National Centre for Social Research

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The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) is Britain's leading independent social research organisation. Visit natcen.ac.uk for more information.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น. @bobbyduffy.bsky.social will explore "The Generation Myth: Separating fact from fiction in the demographic debate" ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 10 September 2026 ๐Ÿ•• 18:00โ€“19:30 ๐Ÿ“ Bayes Business School | Online ๐Ÿ”— Register: natcen.ac.uk/events/sir-r...

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๐Ÿšจ Last chance to register! Join NatCen and the University of Freiburg on 15-16 October for an international conference exploring evidence gaps and interdisciplinary pathways in #Urban #Climate-health research across #LMIC cities. โณ Register by 1 August 2026 ๐Ÿ”— Link in comments

Urban Climate-Health Research in LMIC Cities: Evidence Gaps and Interdisciplinary Pathways

Scientific Workshop in Freiburg

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๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ This year's lecture, "The Generation Myth: Separating fact from fiction in the demographic debate", will be delivered by @bobbyduffy.bsky.social. ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 10 September 2026 ๐Ÿ•• 18:00โ€“19:30 ๐Ÿ“ Bayes Business School | Online ๐Ÿ”— Register: natcen.ac.uk/events/sir-r...

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๐Ÿ“ข ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 9 September: NatCen is hosting the launch of our latest #BSA findings on welfare and the NHS โ€“ with analysis from Sir John Curtice and Dr Robert de Vries, alongside speakers from IPPR and Nuffield Trust. Register now ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ”— natcen.ac.uk/events/briti...

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๐Ÿด๐Ÿฏ% ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ โ€“ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† NatCen Senior Fellow Mark Easton writes in The I Paper about the latest unpublished BSA data ๐Ÿ”— inews.co.uk/opinion/numb...

The number that could decide if Burnham keeps his job

Can any party put the needs of the nation above its own interests?

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๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—๐Ÿ—? #BSA data shows support for regional assemblies and an English parliament have remained relatively stable, but views on what that change should look like remain divided. natcen.ac.uk/publications...

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๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ผโ€‘๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€? Our evaluation of upReach found participants were more likely to secure skilled jobs, full-time work and higher earnings. natcen.ac.uk/publications/impact-evaluation-upreach-programme

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Join us from 12-1pm (BST) tomorrow (Tuesday 9 June) for our latest #survey methods #webinar on measuring disability. Laura Tolland (Welsh Government ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ) and Lisa Rutherford (@natcen.bsky.social ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง) will discuss offering viable alternatives to existing measurements of disability in #surveys.

Rethinking Disability Measurement in Surveys | City St George's, University of London

This webinar explores how the social model approach improves inclusive data collection and highlights the societal barriers faced by disabled people.

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We are delighted to announce that Maisie Anderson-Davis is joining NatCen as Director of External Engagement โ€” focusing on amplifying our national evidence and policy impact. Maisie brings extensive experience in public affairs, strategic communications and policy. ๐Ÿ”— natcen.ac.uk/news/nationa...

National Centre for Social Research appoints Maisie Anderson-Davis as Director of External Engagement | National Centre for Social Research

The role will focus on amplifying the organisationโ€™s national evidence and policy impact.

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๐Ÿ“Š British Social Attitudes: First Look | Online ๐Ÿ—“ 12 Feb 2026 | ๐Ÿ• 13:00โ€“14:00 GMT Explore emerging trends in public attitudes to taxation, public spending, immigration, welfare and assisted dying, with expert analysis and discussion. ๐Ÿ”— natcen.ac.uk/events/briti...

British Social Attitudes (BSA): First Look | National Centre for Social Research

BSA: First Look draws on data from the BSA survey, running continuously since 1983

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Is Britain seeing a religious revival? New analysis from Sir John Curtice, using British Social Attitudes data, suggests not. While the long-term decline in religious identity may have paused, regular church attendance remains lower than before the pandemic, especially among younger people. Instead

Is there a religious revival in Britain? | National Centre for Social Research

This briefing paper explores religious attitudes in Britain drawing on British Social Attitudes data.

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Our latest analysis explores how people in the UK and US understand their countryโ€™s role in the world โ€“ from taking an active role in global affairs, to balancing national interests with allies, to views on military strength and supporting Ukraine. ๐Ÿ“– Read the full blog:

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