Cancelled: 30 Minute Talks on Research: Making sense of social change

Unfortunately this event has been cancelled.

Understanding Society is the largest longitudinal study of its kind and provides crucial information for researchers and policymakers on the changes and stability of people's lives in the UK. The Study is based at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex. The study follows individual members of sampled households (and their descendants) over their lifecourse and collects information about different aspects of their lives, thus providing a dynamic picture of people’s lives – what is changing, what stays the same, and why. The large sample from different backgrounds allows researchers to understand the circumstances, behaviours outcomes of UK residents from different background, regions, socio-demographic characteristics and generations.

In this talk Dr Alita Nandi, Associate Director of Outreach, and Raj Patel, Associate Director of Policy, will give an overview of the key features of this survey, discuss its research possibilities and provide examples of interesting research findings based on this data that are advancing both social science and policy development in the UK.