UCL Social Research Institute
@sriucl.bsky.social
Changing the world for the better through world-class social science research and education. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/ucl-social-research-institute
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Happening tomorrow! Join us online to hear from
@penney.bsky.social exploring key themes from his new book, ‘Chilling effects: repression, conformity and power in the digital age’. Tuesday 3 February, 12.00-13.00 GMT. Register here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
@penney.bsky.social exploring key themes from his new book, ‘Chilling effects: repression, conformity and power in the digital age’. Tuesday 3 February, 12.00-13.00 GMT. Register here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
February 2, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Happening tomorrow! Join us online to hear from
@penney.bsky.social exploring key themes from his new book, ‘Chilling effects: repression, conformity and power in the digital age’. Tuesday 3 February, 12.00-13.00 GMT. Register here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
@penney.bsky.social exploring key themes from his new book, ‘Chilling effects: repression, conformity and power in the digital age’. Tuesday 3 February, 12.00-13.00 GMT. Register here: www.oii.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...
Congratulations to @ioe.bsky.social SRI member @melbond.bsky.social on her recent article, drawing on the lived experience of 998 #PhDMums from over 100 countries.
📖 doi.org/10.1080/0729...
ℹ️ phdmums.weebly.com
#HigherEd #PhD #PhDLife #HigherEducation #Motherhood
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ℹ️ phdmums.weebly.com
#HigherEd #PhD #PhDLife #HigherEducation #Motherhood
February 2, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Congratulations to @ioe.bsky.social SRI member @melbond.bsky.social on her recent article, drawing on the lived experience of 998 #PhDMums from over 100 countries.
📖 doi.org/10.1080/0729...
ℹ️ phdmums.weebly.com
#HigherEd #PhD #PhDLife #HigherEducation #Motherhood
📖 doi.org/10.1080/0729...
ℹ️ phdmums.weebly.com
#HigherEd #PhD #PhDLife #HigherEducation #Motherhood
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Creative partnerships are shaping the future of East London 🌱
In this episode Anne Preston (UCL), Barry Flanagan (Aurora Media), and Gus Casely-Hayford (V&A East) tell us how institutions are building long-term, sustainable relationships with East London’s creative community.
https://bit.ly/4qXCUKO
In this episode Anne Preston (UCL), Barry Flanagan (Aurora Media), and Gus Casely-Hayford (V&A East) tell us how institutions are building long-term, sustainable relationships with East London’s creative community.
https://bit.ly/4qXCUKO
February 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Creative partnerships are shaping the future of East London 🌱
In this episode Anne Preston (UCL), Barry Flanagan (Aurora Media), and Gus Casely-Hayford (V&A East) tell us how institutions are building long-term, sustainable relationships with East London’s creative community.
https://bit.ly/4qXCUKO
In this episode Anne Preston (UCL), Barry Flanagan (Aurora Media), and Gus Casely-Hayford (V&A East) tell us how institutions are building long-term, sustainable relationships with East London’s creative community.
https://bit.ly/4qXCUKO
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Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
4 February 2026, 5pm–7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
4 February 2026, 5pm–7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 30, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Counting across worlds (or, how to love a zero)
4 February 2026, 5pm–7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
4 February 2026, 5pm–7pm
This presentation outlines the rocky efforts of two Indigenous researchers to collaborate across incommensurability through an extremely relational form of Western knowledge: statistics.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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Worker wellbeing rises in age in 103 countries. Find out more here www.nber.org/papers/w3478... @nber.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
Well-being Increases in Age Among Workers: Evidence From 103 Countries
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 2, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Worker wellbeing rises in age in 103 countries. Find out more here www.nber.org/papers/w3478... @nber.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social
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Media interest in my work with @JennyvanHoof on the 'relationship recession' continues unabated. This was a really interesting interview with Lily. One thing is for sure: Something is shifting, but how, why and for whom needs further research.
February 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Media interest in my work with @JennyvanHoof on the 'relationship recession' continues unabated. This was a really interesting interview with Lily. One thing is for sure: Something is shifting, but how, why and for whom needs further research.
In case you missed this ⬇️
Join the Center for Time Use Research in their introductory time use research workshop and learn about time diaries!
Whether you are interested in Sociology or Economics, or Health to Environmental science, join to explore how people's time can help your research!
Join the Center for Time Use Research in their introductory time use research workshop and learn about time diaries!
Whether you are interested in Sociology or Economics, or Health to Environmental science, join to explore how people's time can help your research!
Want to learn about time use research?
Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?
Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.
timeuse.org/introduction...
Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?
Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.
timeuse.org/introduction...
January 31, 2026 at 6:11 PM
In case you missed this ⬇️
Join the Center for Time Use Research in their introductory time use research workshop and learn about time diaries!
Whether you are interested in Sociology or Economics, or Health to Environmental science, join to explore how people's time can help your research!
Join the Center for Time Use Research in their introductory time use research workshop and learn about time diaries!
Whether you are interested in Sociology or Economics, or Health to Environmental science, join to explore how people's time can help your research!
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🚨 Our @sriucl.bsky.social 2026 Open Days are landing next week!
⭐️ Feb 4, Wednesday, 12:00-13:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Sociology
⭐️ Feb 5, Thursday, 13:00-14:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Social Policy and in Social Research Methods
➡️ Sign up here and join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/graduate...
⭐️ Feb 4, Wednesday, 12:00-13:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Sociology
⭐️ Feb 5, Thursday, 13:00-14:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Social Policy and in Social Research Methods
➡️ Sign up here and join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/graduate...
January 28, 2026 at 3:34 PM
🚨 Our @sriucl.bsky.social 2026 Open Days are landing next week!
⭐️ Feb 4, Wednesday, 12:00-13:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Sociology
⭐️ Feb 5, Thursday, 13:00-14:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Social Policy and in Social Research Methods
➡️ Sign up here and join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/graduate...
⭐️ Feb 4, Wednesday, 12:00-13:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Sociology
⭐️ Feb 5, Thursday, 13:00-14:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Social Policy and in Social Research Methods
➡️ Sign up here and join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/graduate...
Looking for an interesting webinar to attend tomorrow? Check this one out:
Join us for the next ESCoE webinar with Ana Galvão to hear about a cutting-edge methodology for using high-frequency indicators to produce weekly estimates of official monthly statistics in real time: tinyurl.com/bdyrdejk
Tracking weekly activity using new data sources - ESCoE
This webinar presents a methodology to extract information from high-frequency indicators to produce weekly estimates of official monthly statistics.
tinyurl.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Looking for an interesting webinar to attend tomorrow? Check this one out:
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Starting to feel a bit more real... www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
Research Handbook on Drugs and Society
‘Whether you agree with him or not, Professor Seddon is a brave and original thinker who will enrich your understanding of policy and science.’
– Keith Humphreys OBE, Stanford University, USA
www.e-elgar.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:10 AM
Starting to feel a bit more real... www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/res...
This ESCoE Discussion Paper highlights the economy’s “dark matter”: the vast, unmeasured world of unpaid work, unpurchased consumption and the unintended consequences of daily life.
Read more here:
www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...
Read more here:
www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...
Time-use and economic activity: Inputs, outputs and outcomes (ESCoE DP 2025-13) - ESCoE
A new paper looks at the vast, unmeasured world of unpaid work, unpurchased consumption, and the unintended consequences of daily life.
www.escoe.ac.uk
January 27, 2026 at 7:44 AM
This ESCoE Discussion Paper highlights the economy’s “dark matter”: the vast, unmeasured world of unpaid work, unpurchased consumption and the unintended consequences of daily life.
Read more here:
www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...
Read more here:
www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...
Want to learn about time use research?
Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?
Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.
timeuse.org/introduction...
Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?
Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.
timeuse.org/introduction...
January 26, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Want to learn about time use research?
Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?
Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.
timeuse.org/introduction...
Want to learn how to manage and analyse time diary data?
Register for the online short course today delivered by the Centre for Time Use Research, UCL.
timeuse.org/introduction...
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If you're in London on Feb 2nd, do come along to this book launch! @theobourgeron.bsky.social @susigeiger.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl-ccs.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Peak Pharma: Toward a New Political Economy of Health
UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is delighted to welcome authors Susi Geiger (University College Dublin) and Théo Bourgeron (University of Edinburgh) to present their new book. Moderated by Professor...
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 2:00 PM
If you're in London on Feb 2nd, do come along to this book launch! @theobourgeron.bsky.social @susigeiger.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ucl-ccs.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
The Centre for Time Use Research, UCL is hiring!
Find out more and apply now today: timeuse.org/home
Find out more and apply now today: timeuse.org/home
January 18, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The Centre for Time Use Research, UCL is hiring!
Find out more and apply now today: timeuse.org/home
Find out more and apply now today: timeuse.org/home
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In this preprint, we (@ruettenauer.bsky.social, David Kretschmer and I) ask and address two questions: (i) How does immigrant-native #segregation vary across urban areas in Europe? (ii) Which urban area- and country-level characteristics are consistently linked to segregation? Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️
🎄 Still looking for a gift for your favourite social scientist?
How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅
🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
How about a #preprint with 717 urban areas, 30 countries, and 16,164 models of #Immigrant #Segregation across Europe? Just published with @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social & David Kretschmer 🎅
🎁 Wrapped up here: arxiv.org/abs/2512.17037
January 12, 2026 at 8:39 AM
In this preprint, we (@ruettenauer.bsky.social, David Kretschmer and I) ask and address two questions: (i) How does immigrant-native #segregation vary across urban areas in Europe? (ii) Which urban area- and country-level characteristics are consistently linked to segregation? Check it out ⬇️⬇️⬇️
CORRECTION: This event is in-person only.
Thursday Jan 15th at 12pm, Prof. Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou will be presenting on "The price of truth: Finance, misinformation and the battle for reality". See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
@tcru-ucl.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
Thursday Jan 15th at 12pm, Prof. Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou will be presenting on "The price of truth: Finance, misinformation and the battle for reality". See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
@tcru-ucl.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
The price of truth: Finance, misinformation and the battle for reality
How did truth lose its grip? Why do citizens mistrust science, fall for conspiracies, and elect authoritarian populists?
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
CORRECTION: This event is in-person only.
Thursday Jan 15th at 12pm, Prof. Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou will be presenting on "The price of truth: Finance, misinformation and the battle for reality". See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
@tcru-ucl.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
Thursday Jan 15th at 12pm, Prof. Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou will be presenting on "The price of truth: Finance, misinformation and the battle for reality". See details:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
@tcru-ucl.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
🚨🚨The next sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study is coming!🚨🚨
The Age 23 wave includes UK Gen Z data on: mental health, new families, substance use, higher ed, jobs, political beliefs etc.
Join us for an online webinar on the data.
When ⏰: 12 Feb, 1pm (UK)
Sign up 📝: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mcs-a...
The Age 23 wave includes UK Gen Z data on: mental health, new families, substance use, higher ed, jobs, political beliefs etc.
Join us for an online webinar on the data.
When ⏰: 12 Feb, 1pm (UK)
Sign up 📝: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mcs-a...
Millennium Cohort Study at age 23: explore the new data | CLS
This one–hour webinar will introduce users to the Age 23 Sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS). Join us to find out what is new in the latest sweep and gain insights into how ‘Generation Z’ navig...
cls.ucl.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 10:37 AM
🚨🚨The next sweep of the Millennium Cohort Study is coming!🚨🚨
The Age 23 wave includes UK Gen Z data on: mental health, new families, substance use, higher ed, jobs, political beliefs etc.
Join us for an online webinar on the data.
When ⏰: 12 Feb, 1pm (UK)
Sign up 📝: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mcs-a...
The Age 23 wave includes UK Gen Z data on: mental health, new families, substance use, higher ed, jobs, political beliefs etc.
Join us for an online webinar on the data.
When ⏰: 12 Feb, 1pm (UK)
Sign up 📝: cls.ucl.ac.uk/events/mcs-a...
I'll be there 👇
🌍🌱 New #CLEAN 2026 Seminar Series ♻️🔥💡
#SocialScience seminar series with leading researchers to discuss topics ranging from #ClimateJustice and #Adaptation policies to #Energy transitions and #Health impacts of extreme heat 🏜️
📆 #hybrid Get in touch for zoom link
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...
#SocialScience seminar series with leading researchers to discuss topics ranging from #ClimateJustice and #Adaptation policies to #Energy transitions and #Health impacts of extreme heat 🏜️
📆 #hybrid Get in touch for zoom link
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...
January 7, 2026 at 11:55 AM
I'll be there 👇
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Hej! I’ll be presenting new results from our ongoing project on remote work at the upcoming ESCoE seminar. See details below ⬇️
Remote work has become a defining feature of the UK labour market since 2020, but what does this shift mean for how people spend their time, their well-being, and their productivity?
Register for our next webinar with @francescafolia1.bsky.social (@unisouthampton.bsky.social): tinyurl.com/2fu29px8
Register for our next webinar with @francescafolia1.bsky.social (@unisouthampton.bsky.social): tinyurl.com/2fu29px8
The changing nature of work: What can we learn from time use diaries? - ESCoE
This webinar will present new ONS time diary data to examine remote work and its relationship to time use, well-being, and self-perceived productivity.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Hej! I’ll be presenting new results from our ongoing project on remote work at the upcoming ESCoE seminar. See details below ⬇️
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Want to learn more about using the National Pupil Database, from experienced CEPEO researchers? Sign up for one (or both!) of our free courses this February...
Online, Feb 10-11th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
In person (central London), Feb 25th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
Online, Feb 10-11th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
In person (central London), Feb 25th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
January 7, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Want to learn more about using the National Pupil Database, from experienced CEPEO researchers? Sign up for one (or both!) of our free courses this February...
Online, Feb 10-11th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
In person (central London), Feb 25th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
Online, Feb 10-11th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
In person (central London), Feb 25th:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cepeo-adru...
Fascinating new report by SRI's Natalia Valdes Aspillaga and @lorrainedearden.bsky.social and alumnus Héctor Ríos-Jara on the impact of changes to the student loan system in Chile, take a look here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
Chile’s student loan reforms promise fairer graduate repayments, financially sustainable for Chile
A UCL report provides evidence that Chile’s proposed changes to its student loan system are financially sustainable and can significantly improve repayment fairness.
www.ucl.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Fascinating new report by SRI's Natalia Valdes Aspillaga and @lorrainedearden.bsky.social and alumnus Héctor Ríos-Jara on the impact of changes to the student loan system in Chile, take a look here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/202...
As well as being our 10th anniversary, 2025 was a huge year for our department's continued commitment to research, policy and social change. Read just a little bit of what we got up to in SRI's first ever Impact Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/sites/io...
January 6, 2026 at 9:27 AM
As well as being our 10th anniversary, 2025 was a huge year for our department's continued commitment to research, policy and social change. Read just a little bit of what we got up to in SRI's first ever Impact Report here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/sites/io...
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Young people's moves contribute to inequality by sorting people with high earning potential to areas with high pay premiums. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Young people's moves contribute to inequality by sorting people with high earning potential to areas with high pay premiums. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
A very timely and much-needed perspective and review of life course research focused on the Global South by SRI's @yanghu.co.uk and colleagues. Take a look:
🚨New year, new paper with the fab Anette Fasang, Ignacio Cabib, Adam Cooper &
@robgruijters.bsky.social!
We introduce our SI on 'Young Adult Life Courses in the Global South' & develop a new framework and concepts to advance the field. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@robgruijters.bsky.social!
We introduce our SI on 'Young Adult Life Courses in the Global South' & develop a new framework and concepts to advance the field. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@sriucl.bsky.social
Young adult life courses in the Global South: A comparative framework and research agenda
As of 2025, 85% of the world population lives in countries typically associated with the Global South. Fifty percent of the world’s population is unde…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:28 PM
A very timely and much-needed perspective and review of life course research focused on the Global South by SRI's @yanghu.co.uk and colleagues. Take a look:
New research by @alexbryson.bsky.social and colleagues suggests that measures of wellbeing collected on the phone are higher than the same measurements collected online! This emphasises the importance of accounting for survey mode in analyses. Read more:
www.nber.org/papers/w3459...
www.nber.org/papers/w3459...
An Evaluation of Biases in Wellbeing Estimates Using Interviewers Versus Online Data Collection in the Global Flourishing Study
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:11 AM
New research by @alexbryson.bsky.social and colleagues suggests that measures of wellbeing collected on the phone are higher than the same measurements collected online! This emphasises the importance of accounting for survey mode in analyses. Read more:
www.nber.org/papers/w3459...
www.nber.org/papers/w3459...