Research publications
Recent research publications
- Celebrating the social sciences (PDF, 745Kb) showcases 19 case studies of research making a difference, across all sectors of society. With a foreword by ESRC Chief Executive Paul Boyle and introduction by BBC News Home Editor Mark Easton.
- Recovery Britain (PDF, 1.57Mb) examines some of the challenges the UK faces after the downturn and explores what can be learned by looking at evidence from economic and social research.
- Recession Britain (PDF, 1.68Mb) explores what can be learned from evidence on previous recessions.
- A Strategy for Collaborative Ageing Research in the UK (PDF, 1.17Mb) outlines future areas of ageing-relevant research, collaborative opportunities and potential for knowledge exchange.
- Making the case for the social sciences: Wellbeing (PDF, 735Kb) - an AcSS/ESRC booklet showing examples of 'social science in action' in the UK.
- Social science excellence with impact (PDF, 165Kb) - a flyer highlighting how our research contributes to economy, health and sustainability.
Older ESRC reports and briefings
- Africa after 2005: from promises to policy (PDF, 2.4Mb)
- Assessing quality in applied and practice-based educational research (PDF, 334Kb)
- Britain and Europe (PDF, 3.95Mb) - Conference report 2002
- Demographic review of the UK social sciences (PDF, 1Mb) - 2006
- Diverse Europe: mapping patterns of social change across the EU – Richard Berthoud, Maria Lacovou (PDF, 3.18Mb)
- Growing older in the 21st century (PDF, 607Kb) - Malcolm Dean
- Innovation: learning from ESRC research (PDF, 2Mb)
- Nanotechnology: from the science to the social (PDF, 2Mb) - 2007
- Seven ages of man and woman (PDF, 3.59Mb)
- Seven deadly sins (PDF, 4.3Mb) – June 2005
- Social Europe and social science (PDF, 404Kb) - Tony Atkinson, Annual Lecture 2002
- SSRC/ESRC: the first forty years (PDF, 893Kb)
- The confidence factor – the dynamics of success and decline in businesses and nations (PDF, 922Kb) - ESRC Annual Lecture 2003
- The social and economic challenges of nanotechnology (PDF, 1.39Mb) - 2003
- Towards a better map: science, the public and the media (PDF, 1Mb) - Ian Hargreaves, Justin Lewis, Tammy Spears
- UK competitiveness: moving to the next stage (PDF, 274Kb) – Michael Porter, Christian Ketels, 2003
- Who's misunderstanding whom? (PDF, 2.17Mb) - Ian Hargreaves, Galit Ferguson
Science in society publication series:
- Science and gender, ethnicity, and the lifecycle (PDF, 1.02Mb)
- Science, technology and globalisation (PDF, 1.49Mb)
- Genomics and society (PDF, 1Mb)
- Science in the economy and the economics of science (PDF, 1Mb)
- Science in governance and the governance of science (PDF, 1.03Mb)
- Re-modelling science communication (PDF, 632Kb)
The Future of Work Programme seminar series (Robert Taylor):