Professor Jane Falkingham is to lead one of six new ESRC research centres which will tackle critical social and economic issues – from evolving policing, to social care and intergenerational inequality.
Professor Falkingham will lead on ‘Connecting Generations’, exploring how issues such as living standards, jobs and pay, housing costs, taxes and benefits, work-life balance, and caring responsibilities are affected by population and generational changes.
‘Connecting Generations’ brings together experts from the University of Southampton, University of St Andrews, University of Stirling, University of Oxford, and the Resolution Foundation, as well as the Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland. Its remit will cover inequality in people’s opportunities and experiences, examining the impacts of gender, age, ethnicity, socio-economic background, education, and geographical region, to improve the lives of individuals, families and communities.
To provide this crucial research evidence, the ‘Connecting Generations’ partnership brings together experts from:
- University of Southampton
- University of St Andrews
- University of Stirling
- University of Oxford
- the Resolution Foundation
- the Office for National Statistics
- National Records of Scotland.
More information here.