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Access the latest and archive press releases, contact the press team and learn about forthcoming events of interest.read more...

ESRC on Twitter

You can now follow updates from the ESRC on Twitter. Here are some of the most recent items posted there:

New approaches to capturing the value of culture, media and sport http://bit.ly/2GIU1eabout 3 hours ago
Event: ESRC Genomics Network Conference - Registration Open http://bit.ly/sCCpp1 day ago
Shop around key to a smaller food bill http://bit.ly/3cI5hD1 day ago
New Council members appointed http://bit.ly/V726T2 days ago
Funding call: Environmental and Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases (ESEI) http://bit.ly/LtVFL6 days ago
Myths and Realities 1: Migration and Integration: The first of a series of events on contemporary social quest.. http://tinyurl.com/ny25sw7 days ago
Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU) Phase IV Adapting rural living and land use to environmental change http://tinyurl.com/n6c8557 days ago
Coordination Needed to Support Green Fingered Youths: Young people working on conservation projects are often .. http://tinyurl.com/n76js87 days ago

Press Releases RSS feed

The ESRC press releases for the current month are now available as an RSS (or 'news') feed - have the latest ESRC news releases delivered straight to your desktop.

ESRC publications

Society Now - spring 2010 issue
This issue highlights security challenges in the world today, social science contributions to society, features on water management and the Festival of Social Science, and an interview with the ESRC Chair.
Making the case for the social sciences: wellbeing
A booklet from the Academy of Social Sciences produced in collaboration with the ESRC, showing examples of 'social science in action' in the UK focusing on wellbeing.
All ESRC publications

Research Councils UK

Interested in other areas of research? The Research Councils UK website is a joint portal for all Research Councils, offering access to the whole range of UK research funded through the councils.

Press release

2010 Michael Young Prize winner announced

The winner of the 2010 Michael Young Prize has been announced as Dr Ann Le Mare for her work on the impact of fair trade on the wellbeing of women, businesses and organisations in Bangladesh. This prestigious prize is awarded for excellence in the social sciences and is sponsored by the ESRC and The Young Foundation.read more...

Latest ESRC news and events

The ESRC Festival of Social Science 2010 is taking place from 12 to 21 March. This year there are over 130 individual events in more than 40 UK towns and cities for all age-groups and audiences.
ESRC Chief Executive stepping down 30 June
Marmot Review: Large health inequalities in England
Peer Review College Briefing for members
Changes to ESRC's internal structures
Forthcoming events
Public Policy Seminar Series

Research in focus

Find multimedia briefings which include podcast interviews giving background information and specific research examples for topical issues facing the UK today.

Understanding Society

Do you want to know whether your children’s friends are influencing their career aspirations? Or how many quality years you’ll have after retirement? What the risks to your health are? Understanding Society, a new survey will answer these questions and many more.

Understanding Society website

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