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ISER has an enviable publications record in top academic journals and regularly presents its work at key conferences and policy events in the UK and around the world. It is also frequently commissioned to produce reports and papers for Government Departments, think tanks, charities and businesses and its important work is frequently featured in the media. You can search all of ISER’s outputs including by area of interest and author.

School meets street: exploring the links between low achievement, school exclusion and youth crime among African-Caribbean boys in London

  1. James Scott
  2. Liz Spencer
ISER Working Paper Series, 2013-25 - November 25, 2013 - download  
  1. Education
  2. Young People
  3. Urban Sociology

The mixed bag buddy (and other friendship conundrums)

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
Media - January 2, 2013

Family, Friends and Personal Communities; Changing Models-in-the Mind

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
Journal Article - September 1, 2010

Family, friends and personal communities: changing models-in-the-mind

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
ISER Working Paper Series, 2010-01 - January 31, 2010 - download  
  1. Social Networks

Ray Pahl interview regarding the Archbishop of Westminster’s remarks about friendship

  1. Liz Spencer
  2. Ray Pahl
Interview - August 3, 2009

Friendship: what makes a good friend?

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
Interview - December 19, 2008

More than friends; just good… lovers; Some couples spend years as platonic friends before suddenly deciding to get it together. A recipe for disaster – or a long and happy marriage?

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
Media - October 19, 2008

Interview with Ray Pahl on ‘Jealousy and Friendship’

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
Interview - October 15, 2008

Interview with Ray Pahl on ‘Social Status’

  1. David Rose
  2. Liz Spencer
  3. Ray Pahl
Interview - April 24, 2008

Have personal communities replaced geographical communities?

  1. Ray Pahl
  2. Liz Spencer
Media - February 27, 2008

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