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ESRC Longitudinal Studies Review 2017

The ESRC Longitudinal Studies Review 2017 is exploring the current and future scientific and policy-relevant need for longitudinal research resources. The review is being undertaken by a small, independent, international panel, chaired by Professor Pamela Davis-Kean, University of Michigan and will report to ESRC Council early in 2018. We were asked to support the work of the review panel by analysing data from the initial online consultation survey launched in autumn 2016.

This consultation sought input broadly, resulting in 637 completed responses from UK (83.4%) and international (16.6%) respondents. Respondents were predominantly from the academic sector (80%) as well as government, civil society and business sectors (20%).

We wrote an initial report of the main findings of the consultation which was published by ESRC in December 2016.

We were then commissioned to conduct further analysis to examine a number of key themes from the consultation in more detail.  This work resulted in ten short briefing papers that were published by ESRC in May 2017.

 

ESRC Longitudinal Studies Review 2017: further analysis of responses to the consultation


Paper 1: Key areas of scientific and methodological interest to policy makers

Paper 2: The policy relevance of longitudinal studies – contributions and barriers

Paper 3: The capacity and infrastructure for longitudinal research

Paper 4: Use and accessibility of longitudinal resources

Paper 5: International comparisons and opportunities

Paper 6: What did respondents say about birth cohort studies

Paper 7: Data linkage

Paper 8: New forms of data collection

Paper 9: Comparability and harmonisation

Paper 10: Representativeness and study design

ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund

The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is a five-year £1.5 billion funding stream, announced as part of the Government’s 2015 spending review. It forms part of the UK's Official Development Assistance commitment, to support cutting-edge research which addresses the problems faced by developing countries. The GCRF operates across a number of UK delivery partners, including the ESRC which was allocated £35 million over the period of its Delivery Plan 2016-20.

We were commissioned by ESRC in January 2017 to summarise the key findings of the Fund’s initial Call for Evidence conducted by RCUK, and, through an analysis of international donor websites and key strategic documents, to set these findings within the wider national and international funding context. This internal report was commissioned to help inform ESRC’s strategic position as a key delivery partner for the GCRF.

Evaluation of the EU Joint Programming Initiative on demographic change ‘More Years Better Lives’ for the ESRC (2015)

The Joint Programming Initiative ‘More Years Better Lives: The Potential and Challenges of Demographic Change’ (JPI-MYBL) was established in 2010. Its purpose is to foster collaboration and coordination between European and national research programmes related to demographic change. ‘Joint Programming’ is a European approach to pooling national resources to help tackle common challenges. EU Member States commit to Joint Programming initiatives to implement strategic research agendas. In its role as a key JPI partner, the ESRC commissioned us to undertake an external evaluation to examine the progress of MYBL towards its aims during its first 30 months. The evaluation involved documentary analysis of JPI outcomes and qualitative interviews with JPI members representing 12 counties.


Click here to access the final report and summary.