Jake Anders
@jakeanders.uk
Education, evaluation, economics, etc.
Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
Deputy Director, @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Principal Investigator, COSMO study
Dad to three.
https://jakeanders.uk
Professor of Quantitative Social Science, UCL
Deputy Director, @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Principal Investigator, COSMO study
Dad to three.
https://jakeanders.uk
I’ve tried a few ways of querying Zotero from LLM and agree this MCP is the best at present.
February 6, 2026 at 11:11 PM
I’ve tried a few ways of querying Zotero from LLM and agree this MCP is the best at present.
Reposted by Jake Anders
Where in the world does typical teacher professional development address educational inequity? Out now w/ Nils Kirsten and Jan-Eric Gustafsson!
And since Bluesky seems to like econometrics, the #OA study uses a within-student-between-subject approach :)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And since Bluesky seems to like econometrics, the #OA study uses a within-student-between-subject approach :)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Investigating the relationship between educational inequity and teacher participation in professional development: A cross-national and quasi-experimental approach using TIMSS - Educational Assessment...
The relationship between improving teaching through professional development (PD) and promoting educational equality remains under-researched. This study addresses this gap using a cross-national and ...
link.springer.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Where in the world does typical teacher professional development address educational inequity? Out now w/ Nils Kirsten and Jan-Eric Gustafsson!
And since Bluesky seems to like econometrics, the #OA study uses a within-student-between-subject approach :)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And since Bluesky seems to like econometrics, the #OA study uses a within-student-between-subject approach :)
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I contributed a chapter co-authored with @carlcullinane.bsky.social & @beckymontacute.bsky.social and drawing on the work of the whole cosmostudy.uk team @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social & @suttontrust.bsky.social summarising our findings on the unequal impacts of the pandemic.
After the pandemic: a generation-defining challenge
The COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) study is the largest study of its kind into the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost of...
cosmostudy.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
I contributed a chapter co-authored with @carlcullinane.bsky.social & @beckymontacute.bsky.social and drawing on the work of the whole cosmostudy.uk team @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social & @suttontrust.bsky.social summarising our findings on the unequal impacts of the pandemic.
Great new book out edited by @mcazaola.bsky.social on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on education, focusing on learning disruption and recovery from that disruption.
www.bloomsbury.com/9781350520523
www.bloomsbury.com/9781350520523
January 26, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Great new book out edited by @mcazaola.bsky.social on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on education, focusing on learning disruption and recovery from that disruption.
www.bloomsbury.com/9781350520523
www.bloomsbury.com/9781350520523
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You can read the full results from this paper now that they have, indeed, forthcome (open access for all to see!) in Social Indicators Research here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Young People’s Subjective Wellbeing in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Representative Cohort Study in England - Social Indicators Research
The COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it has caused had substantial short-term effects on young people. These effects have been found to be highly unequal, exacerbating existing inequalities in soc...
link.springer.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
You can read the full results from this paper now that they have, indeed, forthcome (open access for all to see!) in Social Indicators Research here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
And if you want even more, you can see all the analysis code behind the paper on this Github respository (github.com/jakeanders/c...) and obtain all the data for your own work from @ukdataservice.bsky.social (datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/serie...).
GitHub - jakeanders/cosmo-wellbeing: Young people’s subjective wellbeing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a representative cohort study in England
Young people’s subjective wellbeing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from a representative cohort study in England - jakeanders/cosmo-wellbeing
github.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
And if you want even more, you can see all the analysis code behind the paper on this Github respository (github.com/jakeanders/c...) and obtain all the data for your own work from @ukdataservice.bsky.social (datacatalogue.ukdataservice.ac.uk/series/serie...).
You can read the full results from this paper now that they have, indeed, forthcome (open access for all to see!) in Social Indicators Research here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Young People’s Subjective Wellbeing in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from a Representative Cohort Study in England - Social Indicators Research
The COVID-19 pandemic and the disruption it has caused had substantial short-term effects on young people. These effects have been found to be highly unequal, exacerbating existing inequalities in soc...
link.springer.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:42 PM
You can read the full results from this paper now that they have, indeed, forthcome (open access for all to see!) in Social Indicators Research here:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I’m basically imagining this is going to be stitched together into a training montage at the start of a co-presented Travelling Turtle video in 18 years time.
January 24, 2026 at 2:18 PM
I’m basically imagining this is going to be stitched together into a training montage at the start of a co-presented Travelling Turtle video in 18 years time.
Reposted by Jake Anders
We are pleased to announce the first Economic Opportunity in Europe Conference, co-organized by @oppinsights.bsky.social, Sciences Po and @labdeoportunidades.bsky.social
Paris, France | Jun 15–16, 2026 | Keynote: Raj Chetty
Sub deadline: March 1
🔗More Info: opportunityinsights.org/updates/econ...
Paris, France | Jun 15–16, 2026 | Keynote: Raj Chetty
Sub deadline: March 1
🔗More Info: opportunityinsights.org/updates/econ...
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 AM
We are pleased to announce the first Economic Opportunity in Europe Conference, co-organized by @oppinsights.bsky.social, Sciences Po and @labdeoportunidades.bsky.social
Paris, France | Jun 15–16, 2026 | Keynote: Raj Chetty
Sub deadline: March 1
🔗More Info: opportunityinsights.org/updates/econ...
Paris, France | Jun 15–16, 2026 | Keynote: Raj Chetty
Sub deadline: March 1
🔗More Info: opportunityinsights.org/updates/econ...
Reposted by Jake Anders
Interested in applying for a research fellowship using admin datasets, like the National Pupil Database and LEO? Have a look at this blog for some guidance on how to shape your proposal.
vist.ly/4nvpw
vist.ly/4nvpw
How ADR England’s Community Catalysts can help shape your fellowship proposal
If you’re planning to apply for our funding opportunity for ADR UK Research Fellowships, you might be looking for ways to make your proposal impactful. Karen...
www.adruk.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Interested in applying for a research fellowship using admin datasets, like the National Pupil Database and LEO? Have a look at this blog for some guidance on how to shape your proposal.
vist.ly/4nvpw
vist.ly/4nvpw
Reposted by Jake Anders
Today, we celebrate the 80th year of the @um-src.bsky.social at ISR by launching a new web panel starting Fall 2026. It is called M-Panel and will be collecting a national sample representative of the U.S.
January 20, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Today, we celebrate the 80th year of the @um-src.bsky.social at ISR by launching a new web panel starting Fall 2026. It is called M-Panel and will be collecting a national sample representative of the U.S.
Reposted by Jake Anders
School accountability (in the US) had positive effects on various attainments, with little evidence for teaching to the test, economists find. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The Long-Run Effects of Consequential School Accountability | Journal of Labor Economics: Vol 44, No 1
The rise of accountability programs was perhaps the most noticeable change in American education during the 1990s and early 2000s. We measure how these programs affected students’ long-run outcomes. W...
www.journals.uchicago.edu
January 15, 2026 at 8:25 AM
School accountability (in the US) had positive effects on various attainments, with little evidence for teaching to the test, economists find. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
Highlighting some of our findings from COSMO Wave 2 — which you can download and use for your analysis from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉
Professor Jake Anders, Principle Investigator if the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study shares insights and opportunities from the study's second wave of data collection in the newest Data Impact blog.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/
Professor Jake Anders, Principle Investigator if the COVID Social Mobility & Opportunities (COSMO) study shares insights and opportunities from the study's second wave of data collection in the newest Data Impact blog.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/
January 13, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Highlighting some of our findings from COSMO Wave 2 — which you can download and use for your analysis from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
Reposted by Jake Anders
New post by @jakeanders.uk on @ukdsimpact.bsky.social highlights some things we've learned from Wave 2 of COSMO (our study with @clscohorts.bsky.social & @suttontrust.bsky.social).
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/
You can download and use all the COSMO data from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/
You can download and use all the COSMO data from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
Tracking young people’s recovery and resilience post-pandemic: COSMO Wave 2 – Data Impact blog
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:42 AM
New post by @jakeanders.uk on @ukdsimpact.bsky.social highlights some things we've learned from Wave 2 of COSMO (our study with @clscohorts.bsky.social & @suttontrust.bsky.social).
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/
You can download and use all the COSMO data from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/cosmo-wave-2/
You can download and use all the COSMO data from @ukdataservice.bsky.social
Good lord, you’ve done wonders on getting a sleep rhythm going there! Here’s our youngest’s Huckleberry map from a comparable point…
January 2, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Good lord, you’ve done wonders on getting a sleep rhythm going there! Here’s our youngest’s Huckleberry map from a comparable point…
I have been predicting that for some time now.
December 31, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I have been predicting that for some time now.
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December 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Might work for you/yours. Might be a colossal waste of cash. I think there is no way to predict in advance.
December 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Might work for you/yours. Might be a colossal waste of cash. I think there is no way to predict in advance.
I’ll see what I can do!
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I’ll see what I can do!
Last call for this as a) it’s almost full and b) we have to send the list of attendees very early in the year so registration will close either way!
Want to know more about using UCAS data to research transitions to HE (and delay the return to your desk in Jan!)?
Join us in person at the Department for Education in London for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social
🕕Tues 6th Jan, 10.30am-4pm
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977270535...
Join us in person at the Department for Education in London for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social
🕕Tues 6th Jan, 10.30am-4pm
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1977270535...
Using UCAS data to understand higher education transitions
Join us in person at the Department for Education in London to learn more about using UCAS data to better understand youth transitions
www.eventbrite.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Last call for this as a) it’s almost full and b) we have to send the list of attendees very early in the year so registration will close either way!
Congratulations! May she bring you both ever so much joy
December 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Congratulations! May she bring you both ever so much joy
Does this make you a NIMBY, Alex?
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Does this make you a NIMBY, Alex?
You never know what they might get up to by themselves.
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You never know what they might get up to by themselves.
Never leave your UKDS datasets unattended!
December 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Never leave your UKDS datasets unattended!
Great quiz! I didn’t do quite as well, with a couple of silly mistakes…
I scored 65% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year!
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quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
I scored 65% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year!
⭐
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🟩🟥🟧🟩
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quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Great quiz! I didn’t do quite as well, with a couple of silly mistakes…
I scored 65% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year!
⭐
🟩
🟩🟥
🟥🟥🟩
🟩🟥🟧🟩
🟩🟩🟧
🪵
quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...
I scored 65% on the Centre for British Progress Big British Progress Quiz of the Year!
⭐
🟩
🟩🟥
🟥🟥🟩
🟩🟥🟧🟩
🟩🟩🟧
🪵
quizzes.britishprogress.org/quiz/christm...