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Research Centres and Groups

Research Centres are major investments in one or more of the ESRC's key research challenges. They are funded for an initial period of ten years, subject to a satisfactory mid-term review.

Selection is based on a competition steered towards one or more of the themes, with peer and merit review processes involved.

Research Groups are selected via the same competition as Centres but for an initial period of five years. The Strategic Research Board recommends awards for new centres and groups across the social sciences.

Current Centres and Groups

Below is the list of current ESRC-funded research centres and groups (end dates in brackets).

Please also refer to Resource Centres and Programmes.

Previous Centres and Groups

Recently ended (2009-2010)

Sussex Energy Group (March 2010)

Older

Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group (WeD) (February 2008)
Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) (January 2008)
Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) (September 2007)
Global Poverty Research Group (GPRG) (September 2007)
Families and Social Capital Research Group (March 2007)
Centre for Organisation and Innovation (COI) (September 2006)
Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)(September 2006)
Complex Product Systems Innovation Centre (CoPS) (September 2006)
Human Communication Research Centre (HCRC) (December 2005)
Financial Markets Centre (FMC) (December 2004)
ESRC Transport Studies Unit (TSU) (September 2004)
Research Group on Simulating Policy for an Ageing Society (SAGE) (September 2004)
Research Group on the Study of Care, Values and the Future of Work (CAVA) (September 2004)
Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends (CREST) (September 2002)
Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) (March 2002)
Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC) (September 2001)
Centre for Business Research (CBR) (September 2001)
Centre for the Study of African Economies (CSAE) (September 2001)
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure (CAMPOP) (September 2000)
Centre for International Employment Relations Research (September 1999)
Centre for Research in Ethnic Relations (CRER) (September 1998)
Centre for Science, Technology, Energy and Environmental Policy (September 1997)
Centre for Research in Development, Instruction and Training (CReDIT) (September 1997)
Centre for Housing Research and Urban Studies (now Department of Urban Studies) (September 1993)

Research Centres and Groups

Current Centres and Groups

Economics and Economic Development

Education, Psychology, Cognition and Linguistics

Geography, Environment, Urban/Rural and Transport Studies, Area Studies

Government, Political Science and Law

Management and Business Studies and Innovation

Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work and Social Anthropology

Statistics, Computing, Infrastructure, Demography and Research Methodology

Previous Centres and Groups

Recently ended (2009-2010)

Older