Understanding Society Research Conference 2013 opens tomorrow

The University of Essex will host the Understanding Research Conference 2013 from 24-26 July.

Over 250 delegates from 35 research institutes worldwide will discuss new research using Understanding Society data over three days of the conference.

Research to be discussed includes

The conference website will have regular updates and news, as well as interview podcasts with presenters and blogs from researchers. Research topics include immigration, wellbeing, health, poverty and the environment.

Key note speaker Maarten van Ham from the Research Institute for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands, discusses his his research on residential mobility, visualising complex data and the important role Understanding Society will play in future research for academics, policy makers and practitioners alike in a special Understanding Society podcast, Taking the Long View on Moving House recorded ahead of the conference.

Discussions from the conference can be followed on Twitter via the hashtag #usociety13.

Visit the conference website

News

Latest findings, new research

Publications search

Search all research by subject and author

Podcasts

Researchers discuss their findings and what they mean for society

Projects

Background and context, methods and data, aims and outputs

Events

Conferences, seminars and workshops

Survey methodology

Specialist research, practice and study

Taking the long view

ISER's annual report

Themes

Key research themes and areas of interest