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Senior Social Researcher

Johnny Runge

Runge, J's picture Senior Social Researcher Email: j.runge [at] niesr.ac.uk Twitter: @JohnnyRunge

Research interests: 

Johnny Runge is a Senior Social Researcher at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) and Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE). He is mainly a qualitative researcher, with expertise in interviews, focus groups, survey, evaluation, content analysis and evidence reviews. His main interest is in the area of public perceptions, especially on immigration attitudes and how people think about the economy and economic concepts. He also researches education and labour market disadvantage, including on issues related to barriers to employment and educational achievement, low pay, recruitment, welfare reform and disadvantaged groups. His research has been funded by the Office for National Statistics, Leverhulme Trust, Low Pay Commission, Office of Manpower Economics, Equality and Human Rights Commission, and Education Endowment Foundation.

Education: 

MSc Comparative Political Economy (Distinction) at LSE (2014-15)

BA (Hons) Politics, Philosophy and Economics (First Class) at Durham University (2010-13)

 

Employment: 

Senior Social Researcher at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2019 – Present)

Research Associate at the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (2018 – Present) 

Social Researcher at the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2016 – 2019)

EU Researcher at Policy Network (2016)

Research Intern at the Constitution Unit, University College London (2015-16)

Political and Economic Trainee at Danish Embassy in Greece, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2013-14)

Primary and Secondary School Teacher at Bjørnehøjskolen (2009-10)

Additional information: 

 

Current projects

Public Understanding of Economic Statistics, for the Economist Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE)

Experiences of recruitment among older workers, for Centre for Ageing Better

Modelling and Communicating Data Uncertainty, for the Economics Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE)

Evaluation of Is Britain Fairer? 2018, for the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Evaluation of Tips by Text, for the Education Endowment Foundation. 

Evaluation of Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Primary Schools, for What Works for Children's Social Care.

Evaluation of Supervision of Designated Safeguarding Leads in Secondary Schools, for What Works for Children's Social Care.

 

Publications

Runge, J. & Hudson, N. (2020) Public Understanding of Economics and Economic Statistics, ESCoE, NIESR, Office for National Statistics.

Hudson, N. & Runge, J. (2020) Recruitment of workers into low-paid occupations and industries, Equality and Human Rights Commission, NIESR.

Dawson, A, Stokes, L., Huxley, C., Runge, J., Takala, H., Manzoni, C., Hudson-Sharp, N., Williams, C. (2020) Early Years Toolbox: Pilot evaluation report, Education Endowment Foundation, NIESR and IES.

Wright, H. Carr, C., Wiese, J., Stokes, L., Runge, J., Dorsett, R., Heal, J., Anders, J. (2020) URLEY: Evaluation report, Education Endowment Foundation, NIESR and BIT. 

Rolfe, H., Runge, J., Srinivisan, S. (2020) The value of economic statistics: Baseline report, ESCoE Technical Report. 

Galvao, A., Mitchell, J., Runge, J. (2019) Communicating Data Uncertainty: Experimental Evidence for U.K. GDP, ESCoE Discussion Paper. 

Hudson-Sharp, N., Manzoni, C., Rolfe, H., Runge, J. (2019) Understanding employers’ use of the National Minimum Wage youth rates, Low Pay Commission, NIESR.

Runge, J., Munro-Lott, N., & Buzzeo, J. (2019) Pilot report: Embedding contextualisation in English and Maths GCSE post-16 teaching, Education Endowment Evaluation, NIESR.

Foliano, F., Rolfe, H., Buzzeo, J., Runge, J., & Wilkinson, D. (2019) Evaluation report: Changing mindset: Effectiveness trial, Education Endowment Foundation, NIESR.  

Rolfe, H., Runge, J., & Hudson-Sharp, N. (2019) Immigration Policy from Post-War to Post-Brexit: How New Immigration Policy can Reconcile Public Attitudes and Employer Preferences, National Institute Economic Review, 248(1).

Wright, H., Dorsett, R., Anders, J., Buzzeo, J., Runge, J. and Sanders, M. (2019) Improving Working Memory: Evaluation Report, Education Endowment Foundation, BIT.

Rolfe, H., Ahlstrom-Vij, K., Hudson-Sharp, N. and Runge, J. (2018) Post-Brexit immigration policy: Reconciling public attitudes with economic evidence, Leverhulme Trust, NIESR.

Hudson-Sharp, N., Munro-Lott, N., Rolfe, H, and Runge, J. (2018) The impact of welfare reform and welfare-to-work programmes: an evidence review, Equality and Human Rights Commission, Research report 111, NIESR.

Speckesser, S., Runge, J., Foliano, F., Bursnall, M., Hudson-Sharp, N., Rolfe, H., Anders, J. (2018) Embedding Formative Assessment: Evaluation report, Education Endowment Foundation, NIESR.

Runge, J., Hudson-Sharp, N. and Rolfe, H. (2017) Use of agency workers in the public sector, Office of Manpower Economics, NIESR.

Runge, J. (2017) The changing world of work, Unions21, NIESR.

Hudson-Sharp, N. and Runge, J. (2017) International trends in insecure work, TUC, NIESR.

 

Briefings

Runge, J. (2020) What will be the impact of Covid-19 on public attitudes to immigration? Economics Observatory.

Aitken, A., Manzoni, C., Runge, J. (2019) Past, present and future of immigration, NIESR General Election Briefing, Nuffield Foundation.

Aitken, A., Hudson-Sharp, N., Runge, J. (2019) The future path of the minimum wage, NIESR 2019 General Election Briefing, Nuffield Foundation. 

Runge, J., Hudson-Sharp, N., Manzoni, C. (2019) Youth Rates: The National Minimum Wage for younger workers, NIESR Briefing, ESRC

Runge, J. (2019) Overview of evidence on economic impacts of EU immigration, NIESR Briefing, ESRC. 

Runge, J. (2019) Overview of evidence on UK public attitudes to immigration, NIESR Briefing, ESRC.

 

Blogs and opinion pieces

Public Understanding of Economics and Economic Statistics, 26 November (ESCoE blog)

We forgot about immigration - will this turn out to be a grave mistake?, 9 December (NIESR Blog)

The precarious success of the national minimum wage, 4 December 2019 (Prospect)

Younger workers: the political battle ahead on the National Minimum Wage, 6 November 2019 (Personnel Today)

EU migrants contribute to UK public finances, but the money hasn't gone where it's needed, 24 May (LSE British Politics and Policy) 

Why the government’s crackdown on low-skilled migration is at odds with the public mood, 25 April 2019 (LSE British Politics and Policy)

Are Britons Really Softening on Immigration, 18 October 2018 (Project Syndicate)

People's perception of EU immigration: it's the economy, stupid! 10 October 2018 (NIESR)

Government ‘analysis’ on equality impacts flawed, but that is no excuse not to act, 14 March 2018 (NIESR)

Agencies help address teacher shortages but risk exposing schools to market forces, 21 February 2017 (NIESR)

Making good progress? Putting formative assessment to the test, 12 July 2018 (NIESR)

A new kind of workers’ party? 22 July 2016 (Policy Network)

A constitutional convention for the UK? What we can learn from two pilot citizens’ assemblies, 18 February 2016, with Adem Ruggiero-Cakir (Constitution Unit)

Publications by Johnny Runge

Recruitment of workers into low-paid occupations and... Runge, J
Early Years Toolbox Pilot Report Stokes, L, Manzoni, C, Runge, J, Hudson-Sharp, N
A Switch to Active Fiscal Policy: NIESR Response to Budget... Chadha, J S, Dolton, P, Manzoni, C, Mao, X, Nguyen, D, Runge, J, Whyte, K, Young, G
A Switch to Active Fiscal Policy: NIESR Response to Budget... Chadha, J S, Dolton, P, Manzoni, C, Mao, X, Nguyen, D, Runge, J, Whyte, K, Young, G
URLEY (Using Research Tools to Improve Language in the... Stokes, L, Runge, J, Dorsett, R
UK General Election Analysis 2019 Chadha, J S, Hantzsche, A, Young, G, Aitken, A, Hudson-Sharp, N, Runge, J, Boshoff, J, Espinoza, H, Lisauskaite, E, Speckesser, S, Xu, L, Nguyen, D, Rincon-Aznar, A, Stochino, A, Kara, A, Mao, X, Manzoni, C
Past, Present and Future of Immigration Aitken, A, Manzoni, C, Runge, J
The Future Path of The Minimum Wage Aitken, A, Hudson-Sharp, N, Runge, J
NIESR Briefing: Youth Rates: The National Minimum Wage for... Hudson-Sharp, N, Manzoni, C, Runge, J
Understanding employers’ use of the National Minimum Wage... Hudson-Sharp, N, Manzoni, C, Runge, J
NIESR Briefing: Overview of evidence on economic impacts of... Runge, J
NIESR Briefing: Overview of evidence on UK public attitudes... Runge, J
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Blog posts by Johnny Runge

The precarious success of the national minimum wage
Runge, J's picture 10 Dec 2019, Runge, J
We forgot about immigration – will this turn out to be a grave mistake?
Runge, J's picture 09 Dec 2019, Runge, J
EU migrants contribute to UK public finances, but the money hasn’t gone where it’s needed
Runge, J's picture 29 May 2019, Runge, J
Government crackdown on low-skilled migration at odds with public mood
Runge, J's picture 24 Apr 2019, Runge, J
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Projects

An Evaluation of Equality and Human Rights Commission’s ‘Is Britain Fairer 2018’
Effective school approaches towards integrating migrant children and their families
Embedding Formative Assessment
Evaluation of URLEY (Using Research Tools to Improve Language in the Early Years)
Evidence and perceptions in the post-Brexit immigration debate
How employers set pay for young people
Improving Working Memory
International Trends in Insecure Work
Pilot evaluation of the Early Years Toolbox
Recruitment of Workers into low paid occupations and industries: a literature review
Supervision for Designated Safeguarding Leads scale-up evaluation
The impact of welfare reforms and welfare to work programmes: a literature review
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