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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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...
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@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
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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...
We’re underway for our SRI @ 10 celebrations with our Head of Department, Professor Mette Berg, introducing a jam packed agenda
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
We’re underway for our SRI @ 10 celebrations with our Head of Department, Professor Mette Berg, introducing a jam packed agenda
Today we’re celebrating 10 years of SRI! This afternoon we’ll come together to share reflections on the past 10 years, showcase our strengths in research and education, and look to the future for our Institute 🎉🎈🥳
December 17, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Today we’re celebrating 10 years of SRI! This afternoon we’ll come together to share reflections on the past 10 years, showcase our strengths in research and education, and look to the future for our Institute 🎉🎈🥳
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Interested in learning about the importance of university admissions in youth transitions and social mobility? 👩🎓📚
Join us in person for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social
🕕Tuesday 6th January, 10.30am-4pm
📍Department for Education, London
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ucas...
Join us in person for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social
🕕Tuesday 6th January, 10.30am-4pm
📍Department for Education, London
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ucas...
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 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Interested in learning about the importance of university admissions in youth transitions and social mobility? 👩🎓📚
Join us in person for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social
🕕Tuesday 6th January, 10.30am-4pm
📍Department for Education, London
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ucas...
Join us in person for a research showcase with @adruk.bsky.social
🕕Tuesday 6th January, 10.30am-4pm
📍Department for Education, London
Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-ucas...
New publication from @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and colleagues: Not just a North–South divide: the geography of opportunity in England
For young people who grew up in poor neighbourhoods of regional cities, earnings are far lower than those outside cities
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
For young people who grew up in poor neighbourhoods of regional cities, earnings are far lower than those outside cities
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 16, 2025 at 12:29 PM
New publication from @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and colleagues: Not just a North–South divide: the geography of opportunity in England
For young people who grew up in poor neighbourhoods of regional cities, earnings are far lower than those outside cities
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
For young people who grew up in poor neighbourhoods of regional cities, earnings are far lower than those outside cities
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Digitalisation has impacted us all but who is concerned and how much do different groups worry? New published research by @yanghu.co.uk and colleagues sheds light on these questions
“those with greater digital literacy are more concerned about digital technologies’ potential harms”
“those with greater digital literacy are more concerned about digital technologies’ potential harms”
From work-family conflict to privacy loss, rapid digitalisation has unleashed heightened forebodings about digital technologies' ramifications. Who's concerned? How do digital literacy & exposure matter? @yueqiansoc.bsky.social & I tried to find out doi.org/10.1080/1369...
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Who is concerned about digitalization? The role of digital literacy and exposure across 30 countries
Rapid digitalization has unleashed widespread digital concerns, namely concerns about the potential harms associated with digital technology use, such as privacy loss, blurred work-family boundarie...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Digitalisation has impacted us all but who is concerned and how much do different groups worry? New published research by @yanghu.co.uk and colleagues sheds light on these questions
“those with greater digital literacy are more concerned about digital technologies’ potential harms”
“those with greater digital literacy are more concerned about digital technologies’ potential harms”
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🎄 CEPEO Xmas Seminar 🎄
Human Capital Spillovers in the United Kingdom
🗣️ Dr Fabien Petit (University of Barcelona)
📍 Room G06A, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
⏰ 2 pm (UK time)
🔗 Register here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CEPEOSeminarSeries
Human Capital Spillovers in the United Kingdom
🗣️ Dr Fabien Petit (University of Barcelona)
📍 Room G06A, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
⏰ 2 pm (UK time)
🔗 Register here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CEPEOSeminarSeries
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
🎄 CEPEO Xmas Seminar 🎄
Human Capital Spillovers in the United Kingdom
🗣️ Dr Fabien Petit (University of Barcelona)
📍 Room G06A, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
⏰ 2 pm (UK time)
🔗 Register here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CEPEOSeminarSeries
Human Capital Spillovers in the United Kingdom
🗣️ Dr Fabien Petit (University of Barcelona)
📍 Room G06A, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP
🗓️ Thursday 11 December
⏰ 2 pm (UK time)
🔗 Register here: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CEPEOSeminarSeries
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Great to see TCRU colleagues featured in UCL’s Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report!
@ktwamley.bsky.social, Prof Ann Phoenix, Mette Berg & Eve Dickson contributed to key case studies tackling inequality and justice. #TCRUResearch
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bit.ly/4pTLhWL
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@ktwamley.bsky.social, Prof Ann Phoenix, Mette Berg & Eve Dickson contributed to key case studies tackling inequality and justice. #TCRUResearch
bit.ly/3XD8IaR
bit.ly/4pTLhWL
bit.ly/4amr9Iv
December 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Great to see TCRU colleagues featured in UCL’s Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report!
@ktwamley.bsky.social, Prof Ann Phoenix, Mette Berg & Eve Dickson contributed to key case studies tackling inequality and justice. #TCRUResearch
bit.ly/3XD8IaR
bit.ly/4pTLhWL
bit.ly/4amr9Iv
@ktwamley.bsky.social, Prof Ann Phoenix, Mette Berg & Eve Dickson contributed to key case studies tackling inequality and justice. #TCRUResearch
bit.ly/3XD8IaR
bit.ly/4pTLhWL
bit.ly/4amr9Iv
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It’s @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social last seminar of 2025 this Thursday with one of our own @fabienpetit.bsky.social
Join us in person or online to hear about new research on the spillover benefits of education, using LEO data
Note: At earlier time of 2pm to allow for the team to then play mini golf ⛳️
Join us in person or online to hear about new research on the spillover benefits of education, using LEO data
Note: At earlier time of 2pm to allow for the team to then play mini golf ⛳️
December 9, 2025 at 5:57 PM
It’s @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social last seminar of 2025 this Thursday with one of our own @fabienpetit.bsky.social
Join us in person or online to hear about new research on the spillover benefits of education, using LEO data
Note: At earlier time of 2pm to allow for the team to then play mini golf ⛳️
Join us in person or online to hear about new research on the spillover benefits of education, using LEO data
Note: At earlier time of 2pm to allow for the team to then play mini golf ⛳️
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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 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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...
The ONS Research Excellence 'Impact of Analysis' Award 2025 goes to The Sure Start Evaluation Team @theifs.bsky.social. Congratulations @gabriconti.bsky.social & co-authors!
December 8, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The ONS Research Excellence 'Impact of Analysis' Award 2025 goes to The Sure Start Evaluation Team @theifs.bsky.social. Congratulations @gabriconti.bsky.social & co-authors!
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The ONS research excellence awards took place yesterday.
@jakeanders.uk co-authored work on the impact of free schools which won the People's Choice Award and Claire Crawford worked with @theifs.bsky.social on the Sure Start evaluation which won the Impact of Analysis Award.
Congratulations!
@jakeanders.uk co-authored work on the impact of free schools which won the People's Choice Award and Claire Crawford worked with @theifs.bsky.social on the Sure Start evaluation which won the Impact of Analysis Award.
Congratulations!
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The ONS research excellence awards took place yesterday.
@jakeanders.uk co-authored work on the impact of free schools which won the People's Choice Award and Claire Crawford worked with @theifs.bsky.social on the Sure Start evaluation which won the Impact of Analysis Award.
Congratulations!
@jakeanders.uk co-authored work on the impact of free schools which won the People's Choice Award and Claire Crawford worked with @theifs.bsky.social on the Sure Start evaluation which won the Impact of Analysis Award.
Congratulations!
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This recent work by @drsamsims.bsky.social and @clareroutledge.bsky.social was quoted in today's Times article discussing teacher training recruitment this year👏
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 AM
This recent work by @drsamsims.bsky.social and @clareroutledge.bsky.social was quoted in today's Times article discussing teacher training recruitment this year👏
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Confused about the English education system? You wouldn't be alone. Thankfully @nbraz.bsky.social is here to help.
Curious about the different types of academies in England and their impact beyond exams? Check out my explainer at MiSoC, ISER! Dive into how academies shape education and communities. #education #academies #schools #misoc
www.iser.essex.ac.uk/misoc/explai...
www.iser.essex.ac.uk/misoc/explai...
www.iser.essex.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Confused about the English education system? You wouldn't be alone. Thankfully @nbraz.bsky.social is here to help.
More high-level impact from SRI researchers. The ‘Our Voices’ project takes a participatory approach to understand struggles of young people facing homelessness.
🧪 Feel honoured that 'Our Voices' was highlighted as a case study for engaging communities in addressing issues of justice and equality by UCL Grand Challenges in their impact report this week. The full ‘Our Voices’ report can be accessed via the following link: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...
December 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
More high-level impact from SRI researchers. The ‘Our Voices’ project takes a participatory approach to understand struggles of young people facing homelessness.
Some things are changing with undergraduate admissions at UCL. This event will keep you updated on that and what to expect from our degrees.
We're hosting @sriucl.bsky.social virtual events on 15 and 16 December.
Come along to hear about our Sociology and Social Science undergraduate degrees, and the TARA admissions test required for application.
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Come along to hear about our Sociology and Social Science undergraduate degrees, and the TARA admissions test required for application.
forms.office.com/Pages/Respo...
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Some things are changing with undergraduate admissions at UCL. This event will keep you updated on that and what to expect from our degrees.
Our Alex Bryson continues to shine a light on the troubling downturn in young people’s mental well-being. In the US, this trend is driven by those in the labor force, as opposed to students or others outside it.
It's rising despair among young workers that's changing the age profile of poor mental health in the United States. Check out our new paper here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @sriucl.bsky.social @undp.org @dannyblanchy.bsky.social
Rising Young Worker Despair in the United States
Between the early 1990s and 2015 the relationship between mental despair and age was hump-shaped in the United States: it rose in middle-age, then dec…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Our Alex Bryson continues to shine a light on the troubling downturn in young people’s mental well-being. In the US, this trend is driven by those in the labor force, as opposed to students or others outside it.
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The government's opportunity mission set the goal of reaching 75% of children having a good level of development when starting school by 2028.
It's good to see this has now reached 68.3%, up 0.6%pts from last year, but still a way to go.
It's good to see this has now reached 68.3%, up 0.6%pts from last year, but still a way to go.
November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The government's opportunity mission set the goal of reaching 75% of children having a good level of development when starting school by 2028.
It's good to see this has now reached 68.3%, up 0.6%pts from last year, but still a way to go.
It's good to see this has now reached 68.3%, up 0.6%pts from last year, but still a way to go.
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The Fatherhood Institute are helping us make sure the collection of 'dad data' is tightly woven into our plans for Generation New Era - a new birth cohort study for the UK. Find out more in this new blog!
🎉New on the Data Impact blog🎉
Rebecca Goldman explores how the The Fatherhood Institute champions ‘dad-data’ – from shaping data collection to analysis and knowledge mobilisation – to ensure fathers are visible in both research and decision-making.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/fatherhood-i...
Rebecca Goldman explores how the The Fatherhood Institute champions ‘dad-data’ – from shaping data collection to analysis and knowledge mobilisation – to ensure fathers are visible in both research and decision-making.
blog.ukdataservice.ac.uk/fatherhood-i...
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Fatherhood Institute are helping us make sure the collection of 'dad data' is tightly woven into our plans for Generation New Era - a new birth cohort study for the UK. Find out more in this new blog!
Brand new report on UCL’s strong contribution to justice and equality research – featuring our head of department Mette Berg’s work on asylum housing in northern England, among several outstanding projects.
🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Justice & Equality Impact Report
Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.
🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
Celebrating the work of researchers & partners from UCL & beyond to address inequality in all its forms, locally, nationally & globally.
🔗 Find out more & read the report: https://bit.ly/3Ma61e9
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UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Brand new report on UCL’s strong contribution to justice and equality research – featuring our head of department Mette Berg’s work on asylum housing in northern England, among several outstanding projects.
Austerity in England has restricted childbearing mainly for low-income and racially minoritised women. Important research from former SRI Research Fellow @jenchanfreau.bsky.social and @laurasochas.bsky.social.
Our new paper: Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births? led by Laura Sochas is out now OA in @sfjournal.bsky.social
Austerity as reproductive injustice: did local government spending cuts unequally impact births?
Abstract. Large local government spending cuts in England, spanning over a decade of austerity policies, have severely restricted the universal services an
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December 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Austerity in England has restricted childbearing mainly for low-income and racially minoritised women. Important research from former SRI Research Fellow @jenchanfreau.bsky.social and @laurasochas.bsky.social.
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@laouthwaite.bsky.social is about to start a new ESRC-funded project exploring potential screening tools for early identification of special educational needs - and what they suggest about numbers who may require support in future.
Check out her blog introducing the project: tinyurl.com/yecuddv2
Check out her blog introducing the project: tinyurl.com/yecuddv2
SEEN: Screening Early for Educational Needs | UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)
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December 2, 2025 at 12:06 PM
@laouthwaite.bsky.social is about to start a new ESRC-funded project exploring potential screening tools for early identification of special educational needs - and what they suggest about numbers who may require support in future.
Check out her blog introducing the project: tinyurl.com/yecuddv2
Check out her blog introducing the project: tinyurl.com/yecuddv2