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Rss About ESRC
The ESRC is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. We support independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and the third sector.. At any one time we support over 4,000 researchers and postgraduate students in academic institutions and independent research institutes.
Information about ESRC, including our history, mission and priorities.
We fund a range of schemes, competitions and initiatives. Our funding opportunities enable individuals and groups to pursue world-class research in academic institutions and independent research centres. Funding opportunities.
The ESRC has produced a range of research publications highlighting social sciences and ESRC-funded research.
Our magazines Society Now and Britain in 2011 showcase the diversity of ESRC-funded research. The newsletter eNews highlights the latest news from ESRC.
Articles and opinion pieces covering current and completed ESRC-funded research. A selection of case studies highlighting ESRC research impact in various areas of society. Click here to view the full listing of Features. The ESRC also produces a range of briefings highlighting key research findings and policy relevance.
Find out about events that ESRC and our research investments are involved in. See our Festival of Social Science section for guidance and updates on the Festival week or click here to view the full listing.
Press Releases
How teenagers cope with inner-city risks
With concerns often expressed about youth crime and violence in the UK, researchers have been investigating what young people really think about living in an inner-city neighbourhood that has high levels of deprivation, crime and gang activity.
ESRC: How family conflict affects children
New research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems.
ESRC: Depression: why life can feel out of control
People with depression often feel their life is out of control. It can evoke feelings that their life is pointless or by merely existing bad things can happen. Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) suggests that these feeling may be caused by subtle changes in the way depressed people perceive time and process their surroundings.
ESRC: Primary pupils miss out on the outdoors
Outdoor play and learning can make an important contribution to helping children make the transition from early years education into primary school, an innovative research project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) has concluded. According to the project's findings, pupils' opportunities to spend time outdoors decline sharply as they move from early years education into more formal schooling.
ESRC: How can we prepare better for emergencies?
Well designed and planned exercises are essential to ensure that the UK can respond effectively to emergencies of all kinds, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The emergencies may take the form of a terrorist attack, flooding, pandemic flu, rail or air disaster - or any major disruptive event requiring an emergency response.
Special event coverage
Festival of Social Sciences: Celebrating the Social Sciences
Evidence-based policy should not be a radical concept. It needs to be celebrated.
Festival of Social Sciences: 2 languages: 2 brains, 2 minds, 2 cultures?
As part of the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences, the Deafness Cognition And Language Research Centre (DCAL) hosted an event exploring the powerful benefits of bilingualism in spoken and sign languages, for hearing and deaf people alike - benefits that reach hearing and deaf people alike.
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