Posted on 03 May 2022 by Andy MacGregor, Director of Policy Research ScotCen Staying healthy in a fast-changing world: exploring young people’s experiences of unhealthy food marketing Changes in young people’s media habits in recent years, alongside the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, have transformed the landscape for policymakers concerned with unhealthy food marketing. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, Scottish Centre for Social Research, food marketing, health, healthy eating, obesity
Posted on 16 March 2022 by Macfarlane, Phyllis, Trustee What I’ve learned from a life in research Our trustee Phyllis Macfarlane shares what she has learnt from a life spent working in the insight sector. Read the rest of this entry Tags: career paths, leadership, methodology and innovation, social and political attitudes, social research, trustees
Posted on 09 March 2022 by Duncan Grimes, Research Director When and how to deliberate online At the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), our Centre for Deliberative Research approaches deliberation as a spectrum of involvement. Read the rest of this entry Tags: NatCen Learning, What UK Thinks, deliberative polling, deliberative research, methodology and innovation
Posted on 02 March 2022 by Gayle Munro, Deputy Director Alternatives to immigration detention: providing support and reaching case resolution within a more humane environment Alternatives to detention can provide a more humane environment for people seeking asylum, could be significantly less expensive and do not reduce compliance with the immigration system. Read the rest of this entry Tags: crime and justice, detention, immigration, refugees
Posted on 24 February 2022 by Fazila Ismail, Research Data Assistant How has COVID-19 impacted volunteering? As society continues to respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19, it’s important to assess how the pandemic has impacted on volunteering in the UK. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, NHS, charities, fair society, volunteering
Posted on 21 February 2022 by Sir John Curtice, Senior Research Fellow Will COVID-19 prove a ‘Turning Point in History’? During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much discussion about what its long-term legacy would be. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, NatCen Panel, benefits system, mixed-mode survey, social and political attitudes
Posted on 27 January 2022 Online questionnaire testing – how did the pandemic change our approach? In order to collect high-quality data, it is critical to test questionnaires before a survey is launched. This is especially important for questionnaires which will be administered online, as respondents must complete these without any support from a trained interviewer. Read the rest of this entry Tags: interviews, methods, online methods, questionnaires, research methods
Posted on 19 January 2022 by Phoebe Weston-Stanley, Research Assistant Current and past trends in tobacco and e-cigarette use and the impact of control measures Despite the ever-decreasing use of tobacco, smoking remains a primary cause of early death in the developed world. Read the rest of this entry Tags: e-cigarettes, health, health and lifestyle, smoking
Posted on 10 December 2021 by Isabel Taylor, Research Director “Help-seekers and multi-strugglers”: Who felt the worst mental and financial effects of the pandemic? When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK in early 2020, much of the country shut down to try to prevent people contracting and passing on the virus. This meant that the way we all lived and worked changed radically almost overnight. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, economy, employment, financial insecurity, income, mental health
Posted on 23 November 2021 by Bea Taylor, Researcher/Analyst The pandemic and children’s long term emotional and social development COVID-19 has impacted the schooling, social lives, and overall wellbeing of almost every child in the UK. Read the rest of this entry Tags: COVID-19, Study of Early Education and Development, children, education, families, inequality