Jennifer Buckley

Dr. Jennifer Buckley is a Research Fellow at the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester. Her work focuses on welfare state politics, public perceptions, and political behavior, with expertise in quantitative data analysis and survey methodology. She leads training initiatives for researchers and educators using major social surveys, collaborating with CESSDA (European Social Science Data Archives). Her research explores how voter attitudes toward welfare systems evolve and how divorce affects pension distribution. She teaches on the Cathie Marsh Institute's data analysis courses and contributes to interdisciplinary education projects.

• Education: PhD in Social Policy from University of Manchester (2015)

Her research interests include analyzing social policies' impacts on family structures, improving undergraduate data literacy, and advancing quantitative research methods. She has co-authored training materials for UK Data Service and contributed to international data collaboration initiatives. Recent work highlights include exploratory studies on pensions in divorce cases and pedagogical innovations in embedding quantitative skills into social science curricula.

Collaborations: Active in the Democracy and Elections research project and the Data Skills and Training Research Group. Engages in public lectures on topics like 'Are you normal?' and organizes events such as the Family Finance Surveys User Conference.