ESRC Society Today

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News in brief

• ESRC's Festival of Social Science
• Battle of Ideas
• For a better old age
• Urgent support for climate change
• First ever interdisciplinary research into animal and plant disease
• Researchers in Residence
• Towards a Social Science of Web 2.0
• Debating Matters
• BA Perspectives poster competition   

Features

• Taking action 
• UPTAP - a boost for the social sciences skills base
• Expanding knowledge of China  

Research in the pipeline

• Forthcoming research funded by the ESRC:
• • Sustainable travel
  • Muslim integration
  • Our perception of images of older people
  • Reading English
  • Interviewing witnesses
  • Dentistry via human touch   

Community

• The New Dynamics of Ageing research programme - third call for proposals
• First Grants Scheme
• Visiting fellowships for South Asia and the Middle East
• Networks in synthetic biology - call for proposals
• Conferences and Events
• Books  

People

• Appointments and awards    

In the news...

• ESRC researchers in the headlines:
  • Pre-school children show stress
  • Biofuel crops to transform landscape
  • Central targets may hinder waste objectives   

A day in the life

• Saskia Walcott - Head of communications