One week left to register to vote in the general election! Do it now so you don't forget: gov.uk/register-to-vo… Not sure where you're going to be? Students can register at home and at a term-time address, but you can only vote at one.

Prof Meena Kumari summaries our recent research on gender differences in mental health #MentalHealthInequalities at our Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing Economic and Social Research Council MiSoC event for practitioners & health planners Research at Essex Understanding Society

Panel talk now at our event #MentalHealthInequalities research Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing Economic and Social Research Council MiSoC w Pam Cox, Sarah Troop, Maldon CVS, Ginny Idehen, MIND, Peter Develin, Essex CC, Judith Skargon, Essex Uni Partship NHS Trust, Masuma Ali, Expert by Experience. iser.essex.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

👩‍🔬 "Every country wants to be the location of the next successful high-tech start-up...However, there is a global war for talent" 🆕Angus Holford, Peter Jelfs & Tommaso Sartori on whether the UK should be more like the US in attracting STEMM PhD holders. ukandeu.ac.uk/attracting-ent…

New linked Credit Reference Agency data. Understanding Society participants were asked for their consent to link their CRA record information to their survey data and this dataset is now available from the UK Data Service. understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/06/0…

Our very own Dr Dennie van Dolder is the Director of the new Centre for Behavioural Science. This centre offers new opportunities for expanding partnerships and impact in the study of human judgement, decision-making, emotion, cognition and behaviour.🧠 Well done to all involved!

📣📣📣 Curious about mastering longitudinal surveys? Join our experts Alexandru Cernat and Tarek Al Baghal (ISER) at the #GESISsummerschool for an in-depth class on how to design, implement, and analyze longitudinal surveys! Register Now ➡️ tinyurl.com/GSS24-C6

Survey methodologists! Up for grabs: Fellowship to study the nature of partial household response in Understanding Society. Apply by 22 August.

Emilia Del Bono kicking off this year’s #ESPE conference in Rotterdam. First session on child development was great, looking forward to the next few days! ⁦MiSoC⁩

Did you miss the European Social Science Genetics Network ESSGN Conference held in Rotterdam this year? I've summarised the sessions I attended in this ISER blog post! iser.essex.ac.uk/blog/2024/07/0… Cc MiSoC Dilnoza Muslimova Louise Cullen

We are saddened to learn of major redundancies at the Dept of Sociology at Goldsmiths as well as other universities. We join with The BSA and other Sociology Depts across the nation in expressing and sending support and solidarity to our colleagues.

Many many congratulations to my awesome colleague Pam Cox elected as the first woman to represent Colchester and first Labour MP since 1945! What a victory!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

Congratulations to Professor Pam Cox Sociology @ Essex University of Essex who is the new MP for the Colchester constituency. Read more in the Gazette: gazette-news.co.uk/news/24432192.…

ISER are recruiting for a Web Developer to be responsible for a wide range of day-to-day tasks, as well as long term development projects, and promoting Understanding Society through an effective web presence. This is fixed-term for 2 years in the first instance is.gd/C4arnQ

New research from Claire Wicks and colleagues using Understanding Society showing greatest mental health care disadvantage for disability, LGBT and young people ISER Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing Dr Cara Booker 🧜🏽‍♀️ Antonella Trotta funded by NIHR ARC East of England journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

We are all so proud of you Annalivia Polselli ! Fantastic achievement!!!

We have a new (free!) online course where you can learn how to assemble a multifunctional longitudinal data spine. This is a very efficient way of working with UKHLS data as it can be adapted to answer a wide range of longitudinal research questions. understandingsociety.ac.uk/news/2024/08/1…

Survey methods job opportunity! 3-year post to research Understanding Society non-response and attrition within my team ISER:

2 new jobs! Web Developer to join our comms team & Senior Research Officer to work on Understanding Society Understanding Society University of Essex please share! iser.essex.ac.uk/jobs

🎉We're proud to have been placed 7th in the UK for Economics in the Guardian University Guide 2025. 🥳🔥 Also, the University of Essex has moved up to 23rd in the UK in the same guide. Find out more here: essex.ac.uk/news/2024/09/0… #Economics #uoe Essex Social Science