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Research Programmes

Research Programmes are groups of related projects, together addressing one or more of ESRC's priority themes. They are typically five years in duration. Selection is based on a competition worked around a specification for the programme, with peer and merit review processes involved.

Current Programmes

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

Please also refer to Resource Centres and Programmes.

Previous Programmes

World Economy and Finance (January 2010)
Non-Governmental Public Action (NGPA) (April 2009)
Identities and Social Action (December 2008)
Stem Cells Initiative: Capacity Building and Research II (September 2008)
New Security Challenges (December 2007)
Science in Society (December 2007)
E-Society (October 2007)
Research Methods Programme (September 2007)
Cultures of Consumption (June 2007)
British Elections Study 2005/06 (March 2007)
Evolution of Business Knowledge (EBK) (December 2006)
Sustainable Technologies Programme (December 2006)
Demonstrator Scheme for Qualitative Data Sharing and Research Archiving (QUADS) (September 2006)
People at the Centre of Communication and Information Technologies (PACCIT) (September 2006)
Devolution and Constitutional Change (March 2006)
Innovative Health Technologies (January 2006)
Eating, Food and Health (December 2005)
Environment and Human Behaviour (November 2004)
Future of Work (October 2004)
Domestic Management of Terrorist Attacks (July 2004)
Understanding the Evolving Macro-Economy (June 2004)
Growing Older (April 2004)
Future Governance (December 2003)
Democracy and Participation (September 2003)
Youth, Citizenship and Social Change (September 2003)
One Europe or Several? (December 2002)
Violence (September 2002)
Cities: Economic Competition and Social Cohesion (June 2002)
Health Variations (September 2001)
Children 5-16: Growing into the 21st Century (June 2001)
Inland Surface Transport (April 2001)
Virtual Society (September 2000)

Research Programmes

Current Programmes

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

Management and Business Studies and Innovation

Sociology, Social Policy, Social Work and Social Anthropology

Previous Programmes