How can funders better support UK LGBTQ+ communities?
The National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) and Consortium have carried out a research project for The National Lottery Community Fund exploring how all funders can better support LGBTQ+...
View ArticleHas the Pandemic Changed People’s Attitudes? – An Update
Just before the end of last year, we reported the results of the first phase of a study of the impact of the pandemic on people’s social and political attitudes.
View ArticleLearnings from Low Traffic Neighbourhood deliberative workshops: A...
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) are a keenly debated issue with some strong perspectives. We have used deliberative research methods, bringing together residents from three areas which had undergone...
View ArticleHow has COVID-19 affected LGBT+ communities?
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the issue of inequality firmly into the spotlight in the UK. Marginalised groups have been disproportionately affected, with the crisis exacerbating pre-existing...
View ArticleThe pandemic and children’s long term emotional and social development
COVID-19 has impacted the schooling, social lives, and overall wellbeing of almost every child in the UK.
View Article“Help-seekers and multi-strugglers”: Who felt the worst mental and financial...
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit the UK in early 2020, much of the country shut down to try to prevent people contracting and passing on the virus. This meant that the way we all lived and worked changed...
View ArticleCurrent and past trends in tobacco and e-cigarette use and the impact of...
Despite the ever-decreasing use of tobacco, smoking remains a primary cause of early death in the developed world.
View ArticleOnline questionnaire testing – how did the pandemic change our approach?
In order to collect high-quality data, it is critical to test questionnaires before a survey is launched. This is especially important for questionnaires which will be administered online, as...
View ArticleWill COVID-19 prove a ‘Turning Point in History’?
During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much discussion about what its long-term legacy would be.
View ArticleHow has COVID-19 impacted volunteering?
As society continues to respond to the challenges posed by COVID-19, it’s important to assess how the pandemic has impacted on volunteering in the UK.
View ArticleAlternatives to immigration detention: providing support and reaching case...
Alternatives to detention can provide a more humane environment for people seeking asylum, could be significantly less expensive and do not reduce compliance with the immigration system.
View ArticleWhen and how to deliberate online
At the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen), our Centre for Deliberative Research approaches deliberation as a spectrum of involvement.
View ArticleWhat I’ve learned from a life in research
Our trustee Phyllis Macfarlane shares what she has learnt from a life spent working in the insight sector.
View ArticleStaying healthy in a fast-changing world: exploring young people’s...
Changes in young people’s media habits in recent years, alongside the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, have transformed the landscape for policymakers concerned with unhealthy food marketing.
View ArticleDeliberation: a way of doing society?
On 25 May 2022, NatCen’s Centre for Deliberative Research and the Policy Institute at King’s College London launched the first in an ongoing seminar series looking at a range of aspects exploring both...
View ArticleExploring the relationship between loneliness and mental health
Loneliness is something that many people will experience from time to time and is part of the human experience. Defined as ‘a subjective, unwelcome feeling of lack or loss of companionship’, loneliness...
View ArticleA new ‘worry gap’ between women and men is a concerning legacy of the pandemic
Women are twice as likely as men to report levels of extreme worry since the pandemic, according to new analysis published today as part of NatCen’s annual Society Watch report.
View ArticleThe public's view: how did the pandemic impact on UK consumers' experiences?
Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant social and economic disruption across the world, with businesses forced to close, borders closed, personal restrictions...
View ArticleUnderstanding female perpetrators of intimate partner violence
The Home Office Domestic Abuse Perpetrators Research Fund is focused on strengthening the evidence base for ‘what works’ in addressing perpetrator behaviour, to support effective commissioning and...
View ArticleQualitative research...just a sum of its parts?
After 20 years as a qualitative researcher, the term ‘qualitative research’ rolls off my tongue with ease. I ‘know’ what it is. I do it every day. I try and convince others of its virtues. But here I...
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