Matt Barnes

Quant lecturer in Sociology, City University of London. I research into poverty, exclusion and inequality.

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

Good luck to our 2nd year @CityQstep students who begin their data placements this term. And a big thank you to the organisations hosting them! 👏📊📈

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

Our 2nd year @CityQstep students showcasing their data placement posters. Well done to them, and a big thank you to the organisations who hosted them! 👏

[City Q-Step Centre @CityQstep]

Good luck to our 2nd year @CityQstep students who begin their data placements this term. And a big thank you to the organisations hosting them! 👏🙏

[City Uni Sociology & Criminology @CitySociology]

🔢Our undergraduates are showcasing their @CityQstep placement projects from across the year. The Quantitative Methods pathway is designed to equip social science graduates with numerical skills and are exclusive to City sociology or criminology students👏

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

Thank you @usociety for including my research with @IndependentAge https://t.co/2tVfsiq97D in the 2022-23 Insights Report https://t.co/wdFetJbTiK

[Understanding Society @usociety]

Our new podcast episode is out now – Matt Barnes @CitySociology, Stephen Pudney @ScHARRSheffield, and @JemmaMouland @Ageing_Better talk about pensioner poverty, the costs of disability among older people, and what government policy could do https://t.co/KzpLdl2O5B

[Understanding Society @usociety]

Our next podcast is out on Wednesday – Matt Barnes @CitySociology, Stephen Pudney @ScHARRSheffield and @JemmaMouland @Ageing_Better talk about our ageing population and the implications for policy. Here’s Matt on the importance of accurate measurement and definitions

[City Uni Sociology & Criminology @CitySociology]

Sociology at @CityUniLondon has been ranked in the national top 5 overall for Sociology research by #REF2021

#1 in London for Sociology research impact
#1 in London for Sociology overall

Thanks and congratulations to everyone involved!

https://t.co/XKXflhvuMx

[BLGdataresearch @BLGDataResearch]

When charities use data, they discover great things that can change the way we help those in need. @IndependentAge used @usociety data and found more pensioners being pushed into longer-term poverty #Data2Life https://t.co/obG7zBJrL5

[Nuffield Foundation @NuffieldFound]

Quantitative skills training boosts social science graduates’ employment prospects.

This is the key finding from an independent evaluation of #QStep by @TechnopolisGrp.

Developed by @NuffieldFound & @ESRC, Q-Step operates in 17 universities across the UK
https://t.co/LRkTHGwySR

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

@toby_n @JonathanBoys Very engaging charts! Here https://t.co/Whvuwo2zBU we created a number of ‘by age group’ charts for https://t.co/5oVpnlEhW8 project looking at numerous indicators of health & wellbeing, financial security, and, social connectedness, using @usociety data. Our charts need updating!

[Understanding Society @usociety]

40% of #pensioners spent at least one year of the last decade in #poverty according to new #research from national charity @IndependentAge

The researcher @MattBCityQStep from @CitySociology used our #data to reach his findings. @CityQstep
https://t.co/3ig70pgDfE @UKDataService

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

The research uses data from Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study @usociety You can find the research report here https://t.co/O1DyosQBXW

[Independent Age @IndependentAge]

Two in five pensioners spent at least one year of the last decade in poverty according to our new research with @CityUniLondon.

Today we can reveal that many people in later life live precariously, just one step from falling into poverty.

Read more: https://t.co/zQTamOzSgK

[SocialPolicy&Society @SPSeditors]

New on #FirstView by Matt Barnes and Andy Ross:

The Problems with Troubled Families: Rethinking the Analysis Behind the 120,000 Troubled Families Statistic

https://t.co/asitIgWDhU

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

Next Tuesday we present our research at the first online Labour Force and Annual Population Users Conference. We found that many key worker jobs receive low pay and low job quality. @ekharrison @Lalala_NDEX @CityQStep @CitySociology #LFSAPS20 #keyworkers https://t.co/RPLYFbuAEn

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

Job quality of key workers (2). Within health sector; care workers on low pay and with poor job quality – also disproportionately women and from ethnic minorities. @MattBCityQStep @n_ndebele79 @ekharrison Working paper https://t.co/RPLYFbuAEn #keyworkers

[Matt Barnes @MattBCityQStep]

Many key workers not only receive low pay but also experience lower job quality than the average employee. New research by @CitySociology Dr Matt Barnes, Nhlanhla Ndebele & Dr Eric Harrison @MattBCityQStep @n_ndebele79 @ekharrison Working paper https://t.co/RPLYFbuAEn #keyworkers