ESRC launches new website for social sciences

23 June, 2005

The UK's largest funding agency for research and postgraduate training on social and economic issues - The Economic and Social Research Council - has launched a new online initiative for social sciences research.

ESRC Society Today - www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk - offers students and researchers free access to high quality social and economic research available, planned and in progress.

As well as bringing together all ESRC-funded research, the website provides a gateway to other key online resources from the UK such as Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG), the UK Data Archive and the Office of National Statistics - as well as international coverage from services such as Europa and Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

It includes early findings, full texts and original data sets and allows users to establish online discussion fora, track down researchers in their key subject fields or find details on ESRC funding and training opportunities. Users can register for regular news bulletins and email alerts on areas of interest and stay abreast of the latest research.

For further information, e-mail societytoday@esrc.ac.uk