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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.

Transition to adulthood in an intergenerational family context: a cohort and gender analysis based on Understanding Society
  1. Eleni Karagiannaki
Understanding Society Working Paper Series, 2024-06 - June 5, 2024 - download  
  1. Life Course Analysis
  2. Demography
  3. Social Change
  4. Social Stratification
  5. Young People
  6. Sociology Of Households

Housing tenure and disability in the UK: trends and projections 2004–2030
  1. Michael Murphy
  2. Emily Grundy
Journal Article - January 4, 2024
  1. Households
  2. Health
  3. Public Policy
  4. Living Standards
  5. Housing Market
  6. Social Change
  7. Social Stratification
  8. Disability

‘Women are choosing to have children later regardless of their education levels’
  1. John Ermisch
Media - July 17, 2023
  1. Demography
  2. Childbearing: Fertility
  3. Education
  4. Social Change
  5. Social Stratification
  6. Social Groups
  7. Higher Education
  8. Social Mobility
  9. Sociology Of Households

The recent decline in period fertility in England and Wales: differences associated with family background and intergenerational educational mobility
  1. John Ermisch
Journal Article - June 7, 2023
  1. Demography
  2. Childbearing: Fertility
  3. Education
  4. Social Change
  5. Social Stratification
  6. Social Groups
  7. Higher Education
  8. Social Mobility
  9. Sociology Of Households

Understanding Society 2021 annual report
  1. -
Report - August 15, 2022
  1. Surveys
  2. Survey Methodology
  3. Covid-19
  4. Public Policy
  5. Social Change
  6. Research
  7. Interdisciplinarity: Social Sciences

Community spirit in the age of Covid
  1. Magda Borkowska
  2. James Laurence
Media - June 10, 2021
  1. Households
  2. Life Course Analysis
  3. Psychology
  4. Social Attitudes
  5. Health
  6. Poverty
  7. Covid-19
  8. Public Policy
  9. Demography
  10. Area Effects
  11. Well Being
  12. Social Networks
  13. Geography
  14. Societies
  15. Social Change
  16. Social Stratification
  17. Social Groups
  18. Social Behaviour
  19. Social Capital
  20. Ethnic Groups
  21. Social Psychology

Coming together or coming apart? Changes in social cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic in England
  1. Magda Borkowska
  2. James Laurence
Journal Article - June 1, 2021
  1. Households
  2. Life Course Analysis
  3. Psychology
  4. Social Attitudes
  5. Health
  6. Poverty
  7. Covid-19
  8. Public Policy
  9. Demography
  10. Area Effects
  11. Well Being
  12. Social Networks
  13. Geography
  14. Societies
  15. Social Change
  16. Social Stratification
  17. Social Groups
  18. Social Behaviour
  19. Social Capital
  20. Ethnic Groups
  21. Social Psychology

English fertility heads south: understanding the recent decline
  1. John Ermisch
Journal Article - October 5, 2021
  1. Life Course Analysis
  2. Demography
  3. Childbearing: Fertility
  4. Education
  5. Social Change
  6. Higher Education

Good neighbours? No, UK’s community spirit fell in summer Covid lockdown
  1. Magda Borkowska
  2. James Laurence
Media - November 7, 2020
  1. Households
  2. Life Course Analysis
  3. Psychology
  4. Social Attitudes
  5. Health
  6. Poverty
  7. Covid-19
  8. Public Policy
  9. Demography
  10. Area Effects
  11. Well Being
  12. Social Networks
  13. Geography
  14. Societies
  15. Social Change
  16. Social Stratification
  17. Social Groups
  18. Social Behaviour
  19. Social Capital
  20. Ethnic Groups
  21. Social Psychology

Common policy problems and what researchers can do about them
  1. Raj Patel
Media - October 29, 2020
  1. Households
  2. Social Policy
  3. Surveys
  4. Public Policy
  5. Government
  6. Societies
  7. Social Change
  8. Research
  9. Social Sciences
  10. Information Networks

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