The Campaign for Social Science demonstrates how social science improves public policy, society and all our lives. It highlights the value of applied social science research and advocates for its greater use in decision-making and in government.
We promote the benefits of investing in social science to deliver evidence-based solutions to the significant challenges and opportunities facing our society. The Campaign is supported by a coalition of universities, social science societies, and publishers.
Reimagining the recipe for research and innovation: the secret sauce of social science
Our new report emphasises the vitally important, yet often poorly-understood, role of the social sciences to the UK’s current research, development and innovation system, and outlines four key ingredients that the social sciences contribute to enable world-leading and future-focused UK research.
Latest Activity
Election 24: ideas for change based on social science evidence
This Campaign for Social Science project foregrounded social science perspectives, research and evidence relevant to public policy in the run up to a UK General Election in 2024. Drawing on the expertise of distinguished social scientists, the Election 24 project aimed to identify positive and constructive policy suggestions on many key policy areas
Political ‘Realism’ in an Election Year
The 2023 Campaign for Social Science Annual Sage Lecture was delivered by Professor Gary Younge FAcSS, who explored Britain’s electoral culture through the lens of political ‘realism’.
Life, health and wellbeing: the transformative potential of interdisciplinary social science
In this guest feature, Dr Paul Meller, Wellcome Trust, discusses how research within the social sciences and in exciting new combinations with other fields such as STEM offers huge potential to transform our understanding of life, health and wellbeing.