We are now accepting applications for ESRC Postdoctoral Fellows!

Submit your application by 16 May 2024.

Further information and application guidance can be found here ➡️ info.lse.ac.uk/current-studen…

Wave 7 of the #LBC1936 has begun!

The LBC1936 #participants have been meeting with the #research #team every three years since 2004.

Below is the first Wave 7 participant with Sabela Mendez at the Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility at the Western General Hospital

If you're an economist who would like to influence government policy, this post is really worth reading.

Policing Areas of Research Interest have how been published by NPCC Science & Technology and Chief Scientific Adviser's Office.
These high level ARIs have been formulated through engagement with NPCC Coordination Committees & wider partners. 👇🏽
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Here's a quick update on the progress of our inquiry.

Our call for written submissions closed on 27 March. Thank you to everyone who shared their input with the Committee.

We are still gathering evidence in oral evidence sessions. We'll share details of future meetings soon.

We want to support social scientists to develop the skills required to keep pace with the evolving research landscape.

Help us shape this by having your say here: orlo.uk/NVvcS

Open until 30 April

Looking forward to this UCL Public Policy event on the 17 April! 👇

🌟Are you a scientist doing cutting-edge research?
🌟 Ever wondered how to contribute to policy?

Join Ben Hepworth (@MoJGovUK) and I on 17 April to find out more!

Working out your key messages is one of two critical pieces of planning (the other is identifying your audience) in research communications. In this post, I discuss some of the issues you should consider. N
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🐶In honour of this year's #NationalPetDay , we've published a new Learning Hub case study exploring longitudinal research into pet ownership and cognitive decline in older adults.

🐱Read more: closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/n…

Really great work from my old gang Policy Profession. Policy capability is about both individual skills and the wider systems within which policymakers work. This is a new and very promising approach to addressing the systems point: gov.uk/government/pub…

🔔The latest issue of 'In the loop' - our quarterly policy update - is out now!

Read up on new developments in the policy landscape, open opportunities for policy engagement, and further resources for improving your knowledge & skills: mailchi.mp/1d3290600ce4/i…

In this blog Lisa Hodgson highlights the importance of accessibility and inclusion when planning public policy events and shares a practical EDI checklist she developed with Dr Keren MacLennan for Durham Public Policy Hub events. Click here to read it: shorturl.at/hqwOP

We are recruiting SSM Newsletter officers to join our Communications Subcommittee
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Join Charlotte Campbell & Yvanna Todorova
For more info, get in touch with Dorina Cadar at [email protected] or Charlotte Campbell [email protected]👋😍✍️ECR SSM

NCRM is inviting researchers to contribute to MethodsCon: Futures, an in-person event that will take place in Manchester on 12-13 September 2024.

The broad focus of #MethodsCon is to engage with, explore and develop futures.

See our call: ncrm.ac.uk/training/Metho…

🆕What happened to all the APPGs? 👀

Yesterday the new register of All Party Parliamentary Groups was published, and 278 of the 722 groups were removed - a 39% reduction.

🧵What was behind the change, which groups were removed, and where did they go?

Opportunity now open to apply for data and digital platform resources that will support, manage, link, share and access data at scale for biomedical, health and care research within remit of MRC, or NIHR Research or both.

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🔔We're looking forward to our next CLOSER Emerging Longitudinal Scholars webinar on 24 April (1:00-2:00 BST).

Join our speakers Stergiani (Stella) Tsoli & Rebecca Florisson as they share their longitudinal research on midlife, #employment , engagement and #wellbeing .

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There's still time to submit an abstract for our annual conference!

We welcome submissions from social science postgraduate students and early career researchers for:
⚡️Presentations (10 mins)
⚡️Lightning Talks (5 mins)
⚡️Posters
⚡️Interactive activities

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Great to see the new longitudinal population study The C-GULL Study featured on BBC News (UK) recently!

To coincide with its launch last year, Principal Investigator Louise Kenny introduced the Children Growing Up in Liverpool (C-GULL) Study in a CLOSER blog: closer.ac.uk/news-opinion/b…

Wide-ranging ToR for this inquiry on #Obesity , reflecting the complexity of the issue. Health and Social Care Committee is interested in the social and commercial determinants of obesity, stigma and discrimination, importance of the early years …

Please share your views, more info below 👇