As The Conversation has reported, COVID-19 has had a deeply unequal impact on UK society, affecting some communities substantially more than others. The pandemic has also shone a powerful light on the need for policymakers to have access to a wide variety of different types (and sources) of knowledge, to aid their decision-making in both the short and longer terms.
This is just as true now as the UK gradually opens up (paying careful attention to the spread of new variants). But with COVID-19 having affected so many different communities in so many different ways, how do national, regional and local policymakers go about deciding what the priorities for action should be?
UKRI researchers are set to test innovative approaches to a major new UK-wide study that will follow babies born in the 2020s over many decades.The study will aim to understand how societal circumstances and events affect them. A £3 million investment, made by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), part of UK Research and Innovation, will allow researchers to develop a two-year-long birth cohort feasibility study.
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