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News

Loneliness, isolation and social connection among boys and young men in England

New Government research uses our Understanding Society data to look at the factors most associated with experiences

Event

Mental Health and the Labour Market

Presented by: Keynote Professor Gregory Jolivet from the University of Bristol. More details to follow soon.

Venue: Innovation Centre, Knowledge Gateway, University of Essex, Colchester

Publication

Household finances in Understanding Society

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-08 - June 29, 2026 - download  

Publication

Analysis of household effects on longitudinal health outcomes using a joint mean-correlation multilevel model with grouped random effects

Journal Article - June 29, 2026

1. Households
2. Microsimulation
3. Surveys
4. Health
5. Area Effects
6. Geography
7. Statistical Mathematics

Publication

Do the effects of interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents on dataset quality differ between overall datasets and population subgroup datasets?

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 20 - June 22, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Demography

Publication

Do the effects of interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents on dataset quality differ between overall datasets and population subgroup datasets?

Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2026-07 - June 17, 2026 - download  

Publication

When, and how much, might effect estimates be biased when analysing mixed mode survey data? The roles of mode effects, mode selection, and mode split

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 19 - June 16, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

Publication

Disentangling climate worry and psychological distress: data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Journal Article - June 1, 2026

1. Psychology
2. Social Attitudes
3. Environmental Sociology
4. Health
5. Government
6. Well Being
7. Politics

Publication

Assessment of a knock-to-nudge recruitment strategy to improve participation in a telephone survey: evidence from the National Survey for Wales

Survey Futures Working Paper Series, 18 - June 15, 2026 - download  

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology

Publication

No talent wasted: a roadmap to ending ethnic inequality in youth employment

Report - June 1, 2026

1. Labour Market
2. Economics
3. Public Policy
4. Education
5. Young People
6. Ethnic Groups
7. Training: Labour Market
8. Race Relations

Publication

Internet use, social isolation, and loneliness among older adults: a multi-wave analysis

Journal Article - October 1, 2026

1. Older People
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Information And Communication Technologies
5. Social Networks
6. Social Behaviour
7. Social Exclusion
8. Social Psychology
9. Computing
10. Science And Technology

Event

ISER Student Conference

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Event

Free breakfast in primary schools: impacts and challenges

Presented by: Professor Birgitta Rabe and Dr Angus Holford

Venue: Nuffield Foundation, London

Event

National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) in Germany and the project Dynamic Surveys for Dynamic Life Courses

Presented by: Dr Sebastian Lang (Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories)

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Publication

Rising natural gas and electricity prices: longitudinal evidence on physical health and socioeconomic vulnerability

Journal Article - July 1, 2026

1. Households
2. Income Dynamics
3. Life Course Analysis
4. Household Economics
5. Health
6. Poverty
7. Economics
8. Education
9. Social Stratification
10. Higher Education

Publication

Measuring worries about climate change: the effect of a subtle wording change

Journal Article - August 1, 2026

1. Surveys
2. Survey Methodology
3. Psychology
4. Social Attitudes
5. Environmental Sociology
6. Science And Technology

News

€3.2m European Commission grant to consolidate, modernise and future-proof the research infrastructure of the European Social Survey

ISER’s Cross-National Surveys Unit, led by Professor Peter Lynn, are part of an 8-country team on new Horizon Europe project

Publication

Measuring frame evolution: smoothed temporal framing trajectories in complex policy debates

Journal Article - May 27, 2026

1. Public Policy
2. Government
3. Societies
4. Politics
5. Information Networks
6. International Economic Relations
7. Media
8. Mathematics
9. Social Development

News

Professor Annette Jäckle on BBC Radio 4 More or Less

Professor Jäckle joined former ISER Director Professor David Voas to discuss AI posing as human respondents in a recent YouGov survey

Publication

Professor Annette Jäckle on BBC Radio 4 More or Less

Interview - May 21, 2026