Can employability programmes improve health as well as employment outcomes? Drawing on participatory research with young people in Inverclyde, this blog explores what a ‘health-promoting’ approach to employability support might look like. www.phiuk.org/news/blogs/p...
Adding our warmest congratulations from all the Policy Modelling for Health team. We are delighted that our Director, Professor Petra Meier, has today been elected a Fellow of the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Excited to be part of Day 1 at the Glasgow Science Festival 2026!
Join our research team from @uofgshw.bsky.social at the Riverside Museum today (11am–3pm) to try Simulation Station and explore how choices and policies shape lives.
For more about our work: www.phiuk.org/policy-modelling-for-health
Lunchtime Webinar | 21 May, 12:30pm SimPaths: a dynamic microsimulation model for life courses. Join Dr David Sonnewald for an introduction to this important open-source model and how it helps us evaluate policy impacts on health and inequality. 30–40 mins Plus Q&A 👉 Register now - bit.ly/424eunV
🎥 Webinar recording - Thanks to all who joined SimPaths: A dynamic microsimulation model with our researcher Dr David Sonnewald @cempaessex.bsky.social introducing us to this open-source framework for modelling individual and household life-course events Watch youtu.be/fqfNmjTWUEA
Authored by our Community Insights Team @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social, Natalie Dewison-Koplinksi and @profellenstu.bsky.social You can learn more of their work in Inverclyde by visiting www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
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If you wish to explore SimPaths before our webinar.
Please visit simpaths.org
Our Live Q&A also offers you the opportunity to have your questions answered.
As part of our Policy Modelling for Health Lunchtime Webinar David demonstrated the new SimPaths Website and highlighted the models applications in research on health and public economics.
Visit the website at simpaths.org
📄 NEW - young people's transition from school to work has lasting effects on whether they own a home or assets by their early 30s, with family background a factor - by @vincentrramos.bsky.social and @ann-berrington.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Full story: www.cpc.ac.uk/news/latest_...
Join us for the online workshop "New Evidence on Benefit Take-Up: Determinants, Measurement, and Policy Implications" on Tuesday, 19 May, 10:00-12:00 (UK time).
More information and the registration form are available here: www.microsimulation.ac.uk/about/events...
Congratulations to Professors Frances Mair and Petra Meier who have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences in recognition of their world-changing public health research.
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ESRC Centre for Population Change and Connecting Generations
Centre for Microsimulation & Policy Analysis
School of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow
An open-source microsimulation framework for modelling individual and household life course events across the UK and Europe.
Online workshop, Tuesday 19 May 10am-12pm This online workshop brings together researchers and policy analysts to discuss new evidence on benefit take-up. The programme is comprised of two parts: 1.…
