Understanding Population Trends and Processes (UPTAP)
What is UPTAP?
UPTAP is an ESRC-funded initiative designed to: (i) build capacity in secondary
data analysis; (ii) promote the use of large-scale social science data sets;
and (iii) improve our understanding of demographic trends and processes
which affect society and the population.
The ESRC are currently funding 21 projects by young or mid-career researchers
working in academic and non-academic organizations around the country. The
themes and projects are listed below and information is available from www.uptap.net
Why is UPTAP of interest to practitioners?
There are two main reasons:
- Firstly, the research projects that are being undertaken are focused
on a number of important issues that relate to contemporary society and
which have policy implications. We intend to post policy bulletins and
research findings on the web site when projects are completed, but you
may wish to contact the researchers concerned for further information
in the meantime.
- Secondly, ESRC funding is available to support User Fellowships for
younger or mid-level researchers working outside the academic sector (in
public sector organizations) to undertake research work related to the
analysis of secondary data (typically for 6 months full-time or 12 months
part-time) in an academic centre of excellence.
Interested? Start thinking and planning now!
Application deadline end-October
Application details to follow or from web site (www.uptap.net)
Current UPTAP themes and projects
Demographic Change - Residential Change
- The Micro-Geography of Demographic Change 1991-2001
- The Changing Residential Patterns of the UK 1991-2001
Fertility - Motherhood - Childlessness
- Understanding the Effect of Public Policy on Fertility; Secondary Data
Analysis
- Motherhood and Child Outcomes: the Consequences of the Timing of Motherhood
and Mothers' Employment on Child Outcomes
- Delayed Childbearing and Childlessness in Britain : the 1958 and 1970
Cohorts Compared
Cohabitation - Mobility
- Currently Cohabiting: Relationship Attitudes, Intentions and Behaviour
- Links Between Internal Migration, Commuting and Inter-Household Relationships
Living Arrangements - Childcare
- Living arrangements, health and well-being: a European perspective
- Intergenerational contributions to childcare across Europe
Health - Well-Being - Employment
- Exploring Geographies of Happiness and Well-Being in Britain
- Does Step-Parenting Influence Mental Health?
- How Does Employment Affect Cardiovascular Risk? A Life-Course Approach
in the 1958 Cohort
- Treating Longitudinal Data as Longitudinal: Comparing Models to Describe
Employment Status and Health Trajectories in British Household Panel Survey
Education
- The Impact of Educational Qualifications on Trends in Leisure
Activities
- Investigating Inequalities in Educational Attainment
Identity - Ethnicity - Segregation
- Being a Muslim in Europe: Attitudes and Experiences
- Socio-Economic Position and Political Support of the BMEs in Britain
1971-2004
- Trends in Gender and Ethnic Occupational Segregation in England and
Wales: Longitudinal Evidence
Political - Social Values
- A Dying Creed? The Demographic Contradictions of Liberal Capitalism
- The Making of Social Values: Social Attitudes and Social Change
- Social and Political Trust: a Longitudinal and Comparative Perspective
To contact UPTAP Coordinator (John Stillwell), email j.c.h.stillwell@leeds.ac.uk
Information is available from www.uptap.net
