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The most pressing challenges facing Indian urban areas – such as health, sanitation and labour issues – are to be tackled in a series of projects which aim to get a better understanding of economic and social issues.

Four of the ESRC's research investments have collectively received £2 million in extra funding from the Government to support a programme of work as part of the Industrial Strategy. 

The annual ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize, now in its sixth year, is an opportunity to recognise and reward researchers whose work has made a real difference to society or the economy.

Going clubbing three or more times a week triples a person’s experiences of violence from strangers and acquaintances, says new research from Nottingham Trent University.

Today for the first time, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is to recognise its global centres of excellence with official ESRC Research Institute status. The move acknowledges those centres which have demonstrated sustained strategic value to the Council, as well as to the broader social science research landscape, with long-term, five-year funding.

The UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship scheme aims to develop, retain, attract and sustain research and innovation talent in the UK.

Today we have published our gender pay gap report for 2017 - alongside the other research councils and Innovate UK, who from 1 April will all become part of UK Research and Innovation.

A new research centre, the UK Centre for Research on Energy Demand (UKCRED), to develop and deliver internationally leading research, focusing on energy demand from a systemic, socio-technical perspective, is announced today by two research councils.

Dropping the notion of 'victory' could lead to a more realistic understanding of modern warfare, suggests research.

New report outlines the findings and next steps of our call for evidence to find out where we need to build knowledge and skills to improve the UK’s social science capability and capacity.