Other organisations
Scottish
Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE) Institute pooling key areas of strength within the Scottish Economics research base.
Scottish Centre for Social Research (ScotCen) Scotland's leading resource for studies in the field of social policy and public services.
Social Research Association (SRA) Provides a networking function for people engaged in social research across a wide range of organisations in Scotland.
Scottish Institute for Policing Research (SIPR) Collaboration between 13 of Scotland's universities and the Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland.
Local Authorities Research and Intelligence Association (LARIA) Organisation promoting the role and practice of research within the field of local government.
RSS Edinburgh Local Group Programme of free talks and workshops in Edinburgh intended to appeal to anyone with an interest in statistics.
UK-wide
National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) National centre to oversee ESRC-funded projects undertaking research and training on methods for social sciences.
National Centre for Research Methods Nodes Groups carrying out research and training on research methods for social sciences, funded by ESRC.
National Centre for e-Social Science Nodes Groups carrying out research in e-Social Science funded by ESRC.
Administrative Data Liason Service A service acting as an intermediary between academic researchers and data holding organisations to aid the use of administrative data.
UK Statistics Authority An independent body who's objective is to promote and safeguard the production and publication of official statistics that serve the public good.
Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research Research centre specialising in the application of advanced quantitative methods in an interdisciplinary social science context.
National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) Centre for independent social research.
Institute for Social and Economic Research Specialising in the production and analysis of longitudinal data.
Royal Statistical Society Organisation to advance the science and application of statistics, encompassing a campaign 'getstats' to promote its use and awareness for public benefit.
Welsh
WISERD Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods.
Europe-wide
European Social Survey Academically-driven social survey to explain the interaction between Europe's changing institutions and the attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns of its populations.
