Grants
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Professor Beverley Skeggs | Sociology | 22 April 2013
There has been a great deal of interest in how capital has intervened in almost every area of life, leading some to propose new forms of capital eg ‘emotional capitalism’, and others to suggest that processes of valuation are now the majo ...
Professor James Nazroo | 08 April 2013
Centre on dynamics of ethnicity (code) will transform understanding of the patterning of ethnic inequalities, investigate how inequalities relate to the ways in which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced, and provide the knowle ...
Professor Rachel Gibson | 01 April 2013
The central objective of this research collaboration is to further our understanding of how the quality, quantity and effects of campaign contacting are changing as a result of the use of social media by parties, candidates and their supporters. In p ...
Dr William Housley | 31 March 2013
This project aims to study the 'social media ecosystem' to better understand how the complex combination of user behaviours, global communication networks, and flows of information interact to promote hateful and socially disruptive content. The proj ...
Dr Michael Bourne | 01 March 2013
This research maps and analyses how new security technologies are developed in practice through inter-disciplinary collaborative research between social scientists and engineers. It will contribute to cross-disciplinary and applied knowledge about th ...
Professor Robert Walker | Social Policy | 01 February 2013
Helping to shape global conversations on poverty to 2015 and beyond: a shame-proofing toolkit. This project implements a multi-media, multi-agency dissemination and utilisation strategy developed from the findings of the esrc/dfid research project: s ...
Professor John Wolffe | Contemporary Religion | 01 February 2013
The leadership activities will seek to integrate key insights from other relevant gu projects, exploring both various understandings of religion and quasi-religion, and weighing their importance against other non-religious factors. Work will proceed ...
Professor John Clarke | 29 January 2013
The aim of this project is to construct a new network of connections between researchers in the uk and north america who have been working on similar concerns but whose work has been separated by time and space. The north american group have focused ...
Miss Mairead Enright | Socio Legal Studies | 17 January 2013
Our series explores the role of private law in shaping political struggle. We are interested in mapping the ways in which engagement with private law might by turns enhance and restrict political engagement between opposing groups and between the cit ...
Professor Ronnie Lippens | 01 January 2013
Recent years have seen a resurgence of interest in the visual dimensions of crime and justice. As images of crime, harm and punishment proliferate across new and old media there is a growing recognition that criminology needs to rethink its relations ...
Outputs
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Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Caroline Rooney | 18 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
Professor rooney’s research programme investigates both the ‘radical distrust’ of political islam on the part of the west and ‘radical distrust’ as a characteristic of extremist formations. The research set out to explore how such forms of mutually r ...
Case Studies
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Case Study | 15 April 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media
Recommendations by professor rita de la feria led to reforms implemented in the portugal’s 2012 state budget which boosted the efficiency of tax and generated savings of 1. 2 per cent gdp.
Case Study | 01 March 2013 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Five datasets hosted by the economic and social data underpin the research evidence which uk and scottish governments are using for plans to reduce alcohol misuse.
Case Study | 21 December 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
Social scientists from the esrc’s centre for business relationships, accountability, sustainability and society (brass) at cardiff university have developed a new methodology that allows findings to go beyond narrow academic circles. In a study of ...
Case Study | 24 September 2012 | Academic, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Researchers from the centre for economic performance and the spatial economics research centre analysed the impact of reforms in health care, where private hospitals could compete with nhs hospitals on publicly funded care. Their findings were cited ...
Case Study | 22 June 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Researchers at the university of leeds, carried out the largest study to date of the erotic dancing industry in the uk night-time economy to assess the realities of negative claims about the industry. Following co-operation with the researchers, loca ...
Case Study | 08 May 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Higher education, Policymakers, Public sector, Schools
The uk government established sure start in 1999 to provide integrated early years services primarily targeted on disadvantaged groups. One of its main architects, norman glass of hm treasury, described it as "an outstanding example of evidence-based ...
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Researchers pointed out flaws in the statistical evidence underpinning the dna retention policy, leading to a revision of the scientific work.
Features
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Feature | 22 May 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
The extent of 'rendition' – the controversial practice of transferring prisoners covertly between countries – can now be seen in a graphic way. The esrc-funded rendition project has developed an interactive map displaying the secret flights, draw ...
Feature | 17 May 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media
The category of 'torture' has been used by western states to distinguish between the civilised and the uncivilised. The moral and political stakes are often simply too high for the british state to admit responsibility for such an act, according to r ...
Feature | 07 May 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media
A study supported by the esrc and the department for international development presents some surprising results of the controversial zimbabwean land reform - and challenges five particular myths.
Feature | 22 April 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
More pressure at work, increased job insecurity and less trust in political institutions are some of the impacts of the recession, according to a new report from the european social survey.
Feature | 09 April 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Nicholas crafts, professor of economics and economic history at the university of warwick and director of the esrc centre for competitive advantage in the global economy, examines how the economic policies of the thatcher era affected the uk economy. ...
Feature | 20 March 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
A report from scotcen social research and the electoral reform society used data from the esrc-supported scottish social attitudes survey to find out ordinary citizens' attitudes to further devolution.
Feature | 19 March 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
When life spans increase, people become more concerned with their rights, pushing societies towards democracy, argues tim dyson of the london school of economics. While this demographic transition has taken 200 years in europe, china might be through ...
Feature | 11 March 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media
The austerity cuts in public spending have brought pressure on protected areas such as international aid. But the uk aid programme is a definite source of 'soft power' for britain, argues professor paul collier in a britain in 2013 article.
Feature | 05 March 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Politicians will find it hard to persuade voters to trust them more because there's a big gap between the kinds of behaviour the two camps think of as unethical, according to new research.
Feature | 19 February 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
Whether independent or devolved from the uk, scotland is set to gain more control over welfare spending – but politicians have not engaged with the challenging issues of welfare spending in the future, warns professor david bell, a future of the uk ...
Press Releases
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Press Release | 12 May 2011 | Academic, Business, International, Policymakers, Press/media
Urban conflict is nothing new in cities like belfast, jerusalem and major cities in the middle east. An international conference at queens’s university in belfast explores how cities have been shaped by ethnic, religious and national conflicts.
Press Release | 28 January 2010 | Business, Policymakers, Press/media
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 so ...
Press Release | 21 December 2009 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
The police service faces a host of new challenges but also opportunities in the wake of the 9/11 and 7/7 terrorism attacks and the global economic downturn.
Press Release | 04 June 2009 | Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector
A fresh approach to public sector leadership is vital if the scottish government's vision of a more successful country is to realised - especially given challenges such as the current financial situation and a general loss of trust in leaders - accor ...
Press Release | 21 April 2009 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Is the recession an opportunity to move away from some traditional, and environmentally unfriendly, industries to cleaner, greener industries to create new and sustainable employment?
Press Release | 12 March 2009 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
The most ambitious independent policy review in the uk for over a decade is published this week and makes challenging reading for both government and opposition.
Press Release | 09 March 2009 | Press/media
The blame for the rise of an anti-political culture in britain rests with politicians not voters, two leading experts will argue at a debate at the forthcoming economic and social research council's festival of social science (6 - 15 march).
Press Release | 25 February 2009 | Policymakers, Press/media
A group of leading uk scientists and social scientists led by the esrc genomics forum, based at the university of edinburgh, calls for joined-up thinking on the emerging politics of plants.
