Today sees the launch of Economic and Social Research Council’s delivery plan for 2019.
All the key opportunities and challenges for the UK have people and behaviour at their core. Raising productivity, realising the full potential of medical and technological advances, coping with an ageing population, addressing climate change and improving public services will all require a rich understanding of how individuals, firms, markets, communities and governments behave and interact.
ESRC supports social science that generates this rich understanding.