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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.

Dr Kate Forbes-Pitt

Other Projects and Partnership 2011-13

Professor Ismael Al-Amoudi

Other Projects and Partnership 2011-13, Other Projects and Partnership 2014-16

Professor Margaret Archer

Other Projects and Partnership 2011-13, Other Projects and Partnership 2014-16

Dr Arun Kundnani

Other Projects and Partnership 2021-22

Dr Louise Braddock

Other Projects and Partnership 2020-24

Professor Tony Lawson

Other Projects and Partnership 2024, Other Projects and Partnership 2011-14

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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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Types of funding

Early Career Fellows

Scholars within 10 years of PhD award.

Mid-Career Fellows

Scholars more than 10 years post-PhD.

Independent Scholar Fellows

Independent scholars who do not hold an appointment at an institution of higher education and research.

First Book Fellows

Scholars within 3 years of PhD award.

Political Economy Fellows

Scholars working in Political Economy.

Collaborative Fellows

Pairs of scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds.

Small Group Projects

For groups of 2-10 scholars.

Other Projects and Partnerships

Non-competitively funded projects, institutional partnerships and discretionary awards.

Blog

6 min

How Portugal spied on Muslims in colonial Mozambique

Sandra Araújo

At the ISRF’s November Congress, Fellow Sandra Araújo revealed the remarkable hidden history behind her forthcoming book.

12 min

‘Egg of the serpent’

Adam Smith

Speaking at the October ISRF conference, the Polish auteur also blamed politicians for blocking the international collaboration needed to tackle the climate emergency.

9 min

Being Poor is Expensive: Bashy’s new album showcases all that’s important about Black music today

Joy White

The rapper and actor’s latest album, which he began during the pandemic, joins the dots from Windrush and lovers rock to contemporary rap.

8 min

Warsaw in Our Age of War

Christopher Newfield

In this Director’s Note, Christopher Newfield looks ahead at the upcoming ISRF conference in Warsaw.

18 min

The (Ab)uses of Utopia

Sarath Jakka

Sarath Jakka revisits elite failure to act on climate change through the lens of early Utopian literature and its connections to colonial campaigns.

5 min

Cambridge Social Ontology: Summer School and Workshop

Nuno Martins

Nuno Martins reports on a summer school on Social Ontology held at Cambridge in August.

25 min

A Different Portrait of the Rohingya

Lars Cornelissen and Greg Constantine

Lars Cornelissen sits down with two-time ISRF Fellow Greg Constantine to talk about his recent research on the untold history of the Rohingya.

3 min

How to Apply for ISRF Funding to Turn Your PhD Thesis into a Book

Adam Smith

The ISRF’s First Book Grant Competition is open for applications from recent PhD graduates who want to produce a publishable work.

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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.

28.11.24

Voices in the Dark

An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Dr Sarah Rosenberg-Jansen, author of Voices in the Dark, also featuring Samer Abdelnour & Kirsten McConnachie.

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