS in three states of India
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Design and implementation of a high quality probability sample of immigrants and ethnic minorities: lessons learnt
Peter Lynn, Alita Nandi, Violetta Parutis, et al.
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Gender and unemployment. Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey. Summary report
Simonetta Longhi, Alita Nandi, Mark L. Bryan, et al.
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Gender and unemployment. Analysis of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Survey. Technical report and appendices
Simonetta Longhi, Alita Nandi, Mark L. Bryan, et al.
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Gender and unemployment. How does unemployment and job loss affect men and women?
Simonetta Longhi, Alita Nandi, Mark L. Bryan, et al.
Media
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Lies, damned lies and citizenship tests
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Why are more men filing for divorce than ever before?
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Separation effects: do women and children fare the worst financially after family separation?
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After the Pakistan school attack, we need to talk about Islam
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Is it time to drop the word 'ethnic' from our vocabulary?
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Women & children hit hardest by relationship break-ups
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Mothers and children suffer the most in family breakups
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Mothers and children suffer the most in family breakups, research suggests
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Women and children hit hardest by relationship break-ups as it is revealed that one in five single mothers fall into poverty after splitting with their partner
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Music unites UK faiths
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Being British. How do ethnic minorities feel when considering their Britishness?
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Non-British people more connected with British society
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Asians feel more British than white people
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Ethnic groups 'more British'
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Pakistanis feel more British than locals in Britain: study