Climate change: attitudes and policy
What do we think about climate change, and what can we do to tackle it?
Podcasts
Interviews with researchers and experts on findings and policy issues.
Some of our podcasts are short introductions to a topic, whilst others are more in-depth conversations. If you have a question about what you hear please do get in touch.
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Housing, wealth and inheritance
England is now the most difficult place to find a home in the developed world. Why, and what can be done about it?
Who answers panel surveys every time, and who doesn’t?
Understanding survey attrition helps us make sure our sample is representative of the wider population
Flexible working
What does it mean for how men and women share childcare and housework?
How do we respond to government ‘stimulus payments’?
How do people react to government stimulus payments, designed to encourage spending in a recession or other crisis?
The cost of living crisis
The cost of living is affecting households across the UK. Who has been hit the hardest? And what can government do about it?
Our physical environment
How where you live can significantly affect your wellbeing.
Our ageing population
In this episode we're discussing how the experience of ageing in the UK is changing, and for many worsening.
Working from home, commuting and transport policy
In this episode we look at the tension between commuting and working from home - and how the two combined affect transport policy.
Romance fraud
Why is romance fraud on the increase? Has the pandemic changed how we meet and date people? And how can people protect themselves from being victims of this type of crime?
Inequality in the UK
This podcast explores two particular factors in the debate around long-term inequalities - the labour market and government spending.
Building Understanding Society – from survey to data
Understanding Society has been providing data on life in the UK for over a decade. In this final episode of season 3 of our podcast series we take a closer look at the Study itself.
How have the pandemic related school closures affected our children?
In this episode we look at how the Covid-19 school closures impacted children and their parents.
How are relationships – between couples and within families – changing?
Trends in partnership formation, marriage and fertility - what's changing over time? And how has the Covid-19 pandemic affected our relationships?
Does volunteering make young people more likely to vote?
Can volunteering as a teenager increase young people's engagement with politics?
Public health and the COVID-19 pandemic
In the third episode of our new podcast series, we take a look at the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Universal Credit: How is it faring as a benefit system?
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.
Who carried the work burden during COVID-19?
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.
Data linkage and sharing
In this podcast recorded at the ESRA conference Annette Jäckle, Florian Keusch and Emanuela Sala talk about asking respondents to do more than answer survey questions.
Our health and the environment we live in
The impact of deprivation on chronic stress markers and physical health.