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The ESRC, in partnership with SAGE Publishing, is launching its third student writing competition. This year, ESRC-funded PhD students are being asked to explain how their research has an impact on improving the lives of people.
Professor Paul Nightingale has been appointed as ESRC's new Director of Strategy and Operations, and Professor Alison Park will be ESRC's new Director of Research.
ESRC is announcing £1.7 million of funding for projects investigating crime at sea, human trafficking, cyber-crime, crime in Africa and the overlap between crime and extremism.
ESRC in collaboration with other EqUIP funding partners is investing around £5 million for EqUIP's pilot research call on Sustainability, Equity, Wellbeing and Cultural Connections.
The first Green Great Britain (GB) Week will take place 15-19 October 2018, with the aim of engaging us all with the importance of tackling climate change and ensuring clean growth.
The UK wants to continue on a path of decarbonisation through its new clean growth strategy – and this desire is embodied in the inaugural Green Great Britain Week. What can be done to tackle climate change across all levels of society?
Restricting advertising of unhealthy foods is one policy to deal with rising rates of obesity and diet-related disease. But do advertising restrictions help tackle childhood obesity?
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) are announcing £4.9 million of funding for seven new projects across three continents as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
We have announced £2.6 million of funding for 13 new projects funded under the Transformative Research call. These projects will run for up to 24 months and commenced on 1 September 2018.
Our fifth annual photographic competition ‘Better Lives’ asks 14 to 18-year-olds to explore creatively the relevance of studying different aspects of society to improving lives. At work, in school or college, at home and within our communities, social science affects us all every day and the competition provides an opportunity to investigate this in detail:
