Centres

Discover the Research and Education Centres in the UCL Social Research Institute.

Navigate to Centre for Longitudinal Studies
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Centre for Longitudinal Studies

The home to four of Britain's internationally-renowned cohort studies, charting social change and the reasons behind it.

Navigate to Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER)

Cohort and Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER)

CLOSER, the home of longitudinal research, brings together world-leading longitudinal studies with participants born throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

Navigate to Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre)
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Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre)

Developing methods to bring together research evidence to inform important questions in policy, practice and research.

Navigate to Quantitative Social Science
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Quantitative Social Science

Applying quantitative methods to inform policy on education, health, labour markets, human development and child/adult wellbeing.

Navigate to Social Science Research Unit (SSRU)
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Social Science Research Unit (SSRU)

Promoting evidence-informed policy and practice in education, health and welfare through ethical and participative social research.

Navigate to Thomas Coram Research Unit
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Thomas Coram Research Unit

Leaders of research into children, parenting and families since 1973.

Navigate to Centre for Time Use Research
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Centre for Time Use Research

We work with time use data to investigate issues of social life, paid work patterns, work-life balance, family, gender, and socio-economic structure.