Innovation on the outskirts

How innovation can thrive in remote areas

Green Budget: the bottom line

Still tough for the UK economy, warns the IFS Green Budget

Researching retail

Exploring the social science of shopping

Demand management

Listening to your views

Paul's Headlines - second video

Paul's Headlines - Paul Boyle

Highlighting new initiatives and business engagement.

New evidence briefings

Evidence briefing

Two new briefings on skills policy and innovation

Postgraduate guidance

Young academics

Funding, training and support for postgraduate students.

Our strategic priorities

Compass

We have sharpened our focus around three strategic research priorities.

Research catalogue

Library

The research catalogue contains details of over 100,000 ESRC-funded research outputs.

Social Science for Schools

Social science for schools

Teaching resources, fact sheets and news - bringing social science to the classroom.