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Research in focus

Find multimedia briefings which include podcast interviews giving background information and specific research examples for topical issues facing the UK today.

ESRC publications

Society Now - summer 2010 issue
This issue looks at aid and long-term development in poor countries, modern fatherhood, election research, impoliteness in society, population and migration, with a supplement focusing on innovation and skills.
Making the case for the social sciences: wellbeing
A booklet from the Academy of Social Sciences produced in collaboration with the ESRC, showing examples of 'social science in action' in the UK focusing on wellbeing.
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ESRC on Twitter

You can now follow updates from the ESRC on Twitter. Here are some of the most recent items posted there:

New approaches to capturing the value of culture, media and sport http://bit.ly/2GIU1eabout 3 hours ago
Event: ESRC Genomics Network Conference - Registration Open http://bit.ly/sCCpp1 day ago
Shop around key to a smaller food bill http://bit.ly/3cI5hD1 day ago
New Council members appointed http://bit.ly/V726T2 days ago
Funding call: Environmental and Social Ecology of Human Infectious Diseases (ESEI) http://bit.ly/LtVFL6 days ago
Myths and Realities 1: Migration and Integration: The first of a series of events on contemporary social quest.. http://tinyurl.com/ny25sw7 days ago
Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU) Phase IV Adapting rural living and land use to environmental change http://tinyurl.com/n6c8557 days ago
Coordination Needed to Support Green Fingered Youths: Young people working on conservation projects are often .. http://tinyurl.com/n76js87 days ago

Research Councils UK

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Latest Press Release

UK Youth Justice System Treats Ethnic Groups Differently

New research from the Institute for Criminal Policy Research at King's College, London, examines whether the police and the youth justice system treat young people from different ethnic groups in different ways.read more...

Latest ESRC news and events

Professor Paul Boyle appointed as new ESRC Chief Executive
Users of the ESRC/JISC Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) are invited to complete a survey, the results of which will feed into the Council's current review of the Service.
The British Academy Policy Centre launched a new booklet Past, Present and Future (external website)
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Understanding Society

Do you want to know whether your children’s friends are influencing their career aspirations? Or how many quality years you’ll have after retirement? What the risks to your health are? Understanding Society, a new survey will answer these questions and many more.

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