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Involving communities in design and implementation of post-disaster recovery is key to achieving better outcomes and longer-term recovery after natural disasters, shows research.
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is pioneering an ambitious new approach to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges through a £200 million investment across 12 global research Hubs and ESRC will be supporting this initiative.
Misinformation can stick even when people know that a piece of information is false. But If people are made aware that they might be misled before the misinformation is presented, there is evidence that people become 'inoculated' to fake news.
Research shows that upgrading footpaths to tracks can benefit rural and marginalised communities in Liberia, by opening the areas to motorcycle taxi services – drastically reducing transport times and boosting trade.
Five research grants have been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council to investigate management practices’ and their effect on productivity.
The ESRC-funded HateLab is analysing data to see how social media spreads and amplifies hate speech in the aftermath of terror attacks and what factors help or hinder.
Workers in Britain are working harder and have less say, but are less anxious about losing their job or having their job changed in some way, according to the findings from the latest Skills and Employment Survey.
UK organisations holding grants from Horizon 2020, the European Union’s flagship programme for research and innovation, need to submit information about them into a UKRI portal designed to capture basic details about the grants.
A new project to create an online support network for people with young onset and rare dementias is one of four research projects funded as part of a £15 million initiative on research to improve the lives of people living with dementia.
A number of prominent social scientists, economists and ESRC grant holders, both past and present, have been honoured in the New Year Honours list for 2019. We offer our congratulations to everyone honoured.
