Economic and Social Research Council

UKRI ESRC funds world-leading research, data and training in the economic and social sciences. We are part of UK Research and Innovation (@UKRI_News).

[Natural Environment Research Council @NERCscience]

Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community.

⏰ Closes 1 April 2025.

🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more.

For more information: https://t.co/uC8bW1fxxy

[The Productivity Institute @TPIProductivity]

🎉 National Productivity Week is back! 🚀 Join us 27-31 January for events, seminars, and more! 💡 Curious about how your business can help lead the charge to a more productive UK? Find out more: https://t.co/AV81rdCs9v #NationalProductivityWeek

[SSHRC @SSHRC_CRSH]

The deadline to apply for the “Envisioning Governance Systems that Work” Knowledge Synthesis Grants is December 12th. Up to 47 grants of up to $30K each are available to synthesize knowledge on this theme. Apply today! https://t.co/pmvFgGFPoA
@cihr_irsc @esrc @ahrcpress

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

COMING SOON: apply for funding for an interdisciplinary project to identify ways of supporting economic activity in places experiencing high rates of ill-health, disability, and informal (unpaid) care in the UK.

Opens on 3 February 2025.

More: https://t.co/au5mbWEo6Y

[Centre for Young Lives @CfYoungLives]

The 11th report in our year-long series with ⁦@ChildoftheNort1⁩ out today warns thousands of vulnerable children are at risk of criminal exploitation and urges Government to roll out its Young Futures programme in disadvantaged areas 👇 https://t.co/Aacqk6nrlQ

[Natural Environment Research Council @NERCscience]

Apply for funding to develop partnerships and activities that contribute towards increasing diversity and inclusion in the NERC community.

⏰ Closes 1 April 2025.

🗓️Join our webinar on 22 January 2025 to learn more.

For more information: https://t.co/bu4Zp71hgn

[Centre for Sociodigital Futures (CenSoF) @SociodigFutures]

Can AI detect how you feel? What are the challenges of reading our emotions? And does this tech offer help or harm? In our latest blog @S_A_R_Lab reflects on a public demo of emotion reading tech and consider some of the questions it poses.

Read https://t.co/M4ggo1xj7n

[Centre for Care @CentreForCare]

We have published another report today in collaboration with @CarersUK for #carersrightsday, looking at the value of #unpaidcare in all four nations of the UK, estimated to be a staggering £184 billion per year.

Read this report here: https://t.co/ExTasIY7hP

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

You can watch our winners and finalist’s videos on our YouTube playlist: https://t.co/MMrxbSrOQr

Find out more about our winners: https://t.co/Ocf4T1VaJO 7/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

Last night we announced the winners of the 2024 #ImpactPrize Awards🏆

The awards are a chance to celebrate and honour researchers who are working to make real-world impact and meaningful change.

Congratulations to all the finalists!

Meet our winners below 🧵1/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

This year’s winner of Outstanding Societal is The Post Office Scandal led by Project Professor @RichardMoorhead for 'The Post Office Scandal: Lawyers’ Ethics and Ruined Lives'.

Congratulations! 🎉6/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

This year’s winner of Outstanding Public Policy is Professor Charlotte O'Brien (@CR_OBrien) for 'Supporting strategic litigation to secure EU nationals’ post-Brexit rights'. (@EURightsHub)

Congratulations! 🎉5/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

This year’s winner of Outstanding International is the OSR4Rights research group (@osr4rights) led by Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees for 'Strengthening the use of open source research in human rights investigations'.

Congratulations! 🎉4/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

This year’s winner of Outstanding Early Career is Dr
@TimoLeiter for 'Better prepared: New global targets strengthen climate adaptation and resilience'.

Congratulations! 🎉3/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

This year’s winner of Outstanding Business and Enterprise is the Digit work time reduction team led by Professor @BrendanBurchell with Dr @_davidfrayne for 'Improving productivity and well-being with a four-day working week'.

Congratulations! 🎉2/

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

There's still time to apply!

We are launching an £11.5m investment with @SciTechgovuk to fund the development and management of a global evidence synthesis infrastructure.

Apply now: https://t.co/bwIdPwsE7Z

Closes 12 Dec

[Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @VP_Centre]

Local police services across Britain are failing to meet the public’s minimum standards of service delivery, according to a new @VP_Centre report, which our Co-Director @Crawford1Adam will speak about at the APCC NPCC Summit today 🧵 1/8

https://t.co/pFc7QlzJrR

[The Productivity Institute @TPIProductivity]

🚨 CALL FOR PAPERS
The Productivity Institute is hosting an international research conference on Productivity on 4–5 September 2025. The deadline for paper/abstract submissions is 31 January. Find out more: https://t.co/tfjWpB0vXk

[Economic and Social Research Council @ESRC]

The 2024 #ImpactPrize Awards are just a few days away!🎉

Recently we’ve shared the incredible stories of our finalists and their projects. You can find all of the films in this playlist:https://t.co/MMrxbSrOQr

Stay tuned for later this week when we announce the winners!

[Stian Westlake @stianwestlake]

The UK government has ambitious plans for a National Data Library, and a lot of the important technical choices remain to be made.

Together with @wellcometrust, @esrc is running a Technical White Paper challenge to invite proposals for how to make it work best!