A number of prominent social scientists and ESRC grant holders have been honoured in the New Year Honours list. We are pleased to offer our congratulations to everyone honoured.

Season's greetings and Christmas holiday closing times.

How can you capture the meaning of 'social sciences' and 'society today' in a single picture? This was the challenge of Portraits of Britain – a photographic competition organised by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Festival of Social Science.

We are seeking applications to fill two vacancies for part-time membership on the ESRC's governing Council, which are expected to arise during 2013.

Data from waves 3 and 4 of the Understanding Society Innovation Panel are now available to download.

We wish to evaluate the use of UK address list information by academics, in light of the recent creation of the National Address Gazetteer.

A number of prominent social scientists and ESRC grant recipients have been honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

As part of a national dementia initiative, ESRC and the National Institute for Health Research will be working together to support social science research on dementia with up to £13m funding available.

An update for ESRC grant holders on our Open Access policy and current developments in this area.

We have produced a set of five new social mobility evidence briefings. The briefings cover education, health inequalities, parenting style, child poverty and employment.