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Other key publications from that period include:
* ''The Family Life of Old People: An inquiry in East London'' ( Peter Townsend, 1957).
* ''Widows and their Families'' (Peter Marris, 1958).
* ''Family and Class in a London Suburb'' (Peter Willmott and Michael Young, 1960).
* ''Family and Social Change in an African City: A study of rehousing in Lagos'' (Peter Marris, 1961).
* ''Education and the Working Class'' ( Brian Jackson, Dennis Marsden, 1962).
* ''Living with Mental Illness: A study in East London'' (Enid Mills, 1962).
* ''The Evolution of a Community: A Study of Dagenham after forty years'' ( Peter Willmott, 1963).
* ''Human Relations and Hospital Care'' ( Ann Cartwright, 1964).
* ''Innovation and Research in Education'' ( Michael Young, 1965).
* ''Adolescent Boys of East London'' ( Peter Willmott, 1966).
* ''Working Class Community'' ( Brian Jackson, 1968).
* ''The Symmetrical Family: A study of work and leisure in the London Region'' ( Michael Young and Peter Willmott, 1973).
The original Institute was also the main vehicle through which Young created over 60 organisations including the
Early years
The Institute for Community Studies is a community-led research and evidence centre based inBethnal Green
Bethnal Green is an area in the East End of London northeast of Charing Cross. The area emerged from the small settlement which developed around the Green, much of which survives today as Bethnal Green Gardens, beside Cambridge Heath Road. By ...
, East London. Originally founded in 1953 by Michael Young as the Institute ''of'' Community Studies, it is probably best known for the 1957 report by Young and his colleague Peter Willmott, ''Family and Kinship in East London
''Family and Kinship in East London'' was a 1957 sociological study of an urban working class tight-knit community, and the effects of the post-war governments' social housing policy leading to their rehousing. Many East Londoners by rigid slum c ...
'', which argued for the continuing importance of community ties in the age of the welfare state. Described as a sociological "phenomenon", the original Institute influenced a generation of sociologists and social historians.
Other key publications from that period include:
* ''The Family Life of Old People: An inquiry in East London'' ( Peter Townsend, 1957).
* ''Widows and their Families'' (Peter Marris, 1958).
* ''Family and Class in a London Suburb'' (Peter Willmott and Michael Young, 1960).
* ''Family and Social Change in an African City: A study of rehousing in Lagos'' (Peter Marris, 1961).
* ''Education and the Working Class'' ( Brian Jackson, Dennis Marsden, 1962).
* ''Living with Mental Illness: A study in East London'' (Enid Mills, 1962).
* ''The Evolution of a Community: A Study of Dagenham after forty years'' ( Peter Willmott, 1963).
* ''Human Relations and Hospital Care'' ( Ann Cartwright, 1964).
* ''Innovation and Research in Education'' ( Michael Young, 1965).
* ''Adolescent Boys of East London'' ( Peter Willmott, 1966).
* ''Working Class Community'' ( Brian Jackson, 1968).
* ''The Symmetrical Family: A study of work and leisure in the London Region'' ( Michael Young and Peter Willmott, 1973).
The original Institute was also the main vehicle through which Young created over 60 organisations including the Open University
The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off- ...
and the Consumers' Association (aka ''Which?''). In 2005, the Institute of Community Studies merged with the Mutual Aid Centre and was renamed The Young Foundation
The Young Foundation is a non-profit, non-governmental think tank based in London that specialises in social innovation to tackle structural inequality.
It is named after Michael Young, the British sociologist and social activist who created ...
in honour of Lord Young. The current chief executive of the Young Foundation is Helen Goulden and the Institute is led by Associate Director, Richard Harries.
A fresh start
The Institute was re-launched in 2019 with support from the Power to Change Trust, Friends Provident Foundation and a large private donation, with a remit to promote positive social, economic and environmental outcomes by better understanding how government and philanthropic interventions affect – and are affected by – the individuals, families and businesses that make up our local communities. The Institute for Community Studies describes itself as "a new kind of research institute, with people and communities at its heart". It places particular emphasis on the role of communities themselves in the research process, both in determining the research questions to be answered and through the use of so-called peer researchers (also known as community-based participatory researchers) to collect evidence. In its first major publication, based on a coordinated series of national surveys and regional focus groups across the United Kingdom, the Institute identified seven priority areas for further research.Notes