ESRC Society Today

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Introduction

• Putting the spotlight on ESRC's international agenda - Professor Fiona Devine      

News in brief

• FP7
• Making national borders invisible to researchers
• COST Actions
• NatCen launches Omnibus Survey
• UKCRC public health research Centres of Excellence
• Internet tutorials for the Social Sciences
• Non-governmental public action programme: An ESRC initiative
• The Tomorrow Project and the ESRC
• The Mary Brennan Memorial Fellowship
• New centre to study bilingualism      

Features

• International collaboration in social science research
• An international programme for international researchers
• International tools: Equipping the UK's social scientists for international research   

Research in the pipeline

• Religion and mortality
• Fair Trade
• AIDS, Africa and the Church       

International research in the pipeline

• Weighing up the pros and cons
• The value of bricks and mortar
• The true cost of crime
• Feasible farming       

Community

• Library of Congress Scholarship
• NORFACE seminar scheme
• 'Three from ESRC go to India' by Ros Rouse
• Working in a policy or business environment
• International funding opportunities
• Conferences and seminars
• Books     

People

• Royal Institute of British Architects President's Research Awards 2006
• Queen's New Year Honours
• Chair of Research Councils UK
• Political Studies award     

In the news...

• ESRC researchers in the headlines:
• • Jurors' views on rape 'unchanged'
  • Class divides find a new home
  • Pentecostal Church 'sees growth'
  • Childless women die younger
  • Muggers commit crimes 'for kicks' 

A day in the life

• Chris Godwin, Associate Director for international strategy