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Only one week to go until our Introduction to effective and practical research data management workshop! Book a place for this free session at our website 👇 ukdataservice.ac.uk/events/introdu…

The deadline for submissions for our free Family Finance Surveys User Conference has been extended to 13 April. The event will be held on 9 July at Friends House in London and online. Use the link below to submit your proposal ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/02/24/cal… #UKDSFamilyFinance2025

The policy team at CLOSER are working on a project on active travel and would like to hear from researchers who have used longitudinal data to explore this topic. If you'd like to be involved or provide evidence please contact Jay Dominy at CLOSER.

In the last couple of years, I’ve explored how involuntary pregnancy loss and live birth impact mental and physical health. Two recent articles - published in Population Development Review and European Journal of Public Health - shed light on these topics.

⏰New research highlights inequality in access to #LowCarbonTech in the UK, hindering #NetZero goals and affordability for those most in need. Open access: tinyurl.com/4x828n4y #Inequality #EnergyPolicy UKERC The University of Sheffield Nottingham University Business School Sheffield Economics Understanding Society Centre for Competition Policy

Registration for our #conference is now open! Join us in July for 3 days of #longitudinal & household panel #research in sunny #Essex 25 sessions include #health, education, families, inequality, fertility, politics & ethnicity understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/04/1… understandingsocietyconference.co.uk

Are you looking for #omics data for your next project? Check out our new omics web area... #genetics #epigenetics #proteomics #polygenic understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/… UKDataService University of Essex CLOSER

Join us this July for our Scientific Conference Researchers from around the world will share the latest research on #longitudinal household panel studies With key notes from Prof. Anne McMunn, Prof. Tak Wing Chan & Prof. Michaela Benzeval @UCLSocSci understandingsocietyconference.co.uk

What's happening with the survey? Read our latest participant newsletter, full of new #research stories including the benefits of #pet ownership createsend.com/t/r-60B46BBE55…… UKDataService University of Essex CLOSER

📣NEW WORKING PAPER - Are interviewer administered follow-ups of web non-respondents still needed to maximise respondent dataset quality? This Survey Futures research draws on evidence from Understanding Society. Authors include @annettejackle Jon Burton [email protected] 📑 ow.ly/ThVh50VPPE4

Want to start using our children and youth data? Join the online (free!) training session on 11 June, 9.30 - 16.00. A mix of lectures and hands-on sessions, the day will explore the data available and give you practical advice for your own analysis. eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ukhls-…

💻 Are you interested in learning how to code, but struggling to know where to start? Then join our Code Anxiety Club! Our first session will be on 27 May at 1pm. There's no need to book, just access each livestream from the following link: ukdataservice.ac.uk/2025/05/20/joi…

We've just published new Working Papers on solutions to zero weights, the impact of mixed mode survey design, evaluating survey dataset performance during covid, and nonresponse bias in sample sub-groups. Find all our Working Papers on our website: understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/publi…

We're reviewing our questions on ethnicity and immigration. If you'd like to give us feedback on the questions we ask and the variables you use for your research, there's information on how to take part in the review on our website: understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06/0…

NCRM has opened applications to participate in the Research Methods Rendezvous! This free event will explore the process of turning early-stage ideas into #research projects. #RMR2025 takes place online on 10 September and 29 October 2025. Apply: ncrm.ac.uk/training/RMR/i…

Did you know that social science research data from the Understanding Society project based at ISER & University of Essex has been used by businesses, charities & several Government departments to highlight & attempt to solve many social challenges? Find out more➡️ acss.org.uk/understanding-…

Our 2024 Annual Report is now available. It was another busy year for UKHLS... ✅4143 researchers registered to use a dataset ✅3669 main survey downloads ✅4581 publications have now used UKHLS data ✅624 people took a training course with us understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2025/06/2…

One of the most inspiring speeches at the #understandingsocietyscientificconference, held at the University of Essex this week, was presented by Beccy Shipman, the Deputy Director of Data Strategy and Infrastructure at the Economic and Social Research Council. She started her compelling presentation by talking

"Young people are not having their voices heard,” says Dr Emily Murray, Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities in The Guardian. Research says young people in England’s coastal towns are three times more likely to have a mental health condition. brnw.ch/21wTWRY

Looking forward to ESRA conference this year We have a few presenters from our team including... Carla Xena Jon Burton [email protected] Prof Peter Lynn Read the full programme here: europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2025/ ISER