Ipsos MORI is one of the leading political, social and business research companies in the UK and Ireland. We produce many reports and thought pieces which review our research and thinking across a broad range of topics.
Evaluation of the Ageing Well programme 9 January 2013 This report for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP forms the conclusion of Ipsos MORI's evaluation of the Ageing Well programme.
Work and the welfare system 13 July 2012 The research was commissioned to help DWP implement Universal Credit by providing detailed information on views and attitudes to work, internet use and budgeting skills among a representative sample of claimants who would be impacted by the transition to Universal Credit.
Acceptable Behaviour? 27 February 2012 How governments try to shape the behaviours of their citizens is something that has been much discussed over the past few years. Our report, with a foreword from David Halpern, Director of the Behavioural Insights Team at the Cabinet Office, brings together our latest international research on this subject.
Understanding Society - Winter 2009 Winter 2009 Public services have improved considerably in recent years but, as we know, the public response to this is often to quickly ‘bank’ any improvements and then raise their expectations once again. Meeting – and managing – these expectations is only going to become more important as tighter budgets require services to focus on the priorities that really matter. The winter edition of Understanding Society, the newsletter from Ipsos MORI’s Social Research Institute, considers some of the ways in which central and local government can respond to the challenge of continuing to meet public expectations when public finances face their tightest squeeze for decades.
Understanding Society - Summer 2009 Summer 2009 There is a difficulty in measuring people's perceptions. This newsletter provides a framework for developing a more sophisticated understanding of what drives public attitudes.