Health and wellbeing

Providing evidence on our health and happiness through our lives.

News - latest findings, new research, announcements

Housing insecurity in English rental sector – our evidence on impacts and policy implications
multi-generational family group

Policy Conference: The Future of Families
Photograph of Dr Spiros Samothrakis

MiSoC’s Dr Spyros Samothrakis is new Chief Scientific Adviser to Essex County Council
Photograph of Dr Annalivia Polselli

Prestigious British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr Annalivia Polselli’s research using AI methods for policy evaluation

Projects - new and ongoing research

Pilot Application in Urban Landscapes – Towards integrated city observatories for greenhouse gases (ICOS-Cities)
Food bank

Evaluating a ‘Minimum Income Guarantee’ and modelling major income supplementation policies: A development award
Liverpool skyline

Evaluation of the health impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study
Therapy discussion

Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model

Podcasts - audio interviews with our researchers

Screen based media, sport and happiness – what makes our kids happy?

Ethnicity, neighbourhoods and life satisfaction

Licensing and regulating the cannabis market in England and Wales

Understanding Society: Wave 2 data release

Events

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