The UK GGS team is delighted to announce the successful launch of the first UK GGS dataset, Wave 1 of GGS-II, on January 19th, 2024, led by Principal Investigator Professor Brienna Perelli-Harris. The launch event, held at the Coram Group in central London, was attended by 40 guests from academic institutions, the civil service, and third-party stakeholders. Professor Perelli-Harris, along with Co-Investigators Dr. Olga Maslovskaya and Professor Ann Berrington, hosted the event, offering insights into the policy applications of GGS-II UK and its scientific contributions, as well as providing a platform for networking among users.
Expert speakers from GGP, including Director Professor Anne Gauthier and Dr. Arieke Rijken, provided an overview of the GGP and discussed the methodological advancements of GGS-II. During the event, Dr. Maslovskaya and Dr. Grace Chang led and presented the methodological contributions of GGS-II UK, which included experiments with incentives, assessments of representativeness, and the feasibility of conducting an extensive survey. The event also featured early substantive UK findings on fertility intentions and childcare, shared by Professor Ann Berrington and Dr. Bernice Kuang, along with policy briefs on both topics, available online here and here. The event closed with a new showcase of the cross-national use of GGS for studying cohabitation by Professor Martin Kreidl, coordinator of the GGS Czechia project.
The launch received extensive coverage in the national UK media, and a brief introductory video about the UK GGS-II is available here for those who couldn't attend. To delve deeper into the event and interact with the presenters, we invite you to join the GGP-Connect Insight and Impact webinars, which the UK team will kickstart!
