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Insights into your life

Our researchers are daring, visionary thinkers, constantly asking difficult questions and providing answers that give insights into your life.

We look at issues that affect you both now and in the future - from how your online footprint affects your human rights to how we can feed the world's growing population. Our research shapes thinking and influences policy. We've helped governments model the effects of their economic policies and shaped the global debate on mental health law reform.

 

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At Essex we have a full range of expertise across our academic community. As well as exploring our research groups, projects and topics you can also find out more about our Research Centres and Institutes, or find and academic based on their research interest and expertise.

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Research Projects
Find out more about the range of research projects we undertake at the University of Essex and the differences to lives, policies and the environment we are making.
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To help you navigate through out research we have a range of topics that show how as a University we use interdisciplinary approachers to tackle and explore some of the worlds biggest issues and discussions.
Centres and Institutes
Explore the full range of research centres and institutes based in each of our academic departments we have here at Essex.
Showcases and case studies
Get to know more about some of the big case studies, impact and insight showcases from the research at the University.
Research Excellence Framework 2021
Essex is a powerhouse for social sciences and is in the top 10 in the UK for economics and econometrics, modern languages and linguistics, politics and international studies, and sociology. We're also in the top 20 for art history, law and philosophy (Grade Point Average, Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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Research commentary

The truth about the ‘great resignation’ – who changed jobs, where they went and why

Read the article Explore all our commentary pieces on The Conversation

Facilities, publications and data

Research data repository
Our repository for the publication, discovery and dissemination of research data.
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Our open access institutional research repository
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A successful first year for the Open Access Fund

In this blog post, Sean Andersson looks back at the first year of Essex's Open Access Fund. This fund pays the processing charges many academic publishers levy for open access. Every article, chapter or book published open access is freely available to download and share online, expanding reach and increasing impact.

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