Jon Burton @jburton123@social.cleverlibre.org
Survey Manager for Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study -
@usociety
- here in a personal capacity
Joined Nov 2022
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You can read a longer version on our own blog, too... https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/blog/2022/03/24/%E2%80%98flexibility%E2%80%99-or-%E2%80%98exploitation%E2%80%99-what-do-we-know-about-zero-hours-contracts
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A new blog from Chris, our Research Impact and Project Manager, examining the evidence on zero-hours contracts https://twitter.com/LSEforBusiness/status/1629013280621559809
Innovation Panel Competition 2023
Have you got a research idea, but need certain data to carry out your work? Are you a researcher wanting to develop an experimental or methodological element? The @usociety Innovation Panel could help you. https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/innovation-panel-competition
Excellent RHLSTP Book Club episode today (available tomorrow for NBS), with @Herring1967 talking to The Iceman @Cold02ukIrvine about his book available from @gofaster https://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/w.cgi?showfull=50564 - already ordered a copy!
Adapted screenplay 2024 nominations:
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Key findings
Some of the findings from the research include:
- links between fuel poverty and financial distress
the rise in pensioner poverty
- health inequalities in ‘left-behind’ neighbourhoods
- the impact of working conditions on mental health.
Understanding Society @usociety launches 12th annual Insights report, showcasing research on health, work, and the cost of living. 2023 themes:
- economic insecurity and the cost of living
- long-term inequalities and health
- improving work and health.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2023/02/03/insights-2023-published
New edition of marital and cohabitation histories - @usociety partnership histories file, 1991-2021 contains information about the start and end dates of all partnerships - marriages, civil partnerships, and cohabitations (living together as a couple). https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2023/02/09/new-edition-of-marital-and-cohabitation-histories
Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I do! #MyTwitterAnniversary
Jon Burton
boosted
The UK is reaping the #rewards of #ideological policy making trumping over #evidence.
#Austerity is a prime example. I am not an advocate of a large state but a smart one. And a smart state listens to evidence.
Unfortunately, our media content generators work with punchlines, not substance. But the world is complex.
I was a junior academic when I started on my journey to study the #causes of #Brexit.
I received a ton of critique. So, here is an example that, well... 🤯 🧵 ⬇️ 1/..
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Research from Weixi Kang @imperialcollege finds that people with epilepsy have poorer life satisfaction and self-rated health, compared to the scores that would be predicted by their demographics.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.986520/full
Understanding the effect of universal credit on housing insecurity in England, by @RWilliamsSheff @AndrewJDBell @eagarratt @GwilymPryce1 - uses @usociety "claiming UC does have a significant effect on increasing housing insecurity"
https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2022.2146066
New research has found that 9% of young adults in the UK are caring for someone. A new study looks in more detail at how many young people are caring and who they are @usociety @di_gessa @BaowenXue @rebeccalacey @Anne_McMunn https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2023/01/16/young-adults-who-is-providing-care
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You have until the 31st Jan to submit an abstract to present at the Understanding Society Scientific Conference. We've had lots of interesting abstracts already, but there's always room for more!
The conference take place 11,12,13 July.
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2022/11/08/call-for-abstracts-open
Hi, @iseressex is looking for a Senior Research Officer to support biosocial research using @usociety to develop and manage biological resources, + carry out research to understand the complex associations between people’s social lives, biology and health. https://hrorganiser.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=541985Ri0b&WVID=9918109NEm&LANG=USA
The @usociety Insights 2023 report will launch on 6th February with two events in that week: one on economic insecurity (6th - hybrid) and one on long-term spatial inequalities (8th - online)
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2023/01/03/insights-2023-book-your-place-now
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The Understanding Society office is closed for Christmas between 21 December and 3 January. Our social accounts will be taking a break during this period – season’s greetings to all our followers!
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If you'd like to present your work at our Scientific Conference, you can send us your abstract here: https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/2022/11/08/call-for-abstracts-open
The conference will be at Essex University on the 11,12 and 13 July.
The call for abstracts closes 31 January.
If you're research is in this area, please submit an abstract to the ESRA Session: Experiments in asking for informed consent to data linkage in general population studies
https://www.europeansurveyresearch.org/conf2023/sessions.php?sess=45
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How and Why Does the Mode of Data Collection Affect Consent to Data Linkage? By @AnnetteJackle @jburton123 Mick P. Couper, Thomas F. Crossley @SaWalzenbach https://ojs.ub.uni-kons…
https://twitter.com/jburton123/status/1602607608472420358
Survey Manager for Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study -
@usociety
- here in a personal capacity
Joined Nov 2022
