Past events

In the first survey methods webinar of the new academic year, Seth Jolly and Ryan Bakker will discuss the Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES).

Register now: Introducing longitudinal population studies from a biomedical science perspective – Understanding Society & Growing Up in Scotland.

The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain’s largest independent social research organisation. On 22 September, NatCen published findings from its annual British Social Attitudes survey.

Our latest seminar in our lunch time series, aimed at exploring the expanding world of deliberative research, was held on 27 July. The seminar featured guest speakers to provide unique insights into the understanding of deliberation.

Pew Research Center has fielded the annual, cross-national Global Attitudes Survey for two decades, surveying publics in around 20 to 40 countries per year, relying on probability-based phone and face-to-face methods outside of the United States.

On 14 July 2022, the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) held an event at the British Academy for the launch of its third annual Society Watch report. The report focuses on the social legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic, with new research exploring the long-term effects of the pandemic for different communities across society.

Cannabis-linked livelihoods have been undermined by official laws and policies for generations in Africa. While cannabis remains criminalized in most African countries, in some there have been growing changes in official perceptions on the substance following the emergence of a lucrative global legal cannabis market led by countries such as Canada.

This event will explore the opportunities and challenges of developing context-specific pathways towards strengthening gender-inclusive climate action within the context of intersecting crises in Africa.

We are pleased to be co-sponsoring this event hosted by The Social Researchers of Colour (SROC) network.