Dear all
Just thought I'd higlight the release of our first in a series of videos showing the impact that social science research can have. I found the story in this video to be really emotive - let me know your thoughts!
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/videos/creating-impact.aspx
Moneyline, the not-for-profit social business, offer low-income individuals credit, savings and advice. The researchers developed a framework of risk assessment for use in loan approvals for Moneyline, reducing the risk of bad debts - making their lending cost effective and with a reasonable lending rate.
As well The Autumn issue of Society Now has been published and is at: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/society-now/index.aspx
This issue’s main feature is on the work the ESRC is doing with UK retailers, helping them exploit academic research to meet the challenges to business.
It also includes a focus on:
how the UK is lagging behind in protecting children from food and beverage marketing
how young people in remote areas of India are finding ways out of unemployment
whether deaf people experience voice hallucinations
the changing perceptions of cycling in Britain
And Martin Rosenbaum, ESRC Council Member and BBC executive producer, talks about the issues around the Freedom Of Information Act and how the benefits for many outweigh the inconvenience for some.
Feedback and thoughts welcome!
Melanie
ESRC Communications
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