Understanding Society Podcast Series (Understanding Society)
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| 26 Feb 2019 | Gender Equality - the pay gap and beyond | 00:32:45 | |
In this first episode of Season 2 of the Understanding Society podcast we are talking to the four panellists from Understanding Society’s presentation and discussion of headline findings from their 2018/19 report. Fran Bennett (University of Oxford), Monica Costa Dias (Institute for Fiscal Studies), Sam Smethers (Fawcett Society), and Helen Wright (923jobs.com) explore findings and ideas surrounding the gender pay gap in the UK, and what can be done to close it.
Topics covered in this episode: - Why does the gender pay gap still exist? - The complicated factors and causes of the discrepancy in pay between men and women. - Women’s attitude towards pay and career progression, including returning to work after having children. - Monica Costa Dias outlines the key research and figures surrounding the gender pay gap in the UK. - Fran Bennett talks about the effect of social security, Universal Credit in particular, on women in relationships and single mothers. - How Universal Credit’s incentives and rebates can work against women looking to enter part-time work and pay for childcare. - Helen Wright takes us through her experiences as a mother looking to enter part-time work and finding a lack of opportunities, which led to the founding of her part-time recruitment agency 923jobs. - What changes can be made to the job market and working attitudes to close the pay gap. - How changing and improving the physical and social infrastructure of the UK can make a huge difference for women.
The Panellists
Fran Bennett Fran Bennett works in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at the University of Oxford as a senior research and teaching fellow, with a focus on social policy. She is also an active member of the Women's Budget Group. Fran has a particular interest in social security policy, gender issues, and poverty, income distribution and participation. She is also an independent consultant, and has written extensively on social policy issues for the UK government, NGOs, and others. With Prof Jonathan Bradshaw, she is one of the UK team of independent experts in the European Social Policy Network for the European Commission.
Fran chairs the editorial board of the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, having been a co-editor. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and an associate of its international advisory group.
Monica Costa Dias Monica is an Associate Director at the IFS and a Research Economist at the Centre for Economics and Finance, University of Porto. Her research interests are mainly on Labour Economics and the Economics of Education, with a focus on the determinants of individual and household choices, including human capital investments, labour supply and intra-household allocation of resources, and their consequences for inequality and the evaluation and design of tax and welfare policies
Sam Smethers Sam joined the Fawcett Society in August 2015 as Chief Executive. Prior to that she was the Chief Executive of Grandparents Plus for over six years. Sam is no stranger to equalities and gender issues having worked for both the Equal Opportunities Commission and the Equalities and Human Rights Commission. She also served as a Fawcett trustee between 2007 and 2010, was a trustee of Gingerbread for seven years and has nine years’ experience working in Parliament. Sam is passionate about equal representation, valuing and sharing care and closing the gender pay gap. She has made a big impact already and focused on creating a brilliant team, driving forward an intersectional approach to our work and devising an exciting programme to mark 100 years of women's suffrage.
Helen Wright Prior to having children, Helen worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC and ITV, followed by 18 months running her own media training company. She has a degree in History from Durham University, and a Diploma in Journalism from Cardiff University. After her career break Helen found herself surrounded by talented professional women who, like her, were having trouble getting back into the labor market due to a lack of flexible working positions. As a result, Helen founded 923jobs, a recruitment agency that specialises in placing high quality professionals into jobs with flexible hours. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Jun 2019 | The impact of working hours and job security on long term health | 00:34:37 | |
In this episode of the Understanding Society podcast, we explore the effect of our jobs and job security on our health and wellbeing. Our host Emma Houlton introduces two interviews. The first, with Professor Tarani Chandola (University of Manchester), focuses on the relationship between working hours and work-life balance and our health. The second conversation is with Dr Claire Niedzwiedz (University of Glasgow), who is studying the relationship between financial security and physical health. Topics covered in this episode:
Guest contributorsProfessor Tarani ChandolaTarani Chandola is a Professor of Medical Sociology at the University of Manchester. His research is primarily on the social determinants of health, focusing on health inequalities and psychosocial factors, and the analysis of longitudinal cohort studies. Much of his research is on the social determinants of health with a focus on stress at work, and its psychophysiological effects on health. He is a research leader on the topic of work and health, with two of his papers in the top 10 most cited studies on the topic of work stress. His h-index of 53 (Google Scholar, October 2018) and 44 (Scopus, October 2018) was achieved within 20 years of his DPhil from over 120 peer reviewed papers in peer reviewed journals. His research expertise spans different disciplines- population and public health, epidemiology, social statistics and sociology- and different methodological approaches. He has had leadership and advisory roles within international research organisations, government departments and academic bodies. Tarani was the head of the Department of Social Statistics (2012-2014) at the University of Manchester and the director of the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (2014-2016). He is currently a co-director of two Economic and Social Research Council funded centres: the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM: www.ncrm.ac.uk) and the International Centre for Lifecourse Studies in Society and Health (ICLS: www.ucl.ac.uk/icls). He also co-directs the SOC-B: the Social-Biological Centre for Biosocial Research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. He is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and is a member of the Economic and Social Research Council's Strategic Advisory Network. Dr Claire NiedzwiedzClaire Niedzwiedz's research focuses on understanding the social and political determinants of population health and health inequalities. She joined the Department of Sociology in July 2016 as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Quantitative Sociology, working with Professor David Stuckler. Claire is particularly interested in exploiting natural experiments which involve changes in the political environment and their impact on health and health inequalities. Claire completed her PhD in Public Health at the University of Glasgow, which examined the relationship between welfare regimes and socioeconomic inequalities in wellbeing among older people across Europe. After completing her PhD she undertook postdoctoral research at the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) based at the University of Edinburgh. This research included studies examining inequalities in mental health, wellbeing and loneliness across Europe and ways in which these might be reduced. Claire also has a background in Physiology and previously worked for the NHS as a health analyst. About Understanding SocietyUnderstanding Society is the largest longitudinal study of its kind - around 40,000 households have contributed to the Study, and their data leads to research which informs policy, shaping the future of the UK. For more information, visit our website Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Oct 2019 | Our health and the environment we live in | 00:19:28 | |
In this episode of the Understanding Society Podcast we are looking at the relationship between chronic stress markers, health, and deprived areas. Lucy Prior (University of Bristol) takes us through her research into this relationship between deprivation and negative health outcomes, and her use of Understanding Society data. Topics Covered in This Episode:
Guest contributorLucy PriorLucy is a Research Associate in Quantitative Methods in Education, currently working on an ESRC Standard grant on new school league table research and methods for measuring school performance. She is also interested in health geography, particularly in investigating relationships of neighbourhood deprivation with overall health and well-being, and the exploration of health pathways related to stress exposure. Her research draws on life-course and biosocial theories and employs quantitative techniques, such as multilevel modelling, to expose health and place relationships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Biomarkers and genetic data | 00:10:55 | |
Professors Michaela Benzeval and Meena Kumari give a short introduction to the Understanding Society biomarker and genetic data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | White flight and the rise of UKIP | 00:12:12 | |
Professor Eric Kaufman from Birkbeck College, University of London, discusses his research making use of the BHPS and Understanding Society to look at White Flight and discusses what his findings tell us about the apparent rise of UKIP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Poverty triggers and household change | 00:14:02 | |
Professor Nick Buck, former Director of Understanding Society, discusses two pieces of research using the study to look at movements in and out of poverty and household change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Can video gaming be good for young people? | 00:10:01 | |
Dr Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute talks about research on the effects of video gaming on children’s behaviour and development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Being green - what we think and do when it comes to the environment | 00:09:30 | |
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Being a dad in 21st century Britain | 00:07:48 | |
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Getting online - are older people included | 00:10:13 | |
Are older people getting online and are they included? Age UK researcher Marcus Green looks at the evidence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Does how we live influence how we sleep? | 00:09:18 | |
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Living with sight loss | 00:05:59 | |
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). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Balancing the books: managing financial wellbeing in later life | 00:08:23 | |
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Predictors of wellbeing | 00:10:58 | |
Jenny Chanfreau from NatCen discusses research undertaken for the Department of Health on predictors of well-being. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Life satisfaction and ethnicity | 00:11:08 | |
Dr Gundi Knies talks about new research exploring the links between ethnicity, neighbourhoods and life satisfaction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Sexual orientation and poverty | 00:15:11 | |
Dr Noah Uhrig discusses ground-breaking new research commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation exploring the links between sexual orientation and poverty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Just how much is a university degree worth? | 00:08:40 | |
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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | What makes a boomeranger? Moving back in with mum and dad | 00:08:28 | |
Anne Berrington talks about what makes young adults return to live with their parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Oct 2019 | Why sample size matters | 00:07:36 | |
Dr Olena Kaminska talks about why sample size matters when researching hard to reach sub-sections of the population and why Understanding Society offers not just great data but some innovative and original opportunities to research previously ignored groups. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 16 Nov 2021 | Who carried the work burden during COVID-19? | 00:27:10 | |
In the first episode of our new podcast series, we look at employment and the experience of working-class women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professors Tracey Warren from Nottingham University Business School and Clare Lyonette from Warwick Institute for Employment about their project Carrying the Work Burden of the COVID-19 pandemic: working class women in the UK. Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director of the Women’s Budget Group and co-collaborator on the project also joins to explain the motivation for the research and the ways in which their findings are serving as vital evidence in the case of building back better with increased gender equality. The research project’s website can be found here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Nov 2021 | Universal Credit: How is it faring as a benefit system? | 00:32:32 | |
With the topic area of income and expenditure for the second episode in our new podcast series, we take a look at Universal Credit – how it’s designed, how it compares to the old benefits legacy system and the effects it has on people’s lives. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Tom Waters, Senior Research Economist from the Institute for Fiscal Studies about research that used Understanding Society data to take a longitudinal look at Universal Credit. With first-hand experience of supporting people on Universal Credit, Kayley Hignell, Head of Policy for Families, Welfare and Work at Citizens Advice, responds to the research and shares her view on how one of the biggest benefit reforms in UK history is playing out. You can read Tom’s research here via the Understanding Society publications library. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 30 Nov 2021 | Public health and the COVID-19 pandemic | 00:28:09 | |
In the third episode of our new podcast series, we take a look at the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professor Meena Kumari, Understanding Society’s Topic Champion for Health and Biomarker research and to David Finch, Assistant Director in the Healthy Lives directorate at The Health Foundation. Together they discuss Understanding Society’s COVID-19 survey and The Health Foundation’s COVID-19 Impact inquiry. They look at what the pandemic has highlighted with regard to the social determinants of health and they share their biggest fears as we move out of the initial clutches of COVID-19. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Jan 2022 | Does volunteering make young people more likely to vote? | 00:29:32 | |
In the fourth episode of our podcast series, we look take a look at the role of social action in civic participation. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Dr Stuart Fox from Brunel University about his research looking at whether volunteering makes young people more likely to vote in their first election. Catherine then moves on to talk to Victoria Harkness, Head of Research and Evaluation at the National Citizen Service Trust about the Trust’s experience of young people and their levels of civic participation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Jan 2022 | How are relationships - between couples and within families - changing? | 00:31:07 | |
In the fifth episode of our podcast series, we look take a look at how relationships are changing. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris, Understanding Society’s Topic Champion for Families, about her research on partnerships, marriage and fertility trends using our main dataset and our COVID19 survey. Catherine’s second guest is Dee Holmes, Senior Practice Consultant from the relationship support charity, Relate, who assesses the extent to which Brienna’s research is reflected in what she sees ‘on the ground’. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 25 Jan 2022 | How have the pandemic related school closures affected our children? | 00:29:44 | |
In the sixth episode of our podcast series, we look at how the COVID19 school closures have affected our children – and their parents. Series host Catherine McDonald speaks to Professor Birgitta Rabe from the Institute for Social and Economic Research about her work comparing the mental health of those children who were invited to return to school in June 2020 with those who weren’t. Catherine’s second guest is Tom McBride, Director of Evidence at the Early Intervention Foundation, who explains why research such as this is so important for policy and practice. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Feb 2022 | Building Understanding Society - from surveys to data | 00:40:20 | |
In this final episode of season 3 of our podcast series we take a closer look at Understanding Society itself. How do we turn survey responses into data for research? How do we select who takes part in the survey? And what makes household panel data so useful for researchers and policymakers? Series host, Catherine McDonald, talks to the people who design and implement Understanding Society - taking the survey from methodological testing, through fieldwork and data processing, to ending with the anonymised dataset. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Understanding survey sampling | 00:05:56 | |
Who goes into the Understanding Society sample and why? In this short podcast, Professor Peter Lynn, Director of Survey Methods, explains how the original sample for Understanding Society was selected and how the study ensures that the sample is representative of the UK population. He also talks about the sample for the Covid-19 survey and the role of boost samples in a longitudinal study. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Understanding interviewing | 00:08:23 | |
In this podcast Understanding Society's Associate Director for Surveys, Dr Jonathan Burton, explains the interview process. He talks about how face-to-face interviewing and online surveys work, and how Understanding Society is delivered in the field. As a household panel study, Understanding Society interviews everyone in a household - Jonathan about the different sample members and why interviewing everyone is so important. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Understanding survey participants | 00:03:36 | |
Our participants are a vital part of Understanding Society - without them there would be no study. In this episode Dr Violetta Parutis, Assistant Associate Director of Surveys, talks about how Understanding Society engages with participants, both during their annual interview and in sharing the wider research that comes from the Study data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Understanding data collection | 00:08:57 | |
One the sample is chose and the participants are ready, how does Understanding Society develop the survey that's going to be sent out. How are the questions chosen? Who gets to complete their survey online and who gets a face-to-face interview? In this podcast Director of Innovation, Professor Annette Jackle, talks about the development of data collection. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Understanding weighting | 00:05:44 | |
Weighting is a vital part of population studies, allowing researchers to ensure that the data they use in analysis is representative. In this podcast Survey Statistician, Dr Olena Kaminska, explains why weights are important and how weights are created. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 12 Oct 2022 | Understanding data processing | 00:07:47 | |
Once the survey data is collected, how does it become a dataset ready for researchers to use? Associate Director for Data, John Payne, talks about the processes needed to turn survey responses into anonymised data. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 01 Nov 2022 | Inequality in the UK | 00:33:28 | |
In this episode series host, Catherine McDonald, is joined by Jeevun Sandher, an economist from King’s College London; Xiaowei Xu, Senior Research Economist at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and Mike Brewer, Deputy Chief Executive and Chief Economist at the Resolution Foundation. They discuss the geographical inequalities in the UK, how government spending shapes inequality and poverty, and how the UK became such an unequal society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 08 Nov 2022 | Romance fraud | 00:31:39 | |
Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey that captures life in the UK in the 21st century. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their life.
In each episode of our Insights podcast series we’re exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We’ll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it.
In this episode we’re looking at romance fraud – where people are deceived for financial gain by someone they thought they were in a relationship with. Our guests this week are Dr David Buil-Gil (a Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology at the University of Manchester), Róisín Ryan-Flood (Professor of Sociology and Director of the Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship at the University of Essex) and David Gillies (Prevent and Protect Fraud Officer for Essex Police).
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| 15 Nov 2022 | Working from home, commuting and transport policy | 00:30:15 | |
Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about key areas of their life. In each episode of this series we’re exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We’ll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. In this episode we’re looking at the tension between commuting and working from home – and how the two combined have affected and should continue to affect transport policy moving forward. Here to discuss this are Dr Daniel Wheatley from the Department of Management at the University of Birmingham, Dr Kiron Chatterjee, Professor of Travel Behaviour at the University of the West of England and Pete Dyson, Principal Behavioural Scientist at the Department for Transport. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 22 Nov 2022 | Our ageing population | 00:35:29 | |
Welcome to Insights, a podcast from Understanding Society. The study that captures life in the UK in the 21st century, Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their lives. In each episode of this series, we're exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We'll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. In this episode, we're discussing how the experience of ageing in England and other parts of the UK is changing, and for many worsening. Our guests this week are Dr. Matt Barnes, senior lecturer in sociology at City University London, Jemma Mouland, Deputy Director for Research Impact and Voice at the Centre for Ageing better, and Stephen Pudney, professor of econometrics at the University of Sheffield, and Understanding Society's topic champion for ageing and social policy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 29 Nov 2022 | Our physical environment | 00:32:36 | |
Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their lives. In each episode of this series, we're exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We'll look at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. In this episode, we're looking at how the physical environment in which you live can significantly affect your well being and in turn your life. Our guests are Dr. Sarah Knight from the University of York, Professor Brendan Burchell from Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Graham Duxbury, Chief Executive of Groundwork, a charity that seeks to empower communities through environmental action. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Dec 2022 | The cost of living crisis | 00:31:41 | |
Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of 1000s of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their life. In each episode of this series, we're exploring how our data has been used in a key area. We'll look at what we found, what it tells us, and what we can learn from it. In this episode, we're looking at cost of living, who has been hit hardest? And what can government do about it? Here to discuss this are Hamish Low, the James Meade Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, and Rebecca McDonald, the chief economist of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, which works to solve poverty in the UK. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 14 Mar 2023 | How do we respond to government ‘stimulus payments’? | 00:09:08 | |
Insights is a podcast from Understanding Society, a study that captures life in the UK in the 21st century. Understanding Society is a longitudinal survey. Every year we ask each member of thousands of the same households across the UK about different aspects of their life. The Insights podcast explores how our data has been used, looking at what we found, what it tells us and what we can learn from it. This episode features Dr Paul Fisher, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Essex, and Associate Director of Understanding Society, talking about how governments can potentially boost the economy with stimulus payments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Jun 2023 | Flexible working | 00:12:46 | |
Cara Booker, a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Essex, discusses flexible working, and what it might mean for how men and women share childcare and housework Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Jul 2023 | Who answers panel surveys every time, and who doesn’t? | 00:08:50 | |
Nicole James, Survey Data Officer at Understanding Society, and a PhD Student in Survey Methodology at the Institute for Social and Economic Research says understanding survey attrition helps make sure our sample is representative. Her paper on the subject was published in the Survey Research Methods journal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 07 Nov 2023 | Housing, wealth and inheritance | 00:35:12 | |
Rory Coulter from University College London and David Sturrock from the Institute for Fiscal Studies join Catherne to talk about housing, wealth and inheritance – what does research tell us, and what does it mean for government policy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 21 Nov 2023 | Climate change: attitudes and policy | 00:18:41 | |
Ting Liu, a social statistics PhD student at the University of Manchester, who is investigating attitudes toward climate change risk and carbon emissions, and Helena Bennett, Head of Climate Policy at the Green Alliance think tank, discuss what data can tell us about how we think about climate change, and what’s next for government policy? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 05 Dec 2023 | Religion and mental health | 00:34:18 | |
Ozan Aksoy, Associate Professor in social science at the Social Research Institute at University College London, and Malcolm Brown, Director of Faith and Public Life at the Church of England, discuss research which shows that attending religious services more frequently was associated with higher wellbeing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 23 Jan 2024 | Loneliness and mental health | 00:23:09 | |
What can data tell us about loneliness and its links with poorer mental health? And what, if anything, can we do about it? Discussing this with host Chris Coates are Ann-Marie Creaven from the University of Limerick, and Isabel Taylor from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 06 Feb 2024 | Boomerang movers | 00:33:34 | |
Emily Grundy, a Professor in the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, and Toby Murray, from the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, discuss the trend of ‘boomerang’ movers – adult children who move back in with their parents, and what it means for wellbeing Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 20 Feb 2024 | Coastal communities | 00:15:24 | |
Emily Murray, Director of the new Centre for Coastal Communities at the University of Essex, joins host Chris Coates to talk about the work of the new centre, and her research into the challenges and opportunities of living by the sea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 18 Mar 2024 | Pregnancy and early childhood data | 00:11:15 | |
In a new episode of our one-to-one podcasts, Edith Aguirre, a senior research officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, talks to host Chris Coates about Understanding Society’s ‘PEACH’ file. This brings our data on children under 10 together with data on pregnancy and child development, to help researchers study family dynamics. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 19 Apr 2024 | Housing and ageing | 00:09:49 | |
In a new episode of our quick-listen one-to-one podcasts, Dr Amy Clair from the Australian Centre for Housing Research talks to Chris Coates from Understanding Society about research which suggests that private renting can age you faster than being unemployed or smoking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 31 May 2024 | Survey response rates during Covid | 00:13:33 | |
In this episode, we’re looking at methodology. Pablo Cabrera Alvarez, a Senior Research Officer at the Institute for Social and Economic Research, talks about survey response rates and what happened to Understanding Society during the Covid pandemic, when interviewers couldn’t get to see participants face to face. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 10 Oct 2024 | Muslims, Covid, and mental health | 00:29:33 | |
In the first episode of a new series of Insights, Chris Coates discusses changes in the mental health of Muslims in the UK during the pandemic with Miqdad Asaria, Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, who has researched this, and Maaria Mahmood, Director of the Muslim Youth Helpline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 11 Nov 2024 | Being part of Understanding Society | 00:13:35 | |
In this episode, one of our participants, Neil, talks about what it’s been like to be part of Understanding Society right from the beginning. What does it mean for him, and what changes has he seen in life and society since joining our predecessor, the British Household Panel Survey, in 1991? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 03 Dec 2024 | Job mobility and the gender pay gap | 00:29:26 | |
In this episode, we discuss the effects of parenthood on job mobility and what this means for the gender pay gap with Dr. Silvia Avram, a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research at the University of Essex, and Alesha De Freitas, Head of Policy, Research and Advocacy (at time of recording) at the Fawcett Society. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 15 Jan 2025 | Our future care needs | 00:22:50 | |
In our first episode of 2025, we look at the future care needs of an aging population in the UK, with Taha Bokhari and Abby Jitendra from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, who have written a report about what our ageing population means for care, work, our benefits system and our communities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 27 Jan 2025 | Education and gender roles | 00:34:23 | |
Do education levels affect gender roles in UK households? Do men with degrees do more childcare and housework? With guests: Barbara Okun, Professor of Demography in the Sociology Department and Demography Division at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Dr Sara Reis, Deputy Director and Head of Research and Policy at feminist economics think tank the Women’s Budget Group. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||
| 17 Feb 2025 | Arts and wellbeing | 00:34:10 | |
What is the relationship between the arts and our mental health? Are they good for our mental health, or are happier people more likely to engage in the arts? The guests for this episode are Hei Wan (Karen) Mak, a senior research fellow in epidemiology and statistics at UCL and Nicky Goulder, CEO of Create, which puts on creative workshops in schools, day centres, prisons, and hospitals. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. | |||