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A selection of case studies highlighting ESRC research impact in various areas of society.
An overview of our impacts can be found in the annual Research Performance and Economic Impact report.
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.
A Knowledge Transfer Partnership helped financial trading company London Capital Group Holdings to improve their risk management procedures - increasing sales by £250,000 and leading to expected profit increases of £2.2 million.
A research collaboration with ESRC-funded researchers has increased access to alternative energy in developing nations and improved the lives of 250,000 people.
A framework to assist more sustainable maritime operations increased annual sales turnover for Falmouth Harbour Commissioners by £163,000, reduced annual costs by £174,000, and safeguarded vital business activities.
Research led to the adoption of white light in residential roads and urban centres throughout the UK - saving 113 gigawatt hours of electricity and over £10 million in costs for 2012, and reducing UK CO2 emissions by 45.5 megatons.
Research highlighted design flaws in the UK’s new flood insurance scheme Flood Re, resulting in the scheme taking account of climate change impacts – potentially affecting more than five million flood-risk properties in the UK.
Research seminars, projects and consultancy led by Professor Joe Smith of The Open University altered how the media has covered climate change and renewed BBC environmental programming.
