Other related ESRC programmes

ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMMES

Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment (CSERGE)
It researches the causes, consequences and policy implications of global environmental change. http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/cserge

Environment and Human Behaviour
It studies why people behave towards the environment as they do and how these behaviours might change. http://www.psi.org.uk/ehb/

Global Environmental Change (GEC) (ended June 2000)
The objective of this 10-year programme was to develop a better understanding of the underlying social and economic drivers of environmental change, the impacts of environmental change on society and the policies and measures that address environmental problems. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/gec/

Sustainable Technologies
It investigates the development and adoption of sustainable technologies from windfarms to fuel cell technology. http://www.sustainabletechnologies.ac.uk

The Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Scientists, economists, engineers and social scientists develop sustainable responses to climate change. http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/

OTHER PROGRAMMES

Centre for the Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE)
Research into integration and exclusion in the areas of the economy, family and community. It also examines social institutions involved in regeneration, housing policy, social security, family policy, education and crime, and policing. http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/case/

Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society
It examines the issues of sustainability, accountability and social responsibility through research and analysis of business relationships at the local, national and global level. http://www.brass.cf.ac.uk

Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC)
It studies innovation in business, including innovation in relation to use of resources and the environment, and its effects on competitiveness. http://les.man.ac.uk/cric/

Cities: Competitiveness and Cohesion (ended June 2002)
It researched how cities develop and mobilise distinctive economic assets to secure competitive advantage and how these processes impact upon, and are influenced by, social cohesion and environmental quality. http://cwis.livjm.ac.uk/cities/

Cultures of Consumption
Research into the expanding political, economic, technological and cultural significance of consumption in history and contemporary society. http://www.consume.bbk.ac.uk

Science in Society
It explores and facilitates the rapidly changing relations between science (including engineering and technology) and the wider society. http://www.sci-soc.net

Transport Studies Unit
It studies people's travel behaviour and the management of traffic growth.
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/transport-studies/tsuhome.htm