The ISRF funds and supports critical, innovative and rigorous research in the social sciences and humanities through grant competitions, events and publications.

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Recent Fellows and Associates

We fund research projects through competitive grant programmes aimed at UK and European scholars working across the social sciences and humanities.

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Funding

We support independent-minded researchers exploring and presenting original research ideas which take new approaches, and suggest new solutions, to real-world social problems.


ISRF Funding is awarded competitively through a series of Grant Competitions for individual Fellowships and small group projects.

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Events

We host a variety of events which aim to provide a platform for ISRF Fellows to report on their research projects, and also to contribute to broader conversations and discussions across the social sciences.

25th September, 2025

18:00 - 19:30 GMT

Bordering Social Reproduction

An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Professor Rachel Rosen & Dr Eve Dickson, authors of 'Bordering Social Reproduction: Migrant Mothers and Children Making Lives in the Shadows'.
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20th November, 2025

18:00 - 19:30 GMT

Threads of Labour

An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lisa Taylor, author of 'Threads of Labour: Tapestry of an Ex-Industrial Community'.
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9th December, 2025

18:00 - 19:30 GMT

Neoliberalism and Race

An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Lars Cornelissen, author of 'Neoliberalism and Race'.
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