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Helen Russell

@helen-russell.bsky.social
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Sociologist and research prof at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland. Working on topics of poverty, inequality, work and family.

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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 31/03/2026
We are currently recruiting for the following position: Research Assistant - Housing The successful candidate will work as part of the ESRI’s Housing team carrying out research on the Irish housing market. A central part of the role will involve contributing
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Come and join a great team in Dublin! The post would also suit a quant sociologist with an interest in microsimulation #ECSR @europeansocreview.bsky.social
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 05/07/2025
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Will the Government really put McDonald’s ahead of children in poverty?
The share of children below the poverty line is no lower than during the worst years of the financial crisis
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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
The puzzle.
Wheel of of fortune board with Protected B_ke Lane (all letters but the i in bike. 
City " We'd like to solve the puzzle, is it Wear Bright Clothing’
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Great to see coverage of our latest report funded by the Dept of Children today. Many of the children experiencing deprivation but who are not below the income poverty line are in households with high housing costs, have incomes just above the poverty threshold or have additional costs or debts
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Powerful piece by #ThomasO’Driscoll
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Stark differences in educational participation in IE and NI, which lie behind many of other differences found in the Shared Island research programme Adele Bergin @esri.ie providing an excellent overview
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Delighted to hear Taoiseach Micheál Martin discuss the findings of the @esri research programme on the social and economic issues on a shared island. He mentions the untapped potential of cooperation and challenges faced highlighted by the research.
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Benefits for father’s leave in Ireland are paid at a flat rate & are lower than in most EU countries. Fathers who have more of the income replaced are more likely to take leave, as are those in couples where the mother is the main earner. Read more in our new study published today!
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One Family @onefamilyireland.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
🗣️Karen Kiernan, CEO One Family, on last night's RTÉ news responding to latest Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) research on low-income households (1/2) #oneparentfamilies #singleparent
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 28/03/2025
Today, @ESRI.ie, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY), and @deptjusticeirl.bsky.social have published the Monitoring Report on Integration 2024. 💡 Read the key findings: www.esri.ie/news/migrant... 📄 Download the full report: www.esri.ie/publications...
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 25/03/2025
“Mental health, addiction issues among parents & a lack of resources in disadvantaged communities can impinge on a child getting to school.” Prof Emer Snyth in today's @irishtimes.com discussing our recent report 'The School Completion Programme revisited': www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...
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Children are missing school at an alarming rate. What is going on?
The number of pupils chronically absent from school has doubled. Experts say making students feel they belong is key to tackling the problem
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 19/03/2025
Today, we have published 'Paths, Tracks, Gaps and Cliffs: The post-school pathways of students with special educational needs' 🏫 Young adults with disabilities value school for its social aspects, though those with multiple conditions face more challenges
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 18/03/2025
EVENT | Join us for our annual Geary Lecture where Prof Christian Dustmann (UCL) will deliver a talk titled "Understanding Immigration: Labour Markets, Policy, and Public Perception". 🗓 Wednesday, 2 April 2025 ⌚ 16:00-17:00 📍 ESRI Register: www.esri.ie/events/under...
A graphic advertising an event that reads: 'Geary Lecture: Understanding Immigration: Labour Markets, Policy, and Public Perception", Professor Christian Dustmann (UCL), Professor of Economics, University College London,  Date: Wednesday, 2 April 2025, Time: 16:00-17:00, Location: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI). Register at ESRI.ie/events. There is an image of a globe symbolising immigration.
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Coverage of new @esri.ie study with @ihrec.bsky.social on the extra costs that people with a disability face. Leading to even higher poverty rates than those regularly reported
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Theano @theanok.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Our report on the cost of disability is finally out ! Co-authored with @karinadoorley.bsky.social & @agathesimon.bsky.social, it shreds light on the stark financial burdens faced by households with disabled members. 🧵👇
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Dublin City's greening of neighbourhoods takes next step, but community group says more action needed to account for trees not replaced irishcycle.com/2025/03/12/d...
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Dublin City’s greening of neighbourhoods takes next step, but community group says more action needed to account for trees not replaced
— 20 trees are being added to new depaving locations, but residents say tree coverage in the area has been reduced by 61 trees since 2009. Following street greening efforts in areas such as S…
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 11/03/2025
EVENT | Join us online for the launch of the 2024 Monitoring Report on Integration, which examines outcomes for migrants in employment, social inclusion, education and active citizenship. 🗓 Monday 31 March 2025 ⌚ 11:30 - 12:40 💻 Online via Zoom Register here: www.esri.ie/events/monit...
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Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies (SLLS) @sllshome.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS APPROACHING! ⭐ Call for Abstracts: SLLS Conference 2025 ⭐ Life Course Transitions and Patterns: Stronger Evidence for Better Policies University of Fribourg, Switzerland / 8-10 September Submission Deadline: 14th March 2025 www.sllsconference.com/callforabstr...
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Worrying trends in school attendance post-Covid in both primary and secondary schools in Ireland. Highest absentee rates in the most disadvantaged school. High levels of school completion have been a real success story but declining attendance &school engagement threatens this
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 25/02/2025
Today, we have published 'Promoting a nationwide collective response: lessons from the social activity measure during the COVID-19 pandemic.' 💡 Read the Research Bulletin: esri.ie/publications... 📄 Download the full report: esri.ie/publications...
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Dermot Lynott @dermotlynott.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Gender Pay gap at Irish universities (2024, Median hourly pay gap) ATU: 12.6% DCU: 8.3% Maynooth: 8.86% MTU: 8.5% SETU: 24.3% TCD: 11.0% TUD: 18.25% TUS: 6.7% UCC: 11.56% UCD: 2.66% UG: 14.4% UL: 8.6% Source: @paygap.bsky.social paygap.ie/companies
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All Companies - Irish Gender Pay Gap Portal
A list of all companies that have data listed in the portal, including the company website and what year they first started reporting.
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Shane Timmons @shanetimmons.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Paid internship for final year undergrad/masters students to work on an exciting environmental policy project
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EMN Ireland @emn.ie · 19/02/2025
📚 Interested in getting some hands-on experience in migration and asylum policy research? ✍️ Apply to join the EMN Ireland for our summer internship! 👇 More info below
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 19/02/2025
Today, we have published 'Sexual Health Literacy and Sexual Health Behaviours among Young Adults in Ireland' and 'Sexual Initiation and Sexual Health Behaviours among Young Adults in Ireland'. 💡 Read the key findings from the research: www.esri.ie/news/new-esr...
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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
The PhD programme in Political and Social Sciences at the @eui-eu.bsky.social recruits new candidates, deadline 31 January 2025. With scholarships from all over Europe, candidates can get their own national scholarship to work on their PhD thesis in Florence. Tell your master students!
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Disappointing to see we’re going backwards in level of female representation. ‘Labour leader Ivana Bacik pointed out that there are as many men called James as there are senior women in Cabinet.’ ! Not a good look for Irish politics. We need more diverse voices in decision-making not less
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Suri Li @surili.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
New #PostdocOpportunity📢 passionate about family dynamics, gender inequality, and social disadvantage over the life course? 🌟Join our dynamic team at University of Queensland, led by Prof.Janeen Baxter Apply👉 www.seek.com.au/job/81137916 Deadline📅:4 Feb #FamilyResearch #Gender #SocialScience
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 16/01/2025
Families on low incomes in Ireland have been less able to convert household income into an adequate standard of living compared with those in Northern Ireland, according to new research by the Economic and Social Research Institute
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Rising cost of living impacting child poverty - ESRI
Families on low incomes in Ireland have been less able to convert household income into an adequate standard of living compared with those in Northern Ireland, according to new research by the ESRI.
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Helen Russell @helen-russell.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
First report of 2025 published! Thanks to everyone who contributed to the great discussion this morning, especially panellists #NiallMuldoon ombudsman for children, #JeromeFinnegan @savethechildren.bsky.social and #GorettiHorgan Ulster University
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 20/12/2024
"Lone parents, households with children, single working-age adults and renters are... most likely to have an income that does not meet their basic expenditure needs" 💡 Read more: www.esri.ie/news/lone-parents-house…
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Lone parents more likely to struggle with spending needs
Lone parents, households with children, single working-age adults and renters are the groups most likely to have an income that does not meet their basic expenditure needs, according to a new report…
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 16/12/2024
Today, we have published a new Research Bulletin titled 'How to Encourage Collective Climate Action' by Lucie Martin, @shanetimmons.bsky.social , and Pete Lunn. 📄 Download the full research bulletin: www.esri.ie/publications/how-to-enc…
RESEARCH BULLETIN
How to Encourage Collective Climate Action
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Two new job roles in our Northern Ireland office 🚨 Are you passionate about delivering change? Do you have experience of working on antipoverty issues? Are you a team player who can work with colleagues across the sector in Northern Ireland? Sounds like you? Read this thread 🔽 1/3
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Ansgar Hudde @hudde.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
🎉ECSR Conference 2025 is coming to Cologne!🎉 📅 3-5 September 2025 📅 Abstract deadline: Jan 31st ℹ️ Details: ecsr2025.eu I'm happy to be on the organizing team. Theme: "Demography & Social Inequality" – but submissions from *all* sociology fields, methodical approaches etc. are welcome. #ECSR2025
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Shane Timmons @shanetimmons.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
With #BlackFriday sales in full force, the trade-off between cheaper clothes and the environmental harm producing them causes is even more hidden from consumers. Our recent working paper tests whether eco-labels can shift consumers away from fast fashion. 🧵 1/6
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