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Understanding powerlessness, understanding patients

Exploring feelings of powerlessness has helped our philosophers improve end of life care.

Getting under the skin with biomarkers

Our researchers are linking genomics expertise with social and economic data to get a complete picture of us as individuals as never before.

The tool to predict policy impact that went global

We help policymakers and governments test their economic policies before putting them in place

Protecting the human rights of indigenous people

Why one Essex researcher believes indigenous people continue to be colonised.

Unlocking the secrets of Victorian and Edwardian life

How a collaboration between our historians and the UK Data Archive has brought history to life and transformed research.

“One play is worth a hundred speeches”

How theatre helped the women's suffrage movement succeed.

Depression: A couples’ disease?

Four in ten adults in the UK report having experienced depression at some point in their life and many are in a long-term relationship at the time. How can professionals better support couples?

Why were the Victorians better at rehabilitating child offenders?

A new book containing the first ever-cradle-to-grave study of children in the early English juvenile justice system uncovers a time when youth incarceration seemed to work - and suggests why it can't in today's Britain.

Arab journalists and political change – are they reporters or activists?

Arab journalists shape the public’s perceptions of post-uprising dilemmas, but are they agents of change or of conformity?

Using data revolution to solve real world issues