In this episode, we discuss the effects of parenthood on job mobility and what this means for the gender pay gap with ISER’s Dr Silvia Avram, Senior Research Fellow, and Alesha De Freitas, Head of Policy, Research and Advocacy (at time of recording) at the Fawcett Society.
In this episode, one of our participants, Neil, talks about what it’s been like to be part of Understanding Society right from the beginning. What does it mean for him, and what changes has he seen in life and society since joining ISER’s predecessor study, the British Household Panel Survey, in 1991?
ISER’s Dr Pablo Cabrera Alvarez talks about survey response rates and what happened to Understanding Society during the Covid pandemic, when interviewers couldn’t get to see participants face to face.
ISER Research Associate Dr Amy Clair discusses her epigenetic research into the impact of living in poor quality rented housing, with Professor Meena Kumari and Professor Emma Baker. They find that private renting can age you faster than being unemployed or smoking.
Novel sources of population data, especially administrative and medical records, as well as the digital footprints generated through interactions with online services, present a considerable opportunity for advancing health research and policymaking. An illustrative example is shopping history records that can illuminate aspects of population health by scrutinizing extensive sets...
Presented by: Dr Anya Skatova, University of Bristol
Venue: 2N2.4.16
Our new study highlights the equalizing role of expansive social protection during pandemic and the importance of gender-aware policy analysis
Registration opens for conference 1-3 July, showcasing new research using Understanding Society data, at the beautiful University of Essex Colchester campus
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