Understanding Society Podcast Series

By Understanding Society

Understanding Society is one of the largest household panel studies in the world. We follow thousands of households fr

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The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.

Understanding Society Podcast Series episodes:

October 14, 2019 Just how much is a university degree worth?
Professor Adeline Delavande talks about research which uses the Understanding Society Innovation Panel to examine the perceptions of parents and children of the financial value of gaining a degree.
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9min
October 14, 2019 Sexual orientation and poverty
Dr Noah Uhrig discusses ground-breaking new research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation exploring the links between sexual orientation and poverty.
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16min
October 14, 2019 Life satisfaction and ethnicity
Dr Gundi Knies talks about new research exploring the links between ethnicity, neighbourhoods and life satisfaction.
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12min
October 14, 2019 Predictors of wellbeing
Jenny Chanfreau from NatCen discusses research undertaken for the Department of Health on predictors of well-being.
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11min
October 14, 2019 Balancing the books: managing financial wellbeing in later life
David Hayes from the Personal Research Finance Centre at the University of Bristol talks about a joint programme of research with the International Longevity Centre UK which uses Understanding Society to look at the financial wellbeing of people in later life.
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9min
October 14, 2019 Living with sight loss
NatCen analyst Chris Lord explains the benefits of utilising Understanding Society in third sector research projects such as this project by the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB).
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6min
October 14, 2019 Does how we live influence how we sleep?
Dr Graham Law from the University of Leeds talks about new research published in the Open Journal of Epidemiology which uses Understanding Society to examine the links between the composition of households and how well and how long we sleep.
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10min
October 14, 2019 Getting online - are older people included
Are older people getting online and are they included? Age UK researcher Marcus Green looks at the evidence.
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11min
October 14, 2019 Being a dad in 21st century Britain
Eloise Poole from NatCen talks about findings from the ESRC-funded study Fathers, work and families in twenty-first century Britain, which uses Understanding Society to explore fathers' role as breadwinners and parents in the UK and Europe.
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8min
October 14, 2019 Being green - what we think and do when it comes to the environment
Professor Peter Lynn from the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex talks about early findings from the ESRC funded project, The distribution and dynamics of UK citizens’ environmental attitudes, behaviours and actions.
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10min

FAQs about Understanding Society Podcast Series:

How many episodes does Understanding Society Podcast Series have?

The podcast currently has 57 episodes available.