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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.

AI adoption and workforce change in SMEs

  1. David Bharier
  2. Ben Etheridge
  3. Paulo Morais
ISER Working Paper Series, 2026-01 - March 18, 2026 - download  
  1. Labour Market
  2. Information And Communication Technologies
  3. Economics
  4. Labour Economics
  5. Organizations And Firms
  6. Training: Labour Market
  7. Management: Business
  8. Computing

Written evidence submitted by the University of Southampton (SPA0003) [House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee. Transition to state pension age inquiry]

  1. Jane Falkingham
  2. Maria Evandrou
  3. Athina Vlachantoni
Parliamentary Paper - March 10, 2026
  1. Older People
  2. Pensions
  3. Economics
  4. Public Policy
  5. Demography

Written evidence submitted by the UK Women’s Budget Group (SPA0010) [House of Commons. Work and Pensions Committee. Transition to state pension age inquiry]

Parliamentary Paper - March 10, 2026
  1. Older People
  2. Pensions
  3. Poverty
  4. Economics
  5. Public Policy
  6. Demography

The health and economic costs of welfare reform: a quasi-experimental evaluation of the roll-out of Universal Credit in England

  1. Silas Amo-Agyei
  2. Luke Munford
  3. Konstantinos Daras
  4. Clare Bambra
  5. Ben Barr
  6. , et al
CeMPA Working Paper Series, CEMPA2/26 - February 12, 2026 - download  
  1. Psychology
  2. Health
  3. Welfare Benefits
  4. Economics
  5. Living Standards
  6. Well Being

The trade-off between breastfeeding and returning to work: the role of workplace constraints

  1. Fari Aftab
  2. Marina Della Giusta
  3. Sarah Jewell
  4. Samantha Rawlings
Research Paper, IZA Discussion Papers, 18427 - February 1, 2026
  1. Labour Market
  2. Psychology
  3. Economics
  4. Childbearing: Fertility
  5. Child Development
  6. Social Behaviour
  7. Caregiving

Double machine learning for static panel models with fixed effects

  1. Paul S. Clarke
  2. Annalivia Polselli
Journal Article - January 1, 2026
  1. Surveys
  2. Economics
  3. Computing
  4. Statistical Mathematics
  5. Econometrics

Back to the future: agent-based modeling and dynamic microsimulation

  1. Matteo Richiardi
  2. Justin van de Ven
  3. Patryk Bronka
Book Chapter, The economy as an evolving complex system IV, Ch. 7 - December 16, 2025
  1. Jenna Bednar
  2. Eric Beinhocker
  3. Maria del Rio-Chanona
  4. J.Doyne Farmer
  5. Jagoda Kaszowska-Mojsa
  6. , et al
  1. Microsimulation
  2. Economics

Global health experts warn of dangers posed by ultra-processed foods

  1. Phillip Baker
  2. Scott Slater
  3. Mariel White
  4. Benjamin Wood
  5. Alejandra Contreras
  6. , et al
Media - November 20, 2025
  1. Health
  2. Economics
  3. Public Policy
  4. Government
  5. Living Standards
  6. Organizations And Firms
  7. Politics
  8. Business Organization
  9. Marketing

Study finds diet high in ultra-processed foods linked to dozens of health conditions

  1. Phillip Baker
  2. Scott Slater
  3. Mariel White
  4. Benjamin Wood
  5. Alejandra Contreras
  6. , et al
Media - November 19, 2025
  1. Health
  2. Economics
  3. Public Policy
  4. Government
  5. Living Standards
  6. Organizations And Firms
  7. Politics
  8. Business Organization
  9. Marketing

Ultra-processed food is global health threat, experts warn

  1. Phillip Baker
  2. Scott Slater
  3. Mariel White
  4. Benjamin Wood
  5. Alejandra Contreras
  6. , et al
Media - November 19, 2025
  1. Health
  2. Economics
  3. Public Policy
  4. Government
  5. Living Standards
  6. Organizations And Firms
  7. Politics
  8. Business Organization
  9. Marketing

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