The GUIDE conference is underway! We just heard from Dominic Richardson, from @L4WB_Foundation , who discussed the pressing need to invest in longitudinal data on child #wellbeing across #Europe

Our last presentation of the GUIDE conference featured Marie-Cécile Rouillon, the European Coordinator for the Rights of Children. Marie-Cécile delivered an informative discussion around the rights of children and the future focus of #policy & #legislation

In our last event of the day, representatives from survey #research infrastructures across #Europe shared experiences and lessons around building comparative data surveys. Panelists included: ⭐️@RoryFitzESS (European Social Survey) ⭐️Letizia Mencarini (GGP) ⭐️Radim Bohacek (SHARE_MEA)

Research by Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ was submitted to the House of Commons Education Committee Inquiry. Overall, young people who use screen-based media heavily were less happy/more likely to have socioemotional difficulties than moderate users committees.parliament.uk/work/7912/scre… committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc…

Extremely proud of Dr Melissa Bohnert Dr Melissa Bohnert who passed her PhD viva today at TCD Sociology with only minor revisions! Thanks Cara Booker Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ & Kat Chzhen Kat Chzhen for your excellent feedback/questions & Jan Skopek for chairing! Congrats Melissa!! 🎉🥳 🥂

Very happy for @MBenzeval having this recognition to her outstanding professional career 🎉🥳🎊 and very proud to be part of the Understanding Society ISER team!

The University of Essex, where Understanding Society is based, is celebrating 60 years. For more than 30 of those, MiSoC – Economic and Social Research Council Research Centre on Micro-Social Change – has also been here, using our data and other sources for research to influence policy 60stories.essex.ac.uk/influencing-po…

Our new report on universal free school meals published today Nuffield Foundation Economic and Social Research Council MiSoC Impact-of-the-UFSM-schemes-in-England.pdf (essex.ac.uk)

ISER are seeking a Genomic Data Manager/Bioinformatician to work with Understanding Society's biomarkers, genetics, epigenetic & proteomic data. This is a permanent contract offered on a full- or part-time basis. For full details: is.gd/JRx49Y

Does training beget #training over the life course? New #research uses our #data to look at cumulative advantage in work-related non-formal training in Germany & the UK academic.oup.com/esr/advance-ar… Sascha dos Santos WZB Universität Rostock @socFUB Martin Ehlert HWR Berlin

In-person training in June ISER, from beginner to advanced: 10-11 June - intro to UKHLS 12 June - linear panel data methods 13 June - using UKHLS child data 14 June - geographical data linkage 14 June - using weights Booking now open! understandingsociety.ac.uk/events/

Do you use or plan to use Understanding Society data? Are you interested in learning panel data analysis with one of the most outstanding longitudinal studies in the world 🌎 ? Join us for this free in-person training in June at ISER 👇👇

Come work with me, @Jenny_Symonds, Dr Neil Kaye and the rest of the #horizonEU LEARN consortium to figure out how to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in education.

Excited to hear that our w/Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ Work, Employment & Society paper on #flexibleworking and division of #housework & #childcare has been longlisted for the WFRN #RosabethMossKanterAwards for excellence in Work and Family ! Excellent papers in this list. Our paper here :journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

I am excited to be part of the Manchester Metropolitan Uni Policy Evaluation & Research Unit team on the #LEARN project. Here’s a great opportunity to also be part of the #LEARN consortium and work with my lovely colleagues @Jenny_Symonds & Kat Chzhen.

Excellent news! Congratulations! And if you'd like to hear Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ talking about this research, have a listen to this podcast: understandingsociety.ac.uk/podcasts/flexi…

There's still time to book a place at our in-person June training week. Join us: 10-11 June - intro to UKHLS 12 June - linear panel data methods 13 June - using UKHLS child data 14 June - geographical data linkage 14 June - using weights understandingsociety.ac.uk/events/

A glossary for social-to-biological research now available! Thanks Tony Robertson for leading this venture.

A warm welcome from our hosts Ivo Pilar as we kick off the ‘Child Wellbeing: Longitudinal Evidence for Research and Policy in Europe’ conference in Zagreb ,Croatia . #ChildWellbeing #IvoPilar GUIDE

TAV awardee Ayşe Abbasoğlu Özgören shared her productive experience at #NIDI #GGS #Netherlands coordinate-network.eu/post/two-weeks…