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Research is a major focus of the Social Research Institute with an annual research income of over 拢15 million. Our research work is organised within seven renowned centres.
Research听in the Social Research Institute
Centres
Centre for Longitudinal Studies (CLS)
The home to four of Britain's internationally-renowned cohort studies, charting social change and the reasons behind it.听Centre for Time Use Research (CTUR)
We work with time use data to investigate issues of social life, paid work patterns, work-life balance, family, gender, and socio-economic structure.Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER)
CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research, brings together world-leading longitudinal studies with participants born throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-centre)
Developing methods to bring together research evidence to inform decision making in policy, practice and research.听Quantitative Social Science (QSS)
Applying quantitative methods to inform policy on education, health, labour markets, human development and child/adult wellbeing.听Social Science Research Unit (SSRU)
Promoting evidence-informed policy and practice in education, health and welfare through ethical and participative social research.Thomas Coram Research Unit (TCRU)
Leaders of research into children, parenting and families since 1973.
Research group
- Climate, Learning & Environment Academic Network (CLEAN)
An interdisciplinary, collaborative community conducting innovative research meeting the challenges of the climate crisis.
Featured research
More research projects
- Fair Food Futures in Tower Hamlets
- Nkwihoreze: Intergenerational Creative Arts and Healing in Rwanda
- Review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender
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