Sir John Curtice features in new social research podcast

The ‘Society Behind the Stats’ podcast, issued weekly and hosted by senior survey methodologist Sierra Mesplie-Escott, will speak to social scientists and political experts about the trends and themes to have defined social research over the years.

The first episode, published today, focuses on NatCen’s British Social Attitudes survey, and features Professor Sir John Curtice, senior research fellow at NatCen and the UK in a Changing Europe, and professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde, and Curtis Jessop, NatCen’s director of attitudinal surveys.

Other interviewees set to feature in the series include Elizabeth Clery, Rob Ford, Andrew Copson, Leonora Merry, Dan Wellings and Fiona O'Hanlan.