Elizabeth's work is primarily concentrated in the area of attitudinal research. She is a co-director of the British Social Attitudes survey series and has led on the design and analysis of a number of quesiton sets including those focussing on attitudes to euthanasia, anti-social behaviour and food technologies.

She has also worked on a number of ad hoc attitudinal studies including a study of public attitudes to medical research and science education for the Wellcome Trust and a survey of attitudes to pensions and financial planning for retirement for DWP.