Quantitative Social Science (QSS)

UCL's Centre for Longitudinal Studies will conduct the UK pilot of a major new European cohort study on child wellbeing, called Growing Up in Digital Europe (GUIDE).

Professors Lisa Calderwood, John Jerrim and Dick Wiggins have been recognised in the 2025 Academy of Social Sciences Fellowships for their contributions to the social sciences for public benefit.

Chronic pain is widespread among those in their mid-40s in Britain, with those who experience it more likely to report pain, poor health - including COVID-19 infection - and joblessness later in life, according to a new study by researchers at IOE and Dartmouth College, US.

“We should be worrying because what we have seen is a collapse in the wellbeing of the young and an increase in depression, anxiety and stress,” said Professor Alex Bryson (UCL Social Research Institute) on his findings that younger people are less happy than middle-aged people.

Professor Alex Bryson (UCL Social Research Institute) argues that the introduction of the national living wage reduced job hopping and that this could have negative economic impact.

Most Americans favour non-violent measures, such as temporary barricades, over violent measures, like the use of rubber bullets, by border enforcement officers towards undocumented migrants on the southern border, a UCL-led study has found.

Dr Tobias Ruttenauer is Associate Professor in Quantitative Social Science at UCL’s Social Research Institute, researching climate justice and environmental inequality. Read on to discover the CLEAN seminar series and a joke that captures the perils of incomplete data!

Labour market returns for female graduates have been historically overestimated using tax data, as much of the documented graduate pay premium is the result of female graduates working longer hours, not higher hourly wages, a UCL led study finds.