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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

Environment and Climate Change

The ESRC funds world class research in a number of areas linked to the effects of environmental change, economics, human behaviour, health and technologies.
NEW: How do we pay the climate change bill? Experts offer their views on this crucial question.read more...

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Understanding Society

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Latest press release

Don't privatise banks too soon!

Initial findings carried out under the ESRC's World Economy and Finance research programme which comes to a conclusion with a conference in London on 28 January 2010 - a paper presented warns against privatising the recently nationalised banks too soon.read more...

Press Briefings

These multimedia briefings which include podcast interviews give background information and specific research examples for topical issues facing the UK today.read more...

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Britain in 2010 on sale

Britain in 2010 is now on sale. As well as articles and news pieces covering a wide range of topics, the magazine features a section on recession and recovery.
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