New impact case study: Fairtrade gold boosting sales

Fairtrade rings boosting jewellery sales
Research into ethically produced jewellery has opened a new market in jewellery retail, led to a £200,000 increase in annual turnover, and improved working conditions and the environmental impact of gold mining.
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Impact of constituency boundary changes
The proposed boundary changes for Parliamentary constituencies aim to provide greater equality for the electorate, but will entail significant redrawing of boundaries and changes in constituency demographics.
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Have you achieved outstanding impact? Enter our Celebrating Impact Prize and you could win £10,000!

Celebrating Impact Prize
The Celebrating Impact Prize, now in its fifth year, is an annual opportunity to recognise and reward ESRC-funded researchers and ESRC associates. It celebrates outstanding ESRC research and success in interdisciplinary, collaborative working, partnerships, engagement and knowledge exchange activiti...
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Exploring the rich India-UK research relationship ahead of next week’s #TECHSmt: research on how science and technology embeds in society http://ow.ly/YhH3305Mh4c

Embedding science and technology in society
How much science, technology and innovation can improve a country's prosperity is not only down to scientists' skills – it also depends on how...
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How the UK might leave the EU: new report
A major new report looking at how the UK might withdraw from the EU was published today. ‘How the United Kingdom might leave the European Union’, was produced by the ESRC-funded UK in a Changing Europe initiative for the Political Studies As...
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Society Now magazine - autumn edition out now
The autumn issue of our Society Now magazine is now available. It covers many topical issues including boundary changes, Brexit, migration, grammar schools and more. You can read it via our website or app, or sign up to receive free future editions.
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Our new Research Director Tony McEnery helps answer what has been the biggest influence on the way in which we use English today? in the latest #ESRCblog https://blog.esrc.ac.uk/…/what-is-corpus-linguistics-and-h…/

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Celebrating Impact Prize
We've just launched our 2017 Celebrating Impact Prize (in partnership with SAGE Publishing). Have you achieved outstanding impact?
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Welfare conditionality: sanctions, support and behaviour change
Dr Janis Bright is impact and communications officer for the ESRC-funded Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, support and behaviour change research project. Professor Peter Dwyer is professor of soci…
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Better measures of child poverty
In a perfect world of child poverty targets and measurement, income measures would be complemented by…
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New feature on ESRC funded #mentalhealth research (taken from the latest issue of Society Now magazine) #worldmentalhealthday

Feeling connected could alleviate depression
Group identification – in other words, one's subjective sense of belonging to a group and of commonality with other group members – could play a...
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We've just launched our new writing competition for ESRC-funded students, in partnership with SAGE Publishing #esrcwriting

Writing competition - Making sense of society
Are you keen to communicate your research to a wider audience? Are you an ESRC-funded student, or have you been in the past four years? Then this...
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Social media in the armed forces
The risks and benefits of social media use in the armed forces need to be identified by senior staff and policymakers, to develop effective guidance and secure best practice.
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Shifting attitudes around cycling
Dr Rachel Aldred is Senior Lecturer in Transport at the University of Westminster. Earlier this year Dr Aldred was presented with the Outstanding Impact in Public Policy award in our annual Celebra…
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Using unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for defence and security
Policy on 'drones' (unmanned aerial vehicles) needs to be updated to reflect increased use and advances in technology – strengthening regulation and informing the public. Policy recommendations The government policy on unmanned a...
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Nine in 10 shoppers in England now using their own carrier bags
Around 90 per cent of people in England now take their own bags with them when food shopping as a result of the plastic carrier bag charge, new research has revealed.
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Dreaming about legislative change: an opportunity for data-driven research that must be seized
Vanessa Cuthill worked at the ESRC for the past seven years, most recently as Deputy Director of Evidence, Impact and Strategic Partnerships. She now works as Director for Research and Enterprise …
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Celebrating the social sciences with over 270 free events across the UK during the week 5-12 November 2016. Find out what's on in your area at www.esrc.ac.uk/festival #esrcfestival

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More support needed for separated migrant children
Separated or unaccompanied migrant children only make up about three per cent of the wider care population, but numbers are likely to grow and their distinct needs must be recognised by authorities and foster carers, say researchers.
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Engaging the social sciences with business
Professor Tim Vorley is convening the ESRC and Innovate UK-funded Innovation Caucus. Based at Sheffield University Management School, Tim is a Professor of Entrepreneurship and Co-Director of Centr…
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The ESRC, or Economic and Social Research Council, is the UK's main organisation for funding research and training in economic and social sciences. The ESRC is based in Swindon.
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