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In Social Research for our Times researchers from the 50 years of UCL's Thomas Coram Research Unit share some of the most important results of their studies. Taking a unique opportunity to reflect on research context as well as findings, chapters address the key strategic question of what the relationship between research and policy should be.

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Claire Cameron is Professor of Social Pedagogy at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL. Since 1992 she has been researching children's services, the early childhood care and education workforce, children in care and their education, care leavers, as well as families and children and social disadvantage both in the UK and across Europe. Alison Koslowski is Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL. Her research focuses on policies and practices that can reduce gender inequalities, promote greater work-family balance, and improve family well-being. She is an editor of the Annual Review of the International Network on Leave Policies and Research. Alison Lamont is a Lecturer (Teaching) in Sociology at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL. She has a background in Chinese Studies and Sociology, with particular interest in families and relationships and qualitative approaches. She is a former co-coordinator of the British Sociological Association’s Families and Relationships Study Group. Peter Moss is Emeritus Professor of Early Childhood Provision at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL, having joined the Unit in 1973. He co-founded the International Network on Leave Policies and for 10 years co-edited the book series Contesting Early Childhood. Much of his work has been cross-national and his interests include early childhood education, democracy in education and the relationship between employment, care and gender.

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