Impact case studies

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership between market research agency MESH and Cranfield School of Management enabled the company to establish a lead in the ‘research tracker’ market – expanding the business five-fold during the first three years of the KTP.

A Knowledge Transfer Partnership provided vital support for Welsh charity Llamau in winning contracts and grants worth over £4 million and becoming the leading charity for their client group, rolling out services across Wales.

Research about the process of democratisation in sub-Saharan Africa improved strategies to reduce violence and promote greater transparency during elections, and led to innovation in UN monitoring practices.

The Committee on Climate Change, set up in 2008 to identify climate change targets and advise the UK government, was formed due to recommendations underpinned by ESRC-funded research.

ESRC-funded researchers have developed the Learning Designer, a web-based tool which has helped thousands of teaching professionals to design and improve teaching activities.

Crime costs the UK billions; cybercrime alone is estimated to cost £27 billion annually. ESRC-funded cognitive research has led to increased lie-detection rates during interrogation, up from 58 per cent in standard methods to 72 per cent using the new process.

The 'CLEAR IDEAS' innovation development model has improved cost-efficiency in service delivery for public sector organisations - leading to savings of £1.7 million for social care services in Sheffield.

Discovery of a distinctive 'enterprise belt' surrounding Greater Birmingham helps create 96,000 new jobs that will add £14 billion to the economy.

With his long term commitment over successive research initiatives to maximising impact opportunities for his own research and that of colleagues and collaborators, Professor Charlie Jeffery, ESRC Impact Champion of 2015 is a model of leadership in the social sciences.

A unique study led by Professor Hester Parr has improved the way UK police officers relate to missing persons and transformed policing guidance on the handling of missing persons and their families.