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Welcome to the 2024 Festival of Social Science

The festival explores the world of social science, from how society has shaped our local areas to behaviours that help fight climate change. This year a number of our events will focus on our digital lives, exploring the relationship between humans and digital technology.

The festival runs from Saturday 19 October to Saturday 9 November.

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The festival is running Saturday 19 October to Saturday 9 November with lots of events to choose from.

You can browse the events in date order or search using the ‘event filters’ below to select events you are interested in.

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Learn more about the Economic and Social Research Council

ESRC is the UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues. We support independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and civil society. At any one time ESRC supports more than 4,000 researchers and postgraduate students in academic institutions and independent research institutes. Visit the ESRC’s website to learn more about the insights they are providing.

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