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Depression and binge-drinking more common for military partners

Wed, 25 Sep 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Depression and binge-drinking are more common among the female partners of UK military personnel than among women outside the military community, shows ESRC-funded research at King’s College London.

Two-thirds of people support limited air travel in climate change poll

Tue, 24 Sep 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Two-thirds of people support limiting air travel in order to address climate change, according to results from a YouGov poll commissioned by the new ESRC-funded Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST).

Mental health, civil rights and workplace tech receive £25 million boost

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Centres driving advances in social research – such as in mental health treatment and prevention, and civil rights and engagement- will receive a boost today as the government unveils £25 million for social science research.

Motorcycle taxis – the fast track to prosperity for Liberian villages

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

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.

How climate change led to Cambodia's 'blood bricks'

Sun, 28 Apr 2019 23:00:00 GMT

The urban boom in Cambodia's Phnom Penh is literally built on 'blood bricks' – an industry relying on a form of modern slavery, with a multigenerational workforce of adults and children trapped in debt bondage.

A fair share of village water

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 23:00:00 GMT

Research in Burkina Faso exploring water management stimulated villagers' negotiation for fair access to local reservoirs.

Girl-Kind project boosting North East girl power

Fri, 29 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Working with groups of girls aged 11-16 from schools across the North East, the ESRC-supported Girl-Kind project creates a space for girls to explore their own selves, relationships and contemporary representations of girlhood, with workshops leading up to UN’s International Day of the Girl Child.

The girl coders breaking into IT

Fri, 22 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The 'go_girl: code+create' project, supported by ESRC Impact Acceleration Account funding, is helping disadvantaged girls into tech careers – the participants create video stories of successful women and publish on a mobile app they code themselves.

Better interventions to target domestic violence

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Domestic violence is widely accepted in most developing countries, says a new study of attitudes towards domestic violence in 49 low and middle-income countries.

Healthy living with long-time partner

Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Several studies have found that marriage has health benefits, but new research suggests that living in a long-term partnership is good for your health – whether you're married or not.

Tracking migration with Facebook

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Social media can provide valuable real-time data on migration, with new research using datasets from Facebook's advertising platform to uncover trends and migrant numbers.

ESRC centre helps Mosul University rebuild studies after destruction

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science has helped the University of Mosul to rebuild their language studies after the destruction by Islamic State.

Drivers of Mediterranean migration

Fri, 08 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Conflict, persecution and general insecurity are the main drivers of migration by sea to Europe, shows research into the Mediterranean migration crisis.

The age divide

Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Housing debates have almost entirely ignored residential age segregation as one of the potential consequences of the ongoing housing affordability crisis. Is age segregation something we should be worried about?

Social norms help sway food choices

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

One method for encouraging healthy food choices is to inform people about their friends' healthy eating habits, says new research from the University of Birmingham.

Making rehabilitation work for ex-prisoners

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

Prison and probation services have traditionally focused on personal rehabilitation, but this focus cannot resolve problems that are social rather than individual. A new rehabilitation model includes three additional aspects beyond personal rehabilitation – expanding to relations in the wider society.

The spread of crime.com

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

As we are becoming increasingly more digital and interconnected, organised crime is adapting by using web technology to enable criminal activities – such as laundering money, running drugs trade or trafficking, hacking networks and stealing data for sale or extortion.

Communities' input into post-disaster recovery

Tue, 22 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Inoculating against fake news?

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Examining online hate

Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

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.