eNews January 2012
Over 900 datasets in the Research catalogue
The ESRC’s Research catalogue will be offering over 900 datasets as a new service, both for the public and for researchers to encourage reuse of data. As well as over 200 datasets from the Economic and Social Data Service and UK Data Archive, 700 datasets from individual ESRC grant holders will be available to download. Read more.
Funding opportunities
Media training in 2012
We will be running a selection of media training days in a number of locations for ESRC funded mid-career researchers between January and March. If you would like further information or to register to attend, please email: charles.clerck@esrc.ac.uk Winners of the 2011 Digging into Data challengeAnalysing 600 years of music, drilling down into population databases, understanding social unrest through digitised newspapers - these are just some of the new lines of research that the winners of the second Digging into Data Challenge will now undertake. Riots: the research evidenceA new section on our website presents ESRC-funded research related to riots and the broader issues - such as policing, the role of social media, community cohesion, parenting and wider inequalities. British Election StudyWe will be inviting applications in the spring for a new British Election Study. Funding for the current study ends in late 2012 and it is envisaged that the new British Election Study will start no later than autumn 2013, perhaps earlier to cover the possibility of a snap election being called. Latest research features | Evidence briefingsOur evidence briefings highlight research findings and their relevance in key policy areas. Latest briefings
ESRC Committee and Panel appointments 2012We are now inviting applications from suitably experienced individuals to be members of ESRC Committees and Grant Assessment Panels. Further information can be found on the vacancies page of the ESRC website. Events
PeopleWe were saddened to hear that Professor Sir Roger Jowell co-founder of NatCen Social Research passed away during the Christmas period. New Year Honours 2012 - a number of prominent Social Scientists and ESRC grant holders were honoured this year, including:
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