JPR

What JPR does

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) is an independent registered charity (no. 252626) headquartered in London that operates as the only dedicated research institute in Britain studying contemporary Jewish communities. Its core technology is a research and data-analysis platform built around four interlocking assets: the JPR Research Panel (a survey panel of thousands of UK Jews), the European Jewish Research Archive (EJRA) holding over 6,000 research items spanning 50+ countries and 30 languages, the European Jewish Demography Unit, and the UK Community Statistics Programme. JPR's products are research reports, demographic analyses, and policy briefs on Jewish identity, antisemitism, education, health, demography, and socio-economics, supplemented by the 'Jews Do Count' podcast distributed on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and Podbean.

JPR's business model is that of a non-commercial research charity: all reports and insights are free to download, and the organisation is funded through a mix of donations and commissioned research grants. Its primary customer segments are Jewish communal charities and representative bodies (used for community planning) and governmental organisations including the European Commission and the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (used for evidence-based antisemitism and minority policy). Distribution is direct-to-user via jpr.org.uk, with commissioned research delivered to specific clients and network distribution via NERON.

JPR's most significant strategic position is as the lead partner (with the European University Institute) of NERON, the Network for European Research on Jewish Life and Antisemitism, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme and launched in June 2026. JPR also operates a continental subsidiary, JPR Europe (Stichting Institute for Jewish Policy Research in the Netherlands), supporting delivery across at least 12 European countries. Governance is provided by a Board of Trustees under Executive Director Dr Jonathan Boyd, with a senior research team that includes Dr Daniel Staetsky and Dr Keith Kahn-Harris.

Name

JPR

Legal name

Institute for Jewish Policy Research

Website

https://jpr.org.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1941

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

JPR (Institute for Jewish Policy Research) is a London-based independent charity that produces data and policy research on contemporary Jewish communities in the UK and Europe, serving Jewish organisations, the European Commission, EU agencies, and academics.

Ownership category

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Product category

Social and Policy Research Services

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Conference Proceedings & Research Reports Publishing (EDAGAFAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Interdisciplinary & Multidisciplinary Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAI)

Keywords

• Jewish community research
• Demographic data analysis
• Antisemitism research
• Policy research services
• Survey research panel

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Core offering

JPR (Institute for Jewish Policy Research) is an independent research institute that generates and disseminates data, analysis and policy-oriented research on contemporary Jewish communities in the UK and across Europe. Its core outputs are academic-style research reports on demography, identity, antisemitism, education, health and socio-economics; a large UK Jewish survey panel; the European Jewish Research Archive (EJRA); the European Jewish Demography Unit; and the NERON pan-European research network.

Product overview

The Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) is an independent research organization specializing in contemporary Jewish life studies. The portfolio consists of research reports covering demographics, identity, antisemitism, education, health, and socio-economics; the JPR Research Panel for survey-based data collection; the European Jewish Research Archive (EJRA) as a knowledge repository; the European Jewish Demography Unit for demographic analysis; and the NERON network initiative. The organization also produces the Jews Do Count podcast. All offerings serve Jewish communities, policymakers, and researchers to plan for the future of Jewish life.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NERON: Network for European Research on Jewish Life and Antisemitism - a major European initiative designed to strengthen the research foundations needed to foster Jewish life and combat antisemitism, led by JPR and the European University Institute (EUI) and funded by the European Commission under its Horizon Europe programme.

Products and services

• Research Reports
• JPR Research Panel
• NERON (Network for European Research on Jewish Life and Antisemitism)
• European Jewish Research Archive (EJRA)
• JPR European Jewish Demography Unit
• UK Community Statistics Programme
• Jews Do Count Podcast
• Commissioned Research Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Research used daily by key news outlets in the UK and beyond
• +1 more outcomes

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Network for European Research on Jewish Life and Antisemitism (NERON) PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 June 2026NERON brings together researchers, policymakers and community stakeholders from every part of Europe and beyond. The founding executive board includes Europe's leading specialists in social scientific study of contemporary Jewish life and antisemitism, alongside policy specialists in European infrastructural development.
• European University Institute (EUI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPR and EUI jointly lead NERON (Network for European Research on Jewish Life and Antisemitism), a major European initiative funded by the European Commission under Horizon Europe. The partnership brings together researchers, policymakers and community stakeholders across Europe and beyond to strengthen research foundations needed to foster Jewish life and combat antisemitism.
• European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJPR has worked closely with FRA to conduct major pan-European surveys on antisemitism perceptions and experiences among European Jews, which form the basis of the EU's antisemitism strategy. JPR conducts both surveys and bespoke analysis for FRA.

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Direct peers

• European Jewish Congress (EJC): Pan-European umbrella body representing Jewish communities across Europe. Overlaps with JPR in antisemitism data production and European policy engagement at the EU level; differs in operating as an advocacy/affiliation body rather than as a research institute.
• Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI): US-based independent nonprofit producing publicly available research on religion, identity, and public opinion. Highly comparable to JPR in business model (independent research nonprofit, free public reports, survey-based methodology) and adjacent in topical focus (religion, identity, demography).
• Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies (Brandeis University): Academic research center at Brandeis focused on contemporary Jewish community research, demographic studies, and survey methodology. Functionally similar to JPR in conducting social scientific research on Jewish communities and producing publicly available reports; differs only in being US-based and university-affiliated rather than independent.
• Jewish People Policy Institute (JPPI): Israeli Jerusalem-based think tank conducting long-horizon strategic and demographic research on the Jewish people worldwide. Directly comparable to JPR in mission (data-driven Jewish people policy analysis) and output (research reports, demographic projections), but headquartered in Israel with a global rather than UK/European focus.

Others

• European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA): EU agency producing comparative surveys and reports on fundamental rights, including pan-European antisemitism surveys in which JPR has been a key research partner. Acts partly as a client of JPR and partly as an adjacent producer of overlapping antisemitism and demographic datasets.

Broad incumbents

• World Jewish Congress (WJC): Global umbrella Jewish organization with research, advocacy, and policy functions across multiple regions. Broader in scope than JPR but overlaps in tracking antisemitism incidents, Jewish demographic data, and international policy engagement.
• Pew Research Center: Large US-headquartered independent research organization producing demographic, social, and religious research with globally cited outputs. Analogous to JPR in mission, methodology, and free public-distribution model, but at vastly greater scale and broader topic coverage.

Regional players

• Israel Democracy Institute (IDI): Independent Jerusalem-based think tank producing social science and policy research. Comparable to JPR in operating model (independent nonprofit research, public reports, government engagement), differing in geographic focus (Israel vs. European Jewish communities) and broader thematic scope.

Market position

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Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/jprinstitute

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Profiles6 records

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