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ESRC announces winners of its 2022 Celebrating Impact Prize

Stuart Mitchell

Researchers whose work has made an outstanding difference to society and the economy were celebrated at the ESRC’s annual Celebrating Impact Prize awards. The Celebrating Impact Prize awards is part of the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Festival of Social Sciences. The event was live streamed from the Royal Society in London on 2 November. The competition, now in its tenth year, recognises and rewards ESRC-funded researchers who have achieved impact through exceptional research, knowledge exchange activities, collaborative partnerships and engagement with different communities. John Hills Impact Prize 2022…

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Social sciences to play vital role in meeting UK’s net zero goals

Stuart Mitchell

The UK’s journey to net zero by 2050 is set to be bolstered by the social sciences, thanks to a major new investment from ESRC. The investment, in an environmental leadership team, worth £6.25 million, will ensure the UK’s world-leading social science expertise plays a central role in interdisciplinary environmental science research. Institutional, community and individual behavioural change will be fundamental to securing net zero by 2050. The team’s expertise will hasten our understanding of how to develop solutions that will help us reach net zero as well as other…

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