Typical job profiles
Useful online resources
- Your career in research (pdf) from the Market Research Society
- Social Research Association
- UK Research & Innovation - developing people and skills
- Local Government Association - careers
- GOV.UK - information about social research opportunities including summer placements
- National Centre for Social Research
- Scottish Centre for Social Research
Think Tanks
Think Tanks are organisations that explore and research issues. These issues can include social, public, and economic policy. It can also include reform, social justice, democracy, and the environment. Most are independent but some are government funded and/or linked to a political party. Many, but not all, are not-for-profit organisations. Internships, often unpaid, are offered by some think tanks.
- Working in the Think Tank sector - recording of a session hosted by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research
- Resolution Foundation - includes videos about Working in the Think Tank Sector
- Smart Thinking - careers resources, including blogs and interviews, for those wanting to work in think tanks or policy
Relevant organisations
- Adam Smith Institute
- Centre for Policy Studies
- Chatham House
- Civitas
- David Hume Institute
- Demos
- European Policy Centre
- Fabian Society
- Institute for Development Studies
- Institute for Economic Affairs
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- New Economics Foundation
- New Policy Institute
- Policy Exchange
- Politeia
- Reform
- Reform Scotland
- Social Market Foundation
Job sites and specialist recruiters
- Government Statistical Service Recruitment
- Work for an MP
- Working in Parliament
- AQR - directory of companies offering a Graduate Training Programme
Further study
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - the UK'S leading research & training agency addressing social and economic issues
- Institute for Social Marketing - includes useful information including case studies
- Social Research Association - training programmes
- Social Research Courses - postgraduate level in the United Kingdom