Impact case studies

Research evidence on the health needs of human trafficking victims has been hugely influential – shaping international response and developing training materials used in over 155 countries.

Researchers changed open data policy and created an online resource of over 10,000 public toilets – helping the elderly, pregnant women and people with medical conditions.

Research underpinned new leadership development programmes delivered to over 65 NHS Trusts, fostering better relationships between managers and medical staff.

InFuse, an online search facility for census data, is enabling tailored search and investigation of UK census statistics – opening new opportunities for aggregating and comparing population counts.

Over 60,000 rural Kenyans have benefited from ‘smart’ hand pumps using mobile phone technology and remote monitoring, combined with a community-based payment model and local maintenance, to ensure secure water supplies.

Research combining census and data on internet use reveals local variations in internet access - informing policy to boost UK’s internet economy.

E-training course helps teachers to support children with mental health issues – benefitting 9,000 students in 215 special schools.

The British National Corpus, developed by ESRC CASS centre researchers, contributed to the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary worldwide sales of 35 million copies and language tests for more than 600,000 students annually.

Researchers have found that fences with beehives discourage African elephants from crop-raiding farms - stopping 80 percent of crop raids, reducing human-elephant confrontations and improving food security.

Research informed Kenyan policy on managing coastal mangrove forests, led to the planting of more than 10,000 mangroves, provided local investment from the sale of carbon credits and facilitated local mangrove management.