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Foodbank Use and Wellbeing: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Data in the UK

Quantitative research on foodbanks is usually based on selected samples of the customers of a major foodbank chain. We make two contributions to the existing literature, using the three most recent consecutive cross-sections of the UK’s nationally representative Family Resources Survey. First, we model foodbank use as a function of...

Presented by: Tanisha Mittal (Lancaster University)

Venue: 2N2.4.16

Publication

Personality and epigenetic aging: a multi-cohort and multi-clock study

Journal Article - November 1, 2025

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Demography
5. Biology
6. Genetics

Publication

The rise of the chancer entrepreneur: institutions and digital technology for entrepreneurship in uncertain times

Journal Article - December 1, 2025

1. Labour Market
2. Information And Communication Technologies
3. Covid-19
4. Welfare Benefits
5. Economics
6. Public Policy
7. Finance
8. Organizations And Firms
9. Social Change
10. Business Organization
11. Management: Business
12. Science And Technology

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Social class and earnings trajectories in the UK: new findings from a longitudinal analysis

Journal Article - October 1, 2025

1. Labour Market
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Demography
4. Wages And Earnings
5. Education
6. Labour Economics
7. Social Stratification
8. Social Mobility
9. Sociology

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Good practice workshop: Retrospective measurement of life events

Venue: Online

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Measuring cognition in online self-completion surveys

Venue: Online

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IASS Webinar 56: Targeted Designs to Address Survey Nonresponse

Presented by: Professor Peter Lynn

Venue: online

Publication

Heterogeneity or disadvantage? Partnership, childbearing, and employment trajectories of the descendants of immigrants in the United Kingdom

Journal Article - December 1, 2025

1. Labour Market
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Family Formation And Dissolution
4. Childbearing: Fertility
5. Migration
6. Ethnic Groups

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Regius Lecture 2025: Professor Kristian Gleditsch with Dr Silvia Avram, Professor John Bartle and Dr Miranda Simon: Demographic change and the politics of a world with low fertility and ageing populations

Presented by: Dr Silvia Avram, Dr Miranda Simon and Professor John Bartle join Regius Professor of Politics, Professor Kristian Gleditsch

Venue: Lakeside Theatre, Wivenhoe Park, University of Essex

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New study finds link between cortisol levels in hair and mental health for chronic pain sufferers

Chronic pain sufferers who have lower levels of the stress hormone tend to recover their mental health better than those with higher levels

Publication

The role of family complexity in mental and physical health in mid-adulthood

Journal Article - September 17, 2025

1. Life Course Analysis
2. Psychology
3. Health
4. Demography
5. Family Formation And Dissolution
6. Childbearing: Fertility
7. Well Being

Publication

Ageing, health and predicting future employment exits: a penalised regression approach

Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 18167 - September 1, 2025

1. Labour Market
2. Older People
3. Life Course Analysis
4. Psychology
5. Health
6. Biology
7. Genetics

Publication

Does the ‘right to request’ flexible work policy influence men’s and women’s uptake of flexible working and well-being: findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study

Journal Article - September 15, 2025

1. Labour Market
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Public Policy
6. Well Being

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Couples’ subjective well-being around live birth and pregnancy loss

Journal Article - September 1, 2025

1. Households
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Psychology
4. Health
5. Demography
6. Childbearing: Fertility
7. Well Being
8. Sociology Of Households

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Professor Peter Lynn to give International Association of Survey Statisticians webinar on Targeted Designs to Address Survey Nonresponse

An overview of key considerations in the application of targeted design features and a summary of research findings regarding the effects of targeted designs

Podcast

Studying for a PhD at ISER

Dr Cara Booker talks about opportunities for PhD study at ISER – the subjects you can research, how we use data and the career paths for our Post Docs.

Publication

Characteristics and population estimates of unpaid end of life carers: an observational study

Journal Article - September 7, 2025

1. Households
2. Life Course Analysis
3. Health
4. Poverty
5. Demography
6. Caregiving
7. Medicine
8. Unpaid Work

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Training Webinar: Ethnicity and immigration

Venue: Online

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Training Webinar: Income, wealth and housing

Venue: Online

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Training Webinar: Family, households and children

Venue: Online