Dr Gundi Knies talks about new research exploring the links between ethnicity, neighbourhoods and life satisfaction.
Podcasts
Sexual orientation and poverty
Dr Noah Uhrig discusses ground-breaking new research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation exploring the links between sexual orientation and poverty.
Educational aspirations and attitudes of boys and girls
ISER PhD student Tina Rampino talks about new research looking at the differences between boys and girls when it comes to their educational aspirations and attitudes.
Licensing and regulating the cannabis market in England and Wales
Professor Stephen Pudney talks about a new report exploring the impact of a licensed and regulated cannabis market.
What’s a university degree worth?
Professor Adeline Delavande talks about research looking at the perceptions of parents and children from different socio-economic backgrounds of the financial value of gaining a degree.
Over-qualification of immigrants in the UK
ISER PhD student Szilvia Altorjai talks about her research looking at the levels of qualifications of migrant workers compared with workers who were born in the UK.
Does sample size matter?
Dr Olena Kaminska talks about her recently-published article for Statistics Views on why sample size matters in social science research.
Do countries adapt to immigration?
Yvonni Markaki talks about the impact of immigration on European job markets.
How green are we?
Dr Simonetta Longhi talks about a new research project examining the environmental attitudes and behaviours of people living in te UK.
The influence of close family and friends on fertility
Dr Paul Mathews talks about newly-published research showing that women who close family and friends are more likely to have a first and a second baby.
Understanding Society: Wave 2 data release
Professor Heather Laurie talks about the release of Wave 2 data from Understanding Society and the longitudinal research opportunities it provides.
Who does the recycling at home?
Hazel Pettifor tests the hypothesis put forward in two recent studies that waste separation in the home is carried out, mostly by women.
Impact of racism on ethnic minority families and their children
Yvonne Kelly talks about the first ever UK analysis of the effect of racism on parents from ethnic minorities, and discusses the developmental impact on their children.
Take up of free school meals: price effects and peer effects
Angus Holford talks about research on how peer group pressure might encourage more children to take up their entitlement to free school meals.
Innovation Panel data release: Waves 3 and 4
Annette Jäckle talks about newly available data from the Understanding Society Innovation Panel and the wide ranging and exciting research opportunities it offers.
How British is the UK?
Alita Nandi talks about recent research making use of Understanding Society data showing that people from ethnic minority backgrounds feel more British than their white counterparts.
Measuring living standards with income and consumption
Mike Brewer talks about recent research, Measuring living standards with income and consumption: Evidence from the UK, explaining how we see a different picture of inequality when we use consumption rather than income as the measure.
Inequality in achievements in adolescence
A new study finds that parents’ own academic achievements will impact significantly on their children’s chances of success at secondary school. Emila Del Bono talks to Christine Garrington about the research.
Islam moves West
David Voas talks about new research published in the Annual Review of Sociology Islam Moves West: Religious Change in the First and Second Generations looking at whether Muslims arriving in the West (and their children and grandchildren) remain as religious as they were in their home country, or become more religious or less over time.
Scheduled versus demand feeding
Maria Iacovou shares new research from the ISER breastfeeding project looking at the effects of scheduled versus demand feeding and the effects on mothers and their children.