The Routledge International Handbook of Time Use Data and Methods: Time Use Research, Volume 1 is now available!

It offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to time use data collection/analysis, with contributions from leading scholars worldwide.

Visit timeuse.org for more information.

📢 We are hiring a Professor / Associate Professor and Director of Centre for Time Use Research.

We seek an internationally recognised scholar with a strong record of academic leadership.

Post available from January 2027.

Check out: timeuse.org for more information.

9: LSD, Bicycle Day and psychedelic history: A conversation with Alan Piper To mark ‘Bicycle Day’, April 19th, a special episode on LSD and psychedelic history. The focus is on a new book of essays by Alan Piper which deconstructs some of the myths around the d…

A belated (1 day late) happy #bicycleday for those who celebrate! tobyseddon.com/2023/04/19/9...

Handling bias in analysis of mixed-mode survey data | CLS Join this webinar, run jointly by CLS and Survey Futures, to gain an overview of the challenges of using mixed-mode survey data in your analyses.

I’ve been posting and talking about mode effects a lot recently, but if you still don’t know what mode effects are and/or how to deal with them in your analyses, now is your chance to learn!

Register to attend our FREE online event on 30-Apr👇🏻

@rjsilverwood.bsky.social @clscohorts.bsky.social

Wellbeing, Youth and Survey Mode: Comparisons across 23 Countries Using Three International Datasets Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

How important is survey mode in understanding age patterns in subjective wellbeing and illbeing? Find out here: www.nber.org/papers/w35058 @sriucl.bsky.social @nber.org

We often think of the economy in money terms, but what about time?

This ESCoE work shows how time-use data can link what people do each day to economic outputs, challenging how we measure progress.

Read more here:
www.escoe.ac.uk/publications...

Join us for the launch of the book 'Race and Racism in the Cultural and Creative Industries' by Dr Clive Chijioke Nwonka (UCL) and Dr Nessa Keddo (Kings College London).
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
#booklaunch #raceandracism

One in ten gen Z report emotional abuse from partner in early 20s | CLS One in ten (11%) members of gen Z have reported emotional abuse and 3% have experienced violence from a partner in the past year.

📢 One in ten (11%) members of gen Z have reported emotional abuse and 3% have experienced violence from a partner in the past year, according to new @ucl.ac.uk research. Read more: bit.ly/4m1Tnf5

📢 Call for papers for the CLS conference 2026 will now close on Tuesday, 14 April 2026, extended from 8 April.

⏰ If you use CLS cohort data, there's still time to submit a paper! Find out more: buff.ly/oO1rZkw

CLS researcher Aase Villadsen provides an update 👇

Following the closure of a Hackney nursery, @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social called for more transparency around how profit-driven private equity groups use public childcare funding.

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A graphic showing "Submit your ideas online, or attend an event. MCS Age 27 Sweep Open Consultation. What questions should we ask 27 year olds in the UK? UCL logo and an image of two women in their twenties.

💥 Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) Age 27 sweep open consultation. 👉 Attend a consultation event in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff or Belfast or join us online. What questions should we ask and what measures should we use? Your input is needed! Find out more: buff.ly/yMGpXuM

The cost of living continues to shape pressures on families.

Research shows how financial hardship affects everyday life and access to support.

Our work explores how embedding welfare advice helps families access what they’re entitled to.

Explore our Policy & Expertise Hub: tinyurl.com/yc3rz3cy

CLS Conference 2026: deadline extended New submission deadline for the call for papers: Tuesday, 14 April 2026. Image of grandfather and kid tending to the garden.

🚨 Call for papers deadline extended
The submission window for CLS Conference 2026 will now close Tuesday, 14 April 2026. Researchers from across disciplines, sectors and career stages are invited to share their research using data from at least one CLS cohort. Find out more: buff.ly/oO1rZkw

Around 1 in 7 23 year-olds were not in education, employment or training in 2023.

Important new analysis from @clscohorts.bsky.social including contributions from our own @lindseymacmillan.bsky.social and @dominicpkelly.bsky.social

cls.ucl.ac.uk/briefings_im...

This week I spoke at the @europarl.europa.eu in Brussels about the economic dimensions of #menopause

Our evidence on the #MenopausePenalty shows that the costs are real — in earnings, work, & wellbeing

Menopause is biology. Its consequences are not. #EU has a real chance to lead

#GenderEquality 🇪🇺

Journal of Family Theory & Review | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library This article draws attention to the ethical and methodological complexities of internal confidentiality in family research and provides field-specific recommendations. Conducting individual (rather t...

This new paper on ethics/confidentiality of interviewing partners of a couple, by my wonderful @sriucl.bsky.social colleagues @susiebowerbrown.bsky.social @clarestovell.bsky.social, is a must-read for those doing qualitative family research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

We are thrilled to have Christine Farquharson (IFS) this week at the QSS-CLS seminar talking about Workforce Quality and Early Childhood Development at Scale. Join us!

Location: Room G03 at 55-59 Gordon Square or online (register here for Zoom link: forms.microsoft.com/Pages/Respon...)

Eid-e Nowrooz Mobarak!

Alina Pelikh will be presenting at 3pm UK time this Wednesday as part of an Ohio State organised seminar series on Fertility Goals.
You can sign up for Webinar #5 "The Relational Context of Fertility Goals" here:
ipr.osu.edu/events/ferti...
@clscohorts.bsky.social

How poor housing shapes school outcomes and why place matters | Research for the Real World | IOE Insights | Episode Mark Quinn speaks with Dr Gergo Baranyi about researching environment and health with a lifecourse approach, using data that follows people over time. Dr Baranyi describes how linking cohort data to a...

If you haven't heard it yet, here's a great podcast as part of the IOE insights series featuring SRI's @gergobaranyi.bsky.social on the long term consequences of housing for education outcomes across the lifespan. Take a listen:

share.transistor.fm/s/90762e03

This fascinating talk with unique longitudinal data over half a century is tomorrow- sign up at the link.

Next Tuesday 24th - final seminar of the term with Prof Ulf Liebe on themes of #climatejustice #climatepolicy
@sriucl.bsky.social

Join the Sustainable
@sriucl.bsky.social
challenge by deleting five things a day. Digital clutter can be as stressful as real clutter, and unused data stored on servers adds to CO₂ emissions. Decluttering clears your mind and helps the planet. #digitalfive With
@psychlisa.bsky.social

The role of expert witnesses in asylum-seeking cases Exploring the role of the ‘expert witness' in the British legal system, with particular reference to asylum seeking cases.

How does expert knowledge shape asylum decisions?
This week's seminar explores the role of expert witnesses in the UK asylum system & the ethical challenges of translating knowledge into legal evidence.
12–1pm, Gordon Sq
bit.ly/3Nkp9Hy
#MigrationResearch #Asylum
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social

Stuck with their parents and childless: how Gen Z can’t grow up Rising housing costs and economic instability mean young people are achieving adult milestones later than millennials, study finds

Exciting work is starting to come out from the latest wave (age 23) of the Millennium Cohort Study!

Charlotte Booth's and Emla Fitzsimons' (@emlafitzsimons.bsky.social) initial findings on families got some great media coverage, take a look:
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Prof. Lindsey Macmillan (@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social) is delivering her inaugural lecture as a professor (just a couple of years late!)

The lecture hall is quite literally full of her friends and colleagues. We are so proud of her and everything she has achieved.

Congratulations Lindsey!

Student loans and taxation of graduates - Committees - UK Parliament In 1998 the Government first introduced tuition fees for higher education. Since then, the costs borne by students for their tuition has risen, and correspondingly so has the amount that students can ...

New Inquiry into Student loans and taxation of graduates announced - deadline 5 pm on Tuesday 14th April 2026.

committees.parliament.uk/work/9682/st...

Coram/TCRU Annual Lecture 2026

Tue 28 Apr 2026 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM BST

Sign up below!!

Rethinking leave: a new book + seminar argues for moving from “time off work” to “time to care” — for others, ourselves, communities and the planet

Great for researchers, policymakers, teachers and students.

An interesting seminar this week on evaluation of a teacher recruitment programme in Maryland - in person or online. Sign up link below