Senior Research Fellow / Research Fellow (Millennium Cohort Study)

The Social Research Institute is one of the leading centres for social research in the UK. It is home to seven internationally renowned research units:

• Centre for Longitudinal Studies
• Centre for Time Use Research
• CLOSER
• EPPI Centre
• Quantitative Social Science
• Social Science Research Unit
• Thomas Coram Research Unit

About the role

The Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) is a major UK-wide longitudinal study following the lives of around 19,000 young people born across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2000-02. Longitudinal data from the study form a valuable multi-disciplinary research resource that is used by researchers across the world. The Age 23 survey of the Millennium Cohort Study is currently in the field. It involves a 60-minute survey, being carried out via sequential mixed-mode (web, face-to-face). The content of the Age 23 survey is wide-ranging, with a strong focus on areas to facilitate the study of transitions in employment, education, partnerships, fertility and residence, along with along with other key areas of major scientific and policy importance including but not limited to: mental health and wellbeing; physical health and health behaviours; skills and cognitive processes; the role of the family; identit y and attitudes.

You will contribute to a range of policy-relevant and other substantive research using the Millennium Cohort Study, including a set of ‘Initial Findings’ using data from the Age 23 Survey. The research will be disseminated through a variety of channels, for example briefing papers, blogs, infographics, and publications in leading academic journals.

You will support the Principal Investigator in ensuring that the Millennium Cohort Study provides and communicates evidence that is timely and relevant to policymakers. You will also be involved in raising awareness of the study and providing support in a variety of ways to data users, including by contributing to re-usable code, and to delivering training as part of the CLS programme of work.

This post is available immediately and is funded to 31 July 2025 in the first instance.

About you

You will hold a PhD or equivalent work experience in quantitative social science (e.g. demography, economics, psychology, sociology, epidemiology or statistics) along with experience in planning and developing independent, original, significant and rigorous contributions to your subject area and publishing empirical research findings in peer-reviewed academic journals.

For appointment at Senior Research Fellow you will have an established record of published research in leading scientific journals using advanced quantitative methods and evidence of independent research reputation.

Your application form should address all the person specification points and should clearly demonstrate how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria.

It is important that the criteria are clearly numbered and that you provide a response to each one.

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